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Sam H. Harris Theatre

May 03, 2023

The Sam H. Harris Theatre, originally the Candler Theatre, was a theater within the Candler Building, at 226 West 42nd Street, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1914, the 1,200-seat theater was designed by Thomas W. Lamb and built for Asa Griggs Candler, who leased it to George M. Cohan, Sam H. Harris, and George Kleine. Although the theater was intended to host both movies and legitimate Broadway productions, it functioned exclusively as a movie theater after 1933. The theater's auditorium was demolished by 1998. The only remnant of the former theater is its 42nd Street facade, which has been used by the Madame Tussauds New York museum since 2000.

Sam H. Harris Theatre
The "Harris" marquee can be seen on the far right of this 1985 photo, comprising the rightmost part of the Candler Building.
Address226 W. 42nd St.
New York City
United States of America
Capacity1,200
Current useDemolished
Construction
Opened1914
Closed1994
Demolishedc. 1997–1998
ArchitectThomas W. Lamb

The theater was located in the rear of the Candler Building and was accessed through the building's western wings. The auditorium was decorated in the Italian Renaissance style, with seats across two levels. There were originally four boxes, a proscenium arch with ornate plasterwork, and an elaborate saucer dome on the ceiling. Albert Herter painted six murals for the theater's lobby, as well as another mural at the rear of the auditorium.

A syndicate headed by music publisher Sol Bloom acquired the theater's site in 1913. The Candler opened on May 8, 1914, with the film Antony and Cleopatra and started hosting legitimate shows during the 1914–1915 season. Cohan and Harris bought out Bloom's and Kleine's interests in the Candler in 1916 and renamed it the Cohan and Harris Theatre, hosting several successful shows in the 1910s. After Cohan and Harris's partnership dissolved in 1920, Harris continued to produce shows at the theater, renaming it after himself. Harris sold the theater in 1926 to the Shubert brothers, who struggled to produce successful shows and forfeited the theater after seven years. Max A. Cohen, head of the Cinema Circuit, acquired the Harris Theatre in 1933; the venue was used as a movie theater until 1994. The city and state governments of New York acquired the theater as part of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project in 1990. Forest City Ratner developed an entertainment and retail complex on the site in the 1990s, demolishing the theater to make way for Madame Tussauds.

Description

The Candler Theatre (later Harris Theatre) was located in the rear of the Candler Building at 226 West 42nd Street.[1] The auditorium was on 41st Street, but it was entered through the Candler Building's five-story western wing on 42nd Street.[2] Although the building's western wing still exists, the theater was demolished in 1997–1998 to make way for the Madame Tussauds New York museum.[3]

The theater's entrance contained a marble vestibule with a gold-stenciled ceiling, which led to a foyer.[4][5] There was a "tapestry hall" with six murals by Albert Herter, depicting scenes from William Shakespeare's works. Two of the murals were larger than the others and depicted scenes from Othello and The Merchant of Venice, while the other four murals depicted scenes from Shakespearean comedies. The lobby was clad with Caen stone, which was carved with floral decorations in an 18th-century style.[5]

Auditorium

The auditorium was decorated in the Italian Renaissance style and had two levels: an orchestra and a balcony.[2][5] The balcony was cantilevered over the orchestra, allowing all rows an unobstructed view of the stage.[4][6] This was in contrast to earlier theaters with two balconies, which often had columns that blocked views from the orchestra level.[4] The theater had about 1,200 seats in total; the orchestra had 625 seats, while the balcony had 575 seats.[4][6] There were originally four boxes,[5][7] two of which were removed in the 1930s when the theater was converted to show movies exclusively.[7]

At the rear of the orchestra level was an oil mural by Herter, which measured 35 by 8 feet (10.7 by 2.4 m) and depicted a fête champêtre.[5] The proscenium arch measured 40 feet (12 m) wide and 21 feet (6.4 m) tall, while the stage measured 33 by 88 feet (10 by 27 m) across. Above the stage was a fly system with counterweights.[6] There was ornate plasterwork around the proscenium arch, as well as an elaborate saucer dome on the ceiling surrounded by twelve metal lighting fixtures.[2] The theater's proscenium arch was unusually wide, and the ceiling was extremely tall, but the decor and lighting were intended to give an impression of intimacy.[8] The theater was painted in what journalists described as "mouse color and orange".[8]

History

The Candler Theatre was built as part of the Candler Building, developed by Coca-Cola Company owner Asa Griggs Candler to designs by the firm of Willauer, Shape & Bready.[9][10] Candler had acquired the site in December 1911.[11][12] After initial speculation that a theater would be erected on the site,[13] Candler announced he would erect a 16- to 20-story office building for $1 million.[11][12] Candler took a long-term lease on the Bruce branch of the New York Public Library, directly to the west, in late 1912.[14] Early the next year, a syndicate headed by music publisher Sol Bloom acquired the library building, as well as a school just behind it, with plans to build a theater at the base of the Candler Building.[4][15] Theatrical designer Thomas W. Lamb was hired to design the new theater.[4] Theatrical personalities George M. Cohan, Sam H. Harris, and George Kleine leased the theater,[16][17] which was intended to accommodate not only movies but also Broadway plays.[18][19]

Legitimate use

Cohan and Harris partnership

The Candler opened on May 8, 1914, with the film Antony and Cleopatra.[5][18] Soon after the theater opened, local media reported that the Candler would begin hosting legitimate shows in the 1914–1915 season.[19][20] Antony and Cleopatra ran for five weeks before the theater screened its next movies, Pierrot the Prodigal and The Naked Truth.[21] The theater's first legitimate show was the play On Trial, the first play written by Elmer Rice,[16][22] which opened that August[23][24] and ran for 365 performances.[25][26] The success of On Trial was an anomaly during the 1914–1915 season, when many other Broadway theaters struggled to stage hits because of the outbreak of World War I.[26] Max Marcin's play House of Glass, which opened in September 1915,[27][28] was another hit that ran for seven months during the 1915–1916 season.[26] This was followed in early 1916 by the play Justice with John Barrymore,[29] which ran for just over 100 performances.[26][30]

Cohan and Harris bought out Bloom's and Kleine's interests in the Candler in March 1916 and relocated their offices there.[31][32] The theater became the Cohan and Harris Theatre, or the "C & H" for short, that August;[17][33] one journalist said that the change was prompted by the fact that members of the public had frequently mispronounced the "Candler" name.[34] The Great Lover opened in September as the first production in the renamed C & H.[35] During the 1916–1917 season, the partners produced the plays Object-Matrimony, The Intruder, Captain Kidd, Jr., and The Willow Tree.[16] The revue Hitchy-Koo of 1917, which opened in June 1917,[36] ran at the C & H for the first two months of its 220-performance run.[37][38]

The next three seasons were extremely successful.[39] Harry James Smith's play A Tailor-Made Man opened at the C & H in August 1917[40] and stayed for one year.[39][41] This was followed in August 1918 by Anthony Paul Kelly's play Three Faces East,[42] which lasted for several months.[43] Anselm Goetzl's musical opera The Royal Vagabond, featuring Cohan, opened in February 1919.[44][45] The Royal Vagabond stayed for the rest of the 1919–1920 season,[46] though its 348-performance run was interrupted by the 1919 Actors' Equity strike.[39] Although Harris had signed a contract with the Actors' Equity Association to end the strike, Cohan had refused to sign any such contract,[47] even continuing to stage The Royal Vagabond during the strike.[48] As a direct result of disagreements arising from the Actors' Equity strike, Cohan and Harris had technically stopped producing together after 1919;[49] the men co-produced one more show, the melodrama The Acquittal, before they officially split up.[39][46] The Acquittal opened at the C & H in January 1920,[50][51] and Cohan and Harris formally dissolved their partnership that June.[47][49]

