WEDNESDAY. JANUARY Ifi. 1020.
TFIR KLAMATH NEWS
'PillC TreC' C ne reC Community Play House
with li fill lire n nun I. t nf uiia Ni'vcr In lu tlilrly twit voiiik of
qiiostloii, eiiiiiitellliiK priiarow Iiiim the mo
lli'llevlng thill 1 1' (own wniild tlnn iili'lnrn liiilimlry ua u whulu
:'ilevelnt, Mr. I'onlii InvdNieil tilml- litokeil forward with ninri iiNMiir-
ertitely and hus sinci hihmi hln niico for lilKKer nrcniiipllHhntiiilN
j JihIkiiiimiI vlndli'iiteil. tlinii In 1B:"u. Tlilrty-twu yrni.
i At this lime, the Chlloiiiiln of hniiHut endenviir, limit iierlmlH
; Ihrali-e Is iIiiIiik ii thriving bual- of emrliiieiiliitliiii. MoitUm of
nM undor. (Hi' mnuntrrihlp- nf strife nml mimrtnlntr and linullr
InlcreiilH lulu liiirmmiluiiH sruuiin.
chli'f uf nlilrh wei'u iliu priHlui'
urn. hxaded by I hut blu IHII
niiin. Will II, lliiya, Imvu mud"
nuiKlhlii this new glunl nf mi
mid liuliiatry, llm inuiluii pliliiix
nf tutlav.
Chiloquin
iGets Best
Operated;
By Poole
Sincel926
KiiiiiiIi luraeai iuilunlry In ihu
Shows In
H. i. Torrey.
jthe weldhm of inauv I'linflliMliia Vnlleil HihIihi.
Ga talk. USA. aWTsa JXZ. C5a agsl AC&A, 0k AA.
Klamathir
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PAGE TWELVE
Originally Construe-1
ted by Hart Brothers j
Interests in 1921. i
; The Tint' Tree theatre !
which, until today, has oc
cupied the position of being
the leading theatre in Khun-'
nth, was originally con- j
(tructed by the Pine Tree j
Theatre Corporation in 1922
of which the Hart Brothers i
interests of Sacramento held J
a controlling interest.
- At that time, the theatre more i
than served the ueeds of Klam-
ath in fact, if anything, it wan
built lu advance of the times. '
Klamath Falls was then only a !
cub-end railroad lovn with a ,
population of about 4to and '
witk lis future largely a niaitttr
of roujecture.
- The original owners spared
neither time nor money on con
struction and theatre equipment.
Modern fixtures that is. the lat
est thlug at that .time were in
stalled. Ideally Situated
Tho theatre has a Xranuige of
65 feet on Main street between
Serenth and Eighth, ideally situ
ated for the purpose. It seats
700, has a spacious stage and an
attractive logs section. Thirty
full-time men and women are
employed to keep it in operation.
Eventually the Pine Tree cor
poratlon disposed of Us lease and
fixtures to George X. Mann
Theatres incorporated, but retain
ed possession of the Hart build
ing la which the theatre is situ
ated. Poole Buys Theatre
,. The Pine Tree did cot pay as
well as its new owners had anti
cipated. Under different mana
gers it continued operation under
the Geo rue X. Mann theatre in
corporated directorship until
February, 1925 when Mr. Pnole.
who owned and operated then,
as be docs now. the Liberty thea
tre and the Chi.uq.uii. theatre,
bought the Pine Tree "luck,
stock and barrel".
Under its third owner since its
qo as t ruction, the Pine Tree bgan
to thrive.
High grade pictures ,
were displayed and personal ser- j
Tie to patrons was provided by!
Mr. Poole. The theatre was of-'
fered often free of charge for ,
comuulty enterprises and soon j
bei'ame the "community play-!
house'. I
There is no tecret in the fart ;
that the Bine Tree, time li'.". !
has been one of the best paying '
' theatre properties in Oregcn, I and a ramblintr brook, all -on-'"
In the meantime, the Hart in- j i-eivt.-d and workr-d out undor t tie
terests of .Sacramento, yuld th: j per-onal direction of Harry o!iv-
Hart buildinj: to Fred C S'abl
prominent retired capiia!it of j
California. ,
Hart Building SoM
This buildirg. on i!:e corner of
Beventh and Main, which hou-es ;
Uio Pine Tree, has ln-in a sue- j
rvssful Investment troin ih" 'ait. j
However, Mr. Sfnhl, who hml !
varied jn tercets and desired to
liquidate in his old age?. rl -i-idej
lo aell. He had a ready buyur
In ilr. Poole and so, in lJec.ni-l
her, li2fi, Mr. Poole purchased '
the Hart building which ha-j
sincB been re-named the Poole i
bufldlutf.
That, In short, is the hi.-iory
of the Pine Tree theatre, a pluy
house which hat imt only l'.-n
a moving picture theatre, but a
community asset.
Corinne Signs on
Dotted Line; Will j
Appear in Talkies
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15 Til
first oiution picltt i-f Ktarring i-nn-tra.-t
wbWh ilrrlnituiy ppt-i-ifli-s
that a star v 111 uviwar only In
talking motion iik-turc in-oilin-tlons
has 1ti-t hocn (dvtn tu Cor
inne trrifritli !) Kit-Ht Nstti'iiiul.
The contrm-t is tiuid to inviilvr.- a
m'Hion UiillnrH nml it is nmlT
stiiod that tin. star will r.ri lve
oontshiernhle salury incriUM- liy
the new urnniK'-niont. -Miss Crlf
fitll's HSri'i-mcn! -pn-lfk-- that
fbt; will make four lr--' -tn-i-ial
prudiirtlon. him h u talkint; pro
duction, probably i-clliiloid vi-r-siobs
of famous Uroudway stape
surcesw-s now rnrrent or of thi
past.
There Is i-pedal liiti-rmit at
tained to tin flnnomii'i-nii-nt, In
asintiih as Mlt-s (tritlith Is eHt.ii
ilally a prodm-t of tlm sllint il ra
nt a and has had I1 1 1 lo. If any.
Kluiio Mporl'nt-o dtiihiK lu-r sni:
icssful larotir. Tho fltt iiiodin--Hon
which Corinne tirifflth will
make tinder her new contract
will ho "Prlnoners," a Torsion of
frstm Moliinr's celehiHtcd play.
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This familiar ieht hardly needs Identification it is the Tine Tree theatre, originally eon
strutted ly the Hart Brothers ot Sacramento, and fveniuaUy acqulreC ' liarry V. i'oole, prrsfiit
owners The theatre has not only bven a movie, but a community iilayhouse. in which a diversity of
entertainments have bet-n prexented.
plo o A rp T 5)11
1 Alc UaiU
lo rroduce rsext
Fox Film Picture
I HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. Jan. 13
; Frank Borzace H on the eve
i of U ginning bis next Pox Pilius
! production, which will reunit"
the trio that made 7th lieavtn
and 'Street Angel.' Charles Far-j famous. rharlie t hapliu
rull. Janet Gaynor and Borzue. ! taught us that comedy was
The story is by Tristram Tupper. only u shabby cloak whose
who wrote Rorzage's last picture. ! lining was sadness. Adolphe
'The Kiver. and while the pic-; Minjou raises his left eye
tnre has not been titled as ; brow and craies sup-slh-many
are familiar with the story istication. Ueorjre Bancroft
in general after reading it as j shows us a tough guy tan
"Three Episodes in the Life of bv human. Individuality
Timothy Osborn.' in a national
inuKuzine last spring
for this production Stage " on
the eat lot of Fox Films in Hul-,
lywyod is being transformed from j
the wheat ranch just used by t
V. .Murnau in making portion
of 'Our Ijaily Bread' into a .
i-tintride of NVw York state.1
There rn rolling hilN. woods.
several houses, a country road
de-it-'nvd and built tho s t b(d ;
in F.ix Hills by Jitirzatje to make
'I he fiiv..r' and whh h critis and
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.MANY SPKt I.V1.T1KS
You caii specialize in
btaiity or ugiine-f. in grace
or Uisjcrae. in llullywood.
: Hut your beauty murft be
the camera kind your ukM-
ne.H must make people
laugh or move them tt pity.
