Times Theatre
226 N. Main Street,
Rockford,
IL
61104
226 N. Main Street,
Rockford,
IL
61104
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Balaban & Katz Corp., Plitt Theatres, Publix Great States Theatres Corp
Architects: Edward Paul Lewin
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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News About This Theater
- Mar 2, 2010 — Happy 45th, "The Sound Of Music"
Opened on March 30, 1938 with Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney in “Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry”. It was closed in 1980.
The former Times Theatre was most recently used as a bar and restaurant, but was vacant by 2013.
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Recent comments (view all 31 comments)
never been inside times midway is stating to come along
Does anyone have current contact information for the owner(s) of the Times?
//Ethan
Linkrot repair: The January 8, 1938, Boxoffice article about the Times Theatre can now be seen at these links:
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The April 30 article is now at these links:
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Ok it is now 2015 and no sign of anything happening to the Times. Anyone have any info that is current like who owns it now?
Late `80’s promo image as The Good Times Theatre Inc. added, image credit RockfordReminisce.com Facebook page. Don’t know the span in years for this incarnation.
With all the interest in classic movies today, one would think this theater would do its duty rather than the bigger Coronado showing these films on a big screen.. Maybe the audience isn’t there?
Still abandoned, windows covered in black plastic, so I couldn’t see what the lobby looked like. The two pictures from 2012 of the building with the art deco tile are not the theater and should be deleted.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2022/08/16/rockfords-times-theater-madison-street-to-get-5m-in-grant-funds/65404561007/
More funding available from the state Funds
The actual opening date is March 30, 1938, yes with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in “Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry” along with the Popeye cartoon “My Artistical Temperature”, Pete Smith Specialty “Romance Of Radium”, and Hearst Metrotone News (including a headline on the Navy Flyers graduation). It was once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.