1920s and 1930s

Harris continued to produce shows at the theater by himself, starting with the Albert Von Tilzer and Neville Fleeson musical Honey Girl,[52] which opened in May 1920.[53][54] The theater then screened movies during late 1920.[55] During the run of the play Welcome Stranger, the venue was renamed Sam H. Harris Theatre on February 21, 1921.[56][57] The renaming followed that of the nearby Lew Fields Theatre,[52] which had been known as the Harris Theatre until 1920.[58] Harris staged a variety of shows at the Sam H. Harris Theatre over the next several years.[59] These included the drama Six-Cylinder Love with Hedda Hopper,[52][59] which opened in August 1921[60] and ran for 11 months.[61] Arthur Hopkins's production of Hamlet, starring John Barrymore, received critical acclaim[52] and ran for 101 performances[a] in late 1922 and early 1923.[64][63] The Harris then staged two plays by Owen Davis in 1923:[52][63] Icebound, which opened that February,[65][66] and The Nervous Wreck, which opened that October.[67][68]

The producer Thomas Wilkes leased the Harris Theatre in September 1923 for ten years.[69][70] Under Wilkes's management, the theater hosted the musical One Helluva Night in June 1924,[71] which was so negatively received that it closed on opening night.[52] More successful was the Duncan Sisters revue Topsy and Eva, which opened that December[72] and ran for five months.[73] Wilkes subleased the theater to operator Charles Wagner in August 1925.[74][75] The theater hosted the comedy The Deacon[52][76] and the play The Monkey Talks later that year,[77][78] followed by Love 'Em and Leave 'Em in early 1926.[79][80] Harris sold the theater to the Shubert brothers in September 1926; he received $1 million in cash and gave part of his ownership stake in the nearby Music Box Theatre to the Shuberts.[81][82] By then, Harris wanted to focus on producing,[83] and the Theater District had shifted northward, so the Music Box Theatre was more centrally located than the Harris Theatre.[84] The Shubert brothers immediately asked Wilkes and Wagner to leave the theater within six months.[82][83]

The first show under the Shuberts' ownership was the comedy We Americans, which opened in October 1926[85][86] and lasted three months.[87] Many of the Shuberts' shows at the theater were not successful.[84] The theater sometimes presented films in between legitimate bookings,[52] such as in May 1927, when William Fox leased the theater and screened the film 7th Heaven there.[88] Harris again gained control of the theater's bookings that September, leasing the venue from the Shuberts.[89] The theater then hosted the musical Yes, Yes, Yvette starting in November 1927,[90][91] as well as the melodrama The Trial of Mary Dugan in June 1928[92][93] and the play Congai that November.[52][94] The Harris next hosted the plays Scotland Yard in September 1929[95][96] and Mendel, Inc in November.[52][97] By then, increasing competition between producers had resulted in many flops.[98] Furthermore, with the onset of the Great Depression, many Broadway theaters were impacted by declining attendance.[99][100]

John Wexley's tragedy The Last Mile opened at the Harris Theatre in February 1930,[101][102] followed by Zoe Akins's comedy The Greeks Had a Word for It in September 1930.[103][104] Both plays ran for several months and were the last hits to be staged at the theater.[84] The Harris hosted Lew Leslie's revue Rhapsody in Black in mid-1931,[52][105] as well as David Boehm and Murdock Pemberton's play Sing High, Sing Low later the same year.[52][106] The Napoli Film Company leased the Harris Theatre in March 1932[107] and began screening Italian films there at the end of that month.[108] The Harris Theatre's last-ever legitimate production was Pigeons and People, starring the theater's former co-operator George M. Cohan, which opened in January 1933 and lasted for 70 performances.[84] After the Shuberts filed for bankruptcy that March,[109] the theater went into receivership,[110] and the receiver deeded the theater to the TCA Corporation.[111][112] Clare Kummer's play Her Master's Voice, which had been scheduled for the Harris Theatre during the 1933–1934 season, was relocated after the receivership proceeding.[113]

Movies

Abe Minsky had contemplated using the Harris Theatre as a burlesque in mid-1933,[114] but theatrical operator Max A. Cohen instead acquired the Harris Theatre and used it as a movie theater.[115] Cohen headed the Cinema Circuit,[116] which was also operating the Lew Fields (by then known as Anco) and New Amsterdam theaters by the mid-1930s.[117] This was part of a decline in the Broadway theater industry in the mid-20th century; from 1931 to 1950, the number of legitimate theaters decreased from 68 to 30.[118][119]

Following a renovation that included a new sound system, the theater reopened by November 1933,[115][120] showing "movie hits at popular prices" and changing the programs three times a week.[120][121] The Harris screened movies for the rest of its existence.[52][84] The East River Savings Bank acquired the theater at auction in November 1935,[122] and Asa G. Candler Inc. bought the theater from the bank in 1936 for $200,000.[123] Cohen continued to operate the theater.[117] By the mid-1940s, the ten theaters along 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues were all showing movies; this led Variety to call the block the "biggest movie center of the world".[124] The Brandt family, a major operator of movie theaters, operated seven of these theaters, while the Cinema Circuit operated the other three.[124] The Cinema Circuit theaters, the New Amsterdam, Harris, and Anco, were all on the southern side of the street.[124][125]

In 1947, the Candler family transferred the Candler Building and Harris Theatre to Emory University, which held both structures in its endowment fund.[126][127] Emory University sold the Candler Building and Harris Theatre to Thomas Moffa in December 1949, including a mortgage of $1.6 million; the structures had an assessed value of $2.3 million.[128][129] Moffa quickly resold the building to Irving Maidman, who finalized his purchase in March 1950.[127][130] Maidman sold the theater in 1952 to Kastle Amusement Corporation, a holding company affiliated with Cohen, who then extended his lease by 50 years.[131] By the late 1950s, the Harris was classified as a "move-over house", displaying features immediately after they ran at the New Amsterdam, one of the street's two first-run theaters (the other being the Lyric). As a move-over house, the Harris charged less than the first-run theaters but more than the "reissue houses" that screened old films. The Harris and the other 42nd Street theaters operated from 8 a.m. to 3 a.m., with three shifts of workers. The ten theaters on the block attracted about five million visitors a year between them.[132]

Cohen retired around 1961, and Mark Finkelstein took over full operation of the Cinema Circuit.[133] By the early 1960s, the surrounding block had decayed, but many of the old theater buildings from the block's heyday remained, including the Harris.[134] Many of the area's theaters had been relegated to showing pornography by the 1970s.[135][136] The area continued to decline, although Finkelstein said none of the company's 42nd Street theaters showed hardcore porn.[125] The Cinema Circuit's movie theaters on 42nd Street continued to operate through the mid-1980s, at which point the Harris was alternating between box-office hits and more obscure exploitation films.[137]

