![]() The brothers quickly found a former New Castle nickelodeon spacious enough to show films.Īs the story goes, the brothers ran out of money before they could purchase chairs for their theater, so they worked out a deal with a local funeral parlor to use its seats, provided they were not needed for a funeral. Harry recognized that the key to making a real profit was to lease their own venue and build a following. The brothers had made $300 per week while on the road, after expenses. Once the carnival left Niles, Sam and Abe presented their show in other nearby towns until a massive snowstorm discouraged customers, who were unwilling to stand in the drafty and often unheated storefront theaters. Zanuck and Al Warner on the Warners lot in 1927. Harry Warner, Jack Warner, Al Jolson, Darryl F.
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