"In 1911, the
Saenger Brothers, Abe and Julian, operators of a drug business at Louisiana and Milam streets, decided to enter the amusement field. They were impressed with [Shreveport movie theatre operator E.V. Richards] and induced him to join them in their new field of endeavor ... In 1912 the Saenger Amusement Company was organized with Saenger Brothers, E.V. Richards and L. M. Ash as the stockholders. Richards continued as manager and an expansion policy was adopted which linked
Texarkana, Monroe and Alexandria with
Shreveport and thus formed the first
Saenger chain of theatres in this area ... The company moved to New Orleans where
the Strand Theatre, a building of
magnificent modernity, was formally opened on July 4, 1917 ... In 1924 the company again inhaled deeply before exhaling a new record of expansion that established branches in 12 southern states. In 1926 and '27 further expansion took the company into Cuba, Jamaica, Panama and Costa Rica. During the expansion peak 320 theatres were involved in the holding company." Sadly,
few remain. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns
on Nov 8, 2012 -
8 comments
Ukulele Ike. We know his quavering, tentative, high tenor voice from his voice work as
Jiminy Cricket, but Cliff Edwards -- aka Ukulele Ike -- was much more than that. Wikipedia offers a brief
introduction to the man, his life, his works, and his lonely death. But, to my tastes, the best introduction to this once hugely popular singer is
the man's own voice (mp3 links).
posted by Astro Zombie
on Feb 24, 2006 -
5 comments
