The Crown Uptown Theater in Wichita, which, although having only about 385,000 residents, is the largest city in the Midwest-U.S. city of Kansas. The Uptown, designed by the Boller Brothers opened on July 16, 1928 and operated as a first-run movie venue with Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. The theater remodeled and converted to the Cinerama format in 1961; and again in 1976 into a dinner theatre presenting Broadway style shows. The theatre was sold in 2017 and once again remodeled and fitted with state-of-the-art sound and lights. Photo by Carol Highsmith.