The Moving picture world (October 1921)

October 8, 1921 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 683 Canada Fabri, a European scenic artist, as art producer of the Allen The Midway Theatre, St. Cath Theatre. Mr. Fabri will have erine street and St. Lawrence charge of the making of all speboulevard, Montreal, which was cial stage settings for prologues, practically destroyed in a bad fire grand opera numbers and ballet last spring, was reopened for offerings. He has studied art in business on September 24. One of the new features of the reconstructed house is a large pipe organ. » * * Horsfall Productions, Montreal Budapest, Paris, Vienna and Venice. The theatre recently secured Laszlo Schwartz of New York as art director and one of his first efforts will be the presentation of a week's festival of Scottish folkhas secured the Canadian distri songs and dances, for which a bution of the British special, "Nothing Else Matters." Announcement is made that it will be released in Montreal for its first Canadian run very shortly. * * * Manager Conover of the Im company of twenty-five local singers, dancers and pipers have been engaged. * ♦ * Reed Chapman, son of Arthur W. Chapman, vice-president of the Codville Company, Winnipeg, perial Theatre, Montreal, who re has organized the R. A. Chapman ccntly returned from a business Production Company of Los Antrip to New York City, has insti geles. The new company has protuted a special musical feature in duced "The Call of the Pines," it the form of an orchestra! recital jj announced. Mr. Chapman will twice daily, at 3 p. m. and 9 p. m. shortly revisit his native city The Imperial orchestra is now where he resided for twenty conducted by Signer G. Romano, years before going to California. The new Loew Theatre in Montreal, Loew's Court Theatre, is presenting moving pictures exclu The regular weekly luncheon of the Manitoba Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association held at Mani s.vely and is changmg program Winnipeg, on Thursday three tmies weekly, on ounaays, oo r. a u Wednesdays and Fridays The September 22, was featured bj The afternoon price is 11 cents and the presence of by Miss Juanita aiieruuuu p,,.c ^^r^: -^'^ Hansen, who addressed the mem the evening adni.ss.on pricei 25 ^^.^ ^^^^ cents, tax >ncluded J. R Elms ^ ^^.^ ^ manager cf the main Loew house ^ ^^^^ ^ m Montreal, is also m charge ot , ru^^\^^ p^,,-,, lofo rJT,,, the Court Theatre. ♦ * * Fox's "Over the Hill" opened as a special attraction at both the Allen Theatre, Toronto, and the Allen Theatre, Montreal, starting the week of September 25. Announcement was made at the To ture of Charles Perry, late manager of the Capitol Theatre, Winnipeg, was moved by Ted Hardcastle, seconded by George Graham and unanimously adopted. Another visitor of prominence was the Rev. George Salton, a local clergyman, who has been a strong defender of the picture ronto Theatre that the feature theatre and its influences. Presiwould be shown for three weeks jent R. Kershaw was in the chair, at least, v\hile at Montreal an indefinite engagement was announced. Special prices were asked in each instance, at Montreal the evening scale being Pittsburgh . J -f At a meeting of the M. P. T. raised to a range of 50 cents to q Western Pennsylvania last $1.10, and at the Toronto Allen ^^^^y.^ ^ resolution was adopted urgthe admission for evening per j^g. producers to insert a clause formances being fixed at 75 cents ;„ contracts which would autofor every seat except the boxes, matically cancel bookings on any * * '* picture in which the star or any One of the notable picture en other player might do anything that gagements of the present season will cast a reflection on the picture has been the presentation of industry in general, the action being Metro's "The Four Horsemen" at a result of the Arbuckle case. Fred Massey Hall, Toronto's largest Herrington, secretary, says the M. auditorium. This run opened P. T. O. is growing rapidly. DurAugust 29 and closes October 1, ing the past few days over twentymaking five solid weeks. The fca five members have been added. Mr. ture played to big houses until the Herrington is now making a round last and was taken off only be of all the picture theatres of Western cause of the opening of the concert season. * * * The Princess Theatre. Chatham, C. A. Lynch, for the past year and three months in charge of the Pittsburgh branch of Educational Film Exchange, resigned his position voluntarily, and is now back at his old job as salesman for the Pathe Exchange. His successor at Educational is Joseph Kaliski, former manager of the Fox Exchanges at Cleveland and Denver. * * * Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 19.