Palace Theater
119 N. Main Street,
Greenville,
KY
42345
119 N. Main Street,
Greenville,
KY
42345
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The Palace Theater in Greenville, Kentucky opened as a vaudeville and silent movie theater. The Palace Theater survived as a movie theater until 1970. After closing, it was briefly used as a wrestling arena.
In 1983 the Palace Theater was purchased by the Muhlenberg Community Theatre Inc. In 1998 the theater received major renovations and re-opened February 25, 1999.
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Here is a photo of the Palace Theater when it was still a movie theater.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition gives the seating capacity of the Palace Theater as 466.
Here is a 1950 photo. The caption says circa 1955, but “Bright Leaf” was released in 1950:
http://tinyurl.com/ysmjpk
Never trust those dates. And your right, Bright Leaf with Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall was released in July of 1950.
1983 photo of the Palace Theatre. Not very strikling as a theatre in 1983.
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website moved to http://www.mctiky.org/ mostly stage plays and concerts, no movies.