Savoy Theatre

The Grand Crystal Theatorium opened on September 5, 1908 in the Stanley Building with motion pictures, illustrated songs with an admission price of 5 Cents for all times. By 1909 vaudeville had been added to the film program. The nearby Rex Confectionary served as the Grand Crystal’s de-facto concession stand. J.C. Rogers took on the venue in late-1909, changing its name to People’s Theatre at its January 24, 1910 grand reopening. Its motto was “Always a good show….sometimes a great one”. The People’s Theatre was taken over by new operators and it reopened as the Alhambra Theatre on December 22, 1911 with a benefit movie. It competed with the five-year old Nickelodeon and the Park Theatre which was a live venue.

Under another new operator, Frank Beherns, the venue reopened as the Savoy Theatre with a new Simplex projector along with three-reel films.

The Savoy Theatre closed up on March 28, 1914. Beherns moved to the new Audubon Theatre. Meanwhile Henry Kramer took over the Savoy Theatre on January 12, 1915 converting it into a retail space for Seiffert Electric. The building housing the Alhambra Theatre turned Savoy Theatre has since been demolished.

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