Lenox Theatre
Lenox,
IA
50851
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The second theatre to the city of Lenox after the Olympic Theatre closed its doors in 1939 is the Lenox Theatre, which opened in February 1940.
Shortly later that year on March 16, 1940 during a screening of “Beware of Spooks” starring Joe E. Brown, the projection booth of the Lenox Theatre was caught on fire because of the projector. One of the most popular films at the Lenox Theatre is the 1939 smash “Gone with the Wind” and was played throughout the half of April and into the half of May 1940.
On November 29, 1953, the Lenox Theatre installed CinemaScope. At that time, the Lenox Theatre was still very popular. It was still in operation in 1977 as a movie house including special kiddie shows. The closing date is unknown at this moment.
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No address information at all? This was likely on Main, but might have been on Ohio or Temple. In fact, how do we know it wasn’t just a new name for the Olympic?
The last paragraph is confusing. It was still open at some point after 1977? When was ‘at the time’? That sentence is very poorly written, and ‘going powerful and very strong’ makes no sense at all.
I have cleaned up the overview to make more sense, and await 50sSnips comments. Ken Roe Theatre Editor