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Motion picture theaters -- Tennessee -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

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Walter L. Morris Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3669
Abstract

The Walter L. Morris Papers document the Knoxville native’s more than 50-year career in the movie theater business, managing movie theaters for Paramount (Publix), Warner Bros., and 20th Century Fox (Fox West Coast) and running his own theaters in Knoxville and Oak Ridge, Tenn. The collection includes biographical papers, theater promotional and operational papers, movie producer papers and movie reels from 1910-1999, with the bulk of the material covering 1922-1983.

Dates: 1910-1999, undated