The Victory Theatre operated in Churchill from 1919 to 1920 and was succeeded by the Churchill Hall Theatre. The Churchill Theatre, or Churchill Hall as listed in the City Directories, opened in March 1921 at 677 High Street. The theater showed movies and stage acts, including Professor Woodrow, the Handcuff King. No information about the original owner(s) was found.
The theater also hosted political campaign speakers for the Churchill neighborhood.
In January 1922, George Cox took over the theater. Mr. Cox had been assistant manager of the Holyoke Theatre for 5 years and, before that, worked for 2 years at the Gilmore Theatre in Springfield. Adult tickets for performances were 15¢, and children's tickets were 10¢.
Very little information was discovered after the management change. The theater was unsuccessful and closed its doors in 1922 or, possibly, early 1923.
Citations:
Newspapers.com (paid subscription): Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript -Telegram; Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily Republican; publication dates and pages shown.
Ancestry.com (paid subscription): Genealogy Records and Price & Lee, Holyoke, Massachusetts, City Directories
MapGeo, Assessors' Office, Holyoke, Massachusetts
