Gem Theater
118 NW 1st Avenue,
Mulberry,
FL
33860
118 NW 1st Avenue,
Mulberry,
FL
33860
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I found this theater while driving through downtown Mulberry. It’s currently a union hall. It opened as the Gem Theater in 1947, with 450 seats.
It was closed around 1957.
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I believe the name of this theatre should be the Gem Theatre. The Gem Theatre was listed at this address. It is the International Chemical Workers Union Hall.
Thanks for that information. Couldn’t find anything online.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/4148264696/
This house is probably the one called the Gem Theatre. Boxoffice of September 14, 1957, reported that the International Chemical Workers Council had bought the Gem Theatre in Mulberry from its operators, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Arnold. The equipment was not included in the $20,000 sale price, but the Council was considering purchasing that as well and reopening the theater.
The Gem was not very old at the time of its sale. Boxoffice of April 5, 1947, reported under the dateline Mulberry, Fla., “R. T. Arnold’s new 450-seat Gem Theatre here is now open.” This was apparently a replacement for (or perhaps an extreme remodeling of) an earlier Gem Theatre operated at Mulberry by the Arnolds which was mentioned in a July, 1946 issue of Boxoffice.
In a reply today from the CofC. The building that now houses the Union Hall was a replacement building for the former Gem Theatre that was located at the same address. The original Gem Theatre was a small building seating only 200 that opened in 1931. Both theatres were owned by the Arnold family.
Joe pretty much hit everything right on target.
Street view updated.