Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1909)

382 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD NDT£S OF THE TRaOE. Alton, 111. — W. M. Sauvage has opened a new moving picture theater here. Muskegon, Mich. — Roy Cummings has sold the Amuse Vaudette to Carl Ray. Emporia, Kans. — Scott Wilkie, of Hutchinson, will open a new nickelodeon here. Urbana, 111. — The Swanson Moving Picture Company will open a new theater here. Auburn, Ind. — C. B. Schmuck is arranging to open a new moving picture theater here. Streator, 111. — The Lyric Amusement Company is preparing to open its theater here. Ogden, Utah. — Sullivan & Considine are preparing to open ;. new vaudeville theater here. Covington, Ky. — T. J. Edmonds will erect a moving picture theater at 170 Pike street. Stockton, Cal. — Mr. Stebbins, of San Jose, is planning to • pen a moving picture theater here. St. Joseph, Mo. — J. F. Bilz is making arrangements to open ; new moving picture theater here. Seneca, 111. — A new moving picture theater is to be opened up in the William Powers building. Hot Springs, Ark. — Charles Bronson will erect a new moving picture and vaudeville theater here. Shelby, Neb. — J. Q. Rathbun is making preparations to epen a new moving picture theater here. Fairview City, 111. — A. C. Albright has leased the Simmons Nickelodeon here, and is now in charge. Chicago, 111. — Julius Birk will erect a one story moving picture theater at 1316 Fifty-fifth street. Rockford, Wash. — Nels Olson is making arrangements to open a new moving picture theater here. Phoenix, Ariz. — M. Echlin is making preparations to open the Majestic Moving Picture Theater here. Spencer, Ohio. — H. T. Blair has sold his interest in the Unique Theater to his partner, Mr. Teriney. Washington, D. C. — Dr. G. C. Ober will erect a new moving picture theater here, at 505 Seventh street. Columbus, Ohio. — The Sun-Murray Amusement Company has decided to erect an $85,000 vaudeville theater here. Plymouth, N. H. — B. A. Crittenden and Walter Brown have leased the Gem Theater, and have taken possession. Albia, Iowa. — The Comert Amusement Company is making arrangements to open a new moving picture theater here. McAlester, Okla. — Samuel O. Small has awarded a contract to McEachim & Enloe for the erection of a moving picture theater. " Decatur, Ind. — C. B. Schmuck has sold his moving picture theater here to W. P. Biggs, who has already taken possession. Boise, Idaho. — J. Herman Kaiser has purchased the Boise Theater, corner of Seventh and Main streets, and has taken possession. Danville, 111. — Giff Goben has sold the Varsity Nickel Theater here to Metz & Mahafey, who have already taken possession. Farmington, N. H. — Frank Merrill, of Rochester, N. H., is fitting up quarters for a moving picture theater in the Small block. Chicago, 111. — Robert Pottinger will open a new vaudeville and moving picture theater in Irving Park. It will be known as the "Mabel." Los Gatos, Cal. — 11. M. Johnson, of Los Angeles, has leased the Kyle block here, and will convert it into a moving picture theater. Davenport, Iowa. — The renovated Elite has been reopened Manager Berkell presents a high-class vaudeville and moving picture programme. Manistee, Mich. — John Sharp has purchased the old Bijou Theater and has completely remodeled it. It will soon be opened for business. Jacksonville, Fla. — H. W. Hancock and Frank G. Campbell have purchased the Phoenix Theater here, and will make extensive improvements. Sharon, Ohio. — Architect E. E. Clepper is preparing plans fur a new vaudeville theater to be erected by F. Daloa and John Herman. Cost, $10,000. Ticonderoga, N. Y. — Alonzo Bailey has purchased the interest of one of the Dolbreck brothers, who owned the Ca sino. Good business is reported. Cripple Creek, 111.— Jack Ford and David Bragunier have purchased the Ideal Moving Picture Theater on Bennet avenue, and have taken possession. Missoula, Mont. — R. C. Penny, late of Butte, has purchased the Bijou Moving Picture Theater here and is making extensive improvements and additions. Springfield, Mo. — Horace Thomas has sold the Rex Moving Picture Theater at' 306 South street to McRoberts & Jackson, who have taken possession. North Tonawanda, N. Y. — W. A. Calkins has opened the Imperial Airdome Theater with the best moving picture entertainment ever seen in this section. Buffalo, N. Y. — The Co-operative Amusement Company, of which Dr. J. G. Jones is president, is taking figures for the erection of a moving picture theater at 523 William street. Spencer, Mass. — The Park is a new moving picture theater nil .Mechanic street which will shortly open under the joint proprietorship of Richard M. Kane and Joseph Berthiaume. • Portland, Ore. — Articles of incorporation of the Motion Picture Advertising Company have been filed in the office of the County Clerk by A. L. Sutton, Oliver G. Walker and Janus Cole. Capital stock, $2,500. Torrington, Conn. — G. D. Stevens has leased a building on Water street for a number of years and is converting it into a moving picture theater to be known as The Gem. He expects, to be ready to open by the first of next month. Harrisonburg, Va. — The Palace Moving Picture Parlor is now under new management and the new proprietors are William M. Shepherd and D. Clint Devier. The actual management of the parlor will be in the hands of J. F. O'Brien. Greenville, S. C. — Generous Pisano, the original Jan Jacobs, the expansionist, and Mabel Valenteene Mooree, after closing their vaudeville season will open a vaudeville house in Greenville. S. C, Monday, September 6. known as the Valenteene Theater. St. Louis, Mo. — The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association is going into the moving picture show business. This was evidenced recently by the brewery company taking out a permit to erect a one-story odeon at 622-626 North Grand avenue, to cost $2,500. Newburyport, Mass. — The Orpheum Theater has been reopened under the management of F. H. Wiswell, who intends to present the best pictures and vaudeville obtainable. The front has been improved and widened and the interior refitted so that it is exceedingly comfortable and attractive. Sturgis, Mich. — R. J. Crosbie, of Montpelier, Ind., has purchased the only moving picture show in this town of 7,000 inhabitants. Ralph Johnson, who has been in charge of the Gem Theater, Montpelier, has gone to Sturgis to take up a similar position under Mr. Crosbie. Wallingford, Conn. — Miss Mae McKiernan has been awarded the prize of $25 for a name for the new moving picture theater being erected at the corner of Center and South Orchard streets. Of the 309 names suggested, "Russotania" was selected by Paul Russe, the promoter of the enterprise. Birmingham, Ala. — E. H. Colley has opened a handsome picture theater on Third avenue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The place has not yet been named and the lady patrons are competing for a prize for the best name. The show house will be conducted on a different plan from the usual thing. There will be no vaudeville; only the best selection of pictures and an orchestra which will interpret the pictures with appropriate music and sound effects. Newburyport, Mass. — The Star Theater will from now on present high-class vaudeville and musical comedy instead of motion pictures. Chicago, 111. — A new theater, which is said to be a model of its kind, has opened in Irving Park. Robert Pottinger, a real estate man, named it after his only daughter. Mabel. The auditorium of the new house is 75 by 42 feet, with a seating capacity of 500. All the scenery is painted on sheet steel. Everything about the stage is fireproof. James Black has been engaged as manager. There will be two shows every night, one starting at 7:45 and the other at 0:15. with six vaudeville sketches and two reels of moving pictures. The entire programme will be changed twice a week. Admission will be 10 and 15 cents.