The Nickelodeon (Feb-Sep 1909)

118 THE NICKELODEON. Vol. I, No. 4. . Portland, Maine.— The Universal Film and Projecting Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $300,000 and the following officers: President, Clarence E. Eaton; treasurer, T. L. Croteau, all of Portland. Portland, Maine. — The International Projecting and Producing Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000. Detroit, Mich. — The Detroit Film Exchange has been reorganized and incorporated under the name of the American Motion Picture Company, with a capital stock of $100,000. New York, N. Y. — The improved Film Supply Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 by Samuel Marcusson, 197 Stanton street; Morris D. Bohrar, 3 Avenue D.; Leon Marcusson, 197 Stanton street. Brooklyn, N. Y. — The New York Motion Picture Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 by William E. Pearce, Lucy Constable, Jennie Stafford, 806 Broadway, Brooklyn. Syracuse, N. Y. — The Mullin Film Service Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000; incorporators. Jay M. Mullin and H. K. Sanborn, Syracuse; Joseph H. Nutting, Watertown. Brooklyn, N. Y. — The Empire Film Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000. The incorporators are Adam Kessel Jr., and Katherine M. Kessel, 867 Jefferson avenue; Frank Bunham, 942 Bedford avenue, all of Brooklyn. NEW THEATERS. Hot Springs, Ark. — The Palace of Illusions has been opened at 821 Central avenue by Messrs Banks and Judkins. Ft. Smith, Ark. — The Majestic theater has been opened as a moving picture house. Batesville, Ark. — J. A. Tapley and Geo. Allen will engage in the nioving picture business in this place and at Newport. Birmingham, Ala. — Manager Woodford of the Gem theater is making arrangements to conduct an immense airdome or summer theater. Phoenix, Ariz. — A. H. Reeves and G. L. Wood are constructing a new Airdome theater, which will be ready for occupancy about April 1. Colorado City, Colo. — The Idle Hour picture theater has been opened in this city. Bridgeport, Conn. — The Imperial, the largest picture theater in the city, has been opened. Atlanta, Ga. — The Howard Amusement Company will open the Alcazar, a motion picture theater, 96 Peachtree street, the first of April. Caldwell, Idaho. — Alexander and Tchumy, of the Magic theater of this city, and Mrs. Henrietta Leiter and Ed Ford, of the Unique, will open a moving picture theater at En.mett. Conway, Ark. — ^J. H. Pence and Roy Rogers have opened a new picture theater. Ft. Smith, Ark. — The Majestic, a picture theater, has been opened at 12 North Seventh street under the supervision of the New York Cameraphone company. Macon, Ga. — The Palace Theater, Cherry street, has been opened as a picture theater under the managership of J. B. Melton. Savannah, Ga. — Paul Conida is organizing a stock company for the purpose of erecting a roof garden at 135 Bull street for high-class vaudeville and moving pictures. Atlanta, Ga. — The Posey, a handsome new picture theater, has been opened at 79 Peachtree street under the supervision of the Posey Amusement company, with O. D. Posey, president; Edwin C. Dawson, vice-president, and George B. Crater, secretary-treasurer. This company also operates the Elite. Chicago, III. — A new theater will be erected at 379-381 North avenue by the Jones, Linick and Schaefer company. Ureana, III. — W. E. Gallivan has opened a moving picture show at 106 Main street. Tuscola, III. — Ed Martin, of Rantoul, and G. H. Miller, of Rossville. have opened a picture theater. Peoria, III. — The Princess theater, 229 South Adams street, has been opened by Vernon C. Seaver. It will be devoted to vaudeville and moving pictures. Princeton, III. — R. A. Healy, proprietor of the Crystal theater, will open another picture theater. Sterling, III. — Adolph Loux will open a picture theater on West Third street. Bluff, III. — R. W. Harkins has opened a moving picture show in this city. _ Aurora, III. — C. F. Richardson has opened a penny arcade at 115 Main street. Metropolis, III. — The Metropolis Amusement Company has opened a moving picture show in this place. Newark, N. J. — Mr. Charles Sheerer is the promoter of the new picture theater to be erected in Market street. Utica, N. Y. — The Hippodrome, planned to be the largest moving picture theater in the city, will be ready for occupancy about March 1. Niagara Falls, N. Y. — Harris Lumberg, manager of the International Theater, and Augustus G. Porter will erect a new vaudeville house at 36 Falls street, at a cost of $20,000. Charlotte, N. C. — The Alamo, a high-class family vaudeville and moving picture house, has been opened in this city by the Greater Charlotte Amusement Company. Salem, N. C. — G. C. Persons of Lynchburg, Va., will open a new moving picture theater in this city. Warren, Ohio. — Eugene Porter has opened a new picture theater in Main street. Hamilton, Ohio. — A moving picture show will be opened at 215 Court street by the Star Theater Company, which has been formed to operate moving picture shows in this city. L. J. Wittman and J. W. Doerfler, managers. Logan, Ohio. — Mr. Fred Stiers has opened a moving picture show in the opera house. Toledo, Ohio. — Harry Bernstein of Cleveland will open a vaudeville and moving picture theater on Canton street, near Cherry. Upper Sandusky, Ohio. — The Star electric theater was recently opened by George Fisher. Lisbon, Ohio. — F. P. Burbick has installed a new picture theater. Cincinnati, Ohio. — Mr. I. Martin has been granted a permit to erect a moving picture theater in McMillan street, at a cost of $20,000. Dayton, Ohio. — The first moving picture show to be established in South Park will be opened by the South Park Theater Company. Hamilton, Ohio. — John H. Bromhaul of Richmond, Ind., and John A. Schwolra of Dayton, owners of a number of moving picture shows in different cities, will open an amusement house in this city. Youngstown, Ohio. — Eugene Porter, former proprietor of the Edisonia theater, will re-engage in the picture theater business. Sterling, III. — The Gem, a new picture theater, has been opened on West Third street. Aurora, III. — John Lackner will open a picture theater at 11 South Broadway. Mr. Lackner also owns the Princess theater on North Broadway. Monmouth, III. — The McQuown skating rink has been leased by Robert Lytle and Will Lytle, who will open a picture theater therein. Springfield, III.— Building Commissioner Charles Morgan has issu«l a permit for a theater at 214 South Sixth street and two to be located in East Washington street, between Fourth and Fifth street. Aurora, III. — The Palace, a handsome new picture theater, has been opened on Broadway by Frank Thielen. Springfield, III. — William Childs has opened a picture show at 520 East Monroe street. South Bend, Ind. — The National picture theater has been opened at Michigan and Wayne streets, under the supervision of Michael Mancini. Bedford, Ind. — Messrs. Stanley Murray and A. Conrad of this city will conduct a picture theater show. Bluffton, Ind. — Harry Travis and Charles Angel will conduct the Wonderland, a picture theater, in this city. Laporte, Ind. — The Larson-Daniels company will open a picture theater in Lay's hall. Hammond, Ind. — The Bijou theater has been opened in this city by Messrs Freels and Craick. Mishawaka, Ind. — The Century, a motion picture and vaudeville theater, has been opened here. Valparaiso, Ind. — The Pastime, a moving picture show, has been opened by Herman Clausen on West Main street. Gary, Ind. — ^The Majestic has been opened as picture and vaudeville house. Mineral, Kans. — Messrs. Gurbin and Mulyneaux, of Parsons, have opened a moving picture theater in this place. Leavenworth, Kans. — Ed Lampson, proprietor of the Palm and Fern theater, has requested permission of the board of commissioners to erect a summer theater on Shawnee street. Wichita, Kans. — ^A