A Roar Mighty as the Crack of Dawn: The Tragic Story of the Knickerbocker Theater Collapse January 28, 1922
A large crowd of nearly 1,000 people gathered inside Washington D.C.’s glamorous and elegant Knickerbocker Theater on Saturday night January 28, 1922. It is the city’s largest movie theater, located on the corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road right in the heart of our nation’s capital. The Knickerbocker Theater in addition to showing the silent film era’s latest releases, is also often used as a concert hall and public convention center. It is renowned across the east coast for its elegant ballrooms and ornate art deco appearance. Built only five years earlier in 1917, the Knickerbocker Theater, with its flat topped roof design is considered to be the epitome of modern architectural style for movie houses the world over. On this night, the crowd comes to see an on screen adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford . Saturday night at the Knickerbocker Theater is comedy night and the crowd for Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford is loud an...