PA Show Business

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Across
  1. 3. A series of pictures presented on a projector
  2. 6. The first american theater to replace candles with gaslight
  3. 7. sounds or music created with a gramiphone
  4. 9. An "all American hero" from Indiana, Pennsylvania won an Oscar For the Philadelphia story in 1940 and also created the movie "The Blob"
  5. 11. In the early 1900s, this man built one of the largest film making companies and theater chains at his 500 Acre Betzwood Studios in Valley Forge
  6. 13. He produced one of the most popular and beloved songs of the 20th century.
  7. 15. What made motion pictures cheaper than live performances
  8. 18. opened a 9 seat theater in New Castle
  9. 19. Produced by Ethelbert Nevin and was very popular, sold 2.6 million copies by the end of 1928
  10. 20. A play that attracted some of broadways team including Richard Rodgers who held plays like Oklahoma, and Show Boat
Down
  1. 1. Located in the Poconos, this was a famous training ground for comedians, playwrights, and actors. 2 Broadway shows originated here
  2. 2. from Penfield, Pennsylvania was the most prolific and eccentric who composed many marches
  3. 4. Holds a one ring circus during the winter of 1853 near Erie, Pennslyvania
  4. 5. A person from Pittsburg who was the first American to make a living off of writing songs, died in New York at age 37
  5. 8. A German-American inventor who figured out how to produce limitless copies of a master recording (Main recording)
  6. 10. African American minstrel star who became Americas first prolific music writer
  7. 12. a person from Philadelphia who lead a Brass band
  8. 14. A man from Connellsville, Pennsylvania who directed the worlds first "story film" called The great train robbery
  9. 16. A form of art played with instruments
  10. 17. A type of art that combines dance, music, movement and visual elements to express meaning