Goodhand Theatre
226 S. Chestnut Street,
Kimball,
NE
69145
226 S. Chestnut Street,
Kimball,
NE
69145
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Goodhand Theatre (Official)
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Architects: Wade Porter
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
308.235.2767
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The 400-seat Goodhand Theatre opened May 6, 1954 with Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in “Money from Home”. The Goodhand Theatre is a small-town single screen theatre independently owned and operated. Terry and Amy Sorensen are the owners. Seating is listed at 215. It served the county population of 2,600 showing first run features until it closed in 2011. It reopened May 6, 2016 with a screening of “Money from Home” its very first movie. It opens on the 1st and 3rd weekends each month on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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The theater was up for sale when this photo was taken:
http://tinyurl.com/y9b5n8u
Boxoffice Magazine feature on the then new Goodhand Theatre, with photos in an out. Issue of December 4, 1954:
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Certainly a charming, vintage theater that still graces the small, Western Nebraska town of Kimball. Still features a functioning curtain that is opened before each movie and closed afterward. There is no balcony. Seats, carpet and paint are newer and very nice. That said, the theater still retains its vintage charm. Attended a screening of “St. Patrick’s Day” here in February of 2010 and the presentation was excellent. Be sure to visit when in the area!
No showtimes posted at the time of this writing. Is this closed?
Here’s a fresh link to the first page of the article about the Goodhand Theatre in Boxoffice of December 4, 1954 (the article continues on the two subsequent pages.) The magazine says the architect’s name was Wate Porter, but I think it must have been Wade Porter, who was listed in the 1962 AIA directory as having his office in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Looks closed by the time the Googlemobile passed it by.
No showtimes are listed for the Goodhand Theatre on any of the listing web sites. I guess it’s been closed.
The Goodhand Theatre reopened last year.
http://www.nbcneb.com/scottsbluff/content/news/The-Goodhand-Theater-in-Kimball-re-opens-its-doors-to-the-community-382544511.html
Motion Picture Herald, May 8, 1954: “Marie Goodhand is this week opening her new 400-seat Goodhand, Kimball, Neb. It will take the place of the old America, which will be remodeled for other business.”
Since 2016, the Goodhand Theatre has been operated by a nonprofit 501 © corporation called Friends of the Goodhand. The organization bought the building from the City some time after taking over management. The theater is staffed by volunteers. Movies are presented two weekends a month. Here is the official web site.