Motography (1912)

34 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VIII, No. 1. pictures of Mexican scenery. This trip will probably be made overland. A motion picture theater has been opened at Warren by the J. M. Ensor Film Exchange of Little Rock. CALIFORNIA. The Liberty theater, a new motion picture house erected at 617 K street, Sacramento, by Charles W. Godard, is said to be one of the most beautiful on the coast. A $15,000 automatic orchestra has been installed. The house will be devoted exclusively to pictures and the admission will be ten cents to adults and five cents for children. The Dreamland picture theater at Modesto has been purchased by G. F. Alton. A new motion picture theatre is being erected at 16th and Yalencians street, Los Angeles, by W. A. Trintz, which contemplates the expenditure of $15,000, and will have a seatingcapacity of 550. Another motion picture theater will be erected at 411 28th avenue, Los Angeles, by J. Peyron. The New Casino Theater is a late addition to San Diego's motion picture houses, having been erected at a cost of $15,000 and with a seating capacity of 780 persons. Messrs. Whitmoyer and Geer, proprietors of the Lyric theater at San Bernardino, have acquired the management of the Majestic theater at Glendale and thus have a good start on a circuit of the popular moving picture houses. For the present Mr. Whitmoyer is giving all his time to the Glendale house, but expects to divide his time equally between the two houses once matters are satisfactorily settled. Only the best films will be shown and both houses will be conducted on the highest possible plane. CALIFORNIA. Berkeley has a new industry which will employ from 75 to 100 skilled mechanics, and about 15 or 20 girls, besides the usual number of laborers. It will be known as the American Photo-Playing Company and its principal output will be large instruments to be played in connection with biographic displays, including all kinds of moving picture shows. A moving picture theater will be opened at 369 N. Main street, Los Angeles, by the Portala Theater Company, which will have a seating capacity of about 700. CANADA. A new motion picture theater, to be known as the Imperial is in process of erection at Vancouver, B. C, by the Canadian Theaters and Amusement Company, and every effort is being made to have the house ready to open to the public about Tuly 1. The house will have a seating capacity of 1,400, and the estimated cost is $60,000. COLORADO. The Savoy, a new vaudeville and motion picture theater opened at 116 North Tejon street, Colorado Springs, announces that nothing but first-class vaudeville and the latest and best in moving pictures will be presented, and the opening program bore witness to the truth of this statement. George T. Stapleton, for the past four years proprietor of the Gem theater, Rocky Ford, has exchanged his property in that place with J. A. Funk for a picture theater in Guthrie, Okla. Ordway is to have a new motion picture theater, which will be under the management of Phil Partick, and will have a seating capacity of 250. CONNECTICUT. A new motion picture theater, having a seating capacity of 1,200, has been opened at New Haven by Frank Wilcox, under the management of Frank S. Terrell. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater, to be erected by Manager W. M. Harris, of Highland Lake Park, Waterbury. The same will have a seating capacity of 1,000. The "Mitchell" is the name of a motion picture house opened at New Haven by Lowell A. Mitchell, having a seating capacity of about 1,000. The Phoenix Theater has been reopened at Danielson as a moving picture house. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Plans have been prepared for a motion picture theater to be erected at 419 Ninth street, Washington, by the District Amusement Company. The Feature Film Manufacturing Company has been incorporated at Washington, with a capital stock of $100,000, by Harry M. Crandall, Harry Bulkley and Robert W. Bulkley, all of Washington. ILLINOIS. A motion picture theater will be erected at Belleville by a company of which Walter Sternberg, of St. Louis, is the head. The Majestic motion picture theater of Rock Island will be reopened under the management of Messrs. H. Goodwin and H. Geiserman, of the Lyric. The Grand, a vaudeville house of Mattoon, will hereafter be conducted as a motion picture house. A motion picture theater will be erected at Edwardsville by the Edwardsville Investment Company. Plans are being prepared for a motion picture theater to be erected at 6251 Langley avenue, Chicago, by John Levinsou, at a cost of $18,000. The Montrose Family Theater, Roby street and Montrose avenue, Chicago, formerly conducted by Charles Svinning, hasbeen purchased by William Kruse, who will continue to operate it. A new amusement place to be known as the "Hippodrome" will be opened at Second and Piasa streets, Alton, under the management of W. M. Sauvage in the early fall. The Metropolitan Theater Company, Chicago, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, by Lewis F. Jacobson. William M. Tannenbaum and Daniel L. Madden. The Lillian Amusement Company has been incorporated at Granite City with a capital stock of $2,000, to do a general vaudeville moving picture and show business. The incorporators are Louis Landam, Jr. ; Thomas Gray, Cecille Dodge, Edson A Dodge and A. E. Garvis. The Dreamland theater at Straitor has again changed hands, having been purchased by William Pugh. The Electric theater at Fairbury has been purchased by A. C. Main of Gibson City. The '"Kaiserhoff" is a late addition to Rockford's motion picture theaters, having been opened recently at 221 South Main street, under the management of Sam Rose. Only the best pictures will be shown. Messrs. Isodore Burnstine and William Evans, proprietors of the Capital theater of Springfield, have dissolved partnership, Mr. i Evans' interest having been taken over by Joseph W. Shepherd, who has conducted a restaurant at 611 Washington street for several years. The Capital is practically a new theater, having been opened only last September, but in that short time has proven itself to be one of the most popular picture house in Springfield. The Garfield theater is a new motion picture house to be opened at West Madison and Kedzie avenue, Chicago, by the Kedzie Amusement Company about July 1. It will have a seating capacity of 800 and will have a sliding roof operated by hydraulic power, a feature which will no doubt be appreciated by its patrons during the hot weather. The music will be supplied by a four-piece orchestra and a large pipe organ costing $5,000. The Twentieth Century Theater and Amusement Company, Chicago, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000, by Mark D. Goodman, David Mclntee and others. MASSACHUSETTS. The Lincoln theater at Worcester will be ready to open to the public about September. A first-class motion picture theater will be erected at Cinton by Messrs. Gibson, Lowe and Dame, which will be ready to open about September 15. Plans have been prepared for a motion picture theater to be erected at Greenfield by Frank J. Lawler, which will have a seating capacity of 1,000. A motion picture theater will be erected at Beverly by Joseph F. Applegate. The Comique theater is now in process of erection at Washington and Federal streets. Salem, and when completed will be second to none in its vicinity, and will have a seating capacity of 1,000. It will be under the management of John Keen, the popular picture man who had charge of the old Comique theater. The Temple Theater Company of Boston has been incorporated with a capital stock of $250,000 by William D. Bradstreet, William D. Bradstreet, Jr., C. Edwin Jennings, Jr., Edward C. Hall, Jr., and George E. Knapp. H. H. Durgin, proprietor of the Spa Picture theater at Pittsfield, has taken over the State Picture theater at Putnam, Conn., which has a seating capacity of 1,100. The new house will be under the management of A. W. Atkins. The Peabody theater is a new motion picture and vaudeville house recently opened at Peabody with a seating capacitv of about 1,500. The new Theater Comique is the name of a high grade vaudeville andi motion picture house being erected at the corner of Washington and Federal streets, Salem, which will have a seating capacity of 1,000 to 1,500.