From the 1915-12-03 issue of the Monticello Bulletin:
NO SON-IN-LAW WANTED. The Presbyterian minister and’ wife of Maroa, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, are making trouble for their daughter and her husband who were recently married in Monticello through the innocent assistance of the county clerk and the Christian minister. The irate father of the bride came to our city, after the ceremony was performed, to stop the bans, but “Too late, too late,” was his cry. He then traced the happy pair to the Princess theater in Decatur, and sternly demanded that his daughter return to the parental roof and leave her newly chosen provider. She protested, but his Scotch Presbyterian blood was up, and he bundled his daughter into an auto, first knocking the young man out of the seat beside her (he clung to his bride, however, and the old gentleman had to let him ride to Maroa.) When they arrived there the parson took his offspring into the house and told the bridegroom to GIT, notwithstanding his oft repeated admonition, “Whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” Since that time the young couple have not met, and the minister is defendant in a $25,000 suit for damages, as he groans, “All is vanity, and vexation, for my daughter is previously troubled of a devil.”
The new Lyric Theatre opened Sunday, September 5, 1937 for a 3:00 p.m. showing of “New Faces of 1937” by Leigh Jason. Its first paying customer was Keith Hutson.
The Lyric Theatre was located at 209 W. Main St. (See Piatt County Journal-Republican from May 17, 1979)
Chicago architect W. Philip Doerr designed the $40,000 Lyric Theatre. It used a Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System.
J. P. Kratz was the original owner and and Miss Eleanor Gibson was the original manager.
The Kratz Family sold the Lyric in 1973 to First State Bank of Monticello, who leased it to Kerasotes. The Lyric closed May 31, 1979 after having shown “Grease.”
It now functions as a western half of First State Bank.
C. W. Joehrendt opened the new Princess Theatre in June 1915, in a building owned by James Piatt Kratz.
July 1, 1922 the Princess re-opened as the Lyric Theatre.
They now have 9 screens.
The Prytania has 272 fixed seats, not 750.
The Fox Theatre appeared in the 1990 film “White Palace.”
The Gem Theatre, interior and exterior, appeared in the 1963 film, “Hud.”
This theater appeared in the 1988 film “Mississippi Burning.”
This theater is on the site of the current 615 Hunter Road, Boswell, OK 74727. It is seen in the 1971 film “Two-Lane Blacktop.”
The new Lyric was not demolished, but converted into the western half of the First State Bank building.
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From the 1915-12-03 issue of the Monticello Bulletin:
NO SON-IN-LAW WANTED. The Presbyterian minister and’ wife of Maroa, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, are making trouble for their daughter and her husband who were recently married in Monticello through the innocent assistance of the county clerk and the Christian minister. The irate father of the bride came to our city, after the ceremony was performed, to stop the bans, but “Too late, too late,” was his cry. He then traced the happy pair to the Princess theater in Decatur, and sternly demanded that his daughter return to the parental roof and leave her newly chosen provider. She protested, but his Scotch Presbyterian blood was up, and he bundled his daughter into an auto, first knocking the young man out of the seat beside her (he clung to his bride, however, and the old gentleman had to let him ride to Maroa.) When they arrived there the parson took his offspring into the house and told the bridegroom to GIT, notwithstanding his oft repeated admonition, “Whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” Since that time the young couple have not met, and the minister is defendant in a $25,000 suit for damages, as he groans, “All is vanity, and vexation, for my daughter is previously troubled of a devil.”
The new Lyric Theatre opened Sunday, September 5, 1937 for a 3:00 p.m. showing of “New Faces of 1937” by Leigh Jason. Its first paying customer was Keith Hutson.
The Lyric Theatre was located at 209 W. Main St. (See Piatt County Journal-Republican from May 17, 1979)
Chicago architect W. Philip Doerr designed the $40,000 Lyric Theatre. It used a Western Electric Mirrophonic Sound System.
J. P. Kratz was the original owner and and Miss Eleanor Gibson was the original manager.
The Kratz Family sold the Lyric in 1973 to First State Bank of Monticello, who leased it to Kerasotes. The Lyric closed May 31, 1979 after having shown “Grease.”
It now functions as a western half of First State Bank.
The Lyric’s phone number was 217-762-4336
In August 1915 Robert Larmon became the sole owner of the Lyric Airdome.
The address of the Princess / old Lyric Theatre was 203 W. Main St., in the Kratz Building.
The old Lyric Theatre closed Saturday August 28, 1937.
Its final film was “The Lawless Nineties.”
In January 1924 W. C. Martin, conductor of the
Lyric theatre, died.
C. W. Joehrendt opened the new Princess Theatre in June 1915, in a building owned by James Piatt Kratz. July 1, 1922 the Princess re-opened as the Lyric Theatre.