The Liberty Theatre was a first-run house. The Liberty was immediately a Seattle theater sensation, by virtue of its spectacular Wurlitzer theater pipe organ that was initally played by Henry Murtagh. The exterior of the theater was adorned in ornate plaster decorations and 1200 electric lights in eight colors.

Owner J.G. Von Herberg served on the board of directors of Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated, circa 1922.

The Liberty Theatre building has long been demolished. It remains now what it was twenty years ago, an open parking lot on the east side of First Avenue facing Seattle’s famous Pike Place farmer’s market. The lot sits between two buildings that once nestled the theater, one brick building housing trendy street-level shops, another a home to an adult arcade and strip club.

References: Bowers-Nickel p. viii; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 384; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website.