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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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The "upstairs" theater at Trolley Corners had about 800 seats, stadium seating, digital sound, and curtains covering the screen.  It was a very popular theater until a new, larger multiplex blocked it from booking a good selection of first-run films.
Photo by Grant Smith, 3 June 2004

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Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the back left corner

Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the back left corner looking down at the screen curtains.
Photo by Grant Smith, 3 June 2004

 

Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the front left looking up

Trolley Corners Theater 1, looking up from the left side of the screen.  In 1998 Cineplex Odeon installed 800 new seats in the auditorium.
Photo by Grant Smith, 6 June 2004

 

Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the back center looking down

Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the back center looking down at the screen.  Only a few moviegoers turned out for the second-to-last showing at the once-popular cinema.
Photo by Grant Smith, 3 June 2004

 

Trolley Corners Theater 1, from the front look up at the back

Trolley Corners Theater 1, looking up from in front of the screen.  Like other theaters in the Trolley Theatres chain, the bare girders and ducts in the ceiling were exposed.
Photo by Grant Smith, 3 June 2004

The red curtains covering the screen of Theater 1 at Trolley Corners

Red curtains covered the curved screen in Trolley Corners Theater 1.  When the movie began the curtains rose upwards and the eight doors into the auditorium magically closed by themselves.
Photo by Grant Smith, 16 Feb ruary 2004

 
Looking across the auditorium of Theater 1 at Trolley Corners
Below the stadium seating of Trolley Corners Theater 1 was the lobby and concession stand.  The rows of seats in Theater 1 were curved, with no center aisles.
Photo by Grant Smith, 16 Feb ruary 2004

The back rows and projection windows of Trolley Corners Theater 1

The last few rows of seats in Trolley Corners Theater 1, with the projection booth windows along the back wall.  When the theater closed it still had two Century 70mm projectors in its booth.
Photo by Grant Smith, 16 Feb ruary 2004

The south wall of the Trolley Corners Theater 1 auditorium

Along each side wall of the Trolley Corners Theater 1 were four exit doors, each one at a higher level.  The doors closed automatically once the movie began.
Photo by Grant Smith, 16 Feb ruary 2004