New Theater

This news article does not refer to the Apollo Theatre on this page. The Apollo Theatre on this page was across the street and a block west of the Apollo Theatre that is the subject of the article. The news article refers to the Apollo Theatre at 45 W Randolph, which was a legitimate theatre that opened in 1921. Owned by A.H. Woods, who also owned the Woods Theatre across the street, it was eventually purchased from Woods by the United Artists Corporation (UA) in 1927. UA employed architect C. Howard Crane to remodel the theatre for film presentation. It was then reopened as the United Artists Theatre in 1927. Thus, this article and the accompanying photo of the exterior of the building belong on the United Artists Theatre page.

At the time of the opening of the United Artists Theatre in 1927, the Apollo Theatre on this page was known at the Olympic Theatre. Soon after, the Olympic Theatre was renamed Shubert’s Apollo Theatre, hence the confusion. This is discussed in the overview.