Liberty Theatre
113 South Main Street,
Fort Scott,
KS
66701
113 South Main Street,
Fort Scott,
KS
66701
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Located on S. Main Street and E. First Street. Originally opened as a single screen theatre with a balcony and was later twinned. It was open showing first run attractions until around 2006.
By 2009, it had been restored and now offers live performances and special events.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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Listed in Film Daily Yearbook; 1941 and 1943 edition as the Liberty Theatre with a seating capacity of 700. Operated by Fox Midwest Amusement Corp. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives the Liberty seating 752.
The Liberty was twinned in 1995, in 2005 a group of business men in Fort Scott took over the venue and it has been completely redone. The murials on the side walls of the theatre have been restored, comfortable seating, the stage area restored. The venue now goes by its original name, the Liberty. It is used for live performances, banquets, wedding receptions and the like. There is a full bar and buffet in the lobby area.
Here are two 1985 photos of the Fox:
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Here is a website for the Liberty. Current seating is 515.
There was another theatre directly across the street from the Liberty called the Commercial Theatre (116 S.Main St.), anyone have any information on that theatre?
2009 photo of the Liberty Theatre courtesy Keith Wondra.
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1942 photo of the Liberty Theatre showing its original exterior.
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I saw a ton of movies here during the eighties. A one time it was a single screen, after a fire in the building next door, in which the theater sustain some damage it opened as a twin. It had a small game room of to the side of the main entrance. Name any major movie during the eighties and its a safe bet I saw it here. The last time I was there in the late nineties the theater was in terrible shape. Whole rows of seating were missing, the projectors were constantly breaking down, and the place was in need of some major renovation.
From 2010 a photo of the Liberty Theatre building in Fort Scott.