Joy Theatre
304 Market Street,
Mt. Carmel,
IL
32863
304 Market Street,
Mt. Carmel,
IL
32863
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The Joy Theatre at Mount Carmel had an arched front with center box office typical of the small town theaters of its era. It was opened in 1916 by Theodore Coleman, an enterprising fourteen-year-old, who went on to have a long career as an exhibitor at Mount Carmel. He later opened the American Theatre and the Uptown Theatre there. His son, Keith Coleman, eventually took over both houses and built the Carmel Drive-In as well.
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Joe Vogel
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A photo of the Joy Theatre appeared in a photo feature called “Activities and Interests of Boys and Girls” in Popular Science, November, 1917.
Here’s the page at Google Books.