Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1908)

122 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Joliet, 111. — L. M. Rubens will open a five-cent theater on the Werner Block, Chicago and Van Buren streets. Antigo,. Wis. — A new moving picture theater, under the name of the ""Gem," has opened its doors to the public. Marinette, Wis. — The "Queen," a new five-cent theater, has been opened in Marinette. Mr. S. M. Stem is the manager. Minonk, 111. — Carl Everetts and Sabatino Di Bartolome opi ned another moving picture theater, which is located in Hillard Carls' building. Brockton, Mass. — The Orpheum Theater, on East Main street, under the management of F. U. Bishop, will be opened for business about August 31. Iowa Falls, la. — The Bijou, the only moving picture show in this city, has been sold by Nelson & Black, of Webster City, to Boughton Bros., of Vinton. Rutland, Vt. — Dreamland Theater, on AVest street, has been leased by the Co-operative Film Service of America and will be managed by Guy W. Whitcomb, of this city. Brockport, N. Y. — Work has begun on the new Lyric Theater, located in the Winslow Building, on Main street. The manager expects to open the theater in about two weeks. Albuquerque, New Mex. — Mr. Orendorff, manager of the Crystal Theater, kindly donated the receipts of one evening to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of this city and provided special and appropriate subjects for the evening. Mauch Chunk, Pa. — Hugo Eggenweiler has sold his interest in the Orpheum moving picture show at Nesquehoning to Charles Rotet. who was his partner in this popular business and will continue the same with many new and up-to-date pictures and other features. The Alamo Film Exchange (Independent) are branching out, which means that business is good with them. The main office of the concern is at 405 Main street, Dallas. Tex., and a flourishing branch office at 304 Conroy Building. San Antonio, Tex. The Electrograph Company (Inc.), now under the supervision of Mr. Fred. Beck, president and general manager, have removed to new and commodious quarters at 8 East Fourteenth street. With elegant showrooms and a full line of supplies, as well as a repair shop under the care of an expert, they are now prepared to meet any requirements in the moving picture line. Marion, O. — Hart Bros., who are proprietors of the Wonderland and Majestic theaters in Bucyrus, Ohio, have opened a new theater in Marion in the place formerly known as the Lyric. The theater is called the New Wonderland and will run only strictly high-class pictures and songs. Hart Bros. report that business is good in all their places. They are Minn for engagements or for the purchase of other suitable 1( '.it ions. A Canton (O.) theater is said to have drawn record audiences last week with "The Renegade" and "Pioneers Crossin the Plains in '49." Good, clean drama can never fail to please any audience. The Nickel Theater, of New London, Conn., also reports that this house was packed with "The Dumb Hero" as a hcadlincr, "The Secret of the Iron Mask." a dramatic story, and "Wanted — A Son-in-Law" as comedy. Savannah, Ga. — A new law is being drafted limiting the number of patrons who may enter a moving picture theater to the place's seating capacity. When the seating capacity is exhausted then no one else may enter until someone comes out. The maximum number of patrons the house can accommodate will then be the number of seats that are provided. The "Standing Room Only" sign will be a thine '^i the past aboul the vaudeville houses, as (here will be no standing room For -ale. \ chain will be placed across the general entrance when the seats are all filled and patrons must wait outside until seats are vacated before entering. The entrances and exits arc required I.. be kept clear at all time-;, except for the one entrance where a chain easily detached will regulate the number of admissions I'' the house Philadelphia, Pa. — The Victor Theater, Kensington and Lehigh avenues, having changed ownership, will reopen Friday evening, August 21. The proprietors have secured the services of Mr. Edwin R. Sonneborn as manager. Mr. Sonneborn is a member of the profession and he will utilize his wide experience to give the patrons of the house the best entertainment possible. Now, how is this for a bill of fare? Strictly high-class motion pictures, foreign and domestic: latest illustrated songs and vaudeville surprises at every performance; vaudeville and pictures changed nighth-— and all for five cents! For the opening night the following will be the vaudeville: Tommy Burns, world-famous buck and wing artist: Francis X. Kuel, elocutionist; Forans Orchestra; Prof. Wm. Hamilton, hypnotist; Kennedy and Malond. black-face comedians. Wre wish the Victor Theater all kinds of success, but do not see how they can keep up the standard they have set with only a five cents admission. Ten cents is little enough to charge for such a show and the public will cough up the dime just as readily as thenickel if the show is good. IMPELLED TO SLAY BY PICTURE SHOW. Fresno, Cal., Aug. 3. — After a silence of about a week in jail, Charles H. Loper has confessed to the brutal murder of his friend and patron, Joe Vernett. a well-to-do stockman, at Sentinel, in the foothills, thirty miles from Fresno. Loper told the story in all its grewsome details with little show of feeling of any kind. He declared that ill success in a number of undertakings had caused him discouragement and that attendance at a number of moving picture shows wdiere nothing but murders and burglaries were depicted had put it in his mind to kill. — Los Angeles (Cal.) "Examiner." PRODUCING THE EFFECTS. Just fifteen persons are employed to offer "Music and Poetry," the headliner, which was introduced on the bill at Hopkins' Theater yesterday, but the audience saw only one of them — the lecturer. The second man operates the machine which casts the picture. The other thirteen are behind the great white screen on which the picture is projected. The story is a comedy. It tells of the trials of a poet who seeks to court the muse while rooming next door to a trombone player. "If 3-011 think it is easy to run a motion picture, come with me to the stage." said Edward W. Dustin. manager of the Hopkins, last evening to a reporter. "Music and Poetry" was just starting. Every motion of the picture could be seen as plainly on the reverse side of the screen as from the front. Thirteen alert men and boys were on hand. There was a man with a trombone. Two men operated base viols that had seen better days. An Italian was there with a hand-organ and over in one corner lay his monkey, apparently delighted with the opportunity for rest and sleep. Half a dozen boys were equipped with bells, tin cans and other instruments of torture to the ear. while in the rear of the stage one "artist" operated a big "horse fiddle." The story of the picture required that all these instruments should be used at one time. The supers did their work well. The reporter quickly found it a more comfortable and congenial atmosphere out in front, where the audience was roaring with delight over the comedy. Truly it takes a heap of people to properly present a picture like "Music and Poetry," but apparently, from the enjoyment the audience gets out of it. the effort is worth wd-iile. — Louisville Courier. The Thaw-AA "bite trial pictures were suppressed in New Orleans last week by the chief of police. Wellington. O.— Mr. Ben. Aring is the new proprietor of the moving picture show in the Woo 3 B ock. E. I.. Christman is the manager. Memphis, Mo.— Frank W. Hudson has bought the interest of Chas. W. Harding in the Aeolian and will continue to run it as a high-class moving picture show. OUT OF BUSINESS. Fairbury, Neb. — The Tallin Theater has closed its doors. Auburn, N. Y. — The Novelty, on Genesee street, is to be closed. Opened two years ago. it-paid for a time, but patronage fell off. The theater was fitted tip at great expense and now the promoters have to face a bond of S5.000 which was given to restore the premises to its original condition.