Moving Picture News (Jan-Dec 1911)

THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 21 also how Miss Harris had been spending her week-ends at the home of the Hopkinsons, and that the ceremony was performed at the church at Suffern, N. Y., where the Hopkinsons attend. On the day following the couple arrived at the office of the hrm at their accustomed hours, and were amazed at the congratulations showered on them, so the Evening World explained that afternoon. It seems that Miss Harris had not been at Suffern, but at Spring Valley, for her holiday, and that Hopkinson was at home. The latter was busy that evening explaining to his liancee that some practical joker had put up a job on him. The Evening World of Wednesday was still denymg the elopement, and by way of appeasing the wrath of Miss Harris printed her picture. Mr. Hopkinson, it may be unnecessary to state, is gunning for the poor joker who framed the job. Here's hoping he finds him and gives him his deserts. * :i! * =1: J. J. Klein, owner of the Penn Square Theater, Cleveland, is to erect on Woodland avenue a $40,000 picture theater, with a seating capacity of 1,500. The structure will be 65 X 150, * ^ * * James A. Earle, Jr., and James T. Sullivan, of Philadelphia, who, it is believed, are representing Felix Isman, will build a vaudeville and picture house at 106th street and Fifth avenue, New York City. The cost is estimated at .$40,000. * =!: * * J. A. Evans will build and lease to the Trimble Amusement Company a 3i35,000 house at 167-71 South Main street, Memphis. There will be 700 seats. * --il^ ^' The Majestic Motion Picture Company, of New York, has been incorporated at Albany with a capital of $60,000. The company is chartered to manufacture motion pictures and conduct exhibitions. * * * * Herman Jans has begun work on his Roseville Theater in Newark, N. J. The seating capacity will be 350, the dimensions 38 x 85, and the cost $10,000. ^ ^ ^ The Carlisle Amusement Company, of Chambersburg, Pa., has been incorporated with a capital of $5,000, and intends to build and conduct theaters. * 5i! * * John B. Ferry, of Minneapolis, is erecting a $3,000 theater at 1706 Fourth avenue, South. * * * * In ^Milwaukee G. Bruet is building a $10,000 house at Third and Chambers streets, and the Kosciusko Theater Company is spending the same amount on a house at Fifth avenue and jSlitchell street. from Our mestern Correspondent Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 13. — Remember the old cry, "Lo, the poor Indian?" Permit me to substitute the following: "Lo, the poor widow." "Yes, it's me." "Sod?" you* ask. "Laws, no — grass; I'm deserted." "The Man in the Baths" has hied him away to the theater at Whittington Park, where he and twenty-six other young men are rehearsing for a big minstrel show to be given on the night of the day this will be published. Whittington Park's season closes next Saturday night, and on Friday evening the big minstrel show takes place. "The Man in the Baths" has been selected to do the interlocutor, and this being "Moving Picture News Day," as he slangily put it, it's "up to me" to provide the weekly review of amusement events in this city. Last week's letter, I believe, detailed the history, so far as Hot Springs was concerned, of the moving pictures of this resort. They were such a great disappointment, owing to the manner in which Imp cut and slashed them, that there is considerable talk among the moving picture men of getting a genuine reel of pictures of this city along the same lines as the "Beautiful Colorado" that Rex is about to release. In other words, they want a reel of 1,000 feet of film that will do the town justice. Little Rock had the Confederate reunion filmed, and we are awfully particular to see that the Capital City has nothing that Hot Springs cannot get; and the moving pictures of this resort, so far as a benefit for the town was concerned, were a great disappointment There is one man in the city, whose name at present I am not at liberty to give, who has prepared an outline that has already met with the hearty endorsement of the city's most prominent busi ness men, but the only thing that seems to put the traditional damper on the entehprise, is the fact that the previous reels may have spoiled a second release of the same subject. However, a little good advertising and I think that the former could easily be overcome. Wouldn't it be of some interest to the trade generally and the local residents in particular if Imp would come out with a statement as to just how that company managed to get the pictures it released on August 28. We've been doing a powerful lot of thinking, "Mr. and Mrs. Imp," so won't you please be so kind as to tell us why 30U only ran half of us? Harry Hale, proprietor of the Lyric, caused to be announced the fact that he intends to build at the close of the coming winter season a new theater, having secured a twentyyear lease on the present site, which is part of the United States hotel, and would occupy all of that structure. The new house is to have a roof garden and a palatial theater on the first floor, contain all the modern improvements, and be a regular Broadway amusement affair. Mr. Hale has one of the best locations in the city, being situated directly opposite "Bath House Row," and the new theater is being awaited with pleasant anticipation. The Princess is giving a wonderfully clever show, and one of the main reasons why it is successful is because they close the same with a good reel of Independent pictures. The past week the "Lineman," an Imp, and "The Cattle Rustler's End," one of the excellent American Western reels, held the curtain and were much enjoyed. The "headliner"' was the Exposition Four, one of the best musical acts that has been seen in the city in months. Moving pictures are making a lasting impression these days. For instance, Eddie Gavrel, proprietor of the Lyceum, had on exhibition there Selig's vivid reel, "The Land of the Esquimaux," and a friend of ''The Man in the Bath" sent him a note for publication in the "New Era," of which he is the editor, stating that he wanted information as to the best way to keep from dreaming of the pictures he witnesses on the_ curtain, claiming that he went home after looking at the Selig reel of the frozen north and actually dreamed that he was a member of a polar relief expedition and was in the "land of the walrus." In his dream, he stated, he got very cold, and while asleep had gotten out of bed, put on his overcoat and was only awakened from his nocturnal experience and saved from really freezing to death when his wife slammed him in the ribs because he was pulling the blankets off the bed and wrapping them around himself. You see, he was dreaming that he had to have another blanket to keep him warm, "The Man in the Baths" created some amusement in this city when he published the letter and gave the necessary advice. He told the man that the best way to keep warm would be to take an electric heater to bed with him. And now. Monsieur Blaisdell, a word to you, if the editor please. We thank you sincerely for your greeting, and, believing in social reciprocity, extend sincere felicitations. Furthermore, "The Man in the Baths" has requested me to extend to you a most hearty invitation, whenever you can find it convenient to do so, to pay Hot Springs a visit, and in said invitation I enter a most hearty "second the motion." We have been trying to get Mr. Saunders here for ever so long, but the nearest he gets to this place is Chicago, it seems. Perhaps you can some day in the near future accept this invitation to visit with us, acting as an advance agent to the "chief," assure him that everything here is O. K. ; that this is a wonderful resort, and that the "bunch" my better half speaks of is all that he represented it to be. We are only sorry that the pictures that opened this pleasant little exchange between us did not materialize as negotiations led us to believe they would. But this disadvantage has realized the truth of the old law of compensation, has it not? We feel that as a result we are acquainted. Verily, " 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished." During the week I looked at some very good pictures and one Pathe reel that was disgusting. Biograph's excellent pictures, "The Last Drop of Water," played a return engagement for the "steenth" time, but their "Rose of Kentucky" bloomed for the first time and was much appreciated, "The Venom of the Poppy" was one of the best human interest pictures of the week and for the same, Edison, we thank you very much. I want to state right here that Edison's leading lady is one of the most magnetic and clever little women before the camera and I always watch her work with interest. "The Auto Bug" made us laugh, but "The Working Girl's Success" was extremely silly. Lubin, we didn't like that one. , , The Vitagraph Monthly was one of the best pictures of the week for general and varied interest, and its poster drew a big audience to the Lyceum Theater, where it was featured heavily. "My Old Dutch" was also much enjoyed. Pathe, however, should have been ashamed of their efforts in the