Hippodrome Theatre

624 Fourth Street,
Sioux City, IA 51101

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 13, 2012 at 10:51 am

Also, the photos CSWalczak linked to are from a book published in 1923 (excerpted here), so the theater was at least that old.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 13, 2012 at 10:45 am

It seems unlikely that any theater other than the Hippodrome would have ended up being called the Hipp. They must be the same house.

Here is a snippet from a 1936 issue of The Motion Picture Herald which mentions the Hipp Theatre:

“A. H. Blank, head of the Tri-States Theatres, Inc., took over six independent theatres in Sioux City, Ia. Mr. Blank already operated the Capitol and Princess theatres prior to his taking over the Rialto, Granada, Loop, Circle, Iowa and Hipp.”
Snippet views of the 1938 and 1942 editions of Film Daily Yearbook at Google Books also mention the Hipp.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on October 13, 2012 at 1:37 am

There is a picture of a Hipp Theater in this montage of old theaters in Sioux Falls which may have been this theater. (The marquee for the Hippodrome in Cleveland read Hipp for years).