Mainstreet Theatre
122-124 W. Main Street,
Chanute,
KS
66720
122-124 W. Main Street,
Chanute,
KS
66720
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Thanks, Joe. Here’s the comment I put on the Peoples page, and should have copied here:
In 1927, the Peoples and the Mainstreet were operated by the Harding Circuit (Capitol Enterprises). In 1928, both were operated by the Midland Theater and Realty Co. of Kansas City, although Universal owned 50% of both houses. By 1930, both were part of the massive Wesco Corporation (owned by Fox).
Eleven years after the previous citation, the January 7, 1939 Motion Picture Herald said that “Ray Walsh, operator of the Mainstreet at Chanute, Kan., is reseating and redecorating his house.”
The January 7, 1928 issue of Motion Picture News had this item: “A NEW deal in Kansas City, effective immediately, is one between Universal Theatres and Midland Theatre and Realty Company, through which the latter acquires a 50 per cent interest in 24 Missouri and Kansas theaters.” The Peoples Theatre and Main Street Theatre in Chanute were noted as being among the Universal houses in which Midland had acquired an interest.