Norka Theatre

Reed Street,
Akron, IA 51001

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 22, 2024 at 1:25 am

This replaced an earlier theater known as the Empress Theatre (and yes, the Empress was once known as the Norka Theatre).

rivest266
rivest266 on January 21, 2024 at 11:09 pm

Opened or placed its first ad on January 15th, 1910. Ad posted. No ad found on November 23rd, 1940.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 21, 2024 at 2:44 pm

The Norka Theatre opened its doors on November 23, 1940 with a Saturday matinee of “Grand Ole Opry” and “Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum” with no extra short subjects.

  • The Norka’s first normal attraction was the following day with Gloria Jean in “A Little Bit Of Heaven” with no extras.

The Norka closed in late-1975.

SethG
SethG on November 7, 2023 at 4:19 pm

Uselessly bad listing. Main St is all residential. I assume this was somewhere on Reed. Probably demolished.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on July 2, 2009 at 12:44 am

Like the one in Ohio.