Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1913)

iigS THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD IN THE NORTHWEST W. JOHN, and Thomas Sase have aDnounced • plans for a new one-story motion picture theater to be bnilt on Seventh Street S at Minneapolis. Beyond the fact that a house seating 3.000 persons will be constracted the plans are an the tentative stage. It is proposed to build in ■conjunction with a four-story structure, to be ■erected by David Friedman, president of the Hub ■Clothing Company, and use the four-story front an the illumination scheme. It also is announced that a new picture house will be built at Hennepin Avenue and Eighth Street for S. L. Eothapfel, who has been manager for the Sase Brothers' Lyric. The Dream Theater, at ■Winona. Minn., has been sold to the "Colonial Amusement Company by Harry Kolbiecki, who purchased tt a short time ago. The Pathe Company planned to take pictures of the unique sweet pea carnival at Bozeman, Mont. , to be used for the weekly. The floral pageant makes it an unusually good subject. In one place forty acres of sweet peas are grown :for seed. Landen & Schrenzel have opened a moving picture show at Toledo. Wash. L. E. Paterson. a cameraman of Portland. Ore., and a party of five recently started on a wagon expedition to the southern part of Oregon near Eugene to take some pictures of wolf, coyote and l)eflr hunting. The extensioH division of the Minnesota College of Agriculture will use moving pictures more extensively than ever before in its exploitation work at the State Fair, although a good many slides will be used for lectures. Among the lectures that will be illustrated by moving pictures will be "The Dairy Industry in Minnesota." "The Baby and the Cow" (a photoplay). -'Clearing Xand by Power and Powder" and "A Visit to the University Farm. ' ' Fifteen different reels taken in all parts of the world will be a part of the unusual exhibit of the Holt Caterpillar Company at the interstate fair at Spokane, Wash., this fall. The company makes a caterpillar farm tractor and has been especially interested in Glming agricultural scenes. Jts moving picture tent will seat SOO persons. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE. MICHIGAN. FRED G. LASUTER, manager of a moving picture theater at Ionia, was found not guilty by a jury of violating the laws of the city when he opened his pliotoplay house on Suuday evening. Edgar Lowenthal, who purchased the house of the Dreamland Theater Company on Oakland Avenue in Detroit for 530.000. will operate the place as a ten-cent photoplay house. Grand Kapids esbibitors have shown themselves far-sighted and instead of opposing the munlcipaliBty's free shows in the parks have welcomed them on the ground that they will convince many sRepttlcs of the value of pictures and Incidentally geu■erate new business for the winter season when Tthe park sho\vs are not in operation. The 6rst free -show at Garfield Park drew a crowd of 1.500 persOTis. Proprietors of picture houses in Hancock have been advised by Dr. L. M. Power, city health ■ofBeer that they must fumigate their houses once «eatQi week. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE. INDIANA. THE lip-reading story of the mute who went to the picture show and saw the actors were saying naughty words has sprung up again and has been run as a special dispatch In many Indiana papers. The precocious youth is credited to Connersville. The Pennsylvania Railroad has been filming the ■most beautiful spots along Its lines in Indiana. The reels will be used as a part of the system's exhibit at the Pacific-Panama exposition at San Francisco in 1915. Manager Willard, of the Palace Theater at Greensburg. was host to chllijren from the Odd Fellows Home when his house exhibited the pictures of Greensburg. Pearl Sears, owner of the Gem and Wonderland at Cliuton, is also a writer of scenarios. John E. Conley has taken over the Royal Moving Picture Theater at Terre Haute, Ind. The 'house will be re-decorated and re-modeled. The Peerless Film & Supply Company, of In■ dianapolis. has been Incorporated with a capital stock of -flO.OOO to deal in moving picture supplies. The incorporators are Edward D. Crawley, Danville, and Floyd M. Shipp and Leon J. Bamberger, of Indianapolis. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. THE north end of Springfield, which is known as the old village of Ridgely, is to have a new moving picture theater which will be operated on Peoria road by Harry E. Swalley. 