This link has a circa 1920 photo of the Hippodrome on Woodward Avenue mentioned above.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004008/bl004008?fbclid=IwAR2xd9fuiJuQ6foYv9TG7RS95zHrDVFSOFW_Cu3UVKvZlPu37b5ybcl9SlA
This link says Jefferson had 3-4 theatres at one time. I am added a CT page for the Lincoln Theatre.
(And added one for the Eagle Theatre in Grand Junction, though I could not find an address.)
Eagle Theatre was owned and managed by F. E. Hughart.
“One of the most progressive of small city exhibitors in Iowa.”
Source December 29, 1917 Motography Magazine.
1st link has article about theatres in Jefferson.
2nd link has then & now photos of the block, 7th set of images down.
Lincoln Theatre building on far right in both.
Three 2019 photos & description credit Kerry Ray Carman.
“I find old movie theaters the most challenging to get inside, so we were glad to see the Max Theater in Sibley, Iowa was accessible. Opened in 1917 as the Royal Theater and was first in the area to offer A/C. The original name is found throughout, such as the "R” in the original floor tile, the original box office with the plaque from RCA Sound on it. You can find the original pictures, lights and the projection room door and ceiling and walls is lined with tin still (was told that film burns easily and tin was to keep the fire contained). Great visit!"
May 19, 1974. Harlan, Iowa – “I’m setting my standards at the box office”, says Al Woodraska, owner of the Harlan Theater, the only movie house in town. “That’s what pays the bills.”
To help pay the bills, Woodraska is showing X-rated movies once a month. “Midnight Plowboy” did a good business in April. “Teenage Bride” is the next X-rated attraction.
Harlan is a farm town and county seat, community of white houses and front porches pocketed in the gentle hills of western Iowa. The telephone book lists 20 taverns, 28 churches, and 43 farm equipment and feed dealers Last year X-rated movies drew pickets from the local Baptist Church and city counsel condemnation in this town of 4,049. This year there hasn’t been a ripple.
“Last Tango in Paris” critically acclaimed and X-rated set a box office record of $379.90 in four days – at the Harlan Theater in March.
Harlan and its theater are far from unique. With increasing frequency, X-rated films are flashing flesh across the screens in small town America.
This link has a circa 1920 photo of the Hippodrome on Woodward Avenue mentioned above. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004008/bl004008?fbclid=IwAR2xd9fuiJuQ6foYv9TG7RS95zHrDVFSOFW_Cu3UVKvZlPu37b5ybcl9SlA
Link with a circa 1920 photo Majestic and neighboring Hippodrome, which I believe is the same one as mentioned on the Rogers Theatre page.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004008/bl004008?fbclid=IwAR2xd9fuiJuQ6foYv9TG7RS95zHrDVFSOFW_Cu3UVKvZlPu37b5ybcl9SlA
Facebook link with the Palace at the head end of the video.
https://www.facebook.com/businessmediaarchives/videos/1992114674408313/UzpfSTExOTA3NTM0NzE6MTAxNTY3MzY5NDU1Mjk0ODI/?comment_id=10156736844169482&reply_comment_id=10156736986789482¬if_id=1566845379062179¬if_t=group_comment
The neighboring Vernal marquee is oddly absent in this photo.
Link about Jefferson theatres.
http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/Programs-to-spotlight-movie-theaters-Grand-Junction-history/1/1/27494
This link says Jefferson had 3-4 theatres at one time. I am added a CT page for the Lincoln Theatre. (And added one for the Eagle Theatre in Grand Junction, though I could not find an address.)
http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/Programs-to-spotlight-movie-theaters-Grand-Junction-history/1/1/27494
Eagle Theatre was owned and managed by F. E. Hughart. “One of the most progressive of small city exhibitors in Iowa.” Source December 29, 1917 Motography Magazine.
Link about Grand Junction and Jefferson theatres history.
http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/Programs-to-spotlight-movie-theaters-Grand-Junction-history/1/1/27494
1st link has article about theatres in Jefferson. 2nd link has then & now photos of the block, 7th set of images down. Lincoln Theatre building on far right in both.
http://carrollspaper.com/Content/Local-News-Archive/Local-News/Article/Programs-to-spotlight-movie-theaters-Grand-Junction-history/1/1/27494
http://www.jeffersoniowanews.com/Links/thenandnow.htm
Images added, some demolition.
Update, via Michael O'Brien.
Three 2019 photos & description credit Kerry Ray Carman.
“I find old movie theaters the most challenging to get inside, so we were glad to see the Max Theater in Sibley, Iowa was accessible. Opened in 1917 as the Royal Theater and was first in the area to offer A/C. The original name is found throughout, such as the "R” in the original floor tile, the original box office with the plaque from RCA Sound on it. You can find the original pictures, lights and the projection room door and ceiling and walls is lined with tin still (was told that film burns easily and tin was to keep the fire contained). Great visit!"
1953 photo added via Sheryl Polson.
Globe Gazette photo.
Photo and description added via Adrian Brisee.
May 19, 1974. Harlan, Iowa – “I’m setting my standards at the box office”, says Al Woodraska, owner of the Harlan Theater, the only movie house in town. “That’s what pays the bills.”
To help pay the bills, Woodraska is showing X-rated movies once a month. “Midnight Plowboy” did a good business in April. “Teenage Bride” is the next X-rated attraction.
Harlan is a farm town and county seat, community of white houses and front porches pocketed in the gentle hills of western Iowa. The telephone book lists 20 taverns, 28 churches, and 43 farm equipment and feed dealers Last year X-rated movies drew pickets from the local Baptist Church and city counsel condemnation in this town of 4,049. This year there hasn’t been a ripple. “Last Tango in Paris” critically acclaimed and X-rated set a box office record of $379.90 in four days – at the Harlan Theater in March. Harlan and its theater are far from unique. With increasing frequency, X-rated films are flashing flesh across the screens in small town America.
Here is the direct link to the page Joe Vogel posted in 2012.
http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/princess-theater-trained-actors?fbclid=IwAR2-xp63IIsH8UbIKjtos1MRQ8Fnzc-4CVJa4T9TelX6dBHlPkNu4QlMHuI
December 30, 1980 photo added credit H. Darr Beiser / Tucson Citizen.
June 1965 photo credit Tucson Citizen Archives.
Four photos added.
Photo #2 in this article has the Roxy on the right, originally Elizabeth Street.
https://www.barrietoday.com/columns/remember-this/the-theatre-block-when-gas-pumps-became-a-menace-4-photos-1622664?fbclid=IwAR1-E3VD5HVphe2UOYy5BUxDdhXRGv2z3EhA3xfAx7qM_bVxFZEZf6zm6Tg
1987 photo added via Roseville Reflections Facebook page. Appears to have already had 4 screens by
87 and not early90s as the Overview states.Facebook post with copyrighted demolition photos in the comments.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215848509264629&set=gm.1701371029928507&type=3&theater&ifg=1
This St. Clair Shores Public Library link says the address was originally 30609 Jefferson Avenue.
http://www.scslibrary.org/lookingback2014.html?fbclid=IwAR1kkmLPPXFqXxfBTm6q3WQmuhpMZrCKZ4sicqmM3xWnjnGL0g6CwXrTnrg
1950 image as East Detroit Theatre added via Vince Nestico.
Ghost sign added, 9/22/18 photo & description credit Carol Gombert Pietrantoni.