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Motion picture theaters from the silent era.
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Coliseum Theatre
Address 500 Pike Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 2200
Original Theater Owner Greater Theatres Company
Original Theater Architect B. Marcus Priteca
Years of Operation 1916-1990
Type of Musical Accompaniment Eight-piece orchestra and Moller theater pipe organ (1915-1918); later a Wurlitzer theater pipe organ (1918-1950?)
Current Status Converted to retail store

The Coliseum Theatre was a first-run house. The opening night dedication on 8 January 1916, was presided over by actress Anita King. The opening night feature film was The Cheat (1915). The Coliseum originally had a Moller concert pipe organ installed. In June 1918, a Wurlitzer theater pipe organ replaced the Moller. Seattle organist Warren Wright performed at the Coliseum. By circa October 1929, the theater had been sold to William Fox.

The Coliseum was still in operation until the early 1980s, although in serious internal disrepair under the ownership of a Portland, Oregon, theater chain. Remnants of the Coliseum’s former glory are still be to seen by the historically-sensitive eye in the theater’s current incarnation in downtown Seattle, a Banana Republic retail store.

References: FilmDaily-1926 p. 590 : Variety-19291106 p. 10 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website.

 

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