Palm Theatre
Main Street and 7th Street,
Adams,
NE
68301
Main Street and 7th Street,
Adams,
NE
68301
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There was an “absense” (or an absence, if one would prefer) between the last film played in Adams, Nebraska on Thanksgiving of 1930 and the launch of this theater. And the guessy date provided is much closer to when the theatre closed than when it opened. The first event at the new Palm Theatre was a political speech on October 2, 1936, as Election Day neared. Its grand opening was October 8, 1936 with J.E. Leach showing a group of shorts and supposedly a short feature film.
After nearly a month of showing shorts – likely not what locals wanted to see – Leach invested in a second motion picture projector so he could show feature films. The operation continued as a two-day a week operation until closing on April 29, 1939 with Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in “Love Affair.” The town would have to drive about 8 miles to Sterling to watch motion pictures.