Cimarron Theatre
111 N. Main Street,
Cimarron,
KS
67835
111 N. Main Street,
Cimarron,
KS
67835
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The Gray County Commercial Buildings Survey, written around 2010 by Davis Preservation for the Gray County Historical Society, accessed 111 N. Main Street this way: “The building housed a movie theatre (known locally as “The Picture Show”). The theatre was managed by Frank Morris, who was in this position by 1930. Art Ashcraft was the projectionist. The theatre was in business until the 1960’s”.
The 1942 Film Daily Year Book included the Cimarron Theatre under Cimarron KS, with 300 seats.
The Denver Post wrote on July 9, 1947 that Pueblo’s first drive-in theatre “will be operated by L. (Lionel) R. Semon, who has been in the theatre business in Cimarron, Kan., for thirteen years”. In May 2019 the building is in use as a hairdresser named Hair Center/Plus.
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This theater was probably built in 1933 or ‘34. It first appears in the 1934 Yearbook as the Morris, with 350 seats. By 1939, the capacity is down to 300. It was renamed the Cimarron in 1941. The capacity had increased to 370 by 1946, and it is still listed in the 1956 Yearbook with 370 seats. The building has been vacant for at least the past few years.
The October 8, 1949 issue of Boxoffice reported that the Cimarron Theatre at Cimarron, Kansas, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Blakeman, would close for a month for modernization. The $8,000 project would include new restrooms and improvements to the front of the house.
The Cimarron was back in Boxoffice on August 4, 1951, which said that the Blakemans had bought the house back from Mr. and Mrs. John Boehm, to whom they had sold it the previous August.