{"id":188,"date":"2010-08-06T20:27:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T20:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T21:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:38:59","slug":"1900-1946","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/early-years\/1900-1946\/","title":{"rendered":"1906-1946"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_26\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26\" title=\"family\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Family (circa 1920) Front Row L to R: Margaret Alexander (Politis), Alec Alexander, Frank Alexander, Peter Alexander Back Row: Louis Marinos Sr., Zoe (Marinos) Alexander, Thomas Alexander, Stella Marinos. The Alexander's fifth child, Taki was born some six years after this photo was taken in November of 1926. (click on photo to enlarge)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_120\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011.jpg 2037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of the Luzerne Theatre sometime around late 1925 or early 1926.. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/partners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30\" title=\"partners\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/partners-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/partners-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/partners.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theatre business partners and brothers-in-law, Louis Marinos Sr. (left) and Thomas Alexander. Circa 1930. (click on photo to enlarge) <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-greece.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25\" title=\"family-greece\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-greece-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-greece-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-greece.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Alexander (Alexopoulos), returned to Greece in 1931 after his first retirement from the movie theatre business a year earlier. He left the first car his hometown of Mykenes ever saw - a 1930 Buick for the villagers to use. He's the man in the center of the photo wearing the hat. He returned to the theatre biz in 1938 when he opened the Forty Fort Theatre in Forty Fort, PA.<\/p><\/div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/luzerne-theatre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28\" title=\"luzerne-theatre\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/luzerne-theatre-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/luzerne-theatre-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/luzerne-theatre.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<div id=\"attachment_407\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-407\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-407\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00013-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00013-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00013-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00013.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Alexander. 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(click on photo to enlarge)\"] <\/dt> <\/dl><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_26\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px;\"> <dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-26\" title=\"family\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/family-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_120\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"The interior of the Luzerne Theatre sometime around late 1925 or early 1926.. \"]<a href=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-120\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/alexanderproductions.com\/fortyfortfilms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_00011-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_30\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"186\" caption=\"Theatre business partners and brothers-in-law, Louis Marinos Sr. (left) and Thomas Alexander. 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