Moving Picture World (Sep-Oct 1925)

456 MOVING PICTURE WORLD October 10, 1925 MU I ■:i!IIHIIIIIl!!lllllllllllllllllll!Ulllllllillllllllllllllllllllil!lllllillllllllllllllllllW Flinn, Dept . of Justice Agent , I Sect, of Cleveland Film Board \ X OUIS H. FLINN, for eight years a Department of Justice Agent, resigned his position with the government three weeks ago, to | M J accept the post of chief investigator in the home office, New | 1 York, of the Film Boards of Trade. Flinn’s first job in his new capacity is as secretary of the Film | Board of Trade in Detroit. He stepped immediately into that post just a few days ago when, during a visit by C. C. Pettijohn, counsel for the heme office, Howard Christman, who for three years was the Cleveland | secretary, suddenly relinquished his job. Flinn, Moving Picture World hears, is only holding down the secretary’s job temporarily with a view of grooming Mrs. Georgia Moffett | j for the post. Charges of unfairness had been numerous, causing a deadlock be I tween exhibitors and officials of the Cleveland Board, prior to Petti J i john’s visit and the resultant changes, this publication gleans. With the changes the horizon has cleared and things are again j running smoothly in the Cleveland territory. — T. W. ill|i|li|||iiii|i|nini mm uni) ill Many New Theatres Having Fall Openings in Chicago LUBLIXER & TRINZ and Balaban & Katz will build a §1,500.000 theater at Cicero and Belmont, Chicago, according to announcement by attorneys for Lubliner & Trinz. Fronting 175 feet on Cicero avenue 250 feet north of Belmont, the theater building will be 180 feet deep. The Ascher circuit wall soon open the new Terminal theatre at Spaulding and Lawrence avenue that has been under construction for some time past. The new house will be devoted to pictures exclusively for a time, but can be utilized for stage shows as well. A fine orchestra will be a feature of the Terminal theatre and other features that will interest the patron. The • house will seat 2500 and is being equipped with the latest and best theatre furniture. Edward Nikoden, a veteran manager of the Ascher circuit will be managing director of the new house. The Goodman theatre on Michigan Boulevard has been finished and will be opened on October 22 according to word from the management. Thomas Wood Stevens is the managing director of the new theatre. Lubliner & Trinz circuit according to publicity manager Kramer has 26 houses in the circuit, 19 in operation now and seven new theatres building. Two houses, the Harding and State theatres will be ready for early fall opening. The lease on the Orchestra Hall theatre for this season is up next week and the house will go back to the Chicago Orchestra management. Hill and Havercamp circuit have started the erection of another theatre to be located at the northwest corner of Fullerton and Greenview avenue on the northwest side of the city. The new theatre will be 3 stories in height and will be of fireproof construction with the latest and best equipment. The exterior will be faced with terra cotta brick and the house will seat 1400. Alger and Ramsey circuit have added the Rialto theatre at Bloomington Hills to their chain of houses. They now have theatres at LaSalle, Rantoul, Fairbury, Urbana and Paxton all in this state. Plans for further expansion of the circuit are reported as under way. More than a half million persons were reported to have seen the fourth annual fur show given at the Balaban and Katz theatres last month by the Associated Fur Industries of the city. E. B. Lewis who has been manager of the Rialto theatre at Aurora. Ill, has been named as general manager of the Great States Theatres, Inc. Aurora houses, namely the Rialto, the Fox and the Strand theatres. He succeeds J. J. Rubens who has been named as general manager and vice president of the Great States Theatres, Inc., with headquarters at 162 North State street. Bikos Brothers have bought a site for a new movie theatre in Gary at 15th and Broadway and plans are being drawn for a fine de luxe moving picture theatre for that hustling steel city. Lawrence Stern president of Balaban and Katz Corporation has