“Under the tempered glow and radiance of two thousand electric lights which shed their beams, rivaling the brilliance of a mid-day sun in ocean mist, or the witching haze of a dreamy Indian Ozark summer, the devotees of fashion and pleasure and of material progress, met and mingled last night, at the opening of The Landers Theatre, a commodious and beautiful temple of amusement, the perfect appointments of which brought a flush of admiration and of pride to the cheek and a gleam of pleasure to the eye of those who greeted ‘The Golden Girl’ and witnessed the initial offering of the playhouse which came to Springfield as a heritage of fire.” Landers: The Early Years The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in The Springfield, Missouri Republican on Septemillustrating the atmosphere of opening night: Built for $100,000, the brick and terracotta building has been in continuous use either as a legitimate theatre or a motion picture house since it opened with the musical THE GOLDEN GIRL starring Lillian Russell on September 18, 1909. The Landers Theatre was designed by architects John and Carl Boller and was built in 1909 by John and D.J. The ashes of the Baldwin Theatre, which burned on January 6, 1909, were not yet cold when the plans for a new theatre on Walnut Street in downtown Springfield, Missouri were actualized. Springfield Ballet’s Alice in Wonderland.The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, JR. ![]() ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |