Crystal Theatre
305 Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis,
MN
55401
305 Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis,
MN
55401
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The Crystal Theatre opened August 28, 1909. It originally seated 575. It operated to 1955 or later.
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The Crystal was a grind house open daily from 10:00 am to 11:30 pm. All seats 25 cents. New double feature program every Friday and Sunday. New triple feature program every Tuesday. Spino cash was played every Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Still using Peerless Low Intensity Arc Lamps right up to the end.
Here is an article about the Crystal Theatre in the December 15, 1910, issue of the Chicago-based trade journal The Nickelodeon.
The name of the theater is not given in this item from the May 13, 1916, issue of Motography, but the address is that of the Crystal:
Here is a bit of information about the Crystal Theatre from Movie Debut: Films in the Twin Cities 1894-1909 by Lucile M. Kane and John A. Dougherty:
Kane and Dougherty’s article, a useful resource, was published in the Winter 1995 issue of the Minnesota Historical Society’s quarterly Minnesota History (PDF here) and includes a photo and a drawing of the Crystal, along with numerous other illustrations of early Twin Cities theaters.