Dreamland Theater
109 E. Laurel Street,
Scottsboro,
AL
35769
109 E. Laurel Street,
Scottsboro,
AL
35769
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This entry should be the Dreamland Theater. It opened as the Snodgrass Theatre on December 21, 1914 with live programming and changed names under Claude Bobo to the Dreamland Theatre on June 30, 1921 playing movies.
The Dreamland was due to be replaced by the Bocanita Theatre that was built and essentially completed in 1929. But that theatre was heavily delayed due to a nightmare of a time trying to get a “proper” sound system. The Dreamland continued operations before closing on July 7, 1930 with the purported and much-awaited launch of the Bocanita happening three days later. Alas, the opening the Bocanita was delayed again though launching on July 19, 1930.
A few photos of the Snodgrass Theatre building, along with some information about its history and scans of a couple of ads, appear on this web page.
Although the second floor windows of the building were squared off through most of its history, the most recent photo of it shows that they have now been capped by faux arches in a Victorian style. The ground floor looks to have been converted for use as an office of some sort.
The Snodgrass Theatre was built by E.C. Snodgrass, and replaced an earlier and smaller house called the White City Theatre which he had operated at a different location in Scottsboro.