I’ve talked with people who lived in the Thumb for years (my mother is from not too far from Caro) and no one seems to recall the Temple. Any speculation that it was the same place as the Strand seems to be debunked by seeing newspaper ads of the same week showing both theaters in separate ads, and by a mid-1940s Film Daily entry showing the Strand at 450 seats and the Temple at 320 seats. I’ve found newspaper ads for the Temple through at least 1952.
I’ve talked with people who lived in the Thumb for years (my mother is from not too far from Caