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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Fire Damages Theatre
Carbon County News, 28 October 1910, page 2
Salt Lake City - Fire partially destroyed the Daniels theatre, early Monday morning, ruined over $40,000 worth of stock of the Daniels Clothing company and drove inmates of the Bungalow hotel to the street in their night clothes. The total damage is estimated at $60,000, with insurance placed at about $25,000. For a time the flames threatened to get beyond control of the firemen, and more serious consequences seemed imminent.