State Theatre
105 N. 1st Street,
Central City,
KY
42330
105 N. 1st Street,
Central City,
KY
42330
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Selba Amusement built the Selba Theatre with 600,000 bricks in 1921 and it opened February 21, 1922. Paul and Aubrey Whitmer opened the Acirema Sweet Shop in the Selba serving as its de facto concession stand. The Selba transitioned to sound to remain viable.
Crescent Amusement took on the venue in 1937 giving it a streamline moderne makeover and changing its name to the State Theatre. It was converted to widescreen to present CinemaScope titles in the 1950s. It celebrated its 42d birthday on February 21, 1964. But its last day of operation was just three days later on February 24, 1964 with Jerry Lewis in “Who’s Minding the Store?” Early on February 25th, it was obliterated in a spectacular and explosive fire that took the neighboring JC Penney store. Everybody seemed to mind.