Sugar Theatre
5 E. Center Street,
Sugar City,
ID
83448
5 E. Center Street,
Sugar City,
ID
83448
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Changes of theater ownership in Idaho reported in the January 9, 1928, issue of The Film Dailyincluded: “Sugar City — Ricks (formerly Weada), sold to Ricks & Thomas.”
From 1929 to 1933, the FDY lists a 240-seat Rialto Theatre at Sugar City. In 1934 it was again listing Ricks Theatre, which was listed as closed. There might be other aka’s, but I haven’t looked them up.
In 1910, The Billboard listed a 1,000-seat Opera House in Sugar City, which is rather odd considering that it also lists 1,000 as the population of the town.
An informative file about the great depression and Sugar City which mentions the Weada Theatre being named after its owners, Weaver and Davis may be found at the following location.
http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/seidaho/manuscripts/collections/PDFs/Norma%20Browning%20and%20Cleo%20Browning.pdf