Thfda llara made vamps
and personality are tin-
,w tout hstoues of snvcess In
Hollywood.
others styled :he t?realst set
tvtr built for a motion pUture.'
I'umhcll i notiriue a small s;i. k
t'a in his 'up: "What in h-!l
'es tnai waitress mean i-y put
, ting
1 tea".'
this Hull Dm ham
( oolidge administration has hi
in skirts, but that hnsn't h
se-rious.
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CIVIC PRIDE
All Klamath Falls will join in acknowledg
ing that Mr. Poole has given to us a
theatre that wrll stand as a beacon . to
future activities in this city.
We Congratulate You
H. W. Poole
y
And may your efforts reap the success to
which they are justly entitled is the sin
cere wish of-
The Brownsville
Woolen Mills Store
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Quiet Zones in
Air xre rseeded,
Directors Claim
timet zouus. suth as are mark
ed on the streets for automobile
traffir will be applied to the air
fur aviators, if King Vidor, film
director, has anything to ay
about it.
Vidor experienced difficulty in
fi lining outdoor talking sequen
ce, airplanes overhead roarjiiK
lu the microphones. He propoied
to the Academy f .Motion pic
ture Arts and Science that the
I'uited Slate air mail authorities
anil the Lo Angeles city council
desfcnatC Sllch quiet ze-DCK near
studios filming "talkivs". II:
suggested that a sicnal lag In
lioi.sted when the "mikes' are
open.
;.K H'J.j iov IKS
III Kl; 1MST V KAIt -
Think this over. In l!i-s tin
producing corporation of motion
picture business released some
eit-h; hundred and twenty five
. feat we p let nre. Klamath Fall.
av in ihe H. W. lUtoln Theatres
' four hi! fired 'mid fix ceil of
theve. The bfjt.
I Theatre in Reserva
tion Center Has Pick
of Liberty and Pine;
! Tree Theatres.
j 'rhi' ('hiliHiiiin tlK'utro.
hu ateil in tho thrivini; and
;(-ivinr city uf Chiluquin,
i-i tho smulk'st tf tho Toole
tlnatre iliiiin, yot. it ovrii-
1 1 ii's a iH'i'uliur n mi liaij
i ostion iiinutivr Klamutli
' play houses in that it shows
consistently batter picture
than either the Pine Tree
'r the Liberty theatres nf
Klamath Falls.
This Is tin rt'UMiu.
.UliT li'uiliui; muviuit Vii'tuio
tpriHllii-lluuH art kIuiwii in thn tmu
liiiKtk theatres of Kluinurli Kallx,
jtlio film an sent tu Chitoiiulu
hiri tluy are dinpluyt'd in tliu
! rfiTvaiipn citr.
llnwtivtr. tllcrd urv luo Kluiu
lath Kails thputrt'it. und unly out
In t'hlloiiulu. Then-lure, tbre
nuil be a ullliiK out prix-csH
with the Inevitable result thnt
Iliu- U-is aitractlvo pU-tures ( I lie
I.irKer i-lty are shoved to uu
side and uu!y the "big shots"
si-iit tu Chiluyulii.
Mr. Toole construrted tlu
riiilouuln theatre In l'Jiv wlu-u
the rt-6orratioii center was not
evt-n un incorporated town and
when the only bulidiURs wure
frail frame utruiliiren. In fact.
ChiluiUiu was only a small trad
iuj; tcnti-r on ihe renervailun
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Link
Corner 7th and Klamath
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All Power To
H. W. Poole & W. D. Miller
Upon the completion of one of the finest
Theatre Buildings on the Pacific Coast.
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We Are Proud
For the part that we had in the completion of this
splendid structure, we are sincerely proud. Else
where in this paper you will find a complete and
detailed account of the mammoth amount of wir
ing necessary to run a show house the 8ize
of Poole's Pelican Theatre.
KLAMATH FALLS
IS TO BE
CONGRATULATED.
River Electric Company
To
il W. Poole
W. D. Miller
And till who had a part in giving to
Klamath' Kjtlls one of tho most beautiful
Tlu-ativ Huildings on the 1'acific Coast
we fongratulate you and wish you every
sueee.s in your undei-Uiking.
Buster Brown Shoe Store
Just a Block from Poole's Pelican Theatre
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