Demolition and redevelopment

Preservation attempts

The 42nd Street Development Corporation had been formed in 1976 to discuss plans for redeveloping Times Square.[138] The same year, the City University of New York's Graduate Center hosted an exhibition with photographs of the Harris and other theaters to advocate for the area's restoration.[139][140] One plan for the site, in 1978, called for restoring the Selwyn, Apollo, and Harris for opera and dance, rather than for theatrical purposes. Other nearby buildings would have been razed to create a park.[141][142] Another plan, called the City at 42nd Street, was announced in December 1979 as part of a proposal to restore West 42nd Street around Times Square.[143][144] Under the plan, five theaters would have been restored and reopened, including the Harris, which would have become a movie theater.[143][145] Mayor Ed Koch wavered in his support of the plan, criticizing it as a "Disneyland on 42nd Street".[146][147] Subsequently, Hugh Hardy conducted a report on 42nd Street's theaters in 1980. His report, in conjunction with a movement opposing the demolition of the nearby Helen Hayes and Morosco theaters, motivated the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to survey fifty of Midtown Manhattan's extant theaters in the early 1980s.[148]

The LPC started to consider protecting theaters, including the Harris Theatre,[149] as landmarks in 1982, with discussions continuing over the next several years.[150] While the LPC granted landmark status to many Broadway theaters starting in 1987, it deferred decisions on the interior of the Harris Theatre.[151] Further discussion of the landmark designations was delayed for several decades.[152] In late 2015, the LPC hosted public hearings on whether to designate seven theaters on the block as landmarks; the Harris was not considered for designation because it had already been demolished.[153] The LPC rejected the designations in February 2016 because the theaters were already subject to historic-preservation regulations set by the state government.[154]

Initial plans

 
Former Harris Theatre entrance

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC), an agency of the New York state government, proposed redeveloping the area around a portion of West 42nd Street in 1981.[155][156] The plan centered around four towers that were to be built at 42nd Street's intersections with Broadway and Seventh Avenue, developed by Park Tower Realty and the Prudential Insurance Company of America.[157][158][b] The city government selected the Nederlander Organization in April 1982 to operate the New Amsterdam and Harris theaters as legitimate theaters.[159][160] The Cine Theater Corporation acquired the Harris Theatre from the Cinema Circuit in April 1984 and immediately announced plans to renovate it for $250,000.[161] The UDC also selected Jujamcyn Theaters to redevelop three other theaters on the block. As a result, the Brandts and Cine Theater Corp. sued the UDC, claiming that the moves shut out independent theatrical operators,[162][163] but a state court dismissed the lawsuit.[164] Ultimately, the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project was delayed for several years due to lawsuits and disputes concerning the towers.[165] The Nederlander Organization was still planning to restore the New Amsterdam and Harris theaters in the late 1980s.[166][167]

In 1989, the Durst Organization acquired the leases to eight theaters in Times Square, including the Harris. It subsequently announced plans to renovate the eight theaters in February 1990.[168][169] The New York state government acquired the theater sites that April via eminent domain.[170][171][172] The city had planned to buy out the theaters' leases[173] but withdrew after the 42nd Street Company indicated it would lease the theaters to another developer.[174] Although Durst protested the move, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled that the sites could be acquired by condemnation.[175] Government officials hoped that development of the theaters would finally allow the construction of the four towers around 42nd Street, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue.[176]

Norman Adie of 42nd Street Theaters, who had owned the theater until it was condemned, initially agreed to vacate the site but later reneged, resulting in a years-long dispute between him and the city and state governments.[177] The theater continued to screen movies, even as most other tenants of nearby buildings had moved elsewhere.[178] 42nd Street Development Project Inc. had taken over the New Amsterdam, Harris, and Empire theaters by 1992.[179] The theater was still operating as late as 1993, when it screened first runs of movies, charging $6 a ticket.[178] The Harris Theatre closed permanently the next year.[180] Adie fought the city and state governments' acquisition of his theater, saying: "I'm one of the last legitimate businesses there, but they only want big names."[177]

Forest City Ratner plans and demolition

After Disney committed to restoring the New Amsterdam Theatre in 1994, most of the other theaters around 42nd Street were quickly leased.[181] The Times Square Business Improvement District set up a visitor center within the theater's foyer in the mid-1990s.[182] By 1995, real-estate development firm Forest City Ratner was planning a $150 million entertainment and retail complex on the site of the Empire, Harris, and Liberty theaters.[183] Madame Tussauds and AMC Theatres leased space in the complex that July.[184][185] Madame Tussauds would occupy the eastern section of the site, using the former Harris Theatre's facade as an entrance to its wax museum; Bruce Ratner wanted to develop a similarly ornate gateway for AMC on the western end of the site.[186] The Times Square Business Improvement District's visitor center subsequently moved to the Selwyn Theatre, then to the Embassy Theatre.[187]

Work on the Forest City Ratner development began in August 1997.[188] Because there was so little left of the original Harris Theatre,[189] the developers decided to raze the theater to make way for the Madame Tussauds museum.[190][191] Even as the theater was being demolished in 1998, theatrical personalities wanted to restore the theater to legitimate use, and New 42nd Street was seeking tenants for the space.[192] Ultimately, the auditorium was destroyed by the late 1990s, though sources disagree on whether the theater was completely razed by 1997[180][193] or 1998.[194] The neighboring Murray's Roman Gardens was also razed to make way for the museum.[195][196] The Harris's facade was retained as an exit to the museum,[193][197] which opened in November 2000.[198]

Notable productions

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ At the time, it was sometimes cited as the longest run of Hamlet in a Broadway theater.[62] However, this record had already been set in 1912, when Hamlet ran for 102 performances at the Lew Fields.[63]
  2. ^ The sites were:[158]
    • Northwest corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue: now 3 Times Square
    • Northeast corner of 42nd Street and Broadway: now 4 Times Square
    • Southwest corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue: now 5 Times Square
    • South side of 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway: now 7 Times Square (Times Square Tower)

Citations

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  8. ^ a b Henderson & Greene 2008, p. 160.
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  23. ^ a b "On Trial' Proves Most Interesting; All That is Melodramatic in the Criminal Courts Is in This New Play". The New York Times. August 20, 1914. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
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External links

  • Sam H. Harris Theatre at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Candler Theatre photos at Museum of the City of New York
  • Sam. Harris Theatre photos at New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection

