Family Theater

324 W. 3rd Street,
Davenport, IA 52801

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I have a postcard of the Family Theater in Davenport dated 1913. I believe my grandfather, John Mallin, helped decorate this theater in 1913. Does anyone know about the history of this theater and what happened to it?

Contributed by Kathy Mallin

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lostmemory
lostmemory on March 5, 2009 at 4:23 pm

The Family Theater is listed in the 1935 Film Daily as closed with 400 seats.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 31, 2009 at 9:23 pm

I found a listing for an American Theatre AKA Family located at 324 W. Third, think maybe this could be the theatre?

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 11, 2011 at 4:01 am

The Family Theatre at Davenport was mentioned in The Moving Picture World of July 12, 1913. The item said the house had booked “The Battle of Gettysburg” for Labor Day.

Motion Picture World of August 21, 1915, also mentioned the Family Theatre. The brief item said that the theater was being remodeled into a “…first class motion picture house….” at a cost of $10,000, and would be expanded to seat over 700 patrons. It was scheduled to reopen that month.

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