Many of the major Motion Picture Palaces employed orchestras, but it wasn't feasible to use an orchestra for every performance. As the new entertainment industry grew, so did the need for a more suitable method of accompanying the silent films, newsreels and stage acts in the larger, cavernous movie palaces. In the "Nickelodeon" (early) days of the silent screen dramas, a sole piano player would provide suitable musical accompaniment to the action on the screen. The 1920s, saw the creation of Motion Picture Palaces in all major cities' downtown areas and smaller, yet still palatial, theatres in the outlying neighborhoods. In the early decades of the last century, the silent cinema became a main stay of entertainment for Americans. McKinney always has a very talented musian who brings this pipe organ to life at The Performing Arts Theatre.
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