Playhouse Theatre

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The war years brought a mixed program of movies, theater, touring variety shows and the occasional big name – in 1945 alone, Ernest Tubb, Tex Ritter and a “Grand Ole Opry” revue (with Minnie Pearl and Pee Wee King) performed, in separate concerts.

Three years later, air conditioning was installed. “Cool, constant temperatures are now making movie going more delightful at the Playhouse Theatre,” crowed the Times. Co-owners Bill and Bob Boardman told the newspaper they’d laid out $32,000 for the unit (“the equivalent of melting 100,000 pounds of ice every 24 hours!”) and other renovations, including a pair of state-of-the-art Simplex/RCA lamps and projectors (“Technicolor films will especially be improved by these lamps”).