| Title |
Paramount-Empress Theatre P.1 |
| File Name |
39222001701882.tif |
| Photo Number |
No. 28128 |
| Classification |
725.8 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Subject |
Theaters, Resorts, Amusement Halls, Parks |
| Corporate Name |
Paramount-Empress Theater |
| Other Subject |
Movie theaters |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City; Salt Lake County; Utah |
| Historic Address |
53 South Main Street |
| Description |
28128 Interior of the Paramount Empress Theater stage. 53 South Main Street |
| Comment |
"The Empress Theater was built for the Sullivan - Considine circuit in 1911 and featured vaudeville acts and movies. Poor business, however, forced the theater to close. In 1916 Louis Marcus, a local distributor for art class pictures, reopened the theater as the Paramount - Empress and operated it almost exclusively as a movie showhouse. Music for the films was provided by the Paramount Orchestra ... Publix Theaters, a subsidiary of Paramount Studios, bought the theater from Marcus in the late 1920's, but the theater was forced to close during the Depression. ... In the 1930's the Paramount reopened ... Became the Uptown in 1950s; closed in 1971." -- From web site http://utahtheaters.info/TheaterMain.asp?ID=128 |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2009 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photograph Collection |
| Source Format |
Print Photograph |
| Source Size |
6.3 inches x 4.5 inches |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000 pixels on the long axis. Archival resolution: 2503 x 1785 |
| Scanned By |
Louise Radcliffe |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s66h4xgh |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
444913 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h4xgh |
