Lyric Theater
135 N. Illinois Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46204
135 N. Illinois Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46204
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The Lyric Theatre opened on October 14, 1912. This is a 1950’s photo of a Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. Any further information on this theater would be appreciated.
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My great aunts were in vaudeville and played the Lyric during the week of Christmas, 1921. How sad that it has been long gone…
Here is a May 1917 ad from the Indianapolis Star:
http://tinyurl.com/lkj6co
I just saw that ad somewhere.
Another vintage photo of the Lyric Theatre.
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I was the last manager of the Lyric. It was part of a group, Indianapolis Amusement, that included the Circle and Indiana theaters which still stand. When I arrived it was ahard ticket house. “Shoes of the Fisherman” and “Where eagles dare” we’re the last two films played there. It was a regal beauty. The basement still housed rehearsal areas and dressing rooms. Those rooms had the names of cities on the door but I never knew why. Any organ was long since gone.
Peter – I only just saw your note about “Lilly Ott who played in the Ziegfeld Follies during 1914 and was also a member of the Kinkaid Kilties players” —–
I’m one of her granddaughters —– what sort of information are you looking for and what got you interested? How do I contact you?
I was manager of the Lyric in the late 50’s until it closed. I’m suer that the photo was in the 30’s not the 50’s. Note the ages of the cars in front. In the 50’s it also had a new marque. I was there for about 4 years. We had “The All-Star Jamboree” every Sunday. Played Elvis with Hank Snow plus the Carter Family in 1955.
deanebrown, the last line in theader that Lost Memory was referring to was a link to a 1950 photo. When Cinema Treasures redid the website the hyperlink was no longer there. The photo in the header was submitted by a different CT member.
I am wondering – at which theater “Gone With the Wind” make its Indianapolis premier?
My Mother Kathy Hodges (Norris) worked at the Lyric makeing out the checks for the stars who performed there sometime in the 1950’s. I have a few photos of hers that I think were taken at the Lyric of Farren Young and Ray Price. Mom was asked if she wanted to go out with a man named Elvis Presley at the time that he sang there in 1955. She told me that she declined because of the sound of his name. I wish that I could have seen the Lyric at the time she worked there.