Murrette Theater
1005 Main Street,
Richmond,
IN
47374
1005 Main Street,
Richmond,
IN
47374
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This opened on August 15th, 1912. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
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An advertisement for the American Theatre Curtain & Supply Co. of St. Louis in the July 6, 1912 issue of The Moving Picture World listed the Murrette Theatre at Richmond, Indiana, as one of the houses in which the company had recently installed a “Radium Gold Fibre Screen.” One of the other theaters advertised included the notation “New House,” which suggests that the others, including the Murrette, were theaters opened prior to 1912 that were being retrofitted with new screens.
An ad for the same company in a later issue of the magazine included this encomium from the owner of the house: