H. L. Gumbiner
American theatre proprietor
About H. L. Gumbiner
Lived 1879 – 1952 (aged 72–73).
Herman Louis Gumbiner (1879–1952) was a theater proprietor in Chicago and then Los Angeles. The movie theaters his business ran in Chicago and Hammon, Indiana were part of the first wave of the moving picture business. In Los Angeles he was an innovator in theater design and major pictures debuted at his theaters.
From Chicago he moved to Los Angeles in 1921. An independent operator he struggled to compete with theaters owned by major studios. He went bankrupt.
He lived at 715 South Normndie Avenue. He had a wife, son, and daughter.
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Who was H. L. Gumbiner?
American theatre proprietor
When was H. L. Gumbiner born?
H. L. Gumbiner was born in 1879.
When did H. L. Gumbiner die?
H. L. Gumbiner died in 1952.
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