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miltonzbrown commented about Comet Theatre on Jul 6, 2014 at 6:54 pm

A while ago, I found an internet posting saying that Louis Armstrong played at the Comet in 1931. Do you know if that is the same one at Sarah and Finney? Also, my great-grandfather, Charles Jackson Gates, owned the Carioca Ballroom at the corner of Sarah and Finney in the 1930s. Duke Ellington played there on Dec 16, 1937. Do you think the Comet on Sarah and Finney is the same building as Carioca Ballroom, and that is simply became the Comet after it ceased being the Carioca Ballroom? Do you think Charles Gates sold the building to Tommy James? Charles Gates lived across the street at 4107 Finney Ave since 1923.