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harris, theatre, originally, candler, theatre, theater, within, candler, building, west, 42nd, street, theater, district, midtown, manhattan, york, city, opened, 1914, seat, theater, designed, thomas, lamb, built, griggs, candler, leased, george, cohan, harris. The Sam H Harris Theatre originally the Candler Theatre was a theater within the Candler Building at 226 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City Opened in 1914 the 1 200 seat theater was designed by Thomas W Lamb and built for Asa Griggs Candler who leased it to George M Cohan Sam H Harris and George Kleine Although the theater was intended to host both movies and legitimate Broadway productions it functioned exclusively as a movie theater after 1933 The theater s auditorium was demolished by 1998 The only remnant of the former theater is its 42nd Street facade which has been used by the Madame Tussauds New York museum since 2000 Sam H Harris TheatreThe Harris marquee can be seen on the far right of this 1985 photo comprising the rightmost part of the Candler Building Address226 W 42nd St New York CityUnited States of AmericaCapacity1 200Current useDemolishedConstructionOpened1914Closed1994Demolishedc 1997 1998ArchitectThomas W LambThe theater was located in the rear of the Candler Building and was accessed through the building s western wings The auditorium was decorated in the Italian Renaissance style with seats across two levels There were originally four boxes a proscenium arch with ornate plasterwork and an elaborate saucer dome on the ceiling Albert Herter painted six murals for the theater s lobby as well as another mural at the rear of the auditorium A syndicate headed by music publisher Sol Bloom acquired the theater s site in 1913 The Candler opened on May 8 1914 with the film Antony and Cleopatra and started hosting legitimate shows during the 1914 1915 season Cohan and Harris bought out Bloom s and Kleine s interests in the Candler in 1916 and renamed it the Cohan and Harris Theatre hosting several successful shows in the 1910s After Cohan and Harris s partnership dissolved in 1920 Harris continued to produce shows at the theater renaming it after himself Harris sold the theater in 1926 to the Shubert brothers who struggled to produce successful shows and forfeited the theater after seven years Max A Cohen head of the Cinema Circuit acquired the Harris Theatre in 1933 the venue was used as a movie theater until 1994 The city and state governments of New York acquired the theater as part of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project in 1990 Forest City Ratner developed an entertainment and retail complex on the site in the 1990s demolishing the theater to make way for Madame Tussauds Contents 1 Description 1 1 Auditorium 2 History 2 1 Legitimate use 2 1 1 Cohan and Harris partnership 2 1 2 1920s and 1930s 2 2 Movies 2 3 Demolition and redevelopment 2 3 1 Preservation attempts 2 3 2 Initial plans 2 3 3 Forest City Ratner plans and demolition 3 Notable productions 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Notes 5 2 Citations 5 3 Sources 6 External linksDescription EditThe Candler Theatre later Harris Theatre was located in the rear of the Candler Building at 226 West 42nd Street 1 The auditorium was on 41st Street but it was entered through the Candler Building s five story western wing on 42nd Street 2 Although the building s western wing still exists the theater was demolished in 1997 1998 to make way for the Madame Tussauds New York museum 3 The theater s entrance contained a marble vestibule with a gold stenciled ceiling which led to a foyer 4 5 There was a tapestry hall with six murals by Albert Herter depicting scenes from William Shakespeare s works Two of the murals were larger than the others and depicted scenes from Othello and The Merchant of Venice while the other four murals depicted scenes from Shakespearean comedies The lobby was clad with Caen stone which was carved with floral decorations in an 18th century style 5 Auditorium Edit The auditorium was decorated in the Italian Renaissance style and had two levels an orchestra and a balcony 2 5 The balcony was cantilevered over the orchestra allowing all rows an unobstructed view of the stage 4 6 This was in contrast to earlier theaters with two balconies which often had columns that blocked views from the orchestra level 4 The theater had about 1 200 seats in total the orchestra had 625 seats while the balcony had 575 seats 4 6 There were originally four boxes 5 7 two of which were removed in the 1930s when the theater was converted to show movies exclusively 7 At the rear of the orchestra level was an oil mural by Herter which measured 35 by 8 feet 10 7 by 2 4 m and depicted a fete champetre 5 The proscenium arch measured 40 feet 12 m wide and 21 feet 6 4 m tall while the stage measured 33 by 88 feet 10 by 27 m across Above the stage was a fly system with counterweights 6 There was ornate plasterwork around the proscenium arch as well as an elaborate saucer dome on the ceiling surrounded by twelve metal lighting fixtures 2 The theater s proscenium arch was unusually wide and the ceiling was extremely tall but the decor and lighting were intended to give an impression of intimacy 8 The theater was painted in what journalists described as mouse color and orange 8 History EditThe Candler Theatre was built as part of the Candler Building developed by Coca Cola Company owner Asa Griggs Candler to designs by the firm of Willauer Shape amp Bready 9 10 Candler had acquired the site in December 1911 11 12 After initial speculation that a theater would be erected on the site 13 Candler announced he would erect a 16 to 20 story office building for 1 million 11 12 Candler took a long term lease on the Bruce branch of the New York Public Library directly to the west in late 1912 14 Early the next year a syndicate headed by music publisher Sol Bloom acquired the library building as well as a school just behind it with plans to build a theater at the base of the Candler Building 4 15 Theatrical designer Thomas W Lamb was hired to design the new theater 4 Theatrical personalities George M Cohan Sam H Harris and George Kleine leased the theater 16 17 which was intended to accommodate not only movies but also Broadway plays 18 19 Legitimate use Edit Cohan and Harris partnership Edit The Candler opened on May 8 1914 with the film Antony and Cleopatra 5 18 Soon after the theater opened local media reported that the Candler would begin hosting legitimate shows in the 1914 1915 season 19 20 Antony and Cleopatra ran for five weeks before the theater screened its next movies Pierrot the Prodigal and The Naked Truth 21 The theater s first legitimate show was the play On Trial the first play written by Elmer Rice 16 22 which opened that August 23 24 and ran for 365 performances 25 26 The success of On Trial was an anomaly during the 1914 1915 season when many other Broadway theaters struggled to stage hits because of the outbreak of World War I 26 Max Marcin s play House of Glass which opened in September 1915 27 28 was another hit that ran for seven months during the 1915 1916 season 26 This was followed in early 1916 by the play Justice with John Barrymore 29 which ran for just over 100 performances 26 30 Cohan and Harris bought out Bloom s and Kleine s interests in the Candler in March 1916 and relocated their offices there 31 32 The theater became the Cohan and Harris Theatre or the C amp H for short that August 17 33 one journalist said that the change was prompted by the fact that members of the public had frequently mispronounced the Candler name 34 The Great Lover opened in September as the first production in the renamed C amp H 35 During the 1916 1917 season the partners produced the plays Object Matrimony The Intruder Captain Kidd Jr and The Willow Tree 16 The revue Hitchy Koo of 1917 which opened in June 1917 36 ran at the C amp H for the first two months of its 220 performance run 37 38 The next three seasons were extremely successful 39 Harry James Smith s play A Tailor Made Man opened at the C amp H in August 1917 40 and stayed for one year 39 41 This was followed in August 1918 by Anthony Paul Kelly s play Three Faces East 42 which lasted for several months 43 Anselm Goetzl s musical opera The Royal Vagabond featuring Cohan opened in February 1919 44 45 The Royal Vagabond stayed for the rest of the 1919 1920 season 46 though its 348 performance run was interrupted by the 1919 Actors Equity strike 39 Although Harris had signed a contract with the Actors Equity Association to end the strike Cohan had refused to sign any such contract 47 even continuing to stage The Royal Vagabond during the strike 48 As a direct result of disagreements arising from the Actors Equity strike Cohan and Harris had technically stopped producing together after 1919 49 the men co produced one more show the melodrama The Acquittal before they officially split up 39 46 The Acquittal opened at the C amp H in January 1920 50 51 and Cohan and Harris formally dissolved their partnership that June 47 49 1920s and 1930s Edit Harris continued to produce shows at the theater by himself starting with the Albert Von Tilzer and Neville Fleeson musical Honey Girl 52 which