Comet Theatre

This item from the July 1, 1910 issue of The Nickelodeon must be about the Comet Theatre, though it had not yet been given a name: “ROANOKE, VA.-F. O. Webber, proprietor of the Amuzu Theater, will erect a new theater at 309 South Jefferson street, which will be completed about September 1st, and will have a seating capacity of 400. When the theater is completed it will be one of the handsomest in the city. The entire front of 40 feet will be plaster relief with designs symbolic of the theater. A mass of electric lights will bring out every line of the building and a big flashing sign spell the name to all parts of the city. The front lobby will be tile with walls of patented marble effect, giving the place a rich and appropriate setting for the handsome interior. A small stage will fill the rear of the theater, which is for variety acts and illustrated song singers. The policy of the theater will be moving pictures and songs, the same as Mr. Webber has given so successfully at the Amuzu, which he has been operating for the past year, although the performance at the new theater will be more extensive than the Amuzu. The Amuzu has never known a losing week since its opening, June 15, 1909, and it will also be continued on the same high plane. Mr. Webber has always catered to ladies and children, and always offered a large amount of highgrade amusement for a nominal sum. He will soon open a new theater at Bluefield.”