Vaudeville Managers Protective Organization - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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INTERSTATE AMUSEMENT COMPANY 1'-4.1-i :ni ll- izxizx .x I mini i.-.,i iii. tm ll Presicientis Office HE Coinpany has Agents in the Capitals of Europe and the principal Cities of the Eastern Seaboard, who are con- stantly on the lookout for stellar attractions, the infusion of lc clv1'1z1'v1' cn' together with a power of selection among the best of the estalnlishecl favorites, making for the highest quality at the minimum cost. That the lntetstate Amusement Company commanfls the heat acts procurahle in the Vaucleville Vlforlcl and can furnish them to lnclepenclent Houses at the lowest known salary charges may he verihecl by inspection of the Companyls books. Roafl Sliows anrl the 'liznnily ilJCl7211'll'llC1llg as organized by the interstate ,Xmusement Company are features of particular interest to lnrlepenrlent Xlzmagers, the flormer providing entire llllli to play intact froin one house to another, arrangetl to vary the numher :tnfl pric-cf of :lets accorcliiig to the 1'equi1'ements of each tlieznre. while the liznnily llepzirtment handles the booking mtl flllllefl' fleiziil- f-owi'iiig the playing ol special shows of one 'IV m'fVfi riiit-. with the 'aillllfj czire :intl attention given to all ,,, I 4 , .- . l'l i'l'fff1l lllf' fifiinpniiy :ill:ni's. Sf!

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INTERSTATE AMUSEMENT COMPANY rIi1't3aSLlI'6I',S Ofnce HE Interstate Amusement Company owns, operates, or books the largest and Hnest Vaudeville Theatres South, Southeast and Southwest of Chicago. Starting at the apex of a great triangle with tl1e Plaza Theatre in the Second City of the Land, Chicago, the Metropolis of the Wfest, the Interstate Circuit extends to the Pacific Qcean on one hand and to the Atlantic on the other, embracing a coherent and cogent chain of Theatres situate in all the large Cities of the rich ter- ritory within the triangle, the base of which is the Gulf of Mexico. Independent Houses and Managers in this Held are assured intelligent, economical, and enthusiastic service by reason of the fact that the Interstate Amusement Company is primarily an operating Company, owning and controlling a majority of the Theatres booked. The same Acts, at the same, and in many cases lower, salaries, obtaining in the Interstate Theatres are available for intermediate points. S8

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INTERSTATE AMUSEMENT COMPANY PHOTO BY HORNBY ss FRIEBERG, CHICAGO. I Waiting Room Booking Office OR the Opening of New Houses, where the Operators feel' v the necessity of availing themselves of experienced busi- ness building experts, provision has been made to supply g Representatives who are competent to advise and confer with local Managers for the proper starting of the enterprise. Traveling Managers are also employed, who devote their entire time to visiting the different Theatres booked by the Company for the sole purpose of assistin in of each house. g everyyvay toward the success Independent Theatres are given the same service as th ose belonging to the Company, as must be apparent from the fact that all acts play the Interstate Circuit in its entirety, and are f . . urn1shed to Independent Houses at exactly the same or lower salaries than those paid by the Interstate Theatres. A unique Publicity Department has been organized to sup- ply billing, press matter, photographs, cuts, show-print, and ev r th' ' ' ' ' ' e y ing of like natui e, liteiallv weeks in advance. This is a boon to all Managers, and on a par with the standard of prompt and unfailing service established by the Conipan Y- 90 l 1 -wg.-..-. ----,... 4. -.,,....--.vpn-. I 5 l 4