Casino Theatre
621 E. Washington Street,
Springfield,
IL
62701
621 E. Washington Street,
Springfield,
IL
62701
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An article about early exhibitor John Karzin in the June 13, 1925 issue of Moving Picture World says that he opened the Casino at Springfield in 1908. He later formed a partnership with Springfield candy store owner Gus Kerasotes and opened the Royal Theatre. In 1912, he sold his interest in both houses to Kerasotes and returned to St. Louis, where he had operated theaters before launching his Springfield ventures, and began operating theaters there again.
The Casino was one of eight movie theater listed at Springfield in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory.