Dixie Theatre

409 S. 2nd Street,
Odessa, MO 64076

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dallasmovietheaters on October 13, 2024 at 8:56 am

T.D. Block announced his new theater in 1923 with a naming contest. In the interim, folks of Odessa were watching movies at Lee Nichols' Skydome, then in its third summer of operation. The winning name, Dixie, was chosen in time for its December 27, 1923 with “The Church Around the Corner” after the live band had played, “Dixie” as the opening song.

Sound conversion proved to be a challenge and, in 1929, Glenn W. Dickinson Amusement took on the venue changing it to the Dickinson Theatre. It then converted it to sound to remain viable. Block re-assumed control of the operation re-renaming it as the Dixie Theatre on January 31, 1932.