Canby Theatre
109 Saint Olaf Avenue North,
Canby,
MN
56220
109 Saint Olaf Avenue North,
Canby,
MN
56220
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The Canby Theatre is located in the downtown section of Canby. Built in 1937 and opening as the New Canby Theatre with 600 seats, the blond brick building not only houses the theatre but five retail spaces and five apartments on the second floor.
The originally single screen theatre had a second screen added around 1982. It is still in operation showing first-run films.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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CORRECTION to the opening statement: the theatre’s 2nd screen was an add-on around 1982. The original auditorium was not cut.
I stopped by Canby Theatres in June; I talked briefly with the owner who graciously opened the front door and let me (and husband) inside the lobby. He said we could look around the building. The owner said the marque needed repair work which would begin during 2011.
Glad to see Canby Theatres open and operating. The original grand opening of the Canby Theatre was November 15, 1939. My father built it and owned it until January 1, 1966.
“ALL THE WAY BOYS” plays here with Bud Spencer Starring.Rated G.
The first movie shown at the Canby Theatre grand opening on November 15, 1939 was “HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE.” The first showing was a matinee at 4:00 p.m. for school children. HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE was also shown twice that evening. Hey, I had a great time ‘growing up’ in the Canby Theatre. Because my Dad was the builder/owner, I got free admission and all the popcorn I could eat (also various jobs where I earned money.) Projectionists Emil Flieder (my Uncle) and Lloyd Foss sometimes gave a private showing of a cartoon on a weekday afternoon for family and friends …. !!
Thanks for posting StarShine.
Good story StarShine.Bet you were a most popular kid.
1964 . “OLD DARK HOUSE” and “MAN’S FAVORITE SPORT” are playing.
I spent many hours in The CANBY THEATER. Myself & my sisters saw many Saturday Matinees with Roy Rogers, Alan “Rocky” Lane & Tarzan during the late 1940s & throughout the 1950s.
I knew Bill Flieder’s kids: Marlene, Willa & Jan.
ROGER
I have been looking for old show schedules, advertising or other memorabilia from the Canby Theatre or its predecessor, the Broadway Theatre (which ended operation with the opening of the new Canby Theatre in 1939). If anyone has anything I would like to hear from you. I am one of Emil Flieder’s kids.
Thanks
Gene
Website is closed, no showtimes online, Facebook page not being upgraded. This sounds like that it closed.