opened in May 1920 53 54 The theater then screened movies during late 1920 55 During the run of the play Welcome Stranger the venue was renamed Sam H Harris Theatre on February 21 1921 56 57 The renaming followed that of the nearby Lew Fields Theatre 52 which had been known as the Harris Theatre until 1920 58 Harris staged a variety of shows at the Sam H Harris Theatre over the next several years 59 These included the drama Six Cylinder Love with Hedda Hopper 52 59 which opened in August 1921 60 and ran for 11 months 61 Arthur Hopkins s production of Hamlet starring John Barrymore received critical acclaim 52 and ran for 101 performances a in late 1922 and early 1923 64 63 The Harris then staged two plays by Owen Davis in 1923 52 63 Icebound which opened that February 65 66 and The Nervous Wreck which opened that October 67 68 The producer Thomas Wilkes leased the Harris Theatre in September 1923 for ten years 69 70 Under Wilkes s management the theater hosted the musical One Helluva Night in June 1924 71 which was so negatively received that it closed on opening night 52 More successful was the Duncan Sisters revue Topsy and Eva which opened that December 72 and ran for five months 73 Wilkes subleased the theater to operator Charles Wagner in August 1925 74 75 The theater hosted the comedy The Deacon 52 76 and the play The Monkey Talks later that year 77 78 followed by Love Em and Leave Em in early 1926 79 80 Harris sold the theater to the Shubert brothers in September 1926 he received 1 million in cash and gave part of his ownership stake in the nearby Music Box Theatre to the Shuberts 81 82 By then Harris wanted to focus on producing 83 and the Theater District had shifted northward so the Music Box Theatre was more centrally located than the Harris Theatre 84 The Shubert brothers immediately asked Wilkes and Wagner to leave the theater within six months 82 83 The first show under the Shuberts ownership was the comedy We Americans which opened in October 1926 85 86 and lasted three months 87 Many of the Shuberts shows at the theater were not successful 84 The theater sometimes presented films in between legitimate bookings 52 such as in May 1927 when William Fox leased the theater and screened the film 7th Heaven there 88 Harris again gained control of the theater s bookings that September leasing the venue from the Shuberts 89 The theater then hosted the musical Yes Yes Yvette starting in November 1927 90 91 as well as the melodrama The Trial of Mary Dugan in June 1928 92 93 and the play Congai that November 52 94 The Harris next hosted the plays Scotland Yard in September 1929 95 96 and Mendel Inc in November 52 97 By then increasing competition between producers had resulted in many flops 98 Furthermore with the onset of the Great Depression many Broadway theaters were impacted by declining attendance 99 100 John Wexley s tragedy The Last Mile opened at the Harris Theatre in February 1930 101 102 followed by Zoe Akins s comedy The Greeks Had a Word for It in September 1930 103 104 Both plays ran for several months and were the last hits to be staged at the theater 84 The Harris hosted Lew Leslie s revue Rhapsody in Black in mid 1931 52 105 as well as David Boehm and Murdock Pemberton s play Sing High Sing Low later the same year 52 106 The Napoli Film Company leased the Harris Theatre in March 1932 107 and began screening Italian films there at the end of that month 108 The Harris Theatre s last ever legitimate production was Pigeons and People starring the theater s former co operator George M Cohan which opened in January 1933 and lasted for 70 performances 84 After the Shuberts filed for bankruptcy that March 109 the theater went into receivership 110 and the receiver deeded the theater to the TCA Corporation 111 112 Clare Kummer s play Her Master s Voice which had been scheduled for the Harris Theatre during the 1933 1934 season was relocated after the receivership proceeding 113 Movies Edit Abe Minsky had contemplated using the Harris Theatre as a burlesque in mid 1933 114 but theatrical operator Max A Cohen instead acquired the Harris Theatre and used it as a movie theater 115 Cohen headed the Cinema Circuit 116 which was also operating the Lew Fields by then known as Anco and New Amsterdam theaters by the mid 1930s 117 This was part of a decline in the Broadway theater industry in the mid 20th century from 1931 to 1950 the number of legitimate theaters decreased from 68 to 30 118 119 Following a renovation that included a new sound system the theater reopened by November 1933 115 120 showing movie hits at popular prices and changing the programs three times a week 120 121 The Harris screened movies for the rest of its existence 52 84 The East River Savings Bank acquired the theater at auction in November 1935 122 and Asa G Candler Inc bought the theater from the bank in 1936 for 200 000 123 Cohen continued to operate the theater 117 By the mid 1940s the ten theaters along 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues were all showing movies this led Variety to call the block the biggest movie center of the world 124 The Brandt family a major operator of movie theaters operated seven of these theaters while the Cinema Circuit operated the other three 124 The Cinema Circuit theaters the New Amsterdam Harris and Anco were all on the southern side of the street 124 125 In 1947 the Candler family transferred the Candler Building and Harris Theatre to Emory University which held both structures in its endowment fund 126 127 Emory University sold the Candler Building and Harris Theatre to Thomas Moffa in December 1949 including a mortgage of 1 6 million the structures had an assessed value of 2 3 million 128 129 Moffa quickly resold the building to Irving Maidman who finalized his purchase in March 1950 127 130 Maidman sold the theater in 1952 to Kastle Amusement Corporation a holding company affiliated with Cohen who then extended his lease by 50 years 131 By the late 1950s the Harris was classified as a move over house displaying features immediately after they ran at the New Amsterdam one of the street s two first run theaters the other being the Lyric As a move over house the Harris charged less than the first run theaters but more than the reissue houses that screened old films The Harris and the other 42nd Street theaters operated from 8 a m to 3 a m with three shifts of workers The ten theaters on the block attracted about five million visitors a year between them 132 Cohen retired around 1961 and Mark Finkelstein took over full operation of the Cinema Circuit 133 By the early 1960s the surrounding block had decayed but many of the old theater buildings from the block s heyday remained including the Harris 134 Many of the area s theaters had been relegated to showing pornography by the 1970s 135 136 The area continued to decline although Finkelstein said none of the company s 42nd Street theaters showed hardcore porn 125 The Cinema Circuit s movie theaters on 42nd Street continued to operate through the mid 1980s at which point the Harris was alternating between box office hits and more obscure exploitation films 137 Demolition and redevelopment Edit Preservation attempts Edit The 42nd Street Development Corporation had been formed in 1976 to discuss plans for redeveloping Times Square 138 The same year the City University of New York s Graduate Center hosted an exhibition with photographs of the Harris and other theaters to advocate for the area s restoration 139 140 One plan for the site in 1978 called for restoring the Selwyn Apollo and Harris for opera and dance rather than for theatrical purposes Other nearby buildings would have been razed to create a park 141 142 Another plan called the City at 42nd Street was announced in December 1979 as part of a proposal to restore West 42nd Street around Times Square 143 144 Under the plan five theaters would have been restored and reopened including the Harris which would have become a movie theater 143 145 Mayor Ed Koch wavered in his support of the plan criticizing it as a Disneyland on 42nd Street 146 147 Subsequently Hugh Hardy conducted a report on 42nd Street s theaters in 1980 His report in conjunction with a movement opposing the demolition of the nearby Helen Hayes and Morosco theaters motivated the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC to survey fifty of Midtown Manhattan s extant theaters in the early 1980s 148 The LPC started to consider protecting theaters including the Harris Theatre 149 as landmarks in 1982 with discussions continuing over the next several years 150 While the LPC granted landmark status to many Broadway theaters starting in 1987 it deferred decisions on the interior of the Harris Theatre 151 Further discussion of the landmark designations was delayed for several decades 152 In late 2015 the LPC hosted public hearings on whether to designate seven theaters on the block as landmarks the Harris was not considered for designation because it had already been demolished 153 The LPC rejected the designations in February 2016 because the theaters were already subject to historic preservation regulations set by the state government 154 Initial plans Edit Former Harris Theatre entrance The Urban Development Corporation UDC an agency of the New