Appleton Theater
216 N. Oneida Street,
Appleton,
WI
54911
216 N. Oneida Street,
Appleton,
WI
54911
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The Appleton was still open in December 1967. At that time, the theater was showing a double feature of “The Jungle Book” and “Charlie the Lonesome Cougar”.
This pairing must have been nationwide as I saw the same double feature in 1967 as a six year old in Atlantic City.
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The Appleton Theater was in the 1925 City Directory.
Appleton Theater
216 N. Oneida
Louis Lutz was the manager.
Apparently this was originally the Appleton Opera House:
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I also think this theater was the Appleton Opera House. This is a photo of the Appleton Theater. Compare it to the Appleton Opera House photo.
In the above comment I should have wrote postcard and not photo. This is a 1916 postcard of the Opera House so it was still the Opera House in that year.
The Appleton Opera House (later Appleton Theater) opened on February 10, 1902.
Here is another postcard with the Appleton Theater.
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The Appleton was remodeled in 1961. Here are some items from the 1/17/61 edition of the Appleton Post-Crescent:
http://tinyurl.com/pz8c2m
http://tinyurl.com/rbnjof
You can almost read the whole article.
The Appleton Theatre, then a Marcus Amusement Corporation operation, was sold to First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Milwaukee in 1971. It was to be demolished to make room for 22 parking spaces, according to the item in Boxoffice of September 13 that year.
This was an amazing theater! My Grandfather, Stanley Gross was Manager when they reopened after the remodel and before managing at the Appleton he managed at the Rio in Appleton.