Nauvoo Theatre
1255 Mulholland Street,
Nauvoo,
IL
62354
1255 Mulholland Street,
Nauvoo,
IL
62354
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Circa 2014 auditorium & projection booth photos added, photo credit Loren Argall‎.
I was in Nauvoo earlier this week. The hostess of the eatery pried open the plywood coverings of one of the theater doors and showed me the interior. Indeed,the theater is INTACT and could be re-upped,so to speak. As tourists flock in increasing numbers,to this astonishing town,there just might be a market for this ancient venue to live again.
Pretty sure that the last two lines on the marquee are ICE CREAM and SANDWICHES. The top one could be BREAKFAST but I’m not positive about that.
Trying to read the marquee. Can’t. Do they light the vertical?
From June 2012 a photo of the Nauvoo Theatre in Nauvoo.
Thanks. Interesting. Bizarre. But at least the auditorium remains intact.
Valid point, but a long time in coming (December 2008). No real action on this listing. Would you have the answer to my September 2009 question that I posed to Bryan?
Very interesting film. But, what I don’t understand is why is the theatre still intact and yet it’s listed as a restaurant. From the photo posted by Lost Memory it appears that the auditorium is to the left of the restaurant. Were there multiple auditoriums and the one now houses the restaurant? The posting says single screen. Bryan, could you clarify this please.
I meant Nauvoo Temple but now that you think about it, Temple of Doom may be acceptable.
The Temple of what?
Something tells me that this was a theatre run by the Temple.
That was an interesting video. I can see why those old machines were always bursting into flames. I can also remember some not so good projectionists that could not “seamlessly segue” from reel to reel. Sometimes there was a jump and some scratchy film when the new reel started.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iScIfqfCGk This theatre it seems is pretty much intact. This video on youtube.com titled “carbon arc projectors” shows a brief view of the auditorium and then of the old projectors being run.