Grant Theatre
146 N. Main Street,
Williamstown,
KY
41097
146 N. Main Street,
Williamstown,
KY
41097
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The Idle Hour Theatre was the town’s first main floor movie theater location. It replaced the second floor Williamstown Opera House which had shown movies since the turn of the century and regularly during World War I. The first Idle Hour was located 203 South Main Street with 250 seatsand operated by Mr. Curran as a silent-era venue.
The second operator, the Taylors, transitioned it to sound. They then moved to get a larger seat count reopening as the “New” Idle Hour on December 3, 1937 just two blocks away as a streamlined movie house at 146 North Main. The final operator was the Cahakeres Circuit which transformed the venue into the Grant Theatre at its September 14, 1946 relaunch. It opened on a grind policy with “Rainbow Over Texas” and “The Big Noise.” They operated to its last showing on June 26, 1960. The Taylors converted the space to the new, second location for Powers Home and Auto Supply.
The building was demolished in the early 2010s.