Civic Theater

217 W. Daugherty Street,
Webb City, MO 64870

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bvanwinkle
bvanwinkle on May 10, 2024 at 6:25 am

Howard Larsen was the son of Larry Larsen who was a scenic backdrop painter from Denmark originally. Here is the article about Larry: https://drypigment.net/2022/03/02/sosman-landis-shaping-the-landscape-of-american-theatre-employee-no-79-larry-larsen/

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on September 27, 2021 at 10:03 pm

Howard Larsen, who would later build the Webb City Drive-In, owned the Civic for a while. I wonder whether he was any relation to architect Larry Larsen.

Howard was included in Neosho MO Daily News story on March 28, 1947 as having attended the Kansas-Missouri Theatre Assocation of independent owners. On Feb. 11, 1950, the Joplin Globe quoted Howard to say the scandalous Bergman film “Stromboli” would not be shown at the Civic.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 16, 2020 at 12:01 pm

Boxoffice, March 30, 1957: “WEBB CITY, MO. – The Civic Theatre, closed since last December, was reopened under new management Friday (22). Bill Bradfield of Carthage is the new owner … The Civic had been refurbished before its opening.”

JohnnyC.
JohnnyC. on October 19, 2015 at 3:37 pm

Also known as the Blake theatre. Address is 217 West Daugherty Street.

Chris1982
Chris1982 on October 22, 2014 at 4:09 am

From what I found this theatre goes back to the 1920’s when it was known as the Blake Opera House.