
Strand Theatre
103 N. Main Street,
Hutchinson,
KS
67501
103 N. Main Street,
Hutchinson,
KS
67501
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The February 1, 1913 issue of Motography had this item about the new theater under construction in Hutchinson: “The new Umstot building, which is being erected at 103 North Main street, Hutchinson, for a theater building, has been leased by E. Wayne Martin who will conduct the playhouse. The theater will be nicely arranged for both motion picture purposes and as a vaudeville house. There will be a large stage, a sloping main floor, and a balcony for overflow purposes.”
Unless Hutchinson had more than one house called the Deluxe, the name Martin might have been short-lived for this theater. The July 1, 1914, issue of The St. Louis Lumberman made reference to an event held in the “De Luxe” theater at Hutchinson on June 26.
Recent pictures of the former Strand Thester in downtown Hutchinson in the Photo section. April 2016.
This house originally opened on May 10, 1913, as the Martin Theatre. I don’t know when it was renamed DeLuxe, but the DeLuxe Theatre reopened on March 17, 1923, after being remodeled. Wayne Martin’s original lease was for five years, so the house might have been renamed DeLuxe before the 1923 remodeling.
Here’s an example from the De Luxe Theatre at Hutchinson, Kansas, of old-school, local movie publicity, or “ballyhoo,” as the industry called it in those days, as reported in the July 24, 1923, issue of The Film Daily: