MOVIE PALACE
AIRED: Season 1, Episode 2
THE DETECTIVES: Elyse Luray and Gwen Wright
THE PLACE: Al Ringling Theater, Baraboo, Wisconsin
THE CASE:
Is it possible that a theater in the small town of Baraboo, Wisconsin, could have been the country's first great movie palace?
The exquisite theater, which was designed in 1915 by Chicago architects C.W. and George Rapp, is a masterpiece designed in the style of the great French opera houses.
The History Detectives enlist the help of the Theatre Historical Society of America to solve the mystery of this grand edifice.
Why was such an ornate theater erected in such an obscure location, and how has it stayed relevant throughout the years?
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