York state government proposed redeveloping the area around a portion of West 42nd Street in 1981 155 156 The plan centered around four towers that were to be built at 42nd Street s intersections with Broadway and Seventh Avenue developed by Park Tower Realty and the Prudential Insurance Company of America 157 158 b The city government selected the Nederlander Organization in April 1982 to operate the New Amsterdam and Harris theaters as legitimate theaters 159 160 The Cine Theater Corporation acquired the Harris Theatre from the Cinema Circuit in April 1984 and immediately announced plans to renovate it for 250 000 161 The UDC also selected Jujamcyn Theaters to redevelop three other theaters on the block As a result the Brandts and Cine Theater Corp sued the UDC claiming that the moves shut out independent theatrical operators 162 163 but a state court dismissed the lawsuit 164 Ultimately the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project was delayed for several years due to lawsuits and disputes concerning the towers 165 The Nederlander Organization was still planning to restore the New Amsterdam and Harris theaters in the late 1980s 166 167 In 1989 the Durst Organization acquired the leases to eight theaters in Times Square including the Harris It subsequently announced plans to renovate the eight theaters in February 1990 168 169 The New York state government acquired the theater sites that April via eminent domain 170 171 172 The city had planned to buy out the theaters leases 173 but withdrew after the 42nd Street Company indicated it would lease the theaters to another developer 174 Although Durst protested the move a New York Supreme Court judge ruled that the sites could be acquired by condemnation 175 Government officials hoped that development of the theaters would finally allow the construction of the four towers around 42nd Street Broadway and Seventh Avenue 176 Norman Adie of 42nd Street Theaters who had owned the theater until it was condemned initially agreed to vacate the site but later reneged resulting in a years long dispute between him and the city and state governments 177 The theater continued to screen movies even as most other tenants of nearby buildings had moved elsewhere 178 42nd Street Development Project Inc had taken over the New Amsterdam Harris and Empire theaters by 1992 179 The theater was still operating as late as 1993 when it screened first runs of movies charging 6 a ticket 178 The Harris Theatre closed permanently the next year 180 Adie fought the city and state governments acquisition of his theater saying I m one of the last legitimate businesses there but they only want big names 177 Forest City Ratner plans and demolition Edit After Disney committed to restoring the New Amsterdam Theatre in 1994 most of the other theaters around 42nd Street were quickly leased 181 The Times Square Business Improvement District set up a visitor center within the theater s foyer in the mid 1990s 182 By 1995 real estate development firm Forest City Ratner was planning a 150 million entertainment and retail complex on the site of the Empire Harris and Liberty theaters 183 Madame Tussauds and AMC Theatres leased space in the complex that July 184 185 Madame Tussauds would occupy the eastern section of the site using the former Harris Theatre s facade as an entrance to its wax museum Bruce Ratner wanted to develop a similarly ornate gateway for AMC on the western end of the site 186 The Times Square Business Improvement District s visitor center subsequently moved to the Selwyn Theatre then to the Embassy Theatre 187 Work on the Forest City Ratner development began in August 1997 188 Because there was so little left of the original Harris Theatre 189 the developers decided to raze the theater to make way for the Madame Tussauds museum 190 191 Even as the theater was being demolished in 1998 theatrical personalities wanted to restore the theater to legitimate use and New 42nd Street was seeking tenants for the space 192 Ultimately the auditorium was destroyed by the late 1990s though sources disagree on whether the theater was completely razed by 1997 180 193 or 1998 194 The neighboring Murray s Roman Gardens was also razed to make way for the museum 195 196 The Harris s facade was retained as an exit to the museum 193 197 which opened in November 2000 198 Notable productions Edit1914 On Trial 25 23 1916 Justice 30 29 1916 The Great Lover 199 1916 Captain Kidd Jr 200 16 1917 The Willow Tree 201 16 1917 Hitchy Koo of 1917 37 38 1917 A Tailor Made Man 41 40 1918 Three Faces East 43 42 1920 The Acquittal 50 51 1921 Six Cylinder Love 61 60 1922 Hamlet 64 1923 Icebound 65 66 1923 The Nervous Wreck 67 68 1924 Topsy and Eva 73 72 1925 The Monkey Talks 77 78 1926 Love Em and Leave Em 79 80 1926 We Americans 87 85 1928 The Trial of Mary Dugan 92 93 1929 Scotland Yard 95 96 1930 The Last Mile 101 102 1932 I Loved You Wednesday 202 See also EditList of Broadway theatersReferences EditNotes Edit At the time it was sometimes cited as the longest run of Hamlet in a Broadway theater 62 However this record had already been set in 1912 when Hamlet ran for 102 performances at the Lew Fields 63 The sites were 158 Northwest corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue now 3 Times Square Northeast corner of 42nd Street and Broadway now 4 Times Square Southwest corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue now 5 Times Square South side of 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway now 7 Times Square Times Square Tower Citations Edit Candler Property Taken by Maidman Sale Includes Office Buildings and Harris Theatre on West 41st and 42d Streets The New York Times March 7 1950 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 13 2022 Retrieved June 13 2022 a b c Morrison 1999 p 97 Dailey Jessica October 8 2014 Remembering the Lost Theaters of Times Square s Deuce Curbed NY Archived from the original on September 29 2021 Retrieved June 13 2022 a b c d e f Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 159 a b c d e f The Candler Opens With a Fine Film New Theatre in West 42d St Shows Antony and Cleopatra on Elaborate Scale The New York Times May 8 1914 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 11 2022 Retrieved June 11 2022 a b c Pianist and Violinist Play Ethel Leginska and Marie Caslova in an Interesting Recital The New York Times April 22 1914 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 pp 159 160 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 160 White Norval Willensky Elliot Leadon Fran 2010 AIA Guide to New York City 5th ed New York Oxford University Press p 294 ISBN 978 0 19538 386 7 9 PDF No 7 Subway Extension Hudson Yards Rezoning and Development Program FGEIS Report New York City Department of City Planning p 14 Archived PDF from the original on March 1 2017 Retrieved June 12 2022 a b New Skyscrapers for Times Square One at Broadway and 42d Street and the Other in 42d Street West of Broadway The New York Times December 23 1911 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 10 2022 Retrieved June 10 2022 a b The Real Estate Field Two Big Structures for Times Square Section New Company Takes Up Lease of Astor Property at Northeast Corner of Broadway and Forty second Street New York Tribune December 23 1911 p 15 ProQuest 97195960 Candler to Erect 24 story Building Atlanta Man Has Plans Drawn for Great Structure on New York Property The Atlanta Constitution February 11 1912 p A6 ProQuest 496645888 The Real Estate Field Bruce Free Library in Forty second Street Bought to Protect Candler Building Light Cottage in Chelsea Row Sold 125th Street Deal Brooklyn and Suburban Market The New York Times October 11 1912 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 13 2022 Retrieved June 11 2022 The Real Estate Field Buyer Acquires West Eighty fourth Street Residence for Occupancy New Forty second Street Theatre Plan To Auction Brighton Beach Track This Month Good Suburban Market The New York Times August 9 1913 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 11 2022 Retrieved June 11 2022 a b c d e Bloom 2007 p 107 a b Candler s New Name The Billboard Vol 28 no 33 August 12 1916 p 4 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1031509557 a b New York Theater Named for Candler Opened Last Night The Atlanta Constitution May 9 1914 p 12 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 161 Theatrical Men Organize Marc Klaw s President of New Association of Wide Scope The New York Times May 31 1914 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 6 2022 At the Newest Theatre New York Tribune May 31 1914 p B7 ProQuest 575224914 Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 162 a b On Trial Proves Most Interesting All That is Melodramatic in the Criminal Courts Is in This New Play The New York Times August 20 1914 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 6 2022 The Candler Opens With Big Hit on Trial by New Author Scores an Emphatic Success Play Presents Its Last Act First Frederick Perry Mary Ryan and Hans Robert Score in Remarkably Well trained Cast New York Tribune August 20 1914 p 7 ProQuest 575303326 a b The Broadway League August 19 1914 On Trial Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 On