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Roosevelt Theatre  
Address 124 State Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 1500
Original Theater Owner Ascher? (19??-1922?)
Balaban & Katz (1922 through at least 1927)
Original Theater Architect unknown
Years of Operation unknown (operating circa 1921 through circa 1927)
Type of Musical Accompaniment unknown
Current Status Demolished?

The Roosevelt Theatre was a first-run house. The theater appears to have been owned by Ascher through late 1921 or into 1922. The theater reopened under Balaban & Katz ownership by the first week of July 1922. Beginning 11 October 1922, the theater featured an extended run of When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922).

Resources: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 498.

 

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