Dohn Theatre
Main Street,
Uniontown,
KY
42461
Main Street,
Uniontown,
KY
42461
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The Dohn Theatre is a short-lived movie house in Uniontown, Kentucky. Named after owners Doyle Hayden and John Roberts in a theater-naming contest, the Dohn Theatre opened its doors on September 4, 1935 with George Arliss in “Cardinal Richelieu” (unknown if extras added).
After just a few months in operation, the Dohn Theatre and its neighboring drug store were both destroyed by a large fire on December 22, 1935. The fire began in the projection booth and destroyed the theater and the drug store completely because of sub-zero temperatures that caused the lack of water in the fire department’s hoses. The movie p;aying that day was Zasu Pitts in “She Gets Her Man”.
A 200-seat Union Theatre was built on the same plot of land and opened on November 10, 1948 with Gary Cooper in “Unconquered”. It was closed on August 25, 1957 with Aldo Ray in “Three Stripes in the Sun”.
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Uniontown was encouraged by the opening of the Dohn Theatre on September 4, 1935 with “Cardinal Richelieu.” Less than four months later, its booth exploded just after December 22, 1935’s showing of “She Gets Her Man” taking the theatre, the Hardesty Drug Store, the Clarence Clark-owned cleaner and one more building in its path.
The Union Theatre “#1” opened in an existing building to take its place in temporary digs. Police Chief Harry Whitefield felt it would be a crime not to have a brand new, new-build movie theatre. He opened Union Theatre #2 November 10, 1948 in the same spot as the former Dohn with “Unconquered.” Union #2 closed on August 25, 1957 with “Three Stripes in the Sun.”