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Ideal Theater
49 South State Street
Clearfield, Utah
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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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Ideal Theater
(Admiral Theatre)
49 South State Street
Clearfield, Utah
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Status: |
Demolished |
Total
Seats:
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250 |
Open: |
1964
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Closed: |
1998
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Demolished: |
Before June 2000
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The Ideal Theater opened as a movie theater in 1964.1
In
1991, the first several rows of seats were removed so that a stage
could be built in front of the movie screen. On 17 October 1991,
Wasatch Playhouse presented the first live theater in Davis County,
"Reserve Two for Murder." The theater company hoped to present six
plays a year.1
The Ideal Theater closed about 1998 because of a lack of profitability.2 In
November 1998 Clearfield city condemned seven businesses, including the
Ideal Theater, to make way for the city's new $9 million,
70,000-square-foot city hall and justice center.3 The theaer was demolished before 15 June 2000.2
1. "The Ideal Brings Live Theater to N. Davis At Last", Deseret News, 8 October 1991, Page B6
2. "Downtown S.L., Clearfield lose movie houses", Deseret News, 15 June 2000, page D7
3. "New city building to displace 7 businesses in Clearfield", Deseret News, 16 November 1998, Page B3
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