Motography (1912)

76 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VIII, No. 2. The "Colonial.' one of Cincinnati's finest picture houses, was recently opened to the public in that city. The Victoria Theater Company of Cincinnati has asked for a charter granting the privileges of operating a motion picture theater in that city. The company will issue $35,000 capital stock in $100 shares. A new motion picture theater has been opened at Kenton under the management of Charles Burnison. The Randall Moving Picture Theater at Cleveland was recently damaged by fire to the extent of $1,000. OKLAHOMA. A new theater will be erected at Clinton by J. N. Kock. manager of Dreamland. OREGON. Plans have been prepared for a motion picture theater to be erected at East 19th street and Broadway, Portland, for B. O. Gallup. Two Chinese have leased a motion picture theater in La Grande and will equip the house in Oriental style and produce Chinese vaudeville shows, together with their moving pictures, which will run in Oriental channels. This will make four moving picture houses in La Grande. Contract has been let for the erection of a moving picture and vaudeville theater in Eugene by C. S. Frank, at a cost of $25,000. which will have a seating capacity of 750. The Oregon Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, Portland, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. PENNSYLVANIA. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at Reading by Frank A. Gould. The Colonial Theater Company has been incorporated at Lancaster with a capital stock of $5,000 by John E. Herr, A. B. Root, William B. Rush, U. U. Maley and Joseph P. Brennamin. A motion picture theater has been opened at 813 Ninth street, Altoona, by Giovanni De Vincenzio. The Co-operative Film Exchange Company has been incorporated at Pittsburgh with a capital stock of $24,000. The incorporators are H. A. Victor, McKeesport; Oliver McKee, St. Clair; Henry R. Reiff, P. Antonopolus, P. J. Demas Paul W. Huhn and Henry Poke, Pittsburgh. Samuel F. Wheeler, who owns the motion picture theater at the southeast corner of Fifty-second and Sanson streets, Philadelphia, has purchased a lot extending from 23 to 37, North Fifty-second street, on which will be erected a $50,000 motion picture theater with a seating capacity of 1,000. A motion picture theater having a seating capacity of 450 will be erected at Jessup by John Faramilli. The plot of ground at the northeast corner of Allegheny avenue, Kensington avenue and Hilton street, Philadelphia, has been purchased by Louis H. Cahan for a client. It will be improved by the erection of a theater seating 3,000. The theater, which is said to be leased already for a term of years, will be modern in every respect and will have inclines instead of stairs. The estimated cost, including the site, is $240,000. The Luna is the name of a new motion picture theater in process of erection at Danville. The Betz building, at Cressona, has been purchased by William H. Reick, who will convert it into a moving picture theater. At a meeting of the moving picture exhibitors of Pennsylvania, held at 142 North Eighth street, Philadelphia, the following were chosen state delegates to attend the national convention of exhibitors, to be held in Chicago during the week beginning August 13 : Edward A. Jeffries, J. L. Breitinger and Dr. Walter Stumpfig. A motion picture theater has been opened at 1121 Eleventh street, Altoona, by A. Natopolis. The Star theater of Bradford will be thoroughly remodeled, which will not only add to its attractiveness, but will increase its seating capacity. A $12,000 moving picture theater will be erected at Gallitzin by Jerome Dawson. The Dreamland theater at Salamanca has been purchased by John Mongillo of Bradford. George Panagotcacos, proprietor of the Grand theater at Johnston, is interested in the newly-organized Co-operative Film Exchange, capitalized at $40,000. It will purchase films from producers and rent them to motion picture houses in this end of the state. The West End Realty Company, Philadelphia, will erect a motion picture theater at Fifty-second and Market streets, that city. A permit has been granted Jacob Hess to open a motion picture theater at Pittston avenue and Beach street, Scranton. Altoona will have another motion picture theater which will be located at 1121 Eleventh avenue. The "Palace," ?. motion picture theater at East Greenville, has been leased by William Roth. Patrick Killea will conduct a motion picture theater at Nicholson. A new motion picture theater has been opened at Wilkesbarre by Messrs. Houghton and Reese, which is elaborately equipped with the latest devices for ventilation. The Nicklet Theater at Connelsville has been purchased by J. J. Vandergrift and Robert Roberts. The Co-operative Film Exchange Company of Pittsburgh has been incorporated with a capital stock of $24,000 and the following are the directors : H. A. Victor, Oliver McKee, Henry R. Reiff, P. Antonopolus, P. J. Demas, Paul W. Huhn and Henry Pokl. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Ideal Theater, opened at Columbia by the Montgomery Theater Company, is said to be the most modernly equipped, the most convenient and the most attractive theater in the entire Montgomery series and will undoubtedly prove as successful. The front has a handsome marquise awning and a lighting arrangement to flood it with brilliancy at night. The foyer is tiled, and its mural decorations give indication of the scheme which is carried out in the auditorium. Good taste, expressed with originality is displayed everywhere, there is nothing gaudy or showy. The walls are done in Pompeian red, shaded to old rose and each mural panel, outlined by a border of connventional roses, frames the Montgomery shield studded with a handsome electric fixture. The electric chandeliers suspended from the ceiling, are of Alba marble, of the semi-direct arrangement which throws the light upward and shields the auditorium from the glare. The floor is of sufficient slope to give a clear view of the stage from any seat and the chairs are comfortable. The ventilating system is that the air is changed every ten minutes. This change is effected by means of a very large suction fan installed underneath the stage and run by electricity. In addition to the Columbia theater, the company now has two in Jacksonville, Fla., the Grand and Savoy ; two in Savannah ; one in Atlanta and one in Dayton, Ohio. All are making great and successful headway under Mr. Montgomery's direct management. TENNESSEE. The Gay Theater, Wall avenue and Gay street, Knoxville, .will be conducted as a moving picture house. The Tennessee Fair Association will erect a motion picture theater at Nashville, to be completed by September 1. TEXAS. The Galveston Theater Company, Galveston, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000 by C. K. Jorgenson, L. A. Walker and A. L. Scudder. A motion picture theater will be erected on the site of the Imperial Opera House at Fort Worth by R. A. Healy and Thomas Walsh, having a capacity of 1,200, and will have a $10,000 pipe organ. The Mecca Amusement Company of Houston has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 for the purpose of erecting a motion picture theater. The incorporators are Walter R. Jones, Howard E. Figg, C. H. Rouse and others. Austin is to have a motion picture theater conducted by young women. Plans are being' laid and it will probably be opened some time during the summer. It will be located in the neighborhood of the university and the promoters are university girls, who hope in this way to support themselves while in school, and besides they hope to accomplish some good as only refined, high-class pictures will be shown. The Wonderful theater, 506 East Houston street, San Antonio, is to be considerably enlarged. VERMONT. The Standard is a new motion picture and vaudeville theater which will be erected at Canal and Rockingham streets, Bellows Falls, by the Kimball Company, which will have a seating capacity of 900 and will be ready for business about September 1. VIRGINIA. The Lyric Theater recently threw its doors open to the amusement loving people of Norfolk. The new theater formerely known as the Crystal, has been remodeled throughout and equipped with comfortable opera chairs and will be conducted as an exclusive motion picture house. UTAH. The Revier moving picture theater on Twenty-fifth street, Ogden, has been leased by Messrs. Bert Syphers, Will D. Phillips and A. Bloom, who will operate it under the name of the People's Theater.