Gillioz Theatre
325 Park Central East,
Springfield,
MO
65806
325 Park Central East,
Springfield,
MO
65806
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The theatre may be foreclosed on due to a $3.5 million debt. However, there is a campaign to save the theatre.
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More photos of the Gillioz Theatre.
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The theater recently hired a new executive director. The story is here: View link
This is a 2009 photo.
Another night photo of the Gillioz Theatre.
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Another interior photo of the Gillioz Theatre.
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Interior photo of the Gillioz Theatre.
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Here is a nice photo of the Gillioz at night.
Does anyone have access to historic photos of this theatre that they could share off site? If so please contact me, I am working on a landmarks of Route 66 exhibit and would like to include the theatre.
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Glad to hear that the management at the Gillioz will continue to schedule movies. I always loved that theatre. I believe the last movie I saw there was the 1976 KING KONG!! I was home for Christmas and took my niece and nephew Christmas afternoon. I need to come back home sometime and attend a movie, stage play or concert just so I can see the theatre again. Friends who attended the last SMSU Tent Theatre reunion took a tour of the Gillioz last year. They were impressed.
I recently saw To Kill A Mockingbird here. Average crowd, original 35mm print but it got the support from local business that most area repretory shows fail to get.
I recently saw To Kill A Mockingbird here. Average crowd, original 35mm print but it got the support from local business that most area repretory shows fail to get.
Gillioz was a good size single screen theatre. The Gillioz was the premiere (Mann) theatre downtown) when I lived in Springfield. The sister theatre, the Fox got most of the Disney , American International features. Not the Gillioz— first class product. Occasionally there would be a double feature bill but not often. I loved going to the Gillioz and walking down that long lobby— great coming attraction displays and posters.
I haven’t seen the remodel but two musical productions (A Little NIght Music, Little Women) were staged last year at the Gillioz. Sounds like the Gillioz is back, even though it’s no longer a movie
venue.
This looks like a sweet little theatre-love the marquee outside.
Here is a nice December 2008 photo.
A 1987 view of the Gillioz Theatre in Springfield here, here, here and here. I wonder why the original design of the marquee and GILLIOZ lettering was not retained.
If it has anything to do with theatres in Kansas or Western Missouri, I probably have a post on them. I worked for the Dickinson as well as the Mann and American Entertainment circuits in the late 1970’s and early 80’s so I will probably make a nuisance of myself on this fantastic site occasionally!
Jeeze Joel Weide, we’re hittin all the same holes here!!! LOL. To comment on all of the above. Yes, the Gillioz did have a narrow lobby but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay long. To let the customers stand inside in case of inclimate weather. The concession stand was part of the conversion into a movie theatre as there was no room for it except to build it in the hollowed out area under the stairwell. Way uncomfortable to work in. The lobby design between the Gillioz and the Fox were not similar at all. Nope – not at all. The Fox Joplin? yea – very much so except the Fox/Joplin had a wider lobby area.
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As mentioned above log onto YouTube and keyword in Gillioz, there is a fanstatic 3 minute video tour of the theatre that is very very very well done, plus other short clips from various acts that have recently played there.
If I remember right this theatre was at one time owned by National General and then the Mann circuits and may have been sold to the Dickinson chain when they acquired Mann’s interests in Missouri.
I saw The Wizard Of Oz here on Friday. I saw it in the balcony and the people involved really put out all of the stops here. 35mm print (from the 1998 reissue), introduction by actors playing characters, bubbles provided during Glinda’s scenes and the air conditioning going at full-blast during the tornado scene.
Great experience.
Recently, 35mm prints of The Seven Samurai (10/5/2007), It’s A Wonderful Life (12/13/2007 and 12/14/2007) and Casablanca (2/14/2008 and 2/15/2008) have run at the Gillioz.