Empress Theatre
416 9th Street NW,
Washington,
DC
20004
416 9th Street NW,
Washington,
DC
20004
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The Empress Theatre opened in 1910 for motion pictures and was completely renovated in 1915.
The theater lasted until 1945.
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This entire block is now a mall – see my comment on the Strand. This theater should be listed as DEMOLISHED.
The theater’s sale in November 1920 was noted by the Washington Post:
SALE OF EMPRESS THEATER.
Office of William K. Ellis Reports Transactions Totaling $100,000.
Transactions said to Involve considerations totaling approximately $100,000 are reported from the office of William K. Ellis. The Empress Theater, 416 Ninth Street Northwest, was sold to Marcus Notes who opened this theater as one of the first moving picture houses in Washington in 1909. Arthur Jordan was the former owner.
Here is a photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/l3qoks
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8374?size=_original
1922 Photo
Nice vintage photos.
In 1911 Marcus Nates (sic) is named as the Manager in Moving Picture News, they were showing “The Fall of Troy”, an Italian 3 reel import in May of that year.