Crystal Theater (Dublin, Georgia)

Crystal Theater in Dublin, Georgia was a historic theater that showed silent movies. It was the main theatre in Dublin in the beginning of the 1900s.^[1] As of 2018, it is home to Deano's Restaurant.

In 1920, the theater's manager was arrested and fined $25.00 by Dublin police for advertising the 1919 film, Back to God's Country, by painting bear tracks leading to The Crystal on sidewalks.^[2]

In 1922, boxing matches were held at the theater between Bill McGowan of Dublin, who later became a stuntman in Hollywood, against a boxer from Chicago as well as a fight that included "Baby" Stribling, younger brother of Young Stribling of Macon, Georgia.^[2]

References

^ Thompson, Scott (2000). Dublin: The Emerald City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-0738505909 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "The Crystal Theater". Pieces of our Past. October 2015.

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[1] Thompson, Scott (2000). Dublin: The Emerald City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-0738505909 – via Google Books.

[pieces-2] "The Crystal Theater". Pieces of our Past. October 2015.

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