Plaza Theatre

110 E. High Street,
Potosi, MO 63664

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Plaza Theatre

The Plaza Theatre was a single screen theatre located in the downtown section of Potosi. It opened on July 23, 1937 with Carol Lombard in “Swing High, Swing Low”. It was a replacement for the Delco Theatre (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). It suffered some damage from a fire in a nearby hotel on August 1, 1937. It remained closed until repairs had been completed and reopened on December 11, 1937. The Plaza Theatre was a single floor building. It had a small V shaped marquee with neon lettering on each side spelling out Plaza.

It has been closed for decades.

Contributed by Chuck

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on March 22, 2024 at 3:29 pm

Harry Blount opened the Plaza Theatre on August 5, 1937 as the replacement of the Delco Theatre.

  • Unfortunately on the very next day after grand opening, the Plaza Theatre suffered damage from a nearby hotel fire. Its newly-installed plate glass windows were destroyed, as well as some of its sun-tan structural glass in the front of the wall and the marquee glass were cracked. This led to a very short closure until reopening a short time later.
dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 6, 2025 at 3:20 pm

Opened on July 23, 1937 with “Swing Low, Swing High.” It was damaged by fire Aug. 1, 1937 closing until repairs were made. It relaunched December 11, 1937.

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