vaudeville theater will be erected in Wonderland park. WiNFiELD, Kans. — A. J. Pettit will reopen the Auditorium rink as a summer theater. La Harpe, Kans. — W. Plew and H. M. Cline will open a picture theater in this place. Emporia, Kans. — G. S. Condrey, of Kansas City, has leased the building at 14 West Sixth avenue and will open a picture theater. Louisville, Ky. — The Lyric, a new picture theater, has been opened at Nineteenth and Market streets. Lawrenceburg, Ky. — The Lawrenceburg theater has been opened as a moving picture theater by George Speith of Louisville. Dover, Maine. — The Gem, a new picture theater, will be opened under the supervision of Ralph H. Vaughan, Norman Fowler and Ralph C. Jack. Baltimore, Md. — The Gilmor Amusement Company will erect a buildiing at 314 North Gilm.or street to be used as a picture theater. Baltimore, Md. — A moving picture theater will be erected by the Theatorium, a Delaware concern, of which Samuel Buckman is president; Harry E. Jenkins, treasurer and general manager, at North avenue and Charles street. Baltimore, Md. — ^A picture theater will be erected at 2110 East Monument street for E. Potts. Baltimore, Md. — Messrs Edward T. Bates and Harry Morstein will erect a moving picture parlor at 666 West Lexington street. Baltimore, Md. — George C. Wilson, Tyrone, Pa., has purchased the building at 418 East Baltimore street to be used as a vaudeville and picture theater. Baltimore, Md. — The Eastern theater will be erected on Eastern avenue, near Seventh street, Highlandtown, by the Baltimore Amusement Company. Baltimore, Md. — H. A. Fitzjarrell has purchased the Dime Savings Bank, 28 East Le:xington street, to be used as a picture parlor. Baltimore, Md. — M. Friedman will open a picture theater at 926 West Baltimore street. DowAGiAC, Mich. — Frank Ritchie will conduct a picture theater in this place. Grand IIapids, Minn. — W. W. Lawler, Duluth, has opened a picture show in this place. Willmar, Minn. — J. C. Forsberg has leased the Willmar opera house and will conduct the same as a vaudeville and picture theater. Crookston, Minn.— The Auditorium, under new management, has been converted into a vaudeville and moving picture house. Worcester, Mass. — August P. Thibault will open a picture theater in Continental hall. Missoula, Mont. — The Grand theater has been rebuilt and will be conducted as a high-class vaudeville house under the management of Messrs. Simons and Stephens. Independence, Mo. — S. H. Landy, formerly of Kansas City, has opened a moving picture theater in this city. Dover, N. H. — M. F. Gallagher, who conducts a picture theater in Manchester, is erecting a similar house in this city, to be ready about May 1. Winston-Salem, N. C. — The Lyric, a new picture theater, has been opened on Fourth street by M. E. Samreth, of Roanoke, Va. Winston-Salem, N. C. — The Gem, a picture house, has been opened at 435 Liberty street, Salina, Kans. — The Salina Amusement Company has opened a new theater on East Iron street. Coshocton, Ohio. — A new electric theater, the Casino, will be opened by Schreiber Brothers, of Zanesville, about April 1. Syracuse, N. Y. — The Antique, a new picture theater, has been opened at 476 South Salina street. Buffalo, N. Y. — W. Bielanski, 735 Fillmore avenue, will erect a new picture theater. Syracuse, N. Y. — Cahill Brothers will conduct a picture theater at ] 36 East Genesee street. Syracuse, N. Y. — Fitzer & Isaacs will conduct a picture house at 224 North Salina street. Jamestown. N. Y. — The Lyric has been opened with Harry Deardornr as rnanager. William Carbaugh, who has been operating in the Bijou at Piqua, Ohio, is now in charge of the projecting machine. Trenton, N. J. — Frank Thomann has opened a moving picture show at 1063 South Broad street. Trenton, N. J. — Harry Rosenblatt will conduct a picture theater at 565 North Clinton avenue. Coshocton, Ohio. — The Casino Talking Picture house will be opened in the Lorenx building.