University Dallv Kansan Tuesday, December 12. 1978 9 Local theater history told Staff Reporter BY LYNN WILLIAMS Staff Reporter A man who worked in and managed Lawrence movie theaters half a century ago is now making his mark. Emory Scott, 69, 1921 Vermont S. says he is writing the book because he is probably the author of the book. "One thing that is making my book difficult to write is that the old-timers are disappearing fast," he said. "Only a few are still living who can remember the various facts and information, so I have had to do a lot of research." He has managed each of the five theaters that have existed in Lawrence. Scott, who is now the major owner of Scott Temperature Equipment Co., 1815 Bullene Ave., was at different times an usher, advertising artist and manager of theaters in Lawrence and other Kansas towns since the 1920s. IN HIS BOOK, "One Hundred Years in Lawrence Theater," he traces the history of entertainment in Lawrence, beginning with vaudeville acts and figures such as Horace Greeley, who appeared at the Bowersock House, now the Lawrence Opera House. "Susan B. Anthony made one of her fiery speeches there," he said. The Bowersock Opera House, which is on the corner of the first meeting hall in Lawrence, was opened in 1970. In the 1800s, great opera which played in Kansas City and Denver played there, he began. The old opera house was gutted by fire in 1811, and the modern concrete, brick, and stone building was built. Before Scott entered the movie business, he booked vaudeville acts for 14 years. But he never made it big. "It was like a factory closing down," he said. "There just was much activity on the road." SCOTT'S ATTITUDE that "it's all part of show business" attracted him to movie theater management. But he entered the industry, barely out of love for the entertainment industry. "You do what you know how to do," he said. Because he had learned every facet of the theater business from ushering to running the projector in his pre-auduville youth, he decided to take up movie theatre work. Five different theaters in Lawrence—the Orpheum, across from the Douglas County Center, the Varsity, the Granada; the Pates, into arcade next to J.C. Penney Co.; and the Bowersock, now the Lawrence Opera management at various times in the 1920s and 1930s. "Prices for tickets varied, depending on the quality of the movie," he said. They also varied according to the time of day. The dinner price was a dime; evening shows cost a quarter. SCOTT ALSO MANAGED theaters in Abilene, Osawatomie, Independence and Kansas City, Kan. In Kansas City and Abilene, he said, he charged 50 cents for a car accident in which he was special movies like "Gone With the Wind." Happy Birthday D.L.A. With Love, J.K.S. Blacks sits in the upper balcony at most Lawrence theatres, he said. They were not allowed in the Patee or in the Granada during its first years, he said. The days before $2.50 movie prices also were the days of racial segregation. The Patee had no balcony and offered low-budget westerns for a dime. Concession stands first came to Lawrence movie theaters about 1940. Scott said, "It was a kind of thing." "If you wanted a coke, you went next door to a drug store," he said. "In fact, in the case of alcohol, you should allow drinks inside. This was probably because they wanted to protect the chairs." in those days. There were no candy bars sold in the theaters. This book is not Scott's first. He has written and published a book on fishing exploits called "Hurry Up Homer" and a guide to the air conditioning business called "One Furrow One Faith, It Takes Two to be Number One." "Writing, fishing and golf have kept me too busy to see a movie for five years," he said. Just For Her... 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