Grand Theatre
420 Court Street,
Vienna,
IL
62995
420 Court Street,
Vienna,
IL
62995
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1946-`48 photo added of ticket booth operator Elaine Rentfrom credit Wilda Harper.
Address is 420 Court St
I grew up in Vienna, and spent many Saturday afternoons watching cowboy features, cartoons, serials,etc. for 12 cents. My mother and I would go to see the latest Movietone news of the WWII.Two uncles and my father were overseas.
Some of you will remember that the Western Union office was just down the street,and we all feared that fateful telegram. There were a number of Gold stars in windows around Vienna.
Many of my lessons of life were formed by those movies, and have served me well. I have very fond memories of the Grand.
It appears that there is an ongoing effort to reopen this theater as a community arts center. http://tinyurl.com/3o5udaz
A view of the Grand Theatre from 1939 in Vienna.