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Show 1 I - ' I o' 7 f , ' fP . fcii I')? fjliilw n nilnniill)iii nj iMjm)iniijTiy -- 4 - "" " it niiiitttid H S -l "v 1JIJ JQSfiA t&XCSJi-- - 'S-l5s.S'Sl- t( l MStafeduS ' iTv i tJf ,v .: $&&'' w ;' 'si' Lr lx tV?0,'KW r .Cva &Ls4fcL ' I rl I Ruon, Top left, Stanley left, actor, Ethel Hogan Heinz, right, organist, Ted Kirkmeyer, center, personalities of Uptown are veteran Theatre, to bo I demolished ctarting Monday. Curtain at top center is original, dating 60 years. Uptown Theatre entertains its last audience today after 60 colorful yean Pennsylvanians, the tneater operated excluMvely as a place to By Nancy Funk snow Tribune Staff Writer movie. All The Uptown is coming down. W.th the last showing Sunday Salt Lake theater will do5 to the Lawman, make room for the ZCMI Shopping Center. e Carrolls VaniThe ehowhouse that has played host to to mention Robinson and Bo Satchmo, Sally Eand, ties, Jangles sniy a few, has had a long and warm career. First known a the Empress, the theater was built for the Sullivan - Conmdme circuit and featured vaudeville acts as well as movies. George Maine was manager. But in those early years, money for entertainment was scarce and poor business forced the Empress to close. entino' the great were there including Covered Wagon, ValInnocence of The Sheik and Maurice Chevalier Paris see a matinee from the baucony, Paramount theatergoer wer charged 13 cents, evening price 25 cents and SO To cent. patrons watched Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford or Gloria Swanson, noiiy cup or crackling popcorn didnt Interrupt the drama on acreen. Concession stands ar known today were Expensive candies were for sale in the lobby but seldom purchased. For a nickel a patron could buy a chocolate bar, with or without almonds, from a small container attached to the back of each chair. As Changed Name No Air Cooling A local distributor for art class pictures, Louis Marcus, took possession of the Empress m 1916, changing the name to the Paramount - Empress. With the exception of prologues or name band such at Fred Wanng and The an occasional Going to a movie to escape the summer heat was oat of the question In the early days of the Paramount. The theater dosed in mid-Jun- e and didnt reopen until August at that time am conditioning was not part of the bilhrg. ... A frequent visitor to the Paramount was Utah veteran actor Stan russon who remembers cutting fifth penod classes at the L D S. High School just to catch tire afternoon movie Stan was student body president and told about the day a school crisis occurred and no one could find him. Finally someone noticed the tone and said, Oh its fifth penod . . . youll find Stan at the Paramount. Some seasons New York theatrical companies made appearances on the Paramount stage bnngmg Strarge Interlude, Desert Song, atarrlrg Peiry Askam, and The Royal Box to entertain Salt Lake loyal theater crowd. Paramount manager Marcus phoned George E. Carpenter ore day and asked him if he would like to assume the theater' management. Mr. Carpenter, a book reviewer for a Salt Lake newspaper, left the paper to take over duties at the theater. In At that time music to accompany the films was provided by the Paramount Orchestra under the direction of Edward P. Kimball. An outstanding organist at the Cathedral of the Madeleine named Ethel Hogan was asked to join the Paramount staff a improvisor of scores. She reflects today on those years by aying, "I never cared what my music sounded like; I was only interested in how pretty I looked. A great deal of the money I earned was spent on expensive clothes just so I could show off for the boys who sat on the front row. In fact I can remember Mr. Carpenter stopping me one day and saying, Ethel, w eve had so many complaints about your rotten music that were going to have to raie your salary I Photos: Mike Cassidy, Ross Welter Mr. Russon returne'' ui. years later to perform on stage The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Sold Paramount In the late 1920s, Mr. Marcus sold the Paramount to Pub-li- x Theaters, a subsidiary of Paramount Studios, but the depression came and the theater was forced to close again. The 1930s brought new innovations to the film world and movies were better than evei. The Paramount reopened with a roadshow engagement featuring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh in the spectacular Gone With The Wind. Joseph L. Lawrence took possession of the Paramount See Page E--4, Column 3 Art La root: Busan Jacobson r SHOE SALONS Qlympu Hi1! . . . foothill Village . .. You'll levs if ss bsg us you live witli it . . Downtown . . . 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