Anco Cinema: Difference between revisions

Henry B. Harris died in the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in April 1912.<ref name=SUNK/> His estate operated the theater for the next two and a half years, and September 21, 1914, leased it to Selwyn and Company; i.e., Crosby Gaige and the [[Edgar Selwyn|Selwyn]] brothers.<ref name=SELWYN/> (Four years later the three opened their own theater across the street, now called the [[American Airlines Theatre]].) They mounted several productions at the Harris, the first on October 23: ''The Salamander,'' by [[Owen Johnson (writer)|Owen Johnson]] (adapted from his book), starring [[Carroll McComas]].<ref name=OWEN/> When the Selwyn & Co. lease expired on July 1, 1920, Harris's widow sold the theater to [[H. H. Frazee]], a producer and theater owner and owner of the [[Red Sox]] baseball team,<ref name=TEAM/> who again made renovations and opened the '''Frazee Theatre''' with a new play September 7: ''[[The Woman of Bronze]],'' starring [[Margaret Anglin]], which ran for 252 performances.<ref name=ANGLIN/> ''Dulcy,'' a comedy by [[George S. Kaufman]] and [[Marc Connelly]], opened on August 13, 1921, made [[Lynn Fontanne]] a star, and ran through March 11, 1922.<ref name=LYNN/>

 

 

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