Marian Theatre
West Main Street,
Auburn,
KY
42206
West Main Street,
Auburn,
KY
42206
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Previous Names: Starlight Theatre
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The Starlight Theatre opened in January of 1940. In July of 1940 the theatre was sold and the name was changed to the Marian Theatre. The Marian Theatre is listed in the 1957 Film Daily Yearbook with 190 seats. This theatre operated until at least the early-1960’s.
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Auburn had a silent-era theater and, after a long stretch with no theater, used the High School or theatrical operations in 1937/8. The Starlight Theatre was instituted and operated by The Union Oil and Royalty Company likely on a 20-year lease in January of 1940 in a contemporary plaza. They sublet it to private local interest, Ervin W. Rau in July of 1940. It was renamed July 20, 1940 as the Marian beginning with “My Little Chickadee.”
The lease was acquired by Andy Anderson Theatres on October 31, 1947 and who changed it to the Auburn Theatre. The owner of the properpty, Orson Minor Crewdson, died and the property was auctioned off on June 11, 1948. Anderson Theatres bought it at the sale for $4,100.
It was reportedly sold effective July 1, 1950 to Hansford D. Scott and Sam Regal who reverted it to the Marian moniker after a refresh. It went out of business following the October 20, 1959 showing of “Mr. Rock and Roll.” It was auctioned off the next day and - it is assumed - that it was retrofitted for other purposes.