Ken Blewett

CTL-E-0897 · Person · 1929-1959

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Regal usher (1929) to manager (1939-1959); first Black Balaban & Katz manager.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:person-ken-blewett; source research type(s): person.

Sources

City of Chicago, New Regal Theater designation report (1989-02)

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