organized a bond sales company under the name of the Lawrence Stern & Co. with a capital stock of §125,000 and offices at 231 South LaSalle street. DISSOLVE OHIO COMPANY Indications of discontent with the manner in which the affairs of the Ohio Amusement Co., Cleveland, Ohio, have been conducted are found in the filing of a suit in common pleas court for the dissolution of the company. Three stockholders, David L. Schumann, Meyer Fine and Abe Kramer, all of Cleveland, have brought action. They charge, conflicting interests of various stockholders have rendered impossible the proper central operation of the string of eleven theatres under the company’s control. The three stockholders ask the appointment of a special master and that they be retained in advisory capacities. Connecticut Tax Law Is Big Subject of Michigan Session H. M. Richey, general manager of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Michigan, declares on the eve of the annual session at Grand Rapids on Oct. 6 and 7, that the Connecticut tax situation is to be thoroughly rehearsed on the convention floor. “The Connecticut law has already attracted nation-wide interest,” said Richey in a statement to exhibitors, “and those who sit idly by and only read of what happens out there without thinking of the possibilities of its application to their own sections may get caught holding the bag. “It is to foreign exhibitors against such a contingency that we want to go over the Connecticut matter thoroughly and awaken every member to the danger of such a situation. The old story about the ounce of prevention is going to be our cue in this case.” Arbitration is another matter that will occupy much attention on the convention floor next Tuesday and Wednesday and in addition there are a number of matters to be taken up that concern Michigan exhibitors and their relations with the producers. Principal speakers at the convention will be Judge Alfred J. Murphy of the Wayne County Circuit Court; Lieutenant Governor George Welsh ; Martin Quigley of the Exhibitors Herald; John M. Lovett, president of the Michigan Manufacturers Association, and Arthur J. Vandenberg, editor and publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald. SMALLEY CLOSES LENGTHY DEAL After dickering for three years, William Smalley, of Cooperstown, owner of a dozen motion picture theatres in this part of X’ew York, has now acquired a strip of land in the village of Stamford, and will erect an 800-seat house next spring, that will be modeled after Smalley’s houses in Sidney and Cooperstown. As soon as the new theatre has been completed, Smalley will close the one he is now operating in Stamford, and which has many disadvantages through its location on the second floor. tii'iiimitniuniiiimiiiimiiiiiinimmimnimiuiuutminmi.'unimuiininifininiiiiiimmniimHMrmninTiiiiiiBma Incorporations iannniiuiiiiiiiiiitBiiii[iiiiii[iMiniimiminiiiiiii];i;[nii[niiiiiiiiit:!ii;ii;miii;!iniriiiinnnm!iimi]Di:iir.[rninu:;im Companies incorporating in the motion picture business in ten York state during: the past week w ere : Swingralong: Movie Productions, Inc., capitalized at SttMtOO. with E. E. and II. C. Hart; William G. Hitzer, of ten York City; Sears Amusement Corporation, capitalization not stated. Louis Mehl. Anna Radeloif, Adolph Sohimel. New York; Forest Vvenue Studios, Inc., S2,-.Oih>; A. S. D'Agrostino, Elmhurst; Charles Ohniann, A. T. Mannon, Yew York; K. W. F. Productions. Inc.. S10.OOO, Clarke Rose. M. W. Dixon. Dorothea Hein. Yew York City; Universal Artists, Inc., capitalization not specified. Ruth Sherman, Muriel Rorrman. P. D. Kaufman. Yew York City; I.andscape Amusement Corporation. S50.OOO. Aiathew Y. and Fannie Chrystmos, Athanas P. Terzis, Yonkers; Calderone A alley Stream Corporation. Hempstead. SIOO.OOO, S. Calderone. C. AY. Carman. Hempstead. G. L. Maffgae. Yew A ork City: B. R. Producing Company, Ino, capitalization not specified. H. Baron, >1. AA ciss. F. Kisser, Acts York; E. C. Fielder Co.. Inc.. Si O.OOO. AA". I.. AA orrall. F.. C. Fielder. Yew York; AI. J. AA arner. Pine Orchard. Conn.; Ace Productions, Inc.. $10,OOO. Jack AlcClellan, A. Saul, H. Goldman. New A ork City.