Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
CURTAIN CALLS

Gus Loew, the head of big string
OF loW-priced theatres. has taken an
eight-year contract to conduct an
amusement enterprise at the field,
and he plans to give larger and
more elaborate open air entert6in-
ment than has ever before been at
tempted.
There will be moving pictures, band
concerts by band of 150 pieces, high
priced vaudeville acts hippodrome
races and fireworks. Admission will
fifteen cents.
Mr.. Loew plans to spend SIS, 900 d
week In giving his entertainments.
The fireworks alone will cost him
$4,000 a week, and, considering that
rain probably will spoil some of the
evenings for him, he will have to
pack the ball field with thousands
each night to make it pay.
But Mr.. Loew has never been
abashed by the size of any contract.
AS an instance of his aggressive bust
ness methods, before the ink was dry
on the contract he had hundreds of
workmen stringing the park with
electric wires. He had hoped to have
the park open next Monday, but he
said yesterday afternoon that the
4
will take longer to get the park
ready. If 1t Is not ready this coming
Monday the opening will be on June
90.
Mr.. Loew said that the MeKeever
brothers, who, with Charles II. Eb-
bets, ST., own the Brooklyn Nationals
and the controlling interest of the
Newark team, suggested the idea to
him, and 1t Immediately appealed to
him because of it's size and novelty.
The lighting arrangements will re-
quire 10000 feet of wire, and there
will be 800 arc lights of 1000 candle
power and 10000 other lights. which
will make the big field as light as
day. In case of rain the performance
will be under canvas.
He has worked out a plan which
will not require a change in the ply
steal construction of the field, and
everything will be moved after the
performances. SO that the grounds
will be free and clear during the
daytime for the ball games.
THE Money God" at the Strand,
is said to be one of the most thrilling
and sensational of photoplays ever
produced. Among other things. il
shows an explosion of three boilers
on a steamship IN midocean.
The theme is based upon a wager
between two English noblemen at a
club in London as to what would
happen if q poor man suddenly be-
came enriched. Sir Gilbert says such
man would find money a curse. An
admiral takes the reverse view. To
prove his contention, Sir Gilbert, in
disguise. puts 100000 in the way OF
a poor mans finding and stealing 1t.
John Martin, the poor man thus en-
riched, finds everything he afterward
touches turn into gold. But in pro-
portion to his increasing wealth come
increasing misfortunes, winding w
in his death in the explosion at sea.
THE House of Temperley.' a five
part film adoption of Conan Doyle's
well-known novel, will be shown at
the Goodwin Theatre the last three
days of this week The picture was
produced by the London Film Com
pany. The plot deals with the House
of Temperley, which is on the Verge
Of ruin because of the gambling
mania of Sir Charles. its head. After
many plots and counter plots, thrill
ing story is unWoven.
The photo play abounds in exciting
situations. There are scenes showing
a prize fight and a duel. In addition,
an interesting love story is woven in
the plot.