Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

September 16, 1916 rill'. Mo\ [NG l'li fURE WORLD iltaj, 11.000; Incorp [aaac W. night, Rasollte a. Banden, .i w Brown, Henri Huhm, J. B. Peters, Margaret Marlon. To Encourage Fly-Swatting. joliet, in U M Rubens, photoplay magnate of tins olty, ins been aiding In work of reoruttlng for the Army of Ply Bwatters. He will give free BOO tloketa good f»r the Princess, Colonial, Crystal ami Lincoln theaters, each ticket betas' exchanged for -."•'> dead fllea This mean* 00 less Bles. New Illinois Theaters and Changes. Sidney, 111. — G. C Ailen has sold the moving picture theater here t» James Bozard. Mendon, 111.— Robert Halsting has purchased the Electric theater. Champaign, 111.— The Neil theater North Neil street, dosed after three of operation. It was under the management of Verne and Glen Corley. Danville. 111. — Manager Jarodski has finished the remodeling and redecorating >'t the Colonial theater. The Btage has been torn out. making it an exclusive moving picture house. This increased 'he Beatingcapacity to 400 and reives twenty per cent, more room in the auditorium. Rutland. 111. — The Opera House reopened as a moving picture theater September 2 with a Pramount feature. "The Heart ot Jennifer." Oak Park. 111.— The Oak Park theater found it profitable to play Annette Kellermann in -Neptune's Daughter" again. Edwardsville, 111— -Manager Kdwards of the Wildey theater had the first showing in Illinois of the film of the Illinois Firemen's Association tournament. Waukegan. 111. — The Barrison theater. Which reopened September 2 under the management of Sid Heyman. has been remodeled and equipped with moving picture apparatus. It was redecorated with a fivetone color scheme. Brookport, 111. — A. E. Herman is the owner of the new moving picture theater opened here. The performances were inaugurated with a serial, "The Diamond from the Sky." Waukegan. 111. — Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mutler, of the Elite theater, who gave a performance to S00 children, as mentioned in last week's WORLD, followed this up with another performance for the mothers ot the children. William S. Hart in "The Apostle of Vengeance" was shown. Manager Smith Got Film to Musk Hall Word Came That Feature Had Not Arrived— Exchange Man Suit, lh. Own Impress Service and Picture Gets There in Time. B3 ' ; i ■ I 'i .in. Jr., i i" i E ! ,!1, K LOl ISVILLE, KY. — In justifying the Mutual Pllm Corpoi in, "Service Beyond Pllms," Percy L smith, manager of th< ltlon'8 lOi ecently forced to virtually establish an individual express 1 in. to g< < B certain feature to Shelbyville, Kj . In tune r .• the matinee performance at Mu lc Hall. It seems that the dim was 1 k.-d at the Victoria tin-. iter, of New Albany, Ind.. with Instructions that the dim be carried ovei to the hotel, and there picked up by the express company The express company tailed to pick up the iiim. and the next morning B telephone call from Shelby\illo put Manager Smith "hep" to the fad that something had gone wrong. investigation proved that the exp ny had picked up the film that morning instead of on the previous night, and that the film was somewhere bet New Albany and the express depot. A taxlcab was summoned and a hunt started for the wagon. It was finally located about two miles from nowhere, and sauntering along at a walk. The film was taken out of the express driver's hands and a quick run made to the interurban station, where it was found the express car had made its last trip and the passenger car had left just a few minutes before. There was no chance to head the express car, but the taxi driver agreed to catch the passenger coach if Smith would pay his fine in case of arrest. As the interurban car had to make a detour to get out of the city and the taxi took a direct course, the passenger catwas finally headed a few miles from the; city, but the conductor refused to take an express package, it being against the rules of the company. Manager Smith dismissed the taxi, boarded the car with the films which he delivered at the theater in time for the matinee, the hall already being filled with people waiting for the opening of the show. After figuring up the expense of the trip it was found that it had cost $15 to deliver a $25 subject, but Manager Smith had justified the corporation's claim concerning service. IN MICHIGAN. Children Barred from Kalamazoo Shows. KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The notice of the fifth case of infantile paralysis led Dr. R. L. Leland, city health officer, to notify all exhibitors in Kalamazoo to bar from their shows children under fifteen years of age. Warning is given that any violation of this order will be met by closing the theater. Will Build New Muskegon Theater. Muskegon, Mich. — Paul J. bchlossman, of the Schlossman Amusement Company, has announced that he will erect, beginning April 1, 1917, a $30,000 motion picture theater seating 800 persons. Plans are being prepared by Howard Crane, architect, Detroit. The site selected includes the lobby of the present Majestic theater, but the Majestic will remain in operation as long as possible. The auditorium ot the new theater will be 44 by 90 feet. Two hundred of the seats will be on the mezzanine floor. A big pipe organ will be one of the features. Another novelty will be that the auto loges will run down the center of the main floor. It is hoped to have the house in operation about August 1, Battle Creek, Mich. — The People's theater, 38 East Main street, formerly under the management of Miss Kathryn Caldwell, has been opened under the management of J. C. Miller. in t be largei thi itei working under the Workmen's Comp i inn i..i u . enact • ■! tive "ii August i. Th' larger exhibitor* quiokly agi eed to t be pnn r t he law, and put their men under its regula'I'll. Sim-, Alamo, Majesl and all of tin h 1 !■'■ tho Broadway Amuse nl Company hav< May Close Second Story Theaters. Shelbyville, Ky. — From present indications it looks very much as though Brown's theater, formerly operated by the late R. M. Brown, will shortly be closed Following the recent death of Mr. Brown the executors, who had announced that the theater would be sold at public auction, leased the theater to Ivory Ethington for one year, with the privilege of seven additional years. At a meeting of the citycouncil a few nights later a committee composed of City Attorney Barrickman and Councilmen B. A. Logan and W. A. McGrath, was appointed to prepare an ordinance which shall prevent the establishment or operation of moving picture theaters excepting on the first floor. The Brown theater is on the second floor and may have to take up quarters elsewhere. C. E. Sullivan Buys the Park. The Park theater, at Highland Park, a suburb of Louisville, has been taken over by C. E. Sullivan, who has reopened his house with some good film material. Looked Their Booths Over. Louisville, Ky. — Following a recent report from Hamilton, O., to the effect that an operator had been electrocuted while at work in his booth, Louisville operators looked over their wiring and mechanical equipment in order to be sure that there were no non-insulated wires or other dangerous parts. Since August 1 the oper Louisville Film News Notes. The Rex theater has been booked by the Mutual Pllm Corporation foi I run on the new Baumont-Mutual "Fantamos business with the Rex is re I to have picked up with cooler I ■■<■ and ' h ion. A recent visitor to Louisville was «' M. Brown, manager of the Memphis, Tenn., of the Mutual. Mr. Brown was called to Louisville on account of Illness latives residing in this city. On the return trip be stopped off in Nashville for a day or two. J. J. Barry of New Haven, Ky., who op I "The Movie," was recently In the City for the purpose of booking films with which to reopen the house, which was closed during the hot weather. One of the best drawing cards booked at the Alamo theater this summer was the Mutual "Soul Mates," featuring William Russell. Manager Fred Dolle reported an excellent run of two days. Walter Van Walker, representing the General Film out of Indianapolis, Ind., was recently in Louisville calling on the exhibitors. Charles Wilson of the Cincinnati office of the Standard Film was recently in Louisville, where he booked "The Yellow Menace," at the Star and several other theaters. J. Johnson Mussellman, manager ot the Star, reported that this was the firs* serial he had ever booked for that theater The Gayety theater, which at various times has played pictures, vaudeville, burlesque, etc., opened the season on Sunday, August 26, with "While the City Sleeps," and will show International shows this year at popular prices. Forty-two shows have been booked for this season, according to Manager Wall, and include dramas, comedies, farces and melodramas. Matinees will be given on Sunday, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. The Buckingham, the burlesque house, has been open ;; few days. Woodland Park, formerly Lion Garden, which has been operated as an airdome for the past two years or more, has been doing an excellent business this summer under the management of Alf Oldham. On August 30 a big picnic was booked at the park during the afternoon and evening by the congregation of St. Phillip Nerl's Church. A. C. Parrel, manager of the Louisville offices of the Central Film Co., has done exceptionally well on booking the new forty-reel picture "Liberty,' Kentucky News Notes. Lexington, Ky. — Charles H. Berryman, who is connected with the Lexington, Ky. Opera House, and the Ben All theater, was named chairman of the reception committee of the Republican state campaign committee, to take charge of things at the opening of the campaign in Lexington on September 5. Campbellsville, Ky. — The front of the new Alhambra moving picture theater has nearly been completed, and the show house will be ready to open shortly. Dover, Ky. — The Airdome theater has discontinued regular shows and is now showing on Saturday nights only. ■SIB