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A7241-2
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- 1938-05 (Creation)
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Built by Radner R. Pratsch in 1920, the Realart Theater, at 5415 So. Tacoma Way brought Hollywood movies to So. Tacoma for over 40 years. On May 16, 1938 the theater was showing a double bill of "Over the Goal" with June Travis and "West of Shanghai" starring Boris Karloff. Mr. Pratsch retired from the movie business in 1956, and the theater became the Realart Square Dance Hall in 1961. In 1971, the Golden Dragon Restaurant, which had been located next to the theater at 5413 So. Tacoma Way since 1951, expanded and took over the theater. Today the top floor of the theater can still be seen above the facade of the Fu Shung Restaurant.
Realart Theater (Tacoma); Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pratsch, Radner R.--Homes & haunts;