Century Theatre

The College Theatre opened its doors on April 30, 1934 with Janet Gaynor in “State Fair” along with Hearst Metrotone News, the short “Filming Of The Fashions”, and a few other shorts but were unnamed.

The College Theatre closed on June 6, 1939 for extensive remodeling which was followed by new management. Nat Taylor took over as his first movie theater before eventually forming his 20th Century Theaters chain later in its career. The theater reopened on October 5, 1939 and remained like that until closing on February 11, 1961 with Walt Disney’s “Swiss Family Robinson” along with an unnamed Pluto cartoon and a Three Stooges short.