Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

September 16, 1916 THE MOVING P1CTURK WORLD 1.X71 miller (in1 management of A. D. i.> ach and n World service will be shown i':. (i. Vollman, for tome time with 1 1 » ■ World Film Corporation, has resigned Lo become manager of the 7oaemlte theater at Stockton, Cal, Charles Grog of Grog* a theater, Baa Ileld, Cal. was a recent \isitor hero, a. oompanied bj ins wife, having motored through tiu' valley, .J. J. Moore, who formerl) handled "The Whirl of Life" In this territory, has Joined the booking staff ol the Golden Gate Film, Cory Bros, have disposed of the Fairs land theater mi Devleadero street t" a. O smith, and w. A.. Corj will now devot< his attention exclualvelj to the mai ment of the Corj theater on Onion Btreet. Seattle's Alhambra Back to Vaudeville California Business Pointers. Oakland, Cal. -The Banta Fe theater ha.. been reopened, after having been closed tor several months, the tow manager being George W. Foster, Jr. Marysville, Cal. — K. A. Adelberg, who formerly conducted the Liberty, which was damaged by Ore some time ago, has announced his intention of erecting a tin" moving picture theater there. Fresno, Cal. -The White theater win be reopened at an earl] date by Robert C, Barton. I'edarville, ('ill. — The Surprise theater 1 now being conducted under the mas ment of .lames Hawkins. Frultvale, CaJ. — a gallery is being added to Brown's theater and other improvements made. Holllster, Cal. — The Viola theater has been purchased by C G. McLachlan, for merly of San Jose, and will be reopened as soon as needed changes can bo made Berkeley, Cal. — The Pastime .heater ha.* been purchased from J. Scottl by B. Staub Redwood City. Cal. — The Sequoia theater has been opened by Ellis Arkush, the opening attraction having been "The Ne'erDo-WeU." Richmond, Cal. — The Regent theater has been purchased by Spies ft Fisher, and extensive improvements are planned, including the installation of a new front. kton, Cal. — Ground has been broken for the erection of a new theater for the Turner & Dahnken Circuit and this is to be ready within six months' time. Oakland. Cal. — The Reliance theater, which will take its place among the best moving picture houses here, is to be opened on September 2. Metro service will be featured four days a week. WISCONSIN NOTES. By Frank H. Madison. 623 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago. Circuit of Specially Chosen Films. EAU CLAIRE. WIS.— A movement lotbetter pictures in this part of Wisconsin has taken definite shape. Under the direction of Miss Gertrude Shaughnessy of Minneapolis and Miss Bessie Crane of Eau Claire, a circuit embracing Eau Claire. Menomonie and Chippewa Falls has been arranged. In Eau Claire the Eau Claire Theater Company will show them at the Unique theater Saturday afternoons and in Menomonie the Grand theater will have them on Friday afternoons The first program included Bobby Connelly in "Old Goodfornothing," "Dreamy Dud at the Old Swimmin' Hole" and "Alladin and His Wonderful Lamp." 10c. admission is charged. Worth Noting. Milwaukee, Wis. — The Palace theater, using vaudeville and pictures, has been opened at Grand avenue and Sixth street. LaCrosse, Wis. — The Dome theater on Rose street has been remodeled. Fon Du Lac, Wis. — William D. Alnsworth, formerly connected with the Idea theater orchestra, purchased the interests of Edward Prinzen and Emery Martin in the Orpheum theater, assuming the management September 1. He will devote his entire time to tho theater. Jensen and Von Herbcrg Theater to Be ville— Has Had Bj S, .1. And. SEC \ T'fi.i:. w ash The Alhambra, om the big d..\\ mow ii ni,i\ ing picl ure t heatei a o« ned and ope ■ a< ed bj J< i & Von Korberg, is to be opened with pheum big time vaudeville on September 34, t'ari Fteiter, toi ager of the Orpheum here, and managei at Portland, will be the local executive in charge. Vice Pr< ildenl L C Brown ami Secretary s. Lansing, of the i m pheum Theater Companj . s.i n i eiseo. have been here several daya n< tlating. The lease covers a long period of years, and The Alhambra win be refln ished outside and In, Two performai will be gl\ en daily. The Wilkes Stock Company has retained the base on the old (hphcuni tin. iter and will continue there through the winter. 