Rose Theatre
214 W. Jackson Street,
Dublin,
GA
31021
214 W. Jackson Street,
Dublin,
GA
31021
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The Rose Theatre was opened by 1927. It was still open in 1950.
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While under Martin Theatres ownership, the Rose Theatre was once operated by John W. Peck Inc. led by John W. Peck Jr. of Sylacauga, Alabama. However, exactly two weeks after opening their short-lived Ritz Theatre nearby in March 1934, they burned their Ritz down in an arson completely. The trial was so intense that Roy L. Martin, the CEO of Martin Theatres, went to their trial.
The December 17, 1927 issue of Moving Picture World had this item about the Rose Theater: “Dublin, Ga., Dec. 14. - Work was commenced recently to enlarge the Rose Theatre. Mr. T. C. Fountain was given the contract by Manager Yeomans to build an additional thirty feet for seating capacity, and also to erect a stage. This will include the seating capacity of the Rose to 750. Contract was also given for one of the latest heating systems.”
The Rose first appears in the 1928 FDY, indicating a likely 1927 opening. It joined a 400-seat house called the Crystal Theatre, which appeared in editions from 1926 through 1929, but had actually opened in 1916. Only the Rose is listed in 1930. In the 1914-1915 AMPD, Dublin is the home of the Amusu Theatre on Jackson Street and the Gem Theatre, no address.
Dublin had a movie house by 1908, as a January 2, 1909 Moving Picture World item said that the Star (or Old Star) theater in Dublin had changed hands, and the new owners would rebuild the house and hold a contest to chose a new name. The item said the house would open “around Christmas,” revealing a considerable delay in the item’s publication.
The Star might have been a storefront marked on the 1913 Sanborn Map as a “Picture Show” in the third space east of Jefferson Street on the south side of Jackson. This might also have been the Amusu Theatre of 1914. The 1913 map also showed an Opera House (from plans) upstairs in a building at the southwest corner of Jackson and Franklin. This house had burned by 1920, as the Sanborn published that year shows theater ruins on that lot. I haven’t found much about this theater, but perhaps it was the house that operated as the Gem in 1914.