— With the change of ownership of the Plaza Theatre, formerly the property of the Consolidated Amusement Company, but purchased recently by C. A. Midelburg and associates, announcement has been made that the theatre will be turned into a picture house. Charleston, will then be for the first time without a theatre of any kind except those devoted to the silent drama. The property has been taken over by the Hyman interests of Huntington, who are owners and managers of a circuit of theatres in which pictures only are shown. * * * Harry L. Charnas, the "big gun" of the Federated Film Exchange Company, paid a visit to his new Pittsburgh branch recently. + ♦ * Ed. Harvey expects to have his new $200,000 picture house at Woodlawn, Pa., ready for opening by the first of November. The house will have 1,400 seats, including a balcony. Mr. Harvey is also owner of the Grand Theatre, which he built some ten years ago, seating 700, but this house is far too small to accommodate the crowds. * * * J. M. Riley, the blind exhibitor of the Pastime Theatre, Crab Tree, Pa., died recently after suffering a stroke of paralysis. * * * Williamson, W. Va.— The Williamson Theatre Company has been authorized by the Secretary of State to increase its capital stock from $15,000 to $25,000. * * * Samuel Sivitz, publicity manager for the Rowland and Clark Theatres, Pittsburgh, has recovered from his recent illness, and is again back at his desk. A. M. Eisner, former secretary of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Missouri, is remodelinj; and redecorating the Strand Theatre, Kansas City, and will reopen it in a short time. * * * Roy Sweetland has re-opened the Royal Theatre at Hiawatha, Kas. * * * Henry Tucker, of the Photoplay Theatre at Liberal, Kas., in re-modeling the house and will re-name it the Tucker. * * ♦ Sol Koplar, of the Hostcttler Enterprises, was in town for a few days. He left September 17 for St. Louis. * * * Out-of-town visitors to the various film exchanges during the last week have been : E. E. Frazier, of the Grand Theatre, Pittsburgh, Kas. ; Mr. Wiley, owner of the Rex Theatre, Milberry, Kas. ; John Tackett, of the Tackett Theatre, Coffeyville, Kas. ; Mr. Skyler, Bowman's Hall of Adrian, Mo.; Mr. Wagner, of the Bijou Theatre, Lamar, Mo. ; J. S. Berryman, of the Golden Belt at Ellsworth, Kas. ; Charles Fisk, of the Fisk Opera House at Butler, Mo.; W. H. Weber, of the Echo Theatre at Great Bend, Kas., and Mr. Olcott, of the Aidonie at Oak Grove, Mo, * * * O. S. Witaker, formerly with the Universal Film Company at Omaha, joined the sales force of Universal's Kansas City branch recently. * * + A new theatre is being built at Sharon Springs, Kas. It is to be one of the finest in that section and will seat about 500. The Grand -Theatre at Salina, Kas., is running on vaudeville. * * * E. C. Ward has bought the Brooklyn Theatre in Kansas City. Mr. Ward is a new exhibitor. * * * The American Theatre of Kan.sas City, and owned by George Arkin, was re-opened recently after being extensively remodeled and redecorated. Joe Rosenberg, formerly with Pathe, has been appointed manager of the theatre. Pennsylvania and is meeting with much success in securing them as members. For those exhibitors who do not wish or cannot afford to pay Ontario, has been reopened by the cash dues he has a proposition Kazo'or Bros, after having been enlarged and remodeled during to make payment of same in the nature of advertising slides, but recent weeks. The Princess is one these are not of an undesirable sort of the pioneer picture theatres in or numerous by any means. If deWestern Ontario, but the owners, sired, the exhibitor may run but who also conduct a large whole one slide for the association, but sale fruit business in Chatham, can run more if he desires. The have kept abreast of the times by association has sent out letters to the adoption of various innova all exhibitors advising them to write tions and improvements from Senator Penrose, asking him to use time to time. his influence in the repeal of the ♦ * ♦ film rental tax, admission tax and Manager Ward of the Allen •'^tat tax. .Address Hon. Boise PenTheatre, Winnipeg, has an rose, U. S. Senate, Washington, nounced the appointment of Ralph D C. Kansas City C. C. Ezell, L. J. Selznick's personal representative, took charge of the local Select office following the resignation of Joe Kaliski, who will inanage one of the Pittsburgh Exchanges. Mr. Ezell will be in charge of the local office until Harry Cohen, newly appointed manager, arrives from Los Angeles. * ♦ * J. R. Pratt has opened his Gem Theatre at Fulton, Mo., which has been closed for more than a month, during which time improvements were made on both the interior and exterior. * * * J. B. Painter has sold his Jov Theatre at Elk City to Will Haskins, of Medicine Lodge, Kas. Mr. Haskins will take charge about October 1. * * ♦ Frank Aigren has sold the Highland Theatre at Thirty-first and Highland, Kansas City, to A. J. Bohrer. In Leading Roies Dorothy Dalton will work at the Lasky studio in George .Melford's next production for Paramount, "Moran of the Lady Letty," from the novel by Frank Norris. Vliss Dalton and Rudolph Valentino will be featured in the leading roles.