| Show MARCUS MARCU l LOE fW THEATRE DIES IN SLEEP Long Illness Fatal to toS S ione r Vaudeville VaudevilleS S Magn Magnate te ROSE FROM POVERTY Penny Arcades F tion of Gre Great t Wealth GLE GLENcOVE COVE N N. N Y Sept 5 AP Marcus Loew owner of a chain of f m motion picture and v vaudeville J eville theatres and president of the Metro Metro- I GoI Goldwyn fyn Pictures corporation died I at his hi's home here earl early today He had been suffering from a aheart I heart e t affection for a number ot of months Death came ame while he sIept siept at t 6 50 c oc this morning A physicIan had been with hIm throughout the nIght and t t his bedsIde were Mrs Loew md and his two wo young Dung sons He uvas as 1 7 pars ears old ld Two weeks ago Mr Loew Loev was taken to Saratoga In the hope th that the change might prove prove HIs condition took a turn Jor the worse yesterday however ar J he was waa home borne on luI hi t the C nt or on a. a per cW 1 Pe e e one ot of the show i iQ Q 1 Lon Long I ani l. l I PennIes grew Into doll dollars s for Marcus Marcu Loew they a fortune for hini in n the th busIness Popular priced vaudeville and motion pictures yielded him a ahaI har harvest vest est Iron from one bf f the largest c ains ot theatres In the PENNIES MAKE WEALTH Loew opened his fIrst motion pie plc- I ture theatres Iri iii Cincinnati nn and New NewYork NewYork York when the Industry vas young converting his penny arcades which Continued on page 5 6 US LOEW ATRE OWNER I DIES IN SLEEP f from page 1 Ing him rich to this pur- pur into the vaude- vaude was modest but It Ito swell the that r re pourIng in ing the opportunities in by new I as profits from rom the Tics 1 ls permitted the former und to failures In other bust bust- In New York City r than at vere were eaCh Loew theatres theatre and his ran Into hundreds of of dollars lie He also was or of the Gold Goldwyn yn corporation 1 New New York May 7 1870 I was melger hay hay- Interrupted When he went vent ago age or of 9 J years 1 first regular A t 1 map concern I 48 10 years cl chi but he heI I Job when he struck fo foI tOt tOt- I tl Two years later he worl at 12 years ears of age r handling furs and trimmings His was ns he cran of a a. machIne forM for tor M ours urs a day for tor whiCh lu hI U 1450 50 a week HANCE AN CE t famIliar with the fur he launched Into It inh in- in ly h when he was 18 FolA Fol- Fol A 0 failures a fur deal dealer r rr d been with t r I of his debts det de- de Ii I reverses knew of a penny at was to be started and andI I to become a part part- I knew nothing about I n but he took tooke e that brought fortune In Irs I invested in the which was opened in New York It within sevis sev- sev Loew then built two is own and later one 4 nati It was while e eili ith a motion picture show ai place and then Of his New York arcoe w Sc found success flU 80 he beb be- be jJ b rig ng in store shows all over room Intended for a store made into a small movie i ith n a capacity of from irom Sc Ct tors this time that DavId nt a a. destitute actOr to Loew who hired d him to recite Din and Mandalay in the pIcture theatres The success pf Of the first experiments in vaudevIlle and motion pictures together encouraged en- en him and he soon had many extra attractions In connection with his rapidly growing chain of movie houses Ills His thirst real theatre was in Broo lyn where he acquired the theold theold old COZy Corner Cornel a burlesque house of unsavory reputation He remodeled remodeled it and put classical plays into It in an effort to wipe out the reputation epu tation of the place After Atter a financially finan- finan daily unsuccessful four months ot of tragedy productions he opened the house with pi pictures tures and vaudeville at 10 cents a a. seat scat and found It profitable l From rom that time he gradually added add add- ed Cd to his list of large theatres md and sold Bold oft off small store shows |
