DePere Cinema

417 George Street,
De Pere, WI 54115

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 31, 2012 at 1:54 pm

A 1938 issue of Motion Picture Herald said that W. R. Vincent had opened the 499-seat De Pere Theatre at De Pere, Wisconsin. The theater was located in a former storage garage, and the conversion had been designed by Green Bay architects Geniesse & Connell. The item also noted that the new house gave De Pere six operating movie theaters, the same number as nearby Green Bay, which had more than five times the population of De Pere.

Information about theaters in De Pere is scant in the early trade publications, but I’ve found a 1913 reference to a Dreamland Theatre which had just moved to a new location in the Roffers Building on Main Avenue; a 1916 reference to a Pearl Theatre, which had reopened on March 4 after being damaged by fire; and a 1915 reference to a planned but yet unnamed theater, two stories and 60x120 feet, to be built that spring.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on December 19, 2010 at 9:53 pm

I beleive this theatre was originally called the Le Gros.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 1, 2009 at 5:33 pm

1980 Photo

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 3, 2008 at 11:35 am

Here is another photo of the De Pere Cinema.

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 8, 2006 at 4:03 pm

This is a recent photo of the De Pere Cinema.