Regent Theatre
601 Genesee Street,
Blue Rapids,
KS
66441
601 Genesee Street,
Blue Rapids,
KS
66441
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The Photoplay was not open in either 1911 or 1918. If I had to guess, it might be the bar at 18 Public Sq, which was a grocery in 1911, and a Ford garage in 1918.
Moving Picture World of November 9, 1918 noted a new owner for the Opera House in Blue Rapids: “O. A. Reed, of Blue Rapids, Kan., widely known throughout the northern portion of the state, has bought the opera there and is running a program of the best class of photoplays.”
The only theater listed at Blue Rapids in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory was called the Photoplay, listed on the east side of the square.
Architect was John McPherson. I tried adding that, guess it didn’t take.