Post Street Theatre

I lived in the area during the long, hot summer of 1961. I was shocked that air ducts for cooling had been installed atop the walls. It rattled when the the system was on, which was much of the time, interfering with the movie. The marquee and newspaper ads stated that it was “Spokane’s favorite theater.” Not likely. Later I learned that it was owned by a chain called Favorite Theaters.

The November 9, 1913, issue of Moving Picture World had a brief item about this house:

“The American Theater at Spokane, Wash., has been reopened with pictures, although it is announced that later it will go into a vaudeville circuit, in which the Advance Amusement Company, of Portland, Ore., is active. The lighting system has been replaced by a semi-indirect plan and the entire theater interior has been re-decorated.”