Harry O. Schwalbe

Harry Otto Schwalbe (February 8, 1874[1] - 21 May 1935, Atlantic City General Hospital, Atlantic City[2]) was Secretary and Treasurer of First National Pictures, Inc., until he tendered his resignation at the end of the fiscal year in April 1925.[3] According to a New York Clipper article dated July 21, 1920, Schwalbe and his partner E.S. O'Keefe purchased the City Theatre in Atlantic City for a reported sum of $200,000.[4] On April 14, 1921, Schwalbe completed the purchase of the Keystone hotel property in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, with the intention of razing the buildings on that property to develop a modern motion picture theatre that would seat 1,200.[5]

Harry O. Schwalbe
Born
Harry Otto Schwalbe

(1874-02-08)February 8, 1874
DiedMay 21, 1935(1935-05-21) (aged 61)
Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupations
First National Pictures Secretary Harry O. Schwalbe, Mary Pickford dressed for her role in the film Daddy-Long-Legs (1919), and Mary's mother Charlotte Hennessey.

References
  1. World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com
  2. "Harry Otto Schwalbe (1874-1933) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
  3. http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_020725
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "The Conshohocken Recorder, April 15, 1921 :: Conshohocken Recorder Collection". contentdm1.accesspa.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28.
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