Movies were a big business in 1915, even in a small town. The following ad for Vitagraph-Liebler’s stupendous film production, The Christian, starring Earle Williams, Harry Northrup, Edith Storey, James Lackaye, Charles Kent, and 3,000 people in its all-star cast in 500 scenes through eight gripping, interesting parts, appeared in the May 6, 1915 Skidmore New Era. The ad proclaimed that those who viewed the play paid $2.00 for the best seats, and the book sold for $1.50, but Skidmore’s Royal theater offered seats for the movie at 15, 25, and 35 cents each.
