Moe Mark
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Moe Mark was the brother of Mitchel Mark. Together they opened the first known permanent, purpose-built motion picture theater in the world, Vitascope Hall aka Vitascope Theater aka Edisonia Hall in 1896 Buffalo, New York, and the first Movie Palace, The Mark Strand Theatre (1914) in New York City. They founded an important chain of theaters in the United States which ultimately became part of the RKO Stanley Warner chain.
Moe Mark became a member of the board of Warner Bros.. His letters are in the archive at University of Southern California.
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[edit] External links
- Biography of Mitchel Mark with photos
- Moe Mark Obituary
- Mitchel Mark Obituary, Buffalo Evening News, 1918
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