Jon's Theatre

Court Square,
Camdenton, MO 65026

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lostmemory
lostmemory on January 10, 2009 at 3:16 am

I just read that somewhere.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 10, 2009 at 3:14 am

John White and his father Claude also owned the Nu-Buflo Theater in Buffalo, MO, which they bought in 1946.

bbrown1
bbrown1 on July 4, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Jon’s Theatre opened on December 25, 1941, and the opening feature was NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK with W.C. Fields. The owner was John White. This appears to be the same John White who later operated the Lake Theatre and the Camdenton Drive-In. Until May 23, 1942, Jon’s Theatre competed with the nearby Camden Theater, but then John White purchased the Camden Theater from Shield Wilson, and apparently never reopened that theater. I would also assume that John White closed Jon’s Theater when he opened the Lake Theater.

KenRoe
KenRoe on July 31, 2007 at 10:46 am

The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook only lists a Camden Theatre with 250 seats. In the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. the Camden Theatre is still listed with 250 seats and there is also a Jones Theatre with 276 seats. By the time the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. was published, the only theatre listed as operating is Jons Theatre (their spelling) with a seating capacity of 256.