Isle Theatre
1345 Second Avenue,
Cumberland,
WI
54829
1345 Second Avenue,
Cumberland,
WI
54829
No one has favorited this theater yet
Opened as the Zim Zim Theatre in 1921. In 1935 it underwent a renovation and was renamed Isle Theatre with a seating capacity of 400. It was still operating in 1951 (and beyond) with a slightly reduced seating capacity of 340.
It was closed in October 2012.
Contributed by
Bryan Krefft
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater
Recent comments (view all 8 comments)
A photo of the Isle Theater can be seen at this link. Its on page three.
This link View link
indicates the City of Cumberland was awarded $61,040 from the State of Wisconsin as part of an environmental assessment grant.
I should have noted the grant above was specific to the Isle Theater.
Here is more information on the grant:
City of Cumberland – $61,040 â€" SAG 415 The city of Cumberland (population 2,357), located in Barron County in northern Wisconsin, received a $61,040 Brownfield Site Assessment Grant. The SAG Funds will be used to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, demolish existing buildings and remove numerous abandoned containers and solid waste. The property is the former Isle Movie Theater, located at 1345 Second Avenue. The goal for the city is to obtain ownership and redevelop the property as a park/green space that will link the central business district and the Library Lake shoreline.
The Isle Theatre is open again, showing movies, and here is their web site. The site says the house was built in 1921, when it opened as the Zim Zim Theatre. It was remodeled in 1935 and renamed the Isle Theatre. It was closed in 1997 and restored recently. A sports bar has been added to the back of the building.
The March 24, 1951, issue of Boxoffice Magazine told of an earlier remodeling of the the Isle Theatre, saying that it was virtually a new theater, everything having been torn out and replaced and the interior and entrance rebuilt.
The Isle Theatre is open showing first run movies. Tel. 715.822.5678
Header needs to be updated.
Pictured in this 1967 trade report: Boxoffice
according to http://www.isletheatre.com/ and its facebook page, it closed in October