Crystal Theatre
Bardstown,
KY
40004
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Previously operated by: Affiliated Theaters Inc. (Indianapolis)
Previous Names: Crystal Hall
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The Crystal Hall opened around 1912. It was renamed Crystal Theatre in 1915. By 1950 it was operated by Affiliated Theaters Inc. of Indianapolis, IN. It was still open in 1957.
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The Spring, 2014, issue of quarterly newsletter Preserving Bardstown (PDF here) contains excerpts from an interview with a Mr. J. Robert Crume on February 26, 1967. Mr. Crume said that Crystal Hall was operated by Sisco and Mann from 1912 to 1928, and by Sisco and Arnold after that. In 1938 the theater moved to a new location.
The local newspaper, The Kentucky Standard, was advertising the house as the Crystal Theatre by 1915. Here is a representative listing from December 28, 1916:
Bardstown had a Sunday blue law, so the theater operated only six days a week.Calling all reclusive old fogies (presumably, old bats were welcome, too.) From The Moving Picture World, July 3, 1915):
No word on accommodation for duffers, codgers, geezers or coots.