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  • Comment: It seem Ascher Brothers has played a significant role in 1900s as mentioned here. Please update its history such as establishment date etc. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 13:30, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: this might be notable. please expand it DGG ( talk ) 02:40, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: Fails WP:NCOMPANY, requires significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources, not merely a series of mentions in passing. Dan arndt (talk) 08:47, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Max Ascher should redirect here

Not to be confused with Max Asher (actor) who was born Max Ascher

Ascher Brothers was a theater business in Chicago and Wisconsin.[1] It was owned by brothers including Max Ascher, Nathan Ascher, and Harry Ascher who established it in 1909.[2] The business owned more than two dozen theaters[3] and was one of the city's largest owners of theaters along with Balaban and Katz and Lubliner and Trinz.[4] The brothers exited the theater business in 1929.[5]

Ascher Brothers was founded in 1909 and operated nickelodeons and acquiring, leasing, and constructing additional theaters through the 1910s. By 1919 Ascher Brothers operated at least 15 theaters including the Adelphi, Calo, Milford, Cosmopolitan, Metropolitan, and Crown. They added the the Portage Park Theatre Building buiot in 1919.[5] Their theaters succeeded the simple storefront operations and preceeded the grand theater houses of the 1920s.[5]

One of their theaters opened across from Marshall Field and Company on State Street.[6][7]

Their theaters included organs and five-piece orchestras[8] including at the Portage Theater. Henry L. Newhouse designed several of their theaters.

By 1923, Goldwyn Pictures owned a 60 percent stake in Ascher company stock.[9]

Theaters

  • Adelphi[5]
  • Calo[5]
  • Milford[5]
  • Cosmo Theater (1913) at 7938 South Halsted
  • Frolic Theater (1915) at 951 East 55th Street
  • Colony[10]
  • Columbus Theater (1916) at 6236 South Ashland (63rd St. And Ashland Avenue)[11]
  • Roosevelt Theatre
  • Metropolitan
  • Oakland Square[12]
  • Portage Theater (1919), leased by Ascher Brothers[5]
  • Commercial Theater (1920) at 9150 South Commercial

References

  1. ^ Schiecke, Konrad (February 10, 2017). Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488650 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Max Ascher, Chicago Theatre Owner, Dies After Long Illness". July 23, 1934.
  3. ^ "The Chicago Banker: A Weekly Paper Devoted to the Banking and Financial Interests of the Middle West". Chicago Banker Company. May 1, 1922 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Balaban, David (October 13, 2006). The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban and Katz. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738539867 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/Portage_Pk_Theatre_Bldg.pdf
  6. ^ Schiecke, Konrad (February 10, 2017). Downtown Chicago's Historic Movie Theatres. McFarland. ISBN 9780786488650 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ http://cinematreasures.org/chains/11/previous?status=all
  8. ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. August 22, 1916 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Millard County Progress Review | 1923-05-18 | New Yorker Buys Chicago Theatre". newspapers.lib.utah.edu.
  10. ^ Schiecke, Konrad (February 28, 2011). Historic Movie Theatres in Illinois, 1883-1960. McFarland. ISBN 9780786449200 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 13, 1916 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ https://journals.shareok.org/theatreorgan/article/download/419/399/
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