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About the Campus Theatre >> Our History
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The Campus Theatre - A History
by Denise Cummings (University of Florida) |
FACTS
| Opened to the public: |
6:30 p.m., January 17, 1941 |
| Architect: |
David Supowitz, Philadelphia |
| Architectural style: |
Art Deco |
| Builder: |
Albert Boyer |
| General Contractors: |
D.A. McKinney, Sunbury, PA |
| Original owners: |
The Stiefel Brothers--Oscar, Harold, Barney, and Morris |
| First movie: |
Love Thy Neighbor, starring Jack Benny and Fred
Allen |
| Original ticket price: |
25/35 cents for adults, 10/15 cents for children
(plus 3 cent defense tax) |
| Longest management tenure: |
Harold Stiefel, son of Morris Stiefel, 1953-1988 |
| Size of the auditorium: |
50 by 120 feet |
| Present number of seats: |
530 |
| Original number of seats: |
717 |
| Longest employment tenure: |
60 years, 1941-2001 (Nettie Meachum, box office cashier)
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| Height of interior murals: |
12 feet |
| Auditorium walls: |
Walnut finished wood base and special acoustic plaster |
| Interior: |
Bucknell University-inspired images: bison and athletes
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