2022 Peoria road. He has erected a new building which has been fitted complete for a photoplay house. It will seat about 250 persons. The house is about two miles from its closest competitor and is the first to be started in the outlying districts of the city. It will have a large foreign population to draw from, and these people are good iricture patrons. The Central Feature Film Company, Gaiety Theater Building, which is headed by Fred Whitmer, has purchased the Illinois right on the Italian Pompeii Film Company's "Last Days of Pompeii" and has commenced playing Illinois dates. Good business was done at the Gaiety In Springfield, the Gaiety in Kankakee, and Redmon's Airdrome in East St. Louis. Leo Williams, formerly connected with the Lyric Theater, is in charge of the pictures. The company has also bought the feature "Conscience." W. W. Watts, president of the Vaudette Amusement Company, of this city, has returned to Springfield after spending four and a half months supervising the opening and operation of his new Chicago house, the Vaudette. He reports that business is improving at the Chicago theater. The Boulevard airdrome on South Fourth Street plans to operate its picture show with vaudeville until State Fair week at least. The Springfield photoplay managers are expecting a big week when the annual Illinois exposition is held in October. D. M. Primm. of Springfield, and B. E. Caldwell, of Athens, have purchased J. P. Stutzman s picture show at Athens. Isadore Bernstein, who is interested in the Capital and Amuse-U theaters in this city, has purchased the Empire Theater at Lincoln from Xases & Leach and has begun its operation. John Whiteside, of Springfield, will be his operator and Miss Feme Hall ticket seller. The Gaiety Theater, East Monroe Street, ended Its season of pictures August 23 and went back into vaudeville. "We have had good business all the time." said Manager Frank Smith. Peter Jacobs, formerly of Springfield, but later in the picture business at Quincy where he owned the Gem and the Savoy, is reported to have traded his Kansas City house, the Maze, to Pinkelman & Morest, of Quincy. who took over his Quincy houses. He will retire to the farm. The Empire Burlesque Theater, on East Jefferson .Street, is now featuring its moving pictures, giving its lobby display almost entirely to the photoplay attractions. The Gaiety Theater building promises to develop a colony of moving picture and slide men. The Central Feature Company. E. B. Enos. of the Enos Feature Film Company, and Judson Spurway, of the Automatic Electric Sign Company, are now located there and Elmer Ott, of the Cooperative Amusement and Supply Company, is there temporarily. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE. IOWA. ROY OAIAXS, of Sioux City, the new owner of the Majestic Theater at Missouri Valley, has announced that he will eliminate vaudeville from bis programs and give his patrons a clean family picture show. He will change daily and will give a five-cent Saturday matinee without a free list. William L. Wells, of Northwood. has purchased the Lyric Theater at Xashua from N. Sorenson. E. C. Houser and M. J. Kerwln. managers of the new Princess Theater at Iowa City, have decided upon a program of three reels for five cents. Ray \'incent has purchased a moving picture show at Akron. The Roper Theater at Council Bluffs, which recently installed a new .?4.0r>0 pipe organ, is featuring the instrument in its advertising, using the slogan "The Home of the Pipe Organ." Edward Kirchen is now proprietor of the moving picture show at Griswold, which formerly was operated by H. P. Brown. Ray Chasey is now manager of the Idle Honr Theater at Lamonl. The Capital City Amusement Company, of Des Moines, filmed the encampment at Camp Hildebrand. The pictures were shown at the Gem Theater in Charles City, Herman Hudsbeck is now engaged in the moving picture business at Coon Rapids. Harry Davis has sold a half interest In the Cozy Theater at Odebolt to Jasper DeDoobbeleer, and they will conduct the house In partnership. The Iowa State Board of Control has purchased a Power's 6-A machine at the retjuest of Warden Sanders, of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, and photoplays will be shown to the convicts once a week In the prison chapel. Educational releases will be sought. Manager Hemsky. of the Crystal Theater at Cedar Rapids, had trouble with rlty oflScials over the exhibition of "Quo Vadis?" The city council is reported to have notified Hemsky not to put on the films, basing their order upon the fact that some of them had read the book and that In tholr judgment they were not fit to be seen. "As nearly as I can learn." the mayor is quoted, "the films show a large number of women more or less nude, more rather than less, and I suppose ithat's the reason why the admission fee for this film Is doubled. It will not be allowed in this city." R. N". Abbey, of the Kansas City Film Company condemned .the action of the mayor and commissioners in forbidding the pictures wltliout seeing them as unfair. MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICE. BUFFALO. 