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First Talking Movie | Cle Elum, WA
The first talking movie shown in Cle Elum was The Wolf of Wall Street in May 1929 at the Lane Theater. Andy Prokopovich was the first operator of this movie.
The sound movies at that time were installed at a cost of $10,000. (SWIFTWATER, History of Cle Elum 1848-1955, published by Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, 2014, Page 87)
(A group of men stand in front of the Vogue Theater (formerly the Lane Theater) in 1943. Photo courtesy of Dr. James E. Brooks Library, Archives and Special Collections, Frederick Krueger Collection, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA)
The sound movies at that time were installed at a cost of $10,000. (SWIFTWATER, History of Cle Elum 1848-1955, published by Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, 2014, Page 87)
(A group of men stand in front of the Vogue Theater (formerly the Lane Theater) in 1943. Photo courtesy of Dr. James E. Brooks Library, Archives and Special Collections, Frederick Krueger Collection, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA)
