Dream Theater
629 N. Main Street,
Russell,
KS
67665
629 N. Main Street,
Russell,
KS
67665
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The Dream Theater in Russell, Kansas was originally opened in 1923 as The Mainstreet Theater. In 1935 it was renovated and renamed the Dream Theater with a seating capacity given as 590. In 1947, fire destroyed the old movie house.
Two years later, the New Dream Theater with a seating capacity of 425 was opened on the same site. For the next 51 years, the Dream Theater was just that — a majestic, Art Deco style single screen movie house delighting local audiences. The Dream Theater survived into the next century, but was finally closed in May 2000 by B&B Theatres.
As soon it closed, the Keep The Dream Alive Committee spurred into action, paid the $6,000 back taxes, and raised an additional $20,000 to reopen the cinema.
Now run by a volunteer staff and open only on the weekends, the Dream Theater is alive again.
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Two 1984 photos of the Dream Theatre.
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There was another theatre in Russell, the Mecca Theatre, does anyone have infromation on the Mecca?
Chuck….The address given for the Mecca Theater is 837 Main Street.
Here is a 2009 close-up photo of the Dream.
LM, thanks so much, I was getting frustrated on that one, I submitted it today. It was another Boller Bros. theatre just down the street from the Dream. So the Bollers did both of that towns theatres.
This is another 2009 photo.
Very nice I like the DREAM in the sidewalk in front of the boxoffice.
As I understand it, Danielson shot local newsreel films and projected those along with the theater’s regular showings. Does anyone have any information about that?
Scott Williams
Photos of the Dream Theatre.
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