Brooten Theatre
N. Central Avenue,
Brooten,
MN
56316
N. Central Avenue,
Brooten,
MN
56316
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The Brooten Theatre was located in the city office building on N. Central Avenue. It was opened on May 10, 1950 with Dennis Morgan in “The Lady Takes a Sailor”. It was also known as the Metropolitan Theatre. I was last there in 1980 when I removed the 35mm projectors that I had purchased from the city. (equipped with early Simplex XLs, Simplex sound and Peerless Magnarc lamps). The booth was on the second story with the police department. The main floor had the city offices and the auditorium.
I believe it has been demolished? It had a small illuminated late plastic two sided sign on the front of the building it did not have a marquee, any other information is unknown to me. I will locate pictures I took of it in 1980.
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John Eickhof
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The 360-seat Brooten Theatre opened its doors on May 10, 1950 with Dennis Morgan in “The Lady Takes A Sailor” (unknown if extras added). This was the replacement of the Avalon Theatre after that theater was destroyed in a December 1948 fire that started at that theater’s projection booth which killed its projectionist.