Broadway Theatre
2205 Broadway,
East Chicago,
IN
46312
2205 Broadway,
East Chicago,
IN
46312
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Previous Names: New Home Theatre
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The New Home Theatre opened around 1915, in the Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago, IN. It was operated by the Inland Theatre Company. The New Home Theatre was still listed in the September 1925 telephone directory but does not appear thereafter.
It had become the Broadway Theatre by February 1929. It screened its first ‘talkie’ “In Old Arizona” starring Warner Baxter on November 1, 1929. It was closed in October 1947. It has since been demolished and the site is a vacant lot.
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Turns out this was not the new Home Theatre, but rather the New Home Theatre. It was around in 1915. Its proprietor back then was Ferdinand Ketzik. There is no mention of the New Home Theatre (or Home Theatre) before 1915.
The Broadway Theatre was operating at the same address as early as February 1929, the first time it’s listed in the phone directory. The Broadway Theatre formally opened on November 1, 1929, featuring “New and Perfected Talking Pictures,” the first of which was “In Old Arizona” with Warner Baxter. Ads for the Broadway Theatre appeared in 1932-1938 and 1942-1943 featuring American and foreign (Russian, Hungarian) films with subtitles. There was also a focus on Westerns. No ads appear after October 1947.