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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Florida » Fort Myers » Arcade Theater

Arcade Theater

Fort Myers, FL
2267 First Street
, Fort Myers, FL 33901 United States
(map)
877.787.8053
Status: Open
Screens: Unknown
Style: Unknown
Function: Performing Arts
Seats: 393
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Built in 1908, it served originally as a vaudville house and was the very auditorium that Fort Myers resident Thomas Edison sat in to view his first films, with his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.

The Arcade was eventually converted into a full movie house, with a wall dividing the stage to form two screening rooms. By 1989, the theatre had fallen into severe disrepair. In 1991, a benefit starring famed ballet and film star, Mikhail Baryishnikov, raised enough money to completely restore the theater. It is now host to the Florida Repertory Theatre.

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Florida Repertory Theatre (Official)
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A Robert-Morton theater organ was installed in the Arcade Theater in 1927.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 2, 2007 at 4:52pm
In late 1973 when I moved to Fort Myers (had my first job out of college there) the Arcade was still a first run theatre. I recall seeing some of the disaster movies of the era there...Towering Inferno among them, I believe. I also talked my girlfriend (now my wife) into going to a midnight showing of Night of the Living Dead there. That was an experience! It was a cool old theatre and I'm happy to see that it survives.
posted by atlmike on May 15, 2008 at 6:41pm
This is a photo of the Arcade Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 23, 2008 at 9:55am
Here is a 2009 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 15, 2009 at 5:39pm
1981 photo of the Arcade Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c9%2c3%2c-1&catpagesize=25&ProductID=25508
posted by Chuck1231 on May 7, 2009 at 7:02pm
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