Star Theatre
NE 2nd Street and E. Washington Avenue,
Ava,
MO
65608
NE 2nd Street and E. Washington Avenue,
Ava,
MO
65608
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Petit’s Star Theatre launched on August 22, 1943 with “Andy Hardy’s Double Life.” It closed October 25, 1955 with “You’re Never Too Young.” That was followed by the opening of the New Avalon Theatre on October 26, 1955.
Looks like the entrance to the building is non E. Washington.
A timeline of Ava’s history that was published in the 2009 Chamber of Commerce Community Guide (large PDF here) says that the Star Theatre opened in 1943, but also says that it was located one half block north of the northeast corner of the town square. If that’s correct then it must have been on NE 2nd Street, not Washington Avenue. It was operated by the Pettits, who also had the Avalon Theatre.