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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Kansas » Independence » Booth Theatre

Booth Theatre

Independence, KS
119 W. Myrtle Street
, Independence, KS 67301 United States
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Status: Closed/Renovating/Restoring
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Spanish Renaissance
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1100
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Carl Boller
Firm: Boller Brothers
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The Booth Theatre in Independence, Kansas opened 1927 as the only theatre in Independence to be designed specifically to show motion pictures. It was owned by Thomas Booth and designed by the Boller Brothers architecture firm. With seating of 1,100, the Booth opened to a standing room only crowd.

It offered a variety of arts, news, and entertainment as well as its main movie feature. The interior was worth the price of a ticket; and as Mr. Rothafel of Roxy theatre fame once stated, "We sell tickets to the theatre, not the movies".

The Booth Theatre was in operation until April 20, 1980. A church congregation purchased the theatre and used it for services until 1987. The Booth Theatre Foundation was established in 1991 for the purpose of preserving, restoring and operating the theatre as a performing arts and motion picture playhouse.

As a contributing community member, the theatre will be host to community theatre, recitals, seminars and classic film series. The Booth Theatre was listed on the national register of Historic Places on October 13, 1988.

Reconstruction began in 2007 and is currently underway on the renovation of the first front quarter section of the theatre.
Contributed by jackie haltom

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An article and photos of the Booth Theater can be found here.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 8, 2008 at 7:37am
This is a nice 2008 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 5, 2008 at 7:27pm
Here's the Booth in 1997:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34152329@N06/3472057419/in/set-72157617054310351/
posted by Kevin Dennis on Apr 25, 2009 at 12:21am
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/phpefo
posted by ken mc on May 20, 2009 at 10:03pm
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