World Theatre

14 N. 28th Street,
Billings, MT 59101

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Ron Pierce
Ron Pierce on June 17, 2018 at 7:28 am

According to this letter in the photo section, McIver & Cohagen designed the 1931 remodeling of the Lyric

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 25, 2018 at 4:46 am

The Billings Gazette provides this web page about the theaters in Billings, and it says that the World was closed in 1978 and demolished to provide parking space for a bank. The following year Theatre Operators, Inc. opened the World West Theatre at Rimrock Mall, its name probably being a tribute to the chain’s lost downtown house.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 17, 2018 at 11:34 pm

Dolly theatre opening ad from May 27th, 1955 Dolly theatre openingDolly theatre opening · Fri, May 27, 1955 – 9 · The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) · Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on August 8, 2013 at 11:36 pm

World and Egyptian grand opening ads in the photo section for this cinema.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 8, 2013 at 10:01 pm

1931 reopening as Lyric at http://sdrv.ms/133YPEn

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 16, 2010 at 11:46 pm

A March 23, 1955 article in the Billings Gazette lists the address of the Lyric at 14 N. Broadway, which corresponds with the map view.