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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Two Theaters Sold in Cedar City for $200,000 Sum
Salt Lake Telegram, 2 November 1951, page 38
Two theaters here were sold Friday for an estimated $200,000.
The Parks Theater, owned by the John S. Woodbury estate, and the Cedar Theater, owned by Melvin R. Thorley, were sold to Eldon Yergensen, Nyssa, Ore., and Glen Yergensen, Monroe, Utah.
The theater buildings also contain a number of downtown Cedar City offices.
Robert P. Wooley & Co., 141 E. 2nd South, Salt Lake City, handled the realty transaction.
John Rowberry, Cedar City, president of the Pix Amusement Corp. and manager of the two theaters, assisted in the sale.
