The Cook Opera House opened in 1894. In 1918 it appears to have become the Strand Theatre playing motion pictures. It converted to sound films on December 4, 1929 with “The Flying Fool.” On November 15, 1930, local merchants took on the theatre renaming it as the Cook Theatre on November 15, 1930 with “Men of the North.”
The theater was closed by Ernest Gundmann in 1954 but taken over later that year by Paul Benson who reopened it. It is likely that the Cook Theatre closed permanently on November 1, 1955 after showing “The Blackboard Jungle.”
The Cook Opera House opened in 1894. In 1918 it appears to have become the Strand Theatre playing motion pictures. It converted to sound films on December 4, 1929 with “The Flying Fool.” On November 15, 1930, local merchants took on the theatre renaming it as the Cook Theatre on November 15, 1930 with “Men of the North.”
The theater was closed by Ernest Gundmann in 1954 but taken over later that year by Paul Benson who reopened it. It is likely that the Cook Theatre closed permanently on November 1, 1955 after showing “The Blackboard Jungle.”