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[[Image:Empire Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Empire Theater]]
[[File:1953 Empire Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|450px|A line of people waiting outside the Empire Theatre in 1953]]
[[File:1981 Empire theatre.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The Empire Theater in 1981]]
The '''Empire Theater''' was a [[List of former cinemas|movie theater]] located at 2012 [[3rd Avenue North]] in the former [[D. M. Drennen & Co.]] general store. When it opened in [[1926]] the Empire screened first-run features from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The '''Empire Theater''' was a [[List of former cinemas|movie theater]] located at 2012 [[3rd Avenue North]] in the former [[D. M. Drennen & Co.]] general store. When it opened in [[1926]] the Empire screened first-run features from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.


In late [[1964]] the theater was renovated with new "rocking chair" seats, a new projection screen, new lobby and lounge areas in a gold and cream color scheme. The theater held a grand re-opening on [[February 15]], [[1965]], hosted by manager [[Arlie Miller]] and Acme Theaters general manager [[John Douglas]].
In late [[1964]] the theater was renovated with new "rocking chair" seats, a new projection screen, new lobby and lounge areas in a gold and cream color scheme. The theater held a grand re-opening on [[February 15]], [[1965]], hosted by manager [[Arlie Miller]] and Acme Theaters general manager [[John Douglas]].


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==Gallery==
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Image:Empire Theatre.jpg|a group outside the Empire Theater
File:1956 Empire Theatre marquee.jpg|The Empire's marquee in 1956
File:1981 Empire theatre.jpg|The Empire Theater in 1981
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[[Category:Former cinemas]]
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Revision as of 16:05, 1 March 2020

A line of people waiting outside the Empire Theatre in 1953

The Empire Theater was a movie theater located at 2012 3rd Avenue North in the former D. M. Drennen & Co. general store. When it opened in 1926 the Empire screened first-run features from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In late 1964 the theater was renovated with new "rocking chair" seats, a new projection screen, new lobby and lounge areas in a gold and cream color scheme. The theater held a grand re-opening on February 15, 1965, hosted by manager Arlie Miller and Acme Theaters general manager John Douglas.

Gallery