{"id":100737,"date":"2021-07-21T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=100737"},"modified":"2021-07-21T10:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:31:26","slug":"its-wayback-wednesday-july-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/its-wayback-wednesday-july-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Wayback Wednesday: The King George Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s Wayback Wednesday! This is the King George Theatre, which was built in 1926 by Frank Giaschi and his sons Andrew and Frank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theatre showed its first talking picture in 1930, and closed in 1945. The building was later home to a bowling alley (which opened in 1952) and Blair McCann Sports. 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