Showplace 3
529 Main Street,
Vincennes,
IN
47591
529 Main Street,
Vincennes,
IN
47591
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The Moon Theater in Vincennes, Indiana was built around 1939 with seating for almost 500 people. By 1950 it had been re-named New Moon Theater. Click the link below for a photo of the New Moon Theater.
Later renamed Showplace 3 by Kerasotes, they closed it on 30th May 2003 when they opened their new Showplace 8 complex.
Any additional information would be appreciated.
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Bryan & Ken
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From a walking tour of Vincennes, “Fifth Street-New Moon Historic Theatre (closed)”. All we need now is a number for the address.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 as the Moon Theater.
Hooray! In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y it is the New Moon Theater, 529 Main Street, Vincennes, IN
Way to go Ken! That address puts it around Fifth and Main. That works for me.
In 1963, the New Moon was operated by Alliance Amusements, a Chicago chain. Alliance also ran the Pantheon and Allison Drive-In in Vincennes.
It looks like the theater was reopened and renamed as of May 20, 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2nyn3y
How old is that photo? The New Moon was renamed the ShowPlace 3, but the ShowPlace 3 closed in 2003. It was operated by Kerasotes. This comes from a 2003 press release: Kerasotes launched Vincennes’ ShowPlace 8 on May 30, shuttering the existing Vincennes ShowPlace 3 the same evening.
The same information about the closing is available here.
This is an updated link for the photo of the New Moon Theater in the “Related Websites” link above.
2009 photo of the Moon Theatre now a church courtesy army arch.
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Header should read church as per the photo.