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Bertha Allen - Jan. 1975
- Name
- Bertha Allen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Bertha Allen
- Number
- OH 7
- Subject
- Business
- Motion picture theaters
- Interview Date
- Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Lillian Bernstein
- Total Running Time
- Side 1: 36 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Bertha Allen (née Herbert) was married to Herbert Allen. Herbert, his brothers Jule and J. J., and his brother-in-law Louis Rosenfeld were pioneers in the motion picture industry in Canada. They opened a chain of theatres across Canada in the 1910s and 1920s. In Toronto, they built several theatres including the Tivoli Theatre, Bloor Theatre, College Theatre, Parkdale Theatre, Beach Theatre, St. Clair Theatre, Danforth Theatre, and Hollywood Theatre.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Allen, Bertha
- Allen, Jule
- Allen, J. J.
- Rosenfeld, Louis
- Geographic Access
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 7 - Allen\OH7_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories