Watt Theatre

This is a 1925 shot of the Folly Theatre at 126 W. Broadway in downtown Hollis with Rin Tin Tin on the big screen and a great front by Cozy and Empress operator E.A. Peterson.

While it’s not the Watt Theatre — it’s a silent era theater sitting vacant next to the Jones Pendergraft Building in downtown Hollis – it’s placed here because it’s listed with 502 seats. It seems very likely that this was the home of the Watt Theatre then equipped with sound or perhaps Watt Long took the seats from this venue across the street to his new location.