Comments on: The Clydes, the Butlers and the Empress Theatre https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: R. TODD https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-64740 Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:51:54 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-64740 Newspapers point to the British Guild Players being at the Empress 1929-33, and then moving to Edmonton because of poor local support. David Clyde (1885-1945) is recorded in a Hollywood film as early as 1936.

]]> By: Christian Brasso https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-5682 Mon, 25 May 2020 17:23:29 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-5682 My brother just sent me this fascinating article. My grandparents lived in this house from 1947-1992. It was sold after my grandmother’s passing in 1992. I have many fond memories of exploring the many nooks and crannies of this classic house. The basement was full of old newspapers, magazines and even rat traps and well as a cooling cellar for my grandmother’s jars of jam. The house sat on one lot but there were two adjacent lots. One was a large lawn where we used to play and sit on lawn chairs and the other was an orchard with many small apple/plum trees and blackberry bushes. There was also a very large Weeping Willow tree which was next to a goldfish pond. Needless to say, it was an amazing place for us grandchildren to play and explore. Sadly the side lots were sold and developed but the memories are still fresh.

]]> By: Kay https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-3380 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:00:26 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-3380 Eve, if anyone is interested in seeing Fay in a pre-Hardy role, she has a small but recognizable part in:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Married_a_Doctor

You will find her at the bottom of the cast list. Her character in this film is the antithesis of Emily Hardy. The film was taken from the book, “Main Street,” by Sinclair Lewis, and was performed first in New York starring Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson. Despite its rather hokey title, the film has great moments after the annoying opening scene at a country club.

Thanks again, Kay

]]> By: Kay https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-3254 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:48:01 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-3254 Thank you so much for these interesting bits of history about Fay Holden. She was wonderful in the Hardy series and I have seen her in a couple of earlier, smaller parts. I appreciate knowing a bit more about her and seeing her house, which is so pretty. There is a letter from her for sale on the Internet which describes a small house in the Los Angeles with a lovely garden. It seems she was a nice person and well-suited to work on a series with the much-admired Lewis Stone.

Kay

]]> By: Vancouver Was Awesome: The Bum, 1923 | Robert Kemp https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-189 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:52:41 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-189 […] a role as a bloodhound in a production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” that played at the Empress and Orpheum […]

]]> By: Vancouver Was Awesome: The Bum, 1923 — Vancouver Is Awesome https://evelazarus.com/the-clydes-the-butlers-and-the-empress-theatre/#comment-188 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:51:27 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=812#comment-188 […] a role as a bloodhound in a production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” that played at the Empress and Orpheum […]

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