Seattle's Venetian Theater opened in 1926 at 1427 E. Pine Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood during a boom of theaters built to accommodate motion pictures. One of Seattle’s largest and most impressive neighborhood movie houses at the time, the Venetian was a second-run movie theater, playing movies that had already proved popular at the city’s larger downtown theaters. The Venetian Theater would continue to serve movie patrons until 1958, when it closed for good. The venue was razed in 1959 to make way for a supermarket.
This image of the Venetian shows two films advertised on the theater's marquee, "One More Tomorrow" starring Ann Sheridan, and "Heartbeat" starring Ginger Rogers.
Webster & Stevens number: 46-1435
Caption information source: "Seattle's Venetian Theater, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, opens on November 18, 1926," by Eric L. Flom, HistoryLink.org Essay 7350
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
