Casino Theatre
521 Main Street,
Boonville,
MO
65233
521 Main Street,
Boonville,
MO
65233
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Previously operated by: Fox Midwest Theatres
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Strand Theatre
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The Strand Theatre was opened on October 25, 1915 with Mary Pickford in “The Dawn of Tomorrow”. The 1917 Sanborn shows a theatre operating on the ground floor of the Odd Fellows Hall, which was built sometime after 1910. It was closed on May 25, 1917.
It was reopened as the Casino Theatre on January 28, 1934 with Edmund Lowe in “Let’s Fall in Love”. It was closed on November 17, 1959 with Steve Cochran in “The Beat Generation” & George Montgomery in “Watusi”.
The space is currently occupied by a storefront church, with the Odd Fellows still active upstairs.
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Seth Gaines
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The Strand Theatre opened in the new Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Building on October 25, 1915 with an exclusionary patron policy and Mary Pickford in “The Dawn of Tomorrow.” On May 25, 1917, karma catches up quickly to the Strand which ends service with Irene Castle as “Patria.”
The IOOF was home to a sound-era theater with the new Casino Theatre launching with “Let’s Fall in Love” on January 28, 1934. The Winklemeyers were likely at the end of a 25-year lease with the IOOF when they decided to purchase the Lyric from Fox Midwest Circuit in 1959. They folded their hand at the Casino with “The Beat Generation” and “The Watusi” dancing to the exits on November 17, 1959. They resumed operations at the Lyric.