Isis Theater
Salt Lake City, Utah
Open in 1908, the Isis Theatre was one of the first motion picture theaters in Salt Lake City. Its manager in 1910 was Max Florence, who a year later tried to blackmail the LDS Church by selling amateur photos of the Salt Lake Temple interior. Dan Kostopulos, a benefactor of underprivileged children, later renamed it the Broadway Theatre. In a 1976 press conference, Palace Theatre operator Lee Harper complained bitterly of persecution, made acusations of police brutality, threatened the life of a local judge, and accused the LDS Church of being involved with the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luthar King.
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Cool Head Averts Panic
Ogden Standard Examiner, 13 October 1904, page 8
What might have been a disastrous panic was averted at the Bon Ton theatre last night. A lightning bolt is thought to have shorted one of the heavily charged light wires with the result that a fire was started in the moving picture machine gallery. The people began a confused exit when J. Yost , the stage manager, yelled, “For God's sake keep cool. There is no danger. Turn around and see what a little fire it is.” The crowd did so and calm ensued. The audience watched the fire with interest and after it was out left the theatre by the side entrance.
