Merrill Theatre
211 W. Wisconsin Avenue,
Milwaukee,
WI
53201
211 W. Wisconsin Avenue,
Milwaukee,
WI
53201
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This brief item from the August 21, 1930 issue ofVariety is one of the few mentions of this house I’ve found in trade journals: “Farewell Week for the Merrill, which goes into the hands of the architects next week.” “The architects” referred to would have been whoever prepared the plans for the conversion of the theater into a Kresge store.
The July 16, 1921 issue of The Commercial and Financial Chronicle had an item about Goldwyn Pictures Corporation which said that the company had acquired an interest in Ascher Bros. Theatres in January, 1920, and over the course of that year six new theaters were added to the 16 already operated by the chain. One of these was the Merrill Theatre in Milwaukee, which the item said had opened on May 15, 1920.
If this house was aka the Fox Merrill Theatre, the September 10, 1930, issue of The Film Daily reported that the circuit had closed it and that the building was to be used for a store.
Please let me know if you learn anything more about this theatre. Thank You. Jim Rankin =