Sexton (Capitol) Theatre - / Seeburg Orchestrion
Great Falls, Montana
 
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Sexton Theatre, c.1916
 
The Sexton Theatre opened on April 4, 1914 and had a Seeburg Orchestrion. This instrument is not listed in any of the pipe organ databases or opus lists. The Sexton previously operated as the Orpheum.
 

News item for the opening of the Sexton Theatre in The Great Falls Tribune March 29, 1914. Click for a larger version. "In the orchestra pit is to be installed a Seeburg unit orchestra containing a pipe organ which may be operated manually or by electricity, a piano and various effects electrically operated. This orchestra will cost $4,000."
 

Ad for the Sexton Theatre in The Great Falls Tribune April 11, 1914. "BERT L. THOMAS, Organist."
 
Multiple advertisements for the Sexton Theatre in 1914 and 1915 list Bert L. Thomas and Mabelle Anderson as organists. Status of the Seeburg instrument is unknown.
 

Ad for the Sexton Theatre in The Great Falls Tribune December 23, 1914. "Have you heard "Sweatheart of Mine," the official Mary Pickford song? It will be played on the Seeburg orchestrion by Miss Mabelle Anderson during the exhibition of "Behind the Scenes" at the Sexton today."
 

Ad for the Sexton Theatre in The Great Falls Tribune February 22, 1915. "Mabelle Anderson at the Seeburg Orchestrion."