Motography (1912)

^86 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VII. No. 6. Messrs. Peterson and King will open a vaudeville and picture theater in Sycamore. The firm will also open an airdome in Genoa They have had several years' experience in the business. \ stock company of which E. G. Newman, proprietor of the Majestic of La Salle is in charge, has been formed in that city with a capital stock of $25,000, and will erect a new vaudeville and motion picture house some time during the summer which will have a seating capacity of between 1,000 and 1,200. C. O. Omen will erect a new motion picture theater on South .Main street, Princeton. O. M. Otloe of Pana has purchased the Star Theater at Assumption and the same will be operated in connection with the Otloe by H. C. Taylor. The Theater De Luxe, 231 South Adams street, Peoria, has been reopened under the management of Walter W. Whitney. IOWA. E. M. Bycrs. proprietor of the Princess Theater at Cedar Rapids, will erect another motion picture house in that city. A new motion picture theater will be erected at Estherville by F. H. Graaf. Messrs. J. P. Broderson and J. P. Gaiuska, proprietors of the Pastime moving picture theater at Maquoketa, and M. Rice, owner of the Grand opera house, will erect an airdome having a seating capacity of 1,000. "The Olympic" is the name of the new motion picture theater recently opened at South Third street and Twelfth avenue. Cedar Rapids. A motion picture therter will be erected at Clarion by Jesse Stewart. The Electric Theater at Rockwell City has been purchased by F. G. Winston, who will make improvements. The Temple Grand Theater of Creston has been taken over by C. C. Struble. W. F. Smith, who has operated the Family Theater in Clarion very successfully for several years, is planning to erect a new house, the same to be ready to open to the public about September 1. No effort will be spared to provide for the comfort of the patrons and the house will be thoroughly equipped. The Wonderland Theater at Cherokee has been purchased by C. E. White and W. Guyon. The Magic Theater at Fort Dodge is now devoted exclusively to moving pictures. R. E. Benton of Albia has leased the Auditorium at Hedrick and will open the same as a motion picture theater. The Bijou Electric Theater at Muscatine has been purchased by Clay Kneese, who has completely overhauled and improved it. E. M. Henle will open a motion picture house in Clinton which will have a seating capacity of 1,000. The Idle Hour Theater at Vermillion has been purchased by E. M. Valentine of Yankton. The Electric Theater at Conrad, conducted by Murl Moore, has been purchased by Guy Fitzgerald. F W. Young of Cedar Rapids has contracted to lease a new motion picture theater now in course of construction at Fort Dodge, and will open same to the public about August 1. No name has yet been selected, but it is the idea to select the name by a contest. INDIANA. A new motion picture theater will be erected at Bluffton in the near future by Ed Foust. Plans have been prepared by Benjamin Herman of Marion for a $50,000 vaudeville and motion picture theater to be erected in that city by the Independent Theatrical Company of Chicago, recently organized. The Central Amusement Company, which is composed of B. B. I Sartor. Jesse M. Barton and Charles M. Olson, is erecting the Lyric, a new $75,000 moving picture and vaudeville theater, at 133 North Illinois street, Indianapolis, and expect to have the same ready to open by August 1. The theater is elaborately furnished and no expen=c has been spared to provide for the comfort and pleasure of its patrons. A new motion picture theater will be opened at Rochester by F. S. Hubbard of Peru. KANSAS. The Victor Film Advertising Companv has been organized at Topeka by C. H. Strawn, R. C. Strawn, H. P. Childs and O. \Y. Lamb. Motion pictures were taken of the various business and manufacturing concerns. Messrs. Smith and Hartle have opened the Star Dome, a motion picture house, at Lyons. A new motion picture theater was recently opened at Cottonwood Falls by M. K. Harman. The Aurora moving picture theater, 814 Kansas avenue, Topeka, has been purchased by Mrs. Maude Gaudy and son. W. M. Harwood of Hutchinson will conduct a moving picture theater at Kinsley. KENTUCKY. The New Orpheum theater has been opened at the corner of Main and Limestone streets, Lexington, under the management of J. M. Stanger, Jr. "The Band" was the name chosen from the list of 1,000 names submitted to the Third Kentucky Band for the moving picture theater recently opened in Hopkinsville by that concern. The Kentucky Feature Film Company has been formed in Louisville by the consolidation of the Princess Amusement Company and the Broadway Amusement Company. The new company's headquarters will be in the Hopkins Theater Building and Irvin Simon of the Princess company will direct the affairs of the company. Plans are being prepared for a new motion picture theater to be erected at Owensboro by George A. Bleich which will have a seating capacity of 800. The Sun theater, a motion picture and vaudeville house was recently opened at Eighteenth and Gallagher streets. Louisville, by the Pastime Amusement Company. The Pineville Amusement Company of Pineville has awarded the contract for a handsome new moving picture theater to be erected at a cost of $25,000; work to be completed as soon as possible. When completed it will be one of the finest theaters in that section of the state. The Alamo is the name of an attractive new motion picture bouse opened at Paris by the Colonial Amusement Company of Lexington. The New Frankfort i heater is the name of a model new motion picture bouse recently opened at Frankfort by E. K. Lyons of I exington. The "Hipp" theater at lackson has been purchased by Sewell B. Williams and Frank Osborn who will conduct it as a first class motion picture house. The "Gem" is a high grade mction picture house opened at Maysville by Sherman Arn and is one of the handsomest houses of its kind in that section. The People's theater at Owensboro has been leased by A. D. Rogers and Ernest Foote who will conduct it as a moving picture and vaudeville house during the summer. The Bijou Dream, one of Louisville's prettiest and best known picture houses, has been purchased by the Princess Amusement Company who will continue to operate the same. H. H. Phillips and Woodson Moss of Winchester, owners of the Lyric, are planning to open another motion picture theater in that city which will be one of the handsomest motion picture theaters in the central part of the state when completed. LOUISIANA. The Victory theater at Lutcher has been overhauled and remodeled, which has increased its capacity and added to its attractiveness. MARYLAND. The Northern Exhibition Company has been granted permission to erect a motion picture theater at 1627 Harford avenue, Baltimore, at a cost of $7,000. The property at 619 Duncan place. Baltimore, has been purchased by Nicholas P. Burns, and Charles Bender who will erect a motion picture theater thereon. The Home Amusement Company will erect a motion picture theater at Sparrow's Point, Baltimore, at a cost of $20,000. MASSACHUSETTS. A new motion picture house has been opened at Whitinsville bv Messrs. Walker Brothers which has a seating capacitv of nearly 1.000. J. H. Finn, manager of the Walnut theater at Woburn, has purchased Lyceum hall in that place and will operate both houses. The St. Jean Baptist Society of Webster will convert its convention ball into a motion picture theater. The Lawler Bros. Theater Coivmany has been incorporated at Greenfield with a capital stock of $25,000 by Nicholas J. Lawler and Thomas L. Lawler. The Beacon Theater Comnanv, which operates the Beacon theater in Boston, has leased the old home of the Boston Daily Herald, 255 Washington street, Boston, for a period of thirty years and will convert it into one of the most up-to-date motion picture theaters in the country.