Star Theatre

123 W. Hillsboro Street,
El Dorado, AR 71730

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on October 26, 2023 at 2:40 pm

Corroborating MovieLady’s note. Motion Picture Herald, April 17, 1954: “J. L. Welsh, owner, has opened his new Star theatre, El Dorado, Ark.”

MovieLady
MovieLady on August 9, 2018 at 10:20 am

P.S. I am assuming the above photo is correct for the theaters 2nd and final location. Though I have always been told it was a quonset type building.

MovieLady
MovieLady on August 9, 2018 at 9:57 am

The older Stars Theatre actually had 2 locations. The first location was near the corner of E.Hillsboro and S.Washington St. It was sold to John Welch who opened it up further east on Hillsboro near the bottling plant. He was running it in the 1950’s. This is the theater that’s photo is posted above. Both locations were demolished. However there is a photo of the original Stars Theatre circulated on Ebay. That theater was made of wood and painted white, with the name “Stars Theatre” painted in black letters on the front top of the building.