Charles Theatre
405 N. Main Street,
Charles City,
IA
50616
405 N. Main Street,
Charles City,
IA
50616
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Central States Theatres Corp, Paramount Pictures Inc.
Architects: Roland 'Tip' Goucher Harrison, Frank E. Wetherell
Firms: Wetherell & Harrison
Functions: Movies (Classic), Movies (First Run)
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
641.228.3821
Manager:
641.228.3821
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The 1935 Charles Theatre, designed in beautiful Art Moderne style, including its dramatic mulicolored tile facade other other stylish Moderne details inside, still operates today as a movie house, seating 450.
It originally could seat 600 and was first operated by A.H. Blank a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Inc. In addition to first-run fare, the Charles Theatre also on ocassion shows classic movies as well.
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Recent comments (view all 12 comments)
I love that outside design!!
This theatre most definitely is a real attention-getter! Love that photo.
Here’s a 2008 black and white view of the CHARLES: http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index.html
I love all those photographs, hstein and Lost Memory. Thanks for sharing.
The Charles Theatre was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm Wetherell & Harrison.
Thanks for the information, Joe.
the CAPITOL theatre in Burlington Iowa has a very similar façade….designed by same architects…..the Charles continues to operate nightly and sometlimes has a matinee
for people with interest in Charles city iowa, I have a facebook group which has many pics of our two theatres that we had (only one left, the Charles)…you have to friend me on flacebook its dave scrimger and my icon is a guy on a red motorcycle….secret group so you have to do it my way.
This theatre runs nightly with occasional matinees…a great deja vu of a nice small town theatre
Built to replace the Hildreth theater which was previously located here, and burned in February 1935.