Earl H. Hulsey
Earl Henry Hulsey (September 13, 1880[1] - January 10, 1961[2]) was a Dallas business man and former owner and operator of the Circle Theatre, where Vitaphone made its debut in Texas.[3] The Circle Theatre opened on December 25, 1923.[4]
Hulsey began construction on a building currently known as the Waco Hippodrome Theatre in 1913.[5] Opened on February 7, 1914, the theater was a select road show house and spent much of its life as "Hulsey's Hipp," operated by Hulsey to offer major vaudeville attractions and movies.[6] Hulsey and J.P. Harrison operated the Hippodrome from its opening until 1928.[7] In the mid-1920s, Hulsey sold his downtown Dallas theater interests to Karl Hoblitzelle.[8]
Hulsey was a native of Georgia's DeKalb County and owned several silent motion picture theatres, which he sold when he moved to Dallas to head a brokerage office. He helped form First National Pictures in 1917, and was also a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
References
- World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com
- Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Ancestry.com
- http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_062246/49
- http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43288
- http://www.wacoperformingarts.org/history.php
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-09-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.wacotrib.com/news/waco_history/hippodrome-s-demise-another-chapter-in-its-near-century-of/article_21b3e9a0-8785-5c51-94f2-56b3935b4fc9.html?mode=jqm
- http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20130426-alan-austin-bud-hulsey-dallas-entrepreneur-who-liberated-friend-from-brazilian-prison-dies-at-88.ece