Palace Theater

Greenfield, TN 38230

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lostmemory
lostmemory on August 5, 2009 at 7:53 pm

I haven’t found any information for an earlier Palace Theater but the 1935 Film Daily Yearbook lists a Strand Theater for Greenfield, TN. It is the only theater listed that year. By 1940 only the Palace Theater is listed.

bbrown1
bbrown1 on August 5, 2009 at 7:25 pm

I believe the address for the Palace Theatre was 113 East Front St.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm

From the May 8, 1937, issue of Boxoffice: “GREENFIELD, TENN.— The Ruffin Amusement Company of Covington, Tenn. has leased the W.L. Hall building here for a modern theatre.”

A June 29, 1957, Boxoffice item about the 30th anniversary of the Ruffin Chain also says that the Palace opened in 1937. I can’t find anything about the earlier Palace Theatre.

bbrown1
bbrown1 on July 3, 2009 at 4:03 pm

According to a history of Greenfield, the Palace Theater was operated by Ruffin Amusements from 1937 until 1963. It appears there was an earlier Palace Theater that showed silent movies from 1918 until 1930, but I am not sure whether or not it was in the same building.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 6, 2009 at 4:00 pm

This is a circa 1955 photo.