Princess Theatre
319 S. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
319 S. Clark Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
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Page 122 of the book HOUDINI ON MAGIC has a photograph of the exterior with Houdini’s advertising.
A group waiting to see Houdini
Here is an interior view
The Princess was razed in July 1941, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago Loses Another Theater
July 16-From Chicago comes word that any day now wreckers will start razing the Princess Theatre, on South Clark Street.
Here is another postcard view
Their was a show on PBS (the history det) talking a bout the Houdini Show. Was this the last of the shows that he played in Chicago?
HOUDINI last shows in Chicago. Play March 8 until May 1st 1926.
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Another old postcard:
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A pair of postcard views of the princess
Yesterday I purchased a set of postcards depicting Acts I, II, and III of George Broadhurst’s drama “Bought and Paid For” performed at the “Princess Theatre, Wm. A. Brady’s chicago Playhouse.” I have found information about this play’s run on Broadway but none while it was in Chicago. I would appreciate any information….names of actors, dates of run, etc. Thanks!
Gloria
My Great Aunt Francie wrote her autobiography many years back and she said…
“On a trip via streetcar to downtown Chicago, I passed the Princess Theater where Houdini was playing. The front of the theater was hung with big signs and his name was up in lights. I felt desire to see this show, but the $1.50 or $2.00 ticket was out of my range. (the local vaudville was .15 cents for kids). Decades later, I wish I had done anything to go to that theater and see Houdini – still THE name in our magic history after all these years.”