'HPHE Bright Spot Theater Co., of Jamestown, N. Y., will use Universar service furnished by the Victor Film Co., of this city. As the guests of Manager Laugblin, of the Majestic Theater, Buffalo, the inmates of St. Mary's Institution of the Deaf and Dumb, of this city, recently attended "Quo Vadis?" in moving pictures at that playhouse. "There are so few dramatic productions that our students can enjoy, owing to their peculiar affliction, that I am sure all of them appreciated this occasion," said Sister Alexius, the mother superior. "Talking Pictures" have been extensively aclVertised by Manager Sharry as a special feature at the Xew Lyric Theater, Buffalo. The Vitagrapb feature, "The Line-up," a football story, was presented recently by Manager Bowe, of Keith's Columbia Theater, The Mutual Film Corporation's Buffalo branch Is located at 272 Washington Street and is successfully managed by Bert Diener. According to Mr. Diener, the local and State business of the branch has increased 50 per cent, since March. H. F. Brink, formerly manager of the Fillmore Theater. Buffalo, has become traveling repre.-iputative for the company. The Hippodrome Theater, Rochester, and the Bijou Dream Theater, Buffalo, have just taken over the Mutual service. The Bijou Dream moving picture theiiter, managed by J. H. Beaver, has been considerably improved both inside and out. The seating capacity has been increased and a new mirror screen and a new Simple.^ machine have been installed. .This is one of the coolest houses in Buffalo and occupies a valuable site at Main and North Division Streets. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in moving pictures has been featured by manager Sherry, of the New Lyric Theater. Moving pictures were used in Buffalo recently for demonstrating purposes at the International Congress on ' "School Hygiene. " Moving pictures intended for the uplift of the red men have been introduced by the Indian Associ.it ion of America, under the direction of Cary W. Hartman, superintendent of industries on the Cattaraugus (X, T.) Indian reservation. Mr. Hartman has been successful in gathering a strong committee of Indians who arc taking an active interest In this work. The opening show of the pictures was given by Robert Rexdaie. No admission was charged and visitors from the neighboring towns were welcome. ' A recent report from Chautauqua, N, Y., says in part: "Mrs. L. Gainsburg. a moving picture actress of New York City, made a trip here in a Curtis hydroplane operated by Al. J. Engel, a Cleveland bird man." George H. Verbeck, of 17 West Swan Street, Buffalo, recently bought "The Pilgrim's Progress," Amhrosio pictures, and "Voodoo Vengeance." animal pictures by the World's Best Feature Film Co. BILLY BISON. Among the Exhibitors. Warwood, Mich. — A new moving picture house is planned for Warwood, L. N. Hoffmann will, in the near future, confer with a committee from the town council in regard to a building for tliat purpose. Franklin. Ky. — H-. H. Knapp has sold the Crystal Theater to tfie Di.vie Amusement Co., Arthur Mitchell, of Russellville. has been chosen as the new maonger. Sac City, Iowa. — George Ferguson opeoed his new Star Theater. West Point, Ky. — George Markbam, of Covington, purchased the Jno. Buckingham property near the I. C. Depot, and will build a picture theater. Enderlin, N. D. — H. E. Poole opened his new playhouse. New Grand Tiieater, to the public. Los Aneeles, Cal. — Plans are being prepared for the construction of a moving picture theater to be located at the corner of Pasadena Avenue and Avenue 56. Janesville. Wis, — A. J. Kavanaugh, Tiroprietor of the Grand Family Theater, has leased the Grand Theater at Crookston. New York, U. Y. — Robert E. Rasmussen will erect a theater to cost .?200,000 on the north side of Church Avenue. Champaign, HI, — Negotiations are being made between T. B. Webber, of Urbana, and the Varsity Amusement Company for the erection of a building on Main Street, just west of the Illinois Traction system office in Urbana for motion picture house. Philadelphia, Pa. — William Eckhold Sons, 707 East Glrard Avenue, are having plans prepared for a moving picture theater to he erected on East Glrard Avenue. Columbus, Ohio. — Plans are in tlie hands of architect J. S. Goldsmith for a large picture show to be built in Main Street, betv\'een 17th and 18th Streets, for J. H. Miller. Toledo, Ohio. — The Laurel Theater at Detroit and Delaware Streets has opened up for business. Coldwater. Mich. — The Happy Honr Thenter has been sold to George Banta, of New York, who has taken possession. Palestine, Tex. — The contract was lat for the erection at an early date of a motion picture theater that will cost ?12,500. It will be located nn Crawford Street and will he leased by Jno. R. Ilea rue. Jr. Contractor C. J. MafBt was awarded tlie contract.