Echo Theatre: Revision history

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  • curprev 14:3214:32, 21 July 2025 John Lavalie talk contribs 10,297 bytes +10,297 Created page with "The '''Echo Theatre''' was the first movie theater built in Des Plaines, Illinois. Constructed in 1910, the 250 seat theater hosted silent movies, vaudeville acts, and other special events. In 1926 as the popularity of silent movies increased, the original theater was torn down and replaced at the same location by a larger, more modern 750 seat theater. By 1936 the theater closed permanently due to the Depression and competition from other local theaters. But the bui..."