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Empress Theatre  
Address 2nd Avenue and Spring Street (SE corner)
Opening Night Seating Capacity 300
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation unknown (operating from circa 1910 through at least 1925)
Type of Musical Accompaniment unknown
Current Status unknown

The Empress Theatre was previously known, through at least May 1911, as the Majestic Theatre. As a vaudeville performer, Charles Chaplin and Fred Karno’s London Company vaudeville troupe played three separate week-long engagements at the Empress in May and October 1911, and the first week of April 1912. During the same time period, the theater was on the Seattle-based Sullivan & Considine vaudeville circuit. Sometime in the 1910s, the theatre began showing motion pictures.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590.

 

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