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Harry Crandall
Harry Crandall (1879–1937) was an American businessman, who owned a theater empire.
==Theater ownership==
At the height of his career, Crandall owned eighteen theaters in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. His theaters were well regarded in their communities, and many of them featured elegant and opulent designs which were formerly reserved for opera houses. His chain included first-rate movie houses such as the Apollo, the Metropolitan, the Tivoli Theater (Washington D.C.), the Savoy,〔(Savoy )〕 and the Knickerbocker. However, the roof of the Knickerbocker theater collapsed in a snow storm, killing 98 patrons and injuring more than 100, which is said to be the reason for the later suicides of both Crandall (1937) and the architect Reginald Geare (1927).
Crandall began building his Washington movie theater empire when he opened the Casino at Fourth and East Capitol streets in 1907. However, Crandall's ownership of the Casino was short lived, as he sold it a short time after his operation began. In 1910, Crandall again entered the movie business, by opening La Grand Open Air Park. He described this experience as fairly successful until its third year, when it was unusually rainy. Later, in 1913, Crandall decided to open the Joy Theater at 437-439 9th Street, which would become his springboard to the top of the Washington movie ladder. Crandall identified this period as when he started to take the motion picture business seriously. While operating the Joy Theater, he began to dream of a larger theater downtown and a large theater in each section of the city. To fulfill his vision, he initially purchased and refurbished existing neighborhood movie houses that were generally modest in size. However, Crandall began commissioned entirely new buildings designed by Reginald W. Geare, such as the Knickerbocker (1917), the Metropolitan (1918), the York (1919), and the Lincoln (1922). The Metropolitan was located in Washington’s central business core on F Street, a short distance from the Joy Theater. The Knickerbocker, York, and Lincoln, on the other hand, were built outside the business district. Of these four theaters, only the York and Lincoln remain.
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