Victoria Theatre

412 Canal Street,
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 5, 2010 at 5:37 am

A September 26, 1953, Boxoffice item about the retirement of W. B. Small said that he had opened the Victoria Theatre in partnership with Judge Henry Titus in 1923.

RXD
RXD on December 16, 2009 at 11:28 am

As a child, I remember seeing ‘The Snow Queen’ at the Victoria. The house was not
soundproofed very well and whenever a large vehicle went by on Canal street, the
noise was quite a distraction. Today, the facade is basically intact and proudly says
‘Victoria’ above the more modern drugstore entrance. Another theater was built to
replace the Victoria across the street, not listed here – ‘The Smyrna Theater’. That
theater hung on until the 1980’s and has been converted to office space. The current
movie venue in town is a multiplex called the ‘Beacon – 14’, located in the town
shopping center, not on the downtown Canal street. The current shows are either
jam-packed or empty… but aren’t they all nowadays?

teecee
teecee on February 15, 2005 at 5:53 pm

The photo that inspired the research can be found here:
http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/prints/pr07605.jpg