Star Theatre
205 Lexington Avenue,
Sweet Springs,
MO
65351
205 Lexington Avenue,
Sweet Springs,
MO
65351
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The Star Theatre was already operating in 1926. The Star Theatre is listed in the 1938 Film Daily Yearbook as closed with 400 seats.
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This house opened, perhaps as the Princess Theatre, in 1920. This PDF with a brief history of Sweet Springs quotes (on page 19) an article from the March 4 issue of the Sweet Springs Herald:
An item from November, 1931, is also cited, saying that Floyd Ripley had leased the Star Theatre from Mr. Goodnight. The Star Theatre showed its first talking picture on April 15, 1930.According to the January 14, 1937, issue of The Film Daily this house had been renamed the Mida Theatre: “SWEET SPRINGS— Mida (formerly Star), transferred to D. J. Foley.” But then the March 7 issue listed the Mida in the “Closings” section of its “Theater Changes” column.
The author of the history I cited gives the impression that it was renamed the Ritz Theatre later in 1937, citing an article in the August 13 issue of the Herald:
Nothing in the document specifically says that the Star became the Ritz. The 1938 FDY actually lists three theaters at Sweet Springs: The Ritz, with 350 seats; the Star, with 400 seats, but closed; and the Uptown, with 394 seats. It’s possible that the FDY just didn’t keep up with the changes and listed the Star/Ritz under both its old and its new name. The Star is not listed in the FDY after 1938. The Ritz is listed through 1945.