ELECTRIC THEATRE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 900, 20 August 1910, Page 3

ELECTRIC THE ATRE.

.. ... - —'-*- ■■. ■-.':'■ } : xr TO BE BUiLT IN ';; PICTURE PALACE IN WILLIS . . . STREET: . '-. . ' ;,V^ Some weeks ago mention wasmiado,' ..; in theso columns of the possibility of'-' ; the erection of-a. new 'theatre' on a.i vacant section of land at therear of iV Hume's .Buildings, in , Willis 'Street;- « Since that date the-matter "has:'.bftan : ".:£ under consideration by.tho parties in-'?''/' terested, . until a. definite scheme hae;\v:; been devised, which will give Welling-; .'.• ton another theatre.' When Mr. Coveiv ;? ; dale, tho ■ owner of Hume's Buildiiigs; ;. an'd the .unoccupied lanujaf the'rear, made application for the passing of cer- ■'■ :• •tain'sketch plans, a difference.of.opih-ion-arose as to the reading of a cer-i'r-tain clause in tho building by-law iwittftlv.-l respect to the use of. a cbvered-iu' which , leads from the'vftheatre section to Boulcbtt Street'(un- ; i'v der M'Gill's Building); - which is : posed to be used as an.exit. , Mr. .O." ;i ii.eere.-(legal""adviser to Mr. Cover'daie)- §.' and- , Mr. O'Shea '(city, solicitor).,'. conferring.-decided to "tak'e the-opinion-'■' ■ot Mr. I'. F.., Martin on the point as -."-£ ■nhal. , That'gentleman's decision'. ■ixv-i'-mired 'Mr/.-Beere, which, removed |.he\ -: last traces' , of opposition to ■ the orcii- V : tion of. the theatre, on. the site and; iu : ' ■: tho manner proposed. . .; ~'.,..' V'i'i' .The new theatre will bs erected ini-H'i mediately-at tho rear, of Humo's.Build-.' ing, and the 'shops adjoining on ".the>•';'■■; northern side, , . aiidtWo ten-I'obt' ; en.-,- T"trances will bo provided .from Willis ;i Street by doing away .with two of ■ tlib-,'.';-tour shops which at present occupy} the <% trontages, one admitting to the. dress-.-s" circle-arid tho other'to the front-and ; ' : back stalls. The theatre; ; which be .parallel.:to. Willis Street, 1 will', .commb-dato at least' 1000 persons,'.'aiid' ■ will he fitted with ■comfortable seats'ini': : the latest style.' The dress circle, ; as .■ planned by Mr.'J..Bennie,' arebitect.'. I ' l will extend from\ the - back of. the ;•'•'.: theatre to the stage on each yet the seats will bo so, arranged-,as'to ')'\ provido that each- person occupying'-a-* r ;s seat will obtain a. good view of "the V'v stage. '; ,- •-. .-.'«, .-■ „■ ; ■ '•.,;■;>.;■.>;.' Yesterday Messrs. Gualter,.V ; Pyk(;s' Vand C 0. ,,, acting with.Messrs. East ..aiid.' V East, formed • a company which hbldsS tho option to. lease 'the Electric .ThcaiV:;-'.: tre—as it.is. to be called—for 21'years'''v on certain , terms- for .the purpose "of'ex- ; -'- hibiting kiiiematograph pictures v ';'inrS such other, entertainments as they niayS". deem' expedient.-. For. the'present; hon'-V 1 ' 1 ; ever, the. company has.decided-to mako'-.v; the exhibition of motion., pictures .its V;' attraction,, and arrangements have'al-'-''. ready been entered 'into .for a> regular"W : fiupply of the latest and most - perfect/';.' 1 illins from the leading, makers in-Loh--'' don,, Paris, and New -York.: ■"■ ,X;!,\ lv .K/ _ A, company 'is now - being fpr'nied'/by ; i'W Messrs; .Gualter,' Dykes ■ and Go.-'and'" , ' , ■ Messrs. East ,"and -East to take '■■'. over :v : - tho.lease.of that portion of Mr. l'.Thbs;A- ---' Coverdale's" property heeded for ; theatre and entrances/'aiid .erect- : 'the v "'- .theatre.. .With a company ■; ready "to;- : '" take a long lease.of the theatre, ; arid , with, the advantage it possesses, in .'be- -' ■ mg.so centrally situated," it is corisid- ■'- ered that., the proposal will- be : .'eaKerly' v : : taken up. " • '. .•••'■• ■•"■■.'•■ .-.•■'.' -, . .■''