Gay Theatre
119 W. Commercial Street,
Charleston,
MO
63834
119 W. Commercial Street,
Charleston,
MO
63834
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The actual opening date is November 13, 1941 with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in “Great Guns” along with an unnamed cartoon, a sports reel, and a RKO “Picture People” reel. It was closed on November 17, 1955 with “Headline Hunters” and “The Scarlet Claw” (unknown if extras added) and was converted into an ASC Office in December 1962.
Sounds like it was a happy place?
Why and about when the New Theatre became Gay were in the July 23, 1949 issue of BoxOffice:
CHARLESTON, MO. – Manager Ed Burns has changed the name of the New Theatre to the Gay to avoid confusion with the McCutchen, newest local theatre which is referred to by townspeople as the “new” theatre.