Royal Theatre
209 N. 8th Street,
Marysville,
KS
66508
209 N. 8th Street,
Marysville,
KS
66508
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Previous Names: Turner Hall
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Turner Hall opened April 26, 1881. Live plays both in English and German were presented along with public speeches and sporting events. Motion pictures were very popular at the turn of the century. Those screenings were held in the open air in the hot summer months. The films were so popular that Otto W. Mohr opened a moving picture theatre in 1911 within Turner Hall called the Royal Theatre (although it was still listed as Turner Hall in the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory). Not long after the Liberty Theatre opened in 1920, the Royal Theatre’s days were numbered.
Though continuing another three years, the Royal Theatre would not make it to the sound era. Turner Hall returned to live events, mostly dances and dance marathons. In March of 1947, high winds blew out half of its west wall.
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This theater is not shown on the September 1911 map, so it must have opened late in the year. The address is wrong. The building was on the SW corner, so it would have had a number something like 715. However, the entrance was on 8th St, so the proper address should be 209 N 8th. City hall is located there today.
The 1905 Cahn guide gives a capacity of 500.