Gayety Theatre
Bridge Street,
Arcadia,
NE
68816
Bridge Street,
Arcadia,
NE
68816
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Previous Names: Electric Theatre, Rialto Theatre
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Opened as the Electric Theatre in the mid-1920’s, renamed the Rialto Theatre in 1937 and the Gayety Theatre in 1940. The theatre seated 259 and was no longer listed as open in 1956. It was closed in mid-April 1976 when it was destroyed by tornado’s.
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The Electric Theatre, Arcadia, Nebraska, operated by P. E. Doe, was mentioned in the April 7, 1923, issue of Exhibitors Herald. Doe later had several capsule movie reviews published in the magazine’s “What the Picture Did For Me” feature, including this one from the May 26 issue:
The Strand Theatre launched in Arcadia (though not necessarily here) on July 2, 1930 with talking pictures.
On April 30, 1956, after playing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' “Artists And Models”, the theater closed its doors for a time due to their owners moving out of Arcadia to their hometown of Farnam. This left the theater to close for a couple of weeks until being purchased by Delilia Nelson, who reopened the theater on May 18, 1956.
The theater operated until 1974, when the theater was destroyed by a tornado during the April 18-21, 1974 tornado outbreak.
Uploaded a photo of a 1959 flyer for the Gayety.