Trial Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1914 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b c d Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 164 House of Glass Highly Exciting Candler Reopens with Intense Melodrama of the Law s Relentless Pursuit The New York Times September 2 1915 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 6 2022 House of Glass a Bit Brittle Max Marcin s Interesting Play Handicapped by Poor Eliding Emotional Scenes Stressed Too Much New Drama at the Candler Gives Good Opportunities to Several Actors New York Tribune September 2 1915 p 7 ProQuest 575488872 a b Justice Done Here With Superb Cast Moving and Deeply Impressive Performance of Galsworthy s Drama of the Criminal Law The New York Times April 4 1916 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b The Broadway League April 3 1916 Justice Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Justice Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1916 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Harris Now Candler Owner New York Tribune March 25 1916 p 11 ProQuest 575544422 Emmy Destinn s Recital The Metropolitan Company s Soprano Heard in Songs for First Time The New York Times March 25 1916 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 News of Plays and Players Winthrop Ames to Be Active Candler Theatre Gets a New Name New York Tribune August 4 1916 p 7 ProQuest 575604213 Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 165 C amp H Begins New Season Leo Ditrichstein in The Great Lover at Former Candler Theatre The New York Times September 5 1916 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 1 2022 Retrieved December 26 2021 Frivolous Shows for Summer Consumption Hitchy Koo and Hitchy Too Portmanteauing the Provinces The New York Times June 10 1917 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b The Broadway League June 7 1917 Hitchy Koo 1917 Broadway Musical Original IBDB Archived from the original on September 22 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Hitchy Koo 1917 Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1917 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on March 13 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 pp 165 166 a b c d Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 166 a b A Tailor made Man is Amusing Comedy The Napoleon of an Evening Suit and a Dull Man s Ideas The New York Times August 28 1917 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b The Broadway League August 27 1917 A Tailor Made Man Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 A Tailor made Man Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1917 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Three Faces East a War Spy Mystery The Double Crossings of Who s Who in the German and English Secret Service The New York Times August 14 1918 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 a b The Broadway League August 13 1918 Three Faces East Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Three Faces East Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1918 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Royal Vagabond a Medley Cohanisms Make Comic Opera of Old Vintage Highly Amusing The New York Times February 18 1919 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 6 2022 Royal Vagabond Opens in New York Cohanized Opera Comique Premiere This Evening over 100 in Cast The Hartford Courant February 17 1919 p 11 ISSN 1047 4153 ProQuest 556658712 a b Bloom 2007 pp 107 108 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 pp 166 168 Godbout Oscar June 3 1960 Equity Staged First Strike in 19 30 Day Fight Led to Recognition The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b Cohan and Harris Again to Produce Fulton of Oak Falls Fennelly Comedy to Be First Show Since Separation in 1919 The New York Times November 30 1936 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on March 7 2018 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League January 5 1920 The Acquittal Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 The Acquittal Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1920 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b The Acquittal Grips Rita Weiman s Tense Melodrama Improved by Skillful Direction The New York Times January 6 1920 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bloom 2007 p 108 Speed and Thrill in the Honey Girl Checkers After Melodrama and Movie Stages Now Musical Comedy The New York Times May 4 1920 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Honey Girl a Promising Summer Entertainment Musical Version of Checkers Successfully Produced at Cohan amp Harris Theater New York Tribune May 4 1920 p 15 ProQuest 576230226 League Film Shown in Two Theatres Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge Seen by Invited Spectators at the Selwyn McAdoo Speaks The New York Times September 27 1920 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 7 2022 The Stage Door New York Tribune February 21 1921 p 4 ProQuest 576347271 Allen Kelcey February 21 1921 Amusements Shuberts Name New Theatre The Ritz Women s Wear Vol 22 no 42 p 12 ProQuest 1666062687 Bloom 2007 p 10 a b Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 168 a b Woollcott Alexander August 26 1921 The Play The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League August 25 1921 Six Cylinder Love Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Six Cylinder Love Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1921 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Hamlet to Close After 101st Time New Record John Barrymore Going Abroad Will Resume Part in Same Play Next Season New York Tribune January 20 1923 p 6 ProQuest 1222017428 a b c Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 170 a b The Broadway League November 16 1922 Hamlet Broadway Play 1922 Revival IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Hamlet Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1922 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b The Broadway League February 10 1923 Icebound Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Icebound Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1923 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Ice bound is Intense Owen Davis s Grim Play of New England Is Finely Acted The New York Times February 12 1923 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League October 9 1923 The Nervous Wreck Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 The Nervous Wreck Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1923 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Cokbin John October 21 1923 Talking Points Views of The Nervous Wreck the Grand Guignol Players and The Shame Woman The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 7 2022 Wilkes Leases Harris The Billboard Vol 35 no 37 September 15 1923 p 8 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1031717459 St Louis Realtors to Blaze Europe s Skies New York Tribune September 16 1923 p C1 ProQuest 1114581192 Attachment Put on Il Progresso Washington Law Firm Asserts Carlo Barsotti the Publisher Owes 6 000 Fee The New York Times June 5 1924 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b Duncan Sisters Score In Topsy and Eva Musical Comedy Version of Uncle Tom s Cabin Opens at Sam H Harris Theater The New York Herald New York Tribune December 24 1924 p 13 ProQuest 1113083974 a b The Broadway League December 23 1924 Topsy and Eva Broadway Musical Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Topsy and Eva Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1924 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Wagner Gets Harris Theater The Billboard Vol 37 no 34 August 22 1925 p 23 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1040337552 Legitimate Inside Stuff Variety Vol 79 no 13 August 12 1925 pp 20 46 ISSN 0042 2738 ProQuest 1505661404 The Deacon Interests A Pious Spoken Card Sharp Chief Character of Rural Comedy The New York Times November 25 1925 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League December 28 1925 The Monkey Talks Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on June 10 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 The Monkey Talks Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1925 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on May 9 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Asks 7 500 000 Home for Chicago Opera Samuel Insull Also Wants 500 000 a Year Guarantee Fund After Next Season The New York Times December 10 1925 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League February 3 1926 Love em and Leave em Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on August 5 2016 Retrieved October 2 2022 Love em and Leave em Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1926 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b A Short Step From Poet to Playwright Love Em and Leave Em Based on Two Poems by John V A Weaver The New York Herald New York Tribune February 7 1926 p D4 ProQuest 1112812982 Shuberts Purchase Harris Theatre Reported That Sam H Harris Received 1 000 000 in the Sale of Forty second St House The New York Times September 20 1926 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 1 2022 Retrieved December 26 2021 a b Shuberts Buy Harris Theater The Billboard Vol 38 no 39 September 25 1926 p 5 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1031805215 a b Sam H Harris Confirms Theater Sale to Shuberts Price Said to Be 1 000 000 Former Owner Expected to Be Active Producer This Season New York Herald Tribune September 20 1926 p 12 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1112628797 a b c d e Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 171 a b Audience Pleased at We Americans New Gropper Comedy Opening at Sam Harris Theatre Is Quite Skillfully Played The New York Times October 13 1926 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 We Americans Offered At Sam H Harris Theater Some Excellent Acting Found in Comedy by Milton Herbert Cropper and Max Siegel New York Herald Tribune October 13 1926 p 25 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1112638034 a b The Broadway League October 12 1926 We Americans Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 We Americans Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1926 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Seventh Heaven to Open At Sam H Harris Theater New York Herald Tribune May 22 1927 p E3 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1131116595 Legitimate Sam Harris Is Back In His Harris Theatre Variety Vol 88 no 4 August 10 1927 p 50 ISSN 0042 2738 ProQuest 1475733091 Yes Yes Yvette is Cheery Refreshing Jack Whiting and Jeanette MacDonald Aid in Keeping Musical Comedy at Lively Pace The New York Times October 4 1927 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on February 24 2018 Retrieved October 7 2022 The Broadway League October 3 1927 Yes Yes Yvette Broadway Musical Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 19 2021 Retrieved October 7 2022 Yes Yes Yvette Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1927 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on June 9 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League September 19 1927 The Trial of Mary Dugan Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on January 6 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b The Trial of Mary Dugan to Move The New York Times June 8 1928 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on September 9 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Congai Falls Short of Its Dramatic Goal Helen Menken s Acting Rises Above Difficult Level of the Tragedy The New York Times November 28 1928 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on February 28 2018 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b The Broadway League September 27 1929 Scotland Yard Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 Scotland Yard Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1929 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b Atkinson J Brooks September 28 1929 The Play The Yard Never Forgets The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Mendel Inc Depicts an Engaging Loafer David Freedman s Play at Sam H Harris Theatre Deals With Triumphs of an Inventor The New York Times November 26 1929 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 120 Bloom 2007 p 189 Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 71 a b The Broadway League February 13 1930 The Last Mile Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved October 2 2022 The Last Mile Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1930 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on October 2 2022 Retrieved October 2 2022 a b The Last Mile to End Run Prison Drama to Close Aug 30 and Begin Road Tour In Chicago The New York Times August 11 1930 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 The Broadway League September 25 1930 The Greeks Had a Word for It Broadway Play Original IBDB Archived from the original on November 25 2021 Retrieved October 7 2022 The Greeks Had a Word for It Broadway Sam H Harris Theatre 1930 Playbill December 14 2015 Archived from the original on March 12 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Akins Comedy to End Run Will Close May 2 and Go to Chicago Rhapsody in Black May 4 Benefit for Camp Essex The New York Times April 20 1931 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Lew Leslie Does His Bit The New York Times May 5 1931 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Atkinson J Brooks November 13 1931 The Play Slandering the Movies Again Pasquinade of Opera The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 News of the Screen New York Herald Tribune March 17 1932 p 11 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1114799380 H t s March 28 1932 An Italian Production The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Shubert Theaters Assets Ordered Sold March 17 New York Herald Tribune March 1 1933 p 11 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1240059091 Shubert Receivership Takes In 9 More Units New York Herald Tribune March 19 1932 p 8 ProQuest 1114733870 Shuberts Deed Theatre Properties The New York Times April 28 1933 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on December 13 2021 Retrieved December 13 2021 Legitimate Shubert Properties Deeded The Billboard Vol 45 no 19 May 13 1933 p 18 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1032021129 Earl Carroll Acts Role of Policeman Arrests Two Heads of Scenic Artists Union in Office of District Attorney The New York Times September 27 1933 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 General Indoor News Burly War Is Set for Sept The Billboard Vol 45 no 23 June 10 1933 p 24 ISSN 2638 3853 ProQuest 1032021923 a b Sam Harris Theatre for Pix The Hollywood Reporter Vol 17 no 32 October 20 1933 p 4 ProQuest 2297262169 Max Cohen Dead a Theater Owner The New York Times June 6 1971 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 a b Wallack s Theatre Will Re Razed Soon Combined Offices and Theatre to Supplant Landmark The New York Times June 16 1940 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Reilly James F January 3 1951 Legitimate the Disappearing Theatre Variety Vol 181 no 4 pp 266 268 ISSN 0042 2738 ProQuest 1505767801 Pihodna Joe January 21 1951 30 Theaters a Far Cry From Abundant Old Days But They re Enough to Fill Our Needs People Claim Despite TV s Inroads New York Herald Tribune p D3 ProQuest 1291337111 a b Sam H Harris Theatre to Offer Popular Price Programs New Leader with Which Is Combined the American Appeal Vol 16 no 22 November 25 1933 p 10 ProQuest 1308940287 Lambs Repeal Gambol New York Herald Tribune November 24 1933 p 14 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1114805925 Eighteen Parcels Bid in at Auction Eight Properties in Manhattan and Ten in the Bronx Taken by the Plaintiffs The New York Times November 21 1935 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 8 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Candler Interests Take Theater in West 41st St Buy Harris Playhouse From East River Bank for 200 000 New York Herald Tribune September 13 1936 p J8 ISSN 1941 0646 ProQuest 1237422858 a b c Pictures Even 42d St With Its Unique Films Faces Shortages Variety Vol 165 no 12 February 26 1947 p 27 ISSN 0042 2738 ProQuest 1285899443 a b Horsley Carter B June 19 1977 A Critical Time For the Old Theaters Along 42d Street The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on April 8 2022 Retrieved April 10 2022 5 000 000 More Given College By Heir of Coca Cola Fortune Emory University of Atlanta Long Helped by Candler Family Also Buys Stock of 2 500 000 in Real Estate Firm The New York Times August 11 1947 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 13 2022 Retrieved June 13 2022 a b Emory N Y Property Sold for 2 000 000 Candler Building Theater Purchased by Realty Broker The Atlanta Constitution March 5 1950 p 1A ProQuest 1528812954 Moffa Acquires Candler Tower In West 42d St Emory University Conveys 24 Story Office Building New York Herald Tribune December 24 1949 p 14 ProQuest 1326897261 Candler Building on W 42d St Sold Harris Theatre Included in Purchase by Operator From Emory University The New York Times December 24 1949 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 10 2022 Retrieved June 10 2022 Candler Property Taken by Maidman Sale Includes Office Buildings and Harris Theatre on West 41st and 42d Streets The New York Times March 7 1950 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on June 13 2022 Retrieved October 7 2022 Sale Lease Closed on Harris Theatre Times Square Realty Acquired From Maidman by Affiliate Company of the Lessee The New York Times August 7 1952 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 1 2022 Retrieved December 26 2021 42d St Grinds 5 mil Gross Variety Vol 205 no 9 January 30 1957 pp 3 20 ISSN 0042 2738 ProQuest 1014785728 Henderson amp Greene 2008 p 103 Reed Henry Hope Jr October 28 1962 Beneath the Squalor Yesterday s Glamor the Names of the Astaires of Barrymore and Belasco Lawrence and Lillie Cling to the Cheap Movie Houses of 42nd Street New York Herald Tribune p SM2 ProQuest 1325840251 Stern Fishman amp Tilove 2006 p 675 Gussow Mel May 23 1990 Critic s Notebook Where Legends Were Born 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