Granada Theater

117 S. Monroe Street,
Streator, IL 61364

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rivest266
rivest266 on April 19, 2019 at 2:43 pm

Held an former for the New Granada theatre on February 26th, 1936 Granada theatre openingGranada theatre opening Mon, Feb 24, 1936 – 3 · The Times (Streator, Illinois) · Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on April 19, 2019 at 2:41 pm

Union troubles in 1936 Granada theatre union troublesGranada theatre union troubles Thu, Apr 9, 1936 – 6 · The Times (Streator, Illinois) · Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on April 19, 2019 at 2:39 pm

Opened August 3rd, 1933 Grand opening ad in photo section

RobertEndres
RobertEndres on October 25, 2017 at 8:09 am

I do stand corrected if the theatre opened in 1935 (I can check the date in a local newspaper article.) I can remember being taken there by my grandmother to see a re-release of “Snow White” when I was pre-school age probably around 1945.

RobertEndres
RobertEndres on October 25, 2017 at 8:07 am

The photo is not of the Granada. The Granada was built in the ‘40’s in the Mulford Garage building which had been converted to also house several stores including the Mulford printing company. Ken Childs built and ran the theatre until a fire destroyed the whole complex. Since the Plumb and Majestic Theatres were both Publix Great States theatres, the Granada had a deal to be the sole exhibitor of Warner Bros. pictures in Streator, while all Paramount pictures played the Plumb. The Granada also played “B” level Fox and MGM pictures. The Streator Times-Press did an article on theatres in Streator which featured a photo of the theatre when it was open and another with coverage of the fire with the marquee crashed to the street after the fire. Those are the only two photos of the theatre I’ve ever seen. As a kid I grew up attending matinees at the Granada including a series of 16mm Hopalong Cassidy titles during the days when he was big on TV. It was a particularly suitable theatre since Clarence Mulford, the creator of Hopalong Cassidy, was a Streator native and the Granada was in a building owned by the Mulford family.