Varsity manager Donald W. Davison and staff artist R.P. Couger create a marquee topper using the 24-sheet of “Dixiana” to make a visual statement in 1930.
There was a Varsity Theatre in Manhattan, Kansas on the west end of Moro Street from 1931 to 1935, which became the Sosna Theatre. There was later a smaller Varsity Theatre 1 ½ blocks east at 1126 Moro. The 1930 date doesn’t match my records on the old Varsity, but the triple windows on the second story do…
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There was a Varsity Theatre in Manhattan, Kansas on the west end of Moro Street from 1931 to 1935, which became the Sosna Theatre. There was later a smaller Varsity Theatre 1 ½ blocks east at 1126 Moro. The 1930 date doesn’t match my records on the old Varsity, but the triple windows on the second story do…
I stand corrected. The Varsity Theatre showed Dixiana September 17-20, 1930. Thank you!!