Have to ask - why a Spanish theme?
Be kinder than is necessary because everyone
you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
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From: Randi Richardson <gftl(a)bluemarble.net>
To: INMonroe(a)rootsweb.com; INOwen(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 9:15 AM
Subject: [INOWEN] New Ritz Theatre to Open
Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Star, February 24, 1928, p. 1.
NEW THEATRE WILL HAVE 4-DAY OPENING
$100,000 Spent in Construction of Ritz
The new Ritz theatre on East Kirkwood Avenue will be opened formally next
Wednesday and the opening feature, "Dress Parade," will be shown for four
days.
When completed, the new playhouse will represent an approximate run of
$100,000, it was announced Thursday. A feature of the new theatre is the
$25,000 M(illegible) organ that will play an important part in the
presentation of the musical theme of the pictures.
Seats for 800 persons have been installed, and the theatre management boasts
that "every seat is a good seat." The Spanish theme of decoration is used
throughout the building, the (illegible) columns being old gold, black and
green.
Seven contractors were employed in erecting and finishing Bloomington's new
show house. Art stones, wall designs and plastering were done by Albert
Engledow. V. Johnson (difficult to read), interior decorator, did the art
color effects, painting and decorating. The plumbing work and installation
of it were in the hands of Thomas Vint. The Hughes Brother Lumber Company
provided the lumber and building materials used in the construction of the
theatre. Pipe organ projections, sheet metal work and the tile roofing were
completed by the H. G. Harris Sheet Metal Company. John Lincoln Nichols,
architect, was the designer of the theater (sic), and E. T. Wolfe and Sons,
Contractors, are responsible for the building of the structure.
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Spanish architecture was very common for theatres and homes in the 1920s. Our 1929 house
has Spanish plaster. Several Elm Hts neighborhood have Spanish touches - iron work,
plaster, tiles,etc.
SUZANN MITTEN OWEN
611 S. Jordan Ave.
Bloomington IN 47401
812-336-5337
On Apr 14, 2013, at 3:50 PM, "Jo Cluck" <djcluck(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
green.