Frederick Dahnken
Frederick Dahnken (April 19, 1897 in New York, New York – June 1, 1971[1]) was an owner of movie theaters in the United States. According to the August 3, 1921 New York Clipper, the Turner & Dahnken Circuit was one of the largest independently owned picture playhouses in the country. It operated the Tivoli Opera House, and T & D theaters in Oakland,[2] Berkeley, Richmond, Sacramento, San Jose, Stockton, Watsonville and Salinas. At the time, they also owned the franchise for First National Pictures in Northern California and a part of the State of New York.[3]
In 1922, West Coast Theatres, Inc., purchased the rights, franchises, leases and theatres held by the Turner & Dahnken Circuit, which at the time controlled forty theaters in California.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Frederick Dahnken | New York | 1897 - 1971". January 2013.
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies/t/turner-dahnken.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ "New York Clipper 3 August 1921 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
- ^ http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/westlaketheatre_nr_nomination_final_2000-02.pdf [bare URL PDF]