Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1939)

Page 32 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW October 14, 1939 Theatre Construction Lou"s Wiethe has filed plans for a tvvostor}' theatre building to be erected on a site at Harrison Ave., Cincinnati. The F. & Y. Construction Company, Columbus, Ohio, is the architect and contractor. Wiethe recently opened his Kentucky Theatre in Latonia, constructed by F. & Y. Construction Co., and also operates another theatre in suburban Cincinnati. The new Cincinnati house will be the third Wiethe has built. Excavation work has started for the new Savoy Theatre in Huntington, Ind. It is being built by Jesse and Clair Stuckey, who operate the present Savoy in Warren and another theatre in Montpelier. It will be a two story building and is expected to be ready for occupancy by March 1. Contract for the building of a theatre to cost $35,000 in Tocca, Ga., has been awarded to George Wilby and Associates, Walton Building, Atlanta. The City Realty Co., Jackson, Miss., has avv^arded contract to W. J. McGee and Sons for the erection of a theatre on North State St. Building to cost $30,000. L i n d s e y Theatres, Inc., Lubbock, Tex., have plans for a theatre to be built on a plot at Main and J. Streets. Estimated cost is $70,000 for the three-story structure, on which bids will be taken about the first of the year. John W. Norton, St. Paul, Minn, real estate man is planning a $125,000 store and theatre building to be erected at Lexington and University Avenues. The building will house eight stores and a theatre seating about 1,000. The Airways News Theatre, John B. Shethar, president, has leased the theatre in the New Airways Terminal Building to be erected at 43rd St., and Park Ave., New York City. Clinton, N. C, is to have a new theatre, according to plans of F. L. Turlington to erect a modern building for Clinton Theatres, Inc. The new house will seat 675 and cost $30,000. It will feature a triple balcony — with seats separated for whites, Negroes and Indians. Charles C. Benton, Wilson, N. C, is the architect. A new theatre is planned for Grand Ledge, Mich., by Jesse O. Phillips and Stacey Rowley, who have purchased the building formerly occupied by a Ford agency and plan to convert it into a modern picture house. Phillips manages the Sun theatre in Grand Ledge. PERFECT REEL-END SIGNAL Positive in operation All OUTSIDE the Magazine See yciir DEALER Or Write ColdE MFG. CO. 1214 W. Madison St. Chicago, Illinois Halls, Tenn., citizens purchased a location on Main St., and presented it to the Ruffin Amusement Company as a building site for a theatre. A second motion picture theatre will be erected in Pratt, Kan., by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Barron, who operated the Barron Theatre in Pratt, destroyed by fire in August. Ned Eisner, who recently acquired the Bijou Theatre, Uxbridge, Mass., has taken a lease of 20 years from date of completion on the theatre being built by L. G. Farnum in Uxbridge. Seating capacity of the new theatre will be 650. Between $100,000 and $150,000 will be spent on the new Esquire Theatre to be built on K Street between 12th and 13th, in Sacramento, Calif. Joseph Blumenfeld and D. J. McNerney, chain operators of San Francisco are the owners of the new house which will be a stadium type structure seating 1,200. Robert E. Bryant has engaged Ben Schlanger to supervise construction on a theatre building in Rock Hill, S. C. The structure will resemble the new Normandie Theatre on Park Ave. in New York. It will seat 700 persons including 200 in a new type mezzanine balcony. Ground has been broken for the construction of a theatre in Claremont, Calif. It is being built by C. T. and W. P. Stover. A theatre seating 1,000 is being erected in the Mount Lookout Square section of Cincinnati. Jerome M. Jackson, veteran Cincinnati exhibitor, is the prime mover in the company which is constructing the house. It is expected that the new edifice will be completed by February. Work has started on a theatre to replace the Academj^ in Wappingers Falls, N. Y., which was destroyed by fire last winter. The new house is expected to cost between $40,000 and $50,000. Fiorelli Morasco, formerly an exhibitor in Brewster, N. Y., will operate the new house, as Philip Eisenberg, owner of the Academj' disposed of his interests to Morasco. ARE YOU PLANNING A NEW THEATRE Your theatre should have the benefits of the latest improved methods in Acoustics, Sightlines, Air Conditioning and all of the many things which will make your theatre a success. It costs no more to avail yourself of this service by an organization which has done the foremost work and research in this field. This service is available to exhibitors in any locality throughout the United States. BEN SCHLANGER ASSOCIATES Theatre Architects and Consultants 117 West 46th Street New York City H. O. Ekern, who already operates a house in Thompson Falls, Montana, will, shortly start construction of a new theatre seating 450 persons. A theatre costing $52,000 will be built in Eaton, Ohio, by C. C. Rader, theatre executive of Wilmington. Columbia Hall at Hopewell, N. J., will soon be replaced as the town's motion picture theatre hy a new building expected to be ready by January 1. George W. Bailey, who already operates a string of theatres in Wilmington, N. C, will add a new house to the chain, he has announced. It will be air-conditioned and will seat about 1,500 persons. A theatre seating 1,100 persons will be constructed by J. O. Berlowitz in Almeda, Texas. Renovations and Openings An addition to the Rialto Theatre in Johnstown, Pa. will be constructed so that 300 more seats can be installed, it has been announced. The Kucharo Construction Co. has been awarded the contract for rebuilding the old Columbia Theatre in Davenport, Iowa. The new theatre will be known as the Time. The project will cost $20,000. A contract has been awarded for the remodelling of the Jeflferson Theatre in De Soto, Mo. The Jefferson is an old-type Opera House with balcony and box seats which will be removed to make room for modernizing the building completely. Three of the Smalley Theatres in New York state were recently remodelled, a total of $65,000 being spent altogether. Smalley's Delhi Theatre was recently closed for a period of nine weeks during which time it underwent a complete renovation at a cost of $22,000, practically the entire theatre having been reconstructed and modernized from the marquee to the stage. Smalley's Cooperstown Theatre was renovated for the Baseball Centennial, at a cost of approximately $25,000. The renovation included new seats, new carpets and drapes, a new lobby, new projection and new ventilation, as well as new acoustic properties. Smalley's St. Johnsville Theatre is now under the process of reconstruction. The theatre will be rebuilt entirely with the exception of the four walls. The stage will be torn out and the theatre extended twenty feet. A new marquee, lobby, seats and all modern appointments are scheduled. The total cost will be approximately $18,000. THEATRE UN3F0RMS RUSSELL UNIFORM CO. 1600 BROADWAY, N. Y. C. Circle 6-0290 Send for Our New Catalogue 46