Effingham Theatre
114 N. 5th Street,
Effingham,
IL
62401
114 N. 5th Street,
Effingham,
IL
62401
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Previously operated by: Frisina Amusement Company
Functions: Fraternal Hall
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The Effingham Theatre was opened on November 22, 1927 with vaudeville on the stage and short subjects & a news reel on the screen. It was closed on March 30, 1956 with Scott Brady in “The Vanishing American” & Rod Cameron in “Headline Hunters”. It has since been demolished and the site is now a parking lot for the adjacent bank.
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FDYB of 1954 gives address as 112-14-16 N. 5th Street.
Newspaper listings for the Effingham theatre ended in 1956.
November 22, 1927 grand opening ad in photos. Final showing March 30, 1956 - likely the end of a 30-year leasing agreement - with “The Vanishing American” and “Headline Hunters.”
Unlike most openings, the Effingham Theatre did not open with a main movie. Instead it opened with a newsreel, a sportsreel, and a two-reel Pathe comedy, plus five vaudeville performances (including Madam Louise & Company doing “Aerial Oddities”, the Shaun Brothers with the Midnight Hour Radio Biys, the LeRoy, Mable Hart & Company doing the Medley Garden Revue, Nilson & Ardell, and the Four Italian Serenaders). The first main attraction didn’t came until either two or three days later.