| Empress Theatre |
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| Address |
2nd Avenue and Spring Street (SE corner) |
| Opening Night Seating Capacity |
300 |
| Original Theater Owner |
unknown |
| Original Theater Architect |
unknown |
| Years of Operation |
unknown (operating from circa 1910 through at least 1925) |
| Type of Musical Accompaniment |
unknown |
| Current Status |
unknown |
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The Empress Theatre was previously known, through at least May 1911, as the Majestic Theatre. As a vaudeville performer, Charles Chaplin and Fred Karno’s London Company vaudeville troupe played three separate week-long engagements at the Empress in May and October 1911, and the first week of April 1912. During the same time period, the theater was on the Seattle-based Sullivan & Considine vaudeville circuit. Sometime in the 1910s, the theater began showing motion pictures.
References: FilmDaily-1926 p. 590.
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