Electric Theatre
109 W. Williamson Street,
Claflin,
KS
67525
109 W. Williamson Street,
Claflin,
KS
67525
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This theater was operating by 1914-15, when it was listed in the AMPD. It was located in a simple one story wooden hall with a false front.
Still listed in the 1931 Yearbook as a silent theater, it apparently closed that year, with the small population not supporting a transition to sound.
The building was used as the community center for many years. Sadly, at some point after 2014, it was destroyed and replaced by an ugly prefab shed which may be a mini-storage business.
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I don’t know if it was the same theater or not, but by 1940 the FDY is listing a 300-seat house called the Claflin Theatre at Claflin. This house was probably also the one that was later called the Lux Theatre. A Boxoffice item from 1948 mentions a theater owner named Wheatcraft at Claflin, and a Google Books snippet view of an item from a 1960 issue of Independent Film Journal says that “…Wm. Wheatcraft closed his Lux Theatre in Claflin, Kans., and operation was taken over by the junior class of the local high school. Wheatcraft, who manages the Moore in Plainville, is buying and booking for the …” (snippet ends.) A 1963 newspaper item says that the public library at Claflin was moving out of the lobby of the Claflin theater (uncapitalized) where it had been for several years. I don’t know if this indicates a return to the name Claflin Theatre or not, and there’s no clear indication that the house was even still open that late.
I believe the Lux was on Main St. The furniture store which has destroyed downtown has tacky fake facades all over it, and the Lux is one.