Crystal Theater

403 Main Street,
Manning, IA 51455

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lostmemory
lostmemory on March 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm

Here is an interesting ad for the Crystal Theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 28, 2008 at 11:47 am

In 1955 the Crystal Theater had 400 seats.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 23, 2007 at 3:21 pm

This article shows the Crystal closing in 1956, but presumably it re-opened at a later date:

“Larceny” Faces Manning Resident

A charge of grand larceny was filed in justice court at Carroll on Monday against Roger V. Anderson, 34, Manning. The charge is in connection with alleged thefts of money from the Crystal Theater in Manning, which closed last week. Anderson has been a projectionist at the theater for several years. A preliminary hearing will be held later in the week. He is being held in custody pending the hearing. J. Fred Dethlefs, manager of the theater, closed the Crystal because of poor health.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 25, 2005 at 1:05 pm

This first link is a diagram of the block where the Crystal theater was located. The first building is the bank at 401 Main and the Crystal is next at 403 Main. Today they are both one building:
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The next link has some background info on the Crystal theater and a tiny photo of it at the top of the page:
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