Charlotte Theatre
123 West Trade Street,
Charlotte,
NC
123 West Trade Street,
Charlotte,
NC
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The Charlotte opened in 1925 in a completely refurbished building that had previously held the Ideal Theatre dating from 1917 and before that, the Princess Theatre dating from around 1913. It was a small, second run theater that had a successful run through the 60’s but then became a porn theater for many years. The architecture was modest but a later marquee did have an interesting cursive font spelling out the name Charlotte. The building sat empty for a time and hung on longer than all the other downtown theaters except the Carolina but has since been demolished.
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Mark Huffstetler
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Possibly used a “Reproduco” automatic piano/organ unit for film accompaniment.
Yes.
According to Bowers' “Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments” page 551, the Charlotte was indeed equipped with a Reproduco organ made by the Operators Piano Co.
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