Heirloom Arts Theatre
155 Main Street,
Danbury,
CT
06810
155 Main Street,
Danbury,
CT
06810
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I am writing a book, and was doing research at WCSU’s University Archives. Anyway, i was looking at the old city directories, and found additional info on the Empress. From the 1916 Directory, it lists the Empress as a Vaudeville theatre at 157 Main Street. The 1923 Directory lists the Empress as Vaudeville and Motion Pictures at the same address. I am up to the early 1940s and will update again on Tuesday.
The seating capacity for the Empress Theatre given in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 is 1,385. In the 1950 edition it it was slightly reduced to 1,313.