Crest Theater

4825 E. Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, KS 67218

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Crest Theater 1954

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The Crest Theater in Wichita was designed by the Boller Brothers. It was located near the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center. The Crest Theater was opened in 1950, was closed in 1989 and demolished in 1997. A chiropractic clinic is located at this address today.

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kpdennis
kpdennis on April 25, 2009 at 12:52 am

Not the greatest photos, but here’s the Crest in 1989 – with a hit on their hands!
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kpdennis
kpdennis on April 26, 2009 at 1:21 pm

Chuck, you must be correct. I started working for United Artists in 1989, right after they purchased the Commonwealth chain. They went on a closing spree, and I’m sure this single-screen house was easy to walk away from. Too bad it couldn’t hang on!

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 24, 2009 at 2:43 pm

This is another 1984 photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 30, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Here are more 1985 night photos:

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 5, 2009 at 7:02 pm

Construction had not yet begun on the Crest when the December 4, 1948, issue of Boxoffice published Robert Boller’s rendering of the front. The firm name was not Boller Brothers, though. Carl Boller had died in 1946, and by the time the Crest was built Robert Boller was associated with Dietz Lusk in the Kansas City firm of Boller & Lusk.

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 8, 2009 at 12:42 pm

The Boller Brothers architectural records agree with you Joe. Robert O. Boller and Dietz Lusk Jr. are listed as the architects of the Crest Theater.

keysenior
keysenior on August 26, 2009 at 7:15 am

I was an usher at the Crest, 1953-1955. When a patron, like a doctor, wanted to be paged if they had a call, they filled out a little card and we noted where they were sitting. If they got a call we went and got them (usuall a good tip followed). The Crest showed a couple of 3D movies while I was working there. Because, they had to use both projectors for 3D, they had an intermission to change the film.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 3, 2010 at 1:22 am

A view of the auditorium is one of two photos of the Crest featured in an ad for Heywood-Wakefield theater seats in Boxoffice of October 7, 1950.

keysenior
keysenior on October 5, 2011 at 5:28 am

In the 1950s there was an usher’s dressing room down front at the left side of the screen. It could be reached from a tunnel that went under the theater from the front to the back. The uniforms were cleaned weekly and very smart

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 5, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Linkrot repair: Here is the October 7, 1950, Boxoffice page with the Heywood-Wakefield ad featuring two photos of the Crest Theatre.

Bonus link: The architect’s rendering of the Crest, as featured in Boxoffice of December 4, 1948.

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