'Phis is by no means the flrsi cits that the Alhambra has seen. It was Inst opened in l '.inn under Schubert ma n ment. Since then it has run the gamul Oi uses to which a theatrical building maj be put. From legitimate to vaudeville, then a combination of Vaudeville and lures, then, as the first theater acquired bj Jensen & Von Herbcrg, recognized as ■ me of the finest and best motion picture theaters in town. Early last bill was changed again to one of vaudeville and pictures and now comes this last chan i "Hulda from Holland" at Coliseum. Seattle, Wash. — When Mary Pickford was booked for the Coliseum in "Hulda from Holland," it was decided to put the play on in appropriate fashion. .Mai C. S. Jensen therefore clothed his eighteen pretty usher girls in the garb of The Netherlands, while his house men all donned Dutch blue and wooden shoes. Coliseum Ready for "Hulda." The effect was the creation of a striking Holland atmosphere the moment the theater was entered, even before the boxoffice was passed, in point of fact, for the big, "practical" windmill above tin main entrance was an effective Dutch herald in itself. Miss Pickford played at The Coliseum to the record business of the house. Reopened with Orpheum liig Time Vaude Varied Career. s. .it tie, Washlnf on,, ideS ] ... he had left ndei I loo, | t lia I llo new Sun Fl would undoubted!) be patterned aftei the i a bei t \ t hea tei here The Clemmer Gets Out Paper. Seal i ie. Waal • lletnmei . ol the Clemmer theater, I in to publ lah t in i 'lemraei Theater u • New s. ti a nnouni i men I tin ahowa al picture i ii ati l< \ i n and legitimate boo Ellensburg Has Fine New Theater. Ellensburg, Wash \. B Bldeler, pioneer motion picture man ol BSI opened the flneat theater in the town, lie bought the building from the Seattle Stage Lighting Company and bat had n newlj decorated and fully equipped with all modern conveniences. The Ellensburg, as the new theater is to be called, i Beating capacity of G50. Triangli plays are to be used six daya in the week, with .Met i o on Tuesdays. Kleine's District Manager in Seattle. Seattle, Wash. W. ( >. Edmunds, district manager for < borne Kleine, with headquarters in San Francisco, has been in Seattle tor two weeks looking over the situation here. He reports business as very promising. "Iron Claw" Has Run at Pantages. s.attie. Wash. -Alexander Pantages reports for Pathe's "Iron clew" the most oln nomenal run of any serial ever shown at any of his theaters on the coast. On the evening of August 18, when the end of the serial was shown, the crowd lined up in front of the box -office I x tended a block down the street for an hour before the doors were opened. Mr. Pantages is going to follow up this play with Pathe's new serial, "The Shielding Shadow." to be run in all his theaters on the Pacific Coast both in the states and Canada. W. A. Crank, Metro Road Man, in Seattle. Seattle, Wash. — After a very successful trip to Portland, Boise, Spokane and eral other cities of the Northwest, W. A. Crank, road man for Metro, is spending a few days in Seattle. He says that exhibitors throughout the territory covered by him report very good summer business. In addition to the regular Metro features Mr. Crank booked Figman and Drew comedies and the "Crimson Stain Mystery." New Theater for Port Angeles. Port Angeles, Wash. — Hopkins ft Halberg are soon to open a new theater in Port Angeles. It is said that this is to be tile finest small town house :n Western Washington. Visitors to Seattle. Seattle, Wash. — Among the visitors to the different exchanges the past week were: From Tacoma, H. T. Moore, of the Colonial, and A. C. Anderson, of the Apollo: Mrs. C.eddes. of The Strand, Moscow, Idaho, was in town making bookfor her theater, which lias just opened; Charles Claze. of the Pril Everett. Wash.: R. W. Cram, of The Arcade, Walla Walla: .1. C. Erlich, of the Stewart, Puyallup, Wash.; I". A. Stannard. of Wenatchee. Eugene Roth Likes Liberty. Seattle, Wash. — Eugene Roth, of the Portola, in San Francisco, was here recently looking over the theaters to get Portal, N. D. — A. M. Reite, a druggist, will erect a business building here, the upper half of which will be used as a theater.