Wid's year book (1921)

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Kansas City — Greubel Bros. : Electric, bpnngfield, Mo. ; Electric, Joplin, Mo. ; Tenth St., Kansas City; Electric, Kansas City; Electric, St. Joseph, Mo. Pittsburg— Bess & Klock : Klock, Mystic, Grand, Pittsburg; Liberty, Picher, Picher, Okla. Topeka — G. L. Hopper : Orpheum. Building another. Wichita — Arthur Ford : Maple. To build another. Kentucky Allen — H. H. Durkee: McKinney Steel Co., Alka (Pike Co.) ; Allen, Allen. Ashland — V. G. Bryan : Arcadia, Ashland ; Victory, Auburn. Beattyville — McQuire & Phillips; Lyric, Masonic, Beattyville. Beech Creek— T. L. Kirkpatrick : Beech Creek, Beech Creek ; Alcazar, Bellevue. Bowling Green — Tony Sudekum : Princess, Capitol, Bowling Green; Princess, Hopkinsville. J. P. Masters: Capitol and State Normal School, Bowling Green; Picto, Bradfordsville. Crescent Amuse. Co. : Also operates in Hopkinsville. Clinton — Dewey S. Lamkin : Star, Clinton ; Bushman, Cloverport. Covington — Godfrey Kotzin : Lyric, Strand, Covington. H Behle : Rialto, Covington ; Monarch, Corydon Dan Worth: Rialto, Covington; Colonial, Newport. Dawson Springs — E. W. Dozier and F. M. Holeman control four local houses. Dekoven — J. E. Boetege : Dekoven, Dekoven ; Princess, Dixon; Black Mountain, Dizney. Dry Ridge — R. M. Lucas: Ideal, Dry Ridge; Electric, Dunlap. Fulton — Guy B. Snow: Grand, Fulton; Wallen Jellico Coal Co., Gatliff. Greenville — Carl Duncan : Queen, Greenville ; Nelda, Guthrie. Hardinsburg — J. C. Sills: Dreamland, Hardinsburg ; Picture, Hardin. Hazard — C. H. Humphrey: New, Hazard; Hebron Amusement Co., Hebron; Beechwood Seminary, Heidelburg; Superba, Highland Park. Hopkinsville — Crescent Amuse. Co. : Princess, Hopkinsville ; Lynn Amuse. Co., Hodgensville. Henderson — Louis Hayes : Princess and a colored house, Henderson. Independence — T. M. Stephenson: Star, Independence ; Blackey, Indian Bottom. Knottsville — Father F. J. Timoney : St. Williams Parsonage, Knottsville; Orion, Kuttawa; Peoples, La Centre. Lawrenceburg — Thos. Peek : Lyric, Lawrenceburg; Delbee and Grand, Latonia. Lexington — Phoenix Amusement Co. : Strand, Ben Ali ; Alhambra, Richmond ; Capitol, Frankfort ; Colonial, Winchester ; Alamo, Paris. J. H. Stamper : Orpheum, Strand and Star (colored), Lexington. Lowes — G. M. Peck: Peck, Lowes; Pauline, Lothair. Monticello — C. W. Simmons : Gem, Monticello ; Dixie, Mt. Pleasant; Gem, Mt. Olivet. Osage City — William Coding. Paducah — Leo Keiler : Cozy, Arcade and Star, Paducah ; Savoy, Princeton ; Princess, Henderson ; Empress, Queen, Owensboro. Strand Theater Co. : 4 in Paducah ; 2 in Mayfield ; 1 in Princeton. Leo F. Keiler : Arcade, Paducah ; Majestic, Pekin. Sturgis — E. S. Curtis: The Curtis, Sturgis; Liberty, Sulphur. Uniontown — Edgar Duncan: Gem, Uniontown ; Strand, Vanceburg. Vine Grove — F. L. Woodring : Woodrich, Vine Grove ; Picture, Viper. Wallsend— Elbert McDonald: Picture, Wallsend ; Royal, Walton. Warsaw — L. N. Bradley : Lyric, Warsaw ; Dixie, Water Valley ; Wallace, West Louisville ; West Liberty, West Liberty ; Whitesburg Amuse. Co., Whitesburg. Williamsburg — J. W. Baird : Palace, Williamsburg ; Lincoln (colored), Winchester. Louisiana Baton Rouge — Louisiana Amuse Co. Homer — Slack Amuse. Co. New Orleans — J. J. Shimkowitz: Queen and Trymore, Mobile. Sobel-Richards — Shear Enterprises : Washington, Carollton, Fine Arts, Arcade, Rivoli, Capitol, Fern and National. Saenger Amusement Company, operating theaters in the following towns : Baton Rouge, Ruston, Donaldsonville, Thibodaux, Franklin, Eunice, Jennings, Crowley, Lafayette, Homer, Lake Charles, Minden, Morgan City, Houma, Natchitoches, Alexandria, New Iberia, Monroe, Plaquemine, New Orleans and Shreveport. Shreveport — Liberty Amuse. Co., Chas. F. Gordon. . Maine Augusta — Nathan H. Gordon & William P. Gray : In Maine : Colonial and Opera House, Augusta ; Pastime and Cumberland, Brunswick ; Strand, Opera House and Coliseum, Gardiner; Empire, Strand, Music Hall and Mystic, Lewiston ; Dreamland, Livermore Falls ; Rex, Norway ; Opera House and Majestic, Rumford ; Bijou, Wilton. In N. H. : Albert and Princess, Berlin; Colonial, Olympia, Scenic and Portsmouth, Portsmouth; Opera House, Gorham ; Majestic, Burlington. Bangor — Kursen & Epstein : Bijou, Bangor ; Park, Dexter; Chic, Milo; Star, Dover. Bangor Theaters, Inc. : Park and Bijou Theaters (Bangor), Me. Bethel — Bragdon's Circuit: Odeon Hall, Bethel; Hall, Oxford; Perkin's Hall, Mechanic's Falls. Bridgton — Davis & Dow : Opera House. Bridgton, and Town Hall, Harrison. Brownfield — R. C. Flint Circuit: Town Hall, Brownfield ; Hall, Denmark ; Town Hall, Cornish ; Stanley, Keezar Falls. East Hiram — Evans & York: K. of P. Hall, East Hiram, and Motor Hall, Brownfield, Me. Eastport— Wilbur A. Shea: St. Croix Opera House, Calais ; Acme and Toy, Eastport ; Eagle, Lubec. Farmington — -Fred Johnson : Music Hall, Farmington and Strong. Greenville — Pero Morris : Shaw's Hall, Greenville and Spencer Hall, Monson. Kennebunk — Acme, Kennebunk ; Bijou, Kennebunkport ; Acme, Belgrade Lakes, and Acme, Vinalhaven. Libson Falls — H. E. Gustin : Bijou, Libson Falls ; Empress, Libson Lincoln — H. C. Morgan: Odd Fellows Hall, Lincoln, Lee, Passadumkeag. Portland — Abraham Goodside : Empire, Jefferson, Portland ; Capitol, Springfield ; Capitol, Manchester. Richmond — J. A. O'Brien: Opera House, Richmond; Your and Strand, South Berwick. Searsport — Chas. Green : Union Hall, Searsport, and Union Hall, Thomaston. South Portland — Uogo Theaters, Inc. : South Portland, Strand and Town Hall, Kittery; Pastime, Yarmouth ; Town Hall, Gray. Winterport — W. G. Crocket : Winterport, Union Hall, Town Hall, Orrington. Maryland Baltimore — Stanley Co. of America interested in Victoria. Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger : Academy of Music, Victoria, Baltimore ; Maryland, Colonial, Academy, Hagerstown ; Opera House, Temple, Dover, Del. Century Amuse. Co. (C. E. Whitehurst) : New, Garden, Parkway, Feabody, Century, Baltimore. Bernard Depkin, Jr. : Wizard (for Paramount), Strand, New Pickwick; Forest (for Ford), West End. J. Morris Rome: Broadway, Rialto, Capitol, Apollo, Goldfield, Popular. Massachusetts Beverly1— Ware Bros. : Larcom and Regent ; Strand, Peabody. Boston — A. B. C. Theater Co. ; Olympic and Roxbury ; Strand, Pittsfield ; Rialto at Naugatuclr, Conn. 235