Motography (1912)

138 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VII, No. 3. Plans arc being prepared by A. Dink. 1210 West Randolph . Chicago, for a moving picture theater to be erected at 2006 Montrose avenue at a cost of $5,000. A moving picture theater will be erected at Crystal Lake by Guy E. Prickett. A new theater will be erected at 3121 Lincoln avenue, Chicago, by the Big Four Amusement company at a cost of $12,000. A new theater will be erected at 3121 Lincoln avenue, Chicago avenue, Chicago, at a cost of $7,000. C. L. Zink of Gilman, has leased the Majestic theater at Watseka and will conduct the same as a high-grade moving picture house. A theater will be erected at 6108 S. Halsted street, Chicago, by Geo. T. Tieman at a cost of $8,000. In accordance with action taken at a special meeting of the village board, residents of Maywood will decide at the April election whether the village shall license motion picture theaters. The Johnson-Flynn Feature Film company, Chicago, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $2,500 by Thomas H. Quilt. John Krone and Morton H. Powers. IOWA. An up-to-date vaudeville and moving picture theater will be opened at Third and Main streets, Keokuk, by C. H. Dodge. Bert Wagner will be associated with Mr. Dodge in the amusement business and these two will put in a circuit of moving picture and vaudeville houses. Plans have been accepted for a moving picture theater which will be erected at West Liberty by Bert Myers. The Fern theater at Bedford was recently purchased by A. K. Morris, formerly proprietor of the Vogue in that place. The Bijou Electric theater, 206 West 2nd street, Muscatine, has been purchased by F. E. Chenoweth. The Majestic theater at Cedar Falls has been purchased by E. R. Stannard. Messrs. Brown and Anderson, Boone, proprietors of the Vaudette theater, will erect a new moving picture and vaudeville theater. The New Majestic is the name of a new moving picture theater opened in Humboldt under the management of Arthur C. Hoganson. The Princes theater, a moving picture house of Dubuque, has been purchased by Joseph Hopp, president of the Standard Film company, Chicago. H. W. Fulton will continue as manager. A moving picture theater will be opened at Lineville by Carl Martin and Jack Cross. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected on Eighth avenue, near Second street, Clinton, for Edwin Henle at a cost of $15,000. T. Thompson contemplates the construction of a moving picture theater at Brighton. The Palace theater at Estherville has been leased by Leonard Wright of Spirit Lake, who will convert it into a moving picture theater. The Moyer moving picture theater at Tama has been purchased by Messrs. Fife and Russell. A moving picture theater will be erected at Grundy Center by Messrs. Amos Albright and Otis Palmer. A new moving picture theater will be erected at New London by Edward Magens, which will have a seating capacity of 500. INDIANA. The Princess, a moving picture theater at Kendallville, has been purchased by John Snider. The Orpheum Amusement Company, Indianapolis, will erect a new motion picture theater at 42-44 West Washington street, at a cost of $25,000, work to begin at once. It will be known as the Alhambra. The Princess Amusement company, South Bend, has awarded the contract for the erection of their new theater, the Princess, at 519 Main street, to Geo. J. Hoffman and company. Simon Bros, and Samuel J. Watson, Gary, have leased the Paine building in that city and will convert the same into an up-to-date moving picture theater with a capacity of about 600, the same to be ready for occupancy about September 1. M. Switow, who operates a number of motion picture theaters, is planning to erect a new one in New Albany, which will have a seating capacity of 1,000. Arch Clifford Shopbell has plans for a new moving picture theater to be erected at 1015 West Franklin street, Evansville, to be known as the "Franklin." A moving picture theater will be erected at Monroeville by F. G. Heller. Bert Inks will open a moving picture theater in Ligonier. Plans are being prepared under the direction of F. D. Norveil, general passenger and freight agent of the Indiana Union Traction company, Anderson, for improvements at Broad Ripple Park early this spring, which will mean the expenditure of approximately $25,000, and will include a large summer motion picture theater with a seating capacity of 3,000. The Bijou theater at Anderson has been taken over by the Nypo Amusement company of Cleveland, O., and F. J. Hartman has been installed at manager. The Star Theater at Flora has been purchased by S. R. Long. W. G. Henne will erect a moving picture theater at 108 Blackford avenue, Evansville, at a cost of $8,000. The Princess is the name of a new moving picture theater opened at Brazil by the Dreamland Amusement company of Wabash. The Exhibitors' Service company, Indianapolis, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 to distribute moving picture films. The directors are W. H. Cleveland, Glen Thompson and Glen O. Dixon. KANSAS. A moving picture theater has been opened in the Andrews building, Salina, by Early Brothers. The Magic theater at Hutchinson is being remodeled by Messrs. Hill and Crump, who will conduct it as a moving picture house. The Odeon theater at Lyons has been purchased by Theo. Moore. KENTUCKY. The Colonial Amusement company, Lexington, which is establishing a chain of motion picture theaters in the towns of Central Kentucky, has leased a building at Main and Fourth streets, Paris, and as soon as the building is remodeled will open a moving picture theater therein, which will be some time in April or May. The Cozy is the name of a new moving picture theater recently opened in Lexington by Messrs. Hacker and Wolf. Jake E. Dillon, manager of the Lyric theater of Hickman, has leased another building and will open another picture house in that place. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at State and 11th streets, Bowling Green, by Dr. John E. Gray. The Phoenix Hotel Company of Lexington will convert the lower floor of the old hotel building into a moving picture theater. It will be known as the Orpheum and will be opened about February 1. T. E. Taylor will erect a new moving picture theater at 615 South Fourth street, Louisville. LOUISIANA. The Arcade Theater at Lake Charles has been purchased by J. E. Pearce, owner of several moving picture theaters in New Orleans. The house seats 1,000 and represents an investment of approximately $35,000. The Lyceum is a beautiful, well-equipped motion picture theater opened at 414 St. Charles street, New Orleans, by the St. Charles Amusement company under the management of F. R. Heidrich, president and manager of the company. MARYLAND. Samuel M. Kefauver has leased the opera house at Middletown and will open a moving picture theater therein. Plans have been prepared for a new moving picture theater to be erected at 118 Light street, Baltimore, at a cost of $20,000, which will have a seating capacity of 800. The Foreman Construction company has been awarded the contract for the erection of a vaudeville and moving picture theater at 1118 Light street, Baltimore, which will have a seating capacity of 450. MASSACHUSETTS. Ramsdell Brothers, owners of the Orpheum theater in Maiden, have leased the opera house at Medford and will conduct it as a moving picture theater. Lawler Brothers will open the Lyric theater at Greenfield. The Lyric, a new motion picture theater, has been opened at Fall River, under the management of Ernest W. Michelfelder. MICHIGAN. Root and Son, formerly managers of the Union City Opera house, will open a moving picture theater at Union City. The Gayety Theater company will erect a theater at Cadillac Square and "Bates street, Detroit," at a cost of $10,000. A beautiful moving picture theater will be erected in South Burdick street, Kalamazoo, to be completed about July 4, which will have a seating capacity of about 1,100. It will be erected by the Elite Theater company, of which Harry S. Waterman is' the business manager. The aggregate cost of the land and property will be $65,000. Mr. Waterman runs a number of theaters in and around Chicago and is well known to the theatrical field. His address is 219 East Fifty-fifth street, Chicago. Wonderland is the name of a new motion picture and novelty