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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Money's Worth
Wall Street Journal, 18 December 2003, page D2
Article Summary:
The Villa Theatre was included in the "Money's Worth" column by Valerie Patterson, published in the Wall Street Journal on 18 December 2003. The article spotlighted three movie theaters for sale and included a photo of the neon on the Villa's marquee and entrance on its closing night. The other two theaters were the Texas Theater in Hillsboro, Texas and the Rustic Theatre in Idyllwild, California.
