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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. SHARICE DAVIDS
of kansas
in the house of representatives
Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate Plaza 1907 located in Ottawa, Kansas, in the district I have the honor of representing. Plaza 1907 is celebrating its 119th anniversary, opening its current doors on May 22, 1907, as the oldest purpose-built movie theater in the world. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Plaza 1907 is a critical part of the lifeblood of the Ottawa and Franklin County communities.
the ten-minute film The Great Train Robbery from 1903—at a local street fair. This inspired the founding of Plaza 1907 as the Bijou Theater, where patrons watched early silent films from France like Bad Mother and A Voyage Around a Star. When it first opened, the two-screen theater played 12 shows each day and tickets cost patrons five cents each. In those early days, the theater offered live music alongside these silent films before the first talking picture in 1927.
history. Kansans and visitors alike can enjoy new films and Classic Movie Mondays along with a memorabilia museum amongst the charm of Ottawa, Kansas.