Monroe Theater

Built at Farnam Street and 26th Street as a silent movie theater in Omaha. A.G. Clune announced the new-build facility in 1911. The seating count was reduced from 650 to 450 in the final process likely to allow for more fire exits. Dalzell’s Confectionery opened next door as the de facto concession stand of Clune’s Theater. The theater opened with photoplays and live music on May 24, 1912. Admission was a dime for adults and a nickel for kids.

George Monroe took on the venue in 1914 and would rename it as the Monroe Theatre on July 7, 1914 with “Bobbie’s Plot", Mack Sennett’s “Caught in Tights", and “The Hallow Handicap". From late-1915 to 1916, the theater was marketed as Theater Monroe. From 1916 until closure on March 10, 1917, the theater reverted to the Monroe Theater. It closed with the World War I patriotic opus, “The Eagle’s Wings". The theater was transformed into an auto showroom for the Haynes Automobile Company and the Oldsmobile.

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