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Graff Mercantile 4 North Main Street Hurricane, Utah (1914 - ?) |
Charles Petty, a local store manager, brought movies to Huricanne in 1914 using a gas-powered projector. The generator "created a loud 'putt, putt' sound heard all over
Hurricane; residents flocked to the theater in response."1
1. "Silent Films Intrigued and Occasionally Offended Utahns", by W. Paul Reeve, History Blazer, August 1995
1. "Silent Films Intrigued and Occasionally Offended Utahns", by W. Paul Reeve, History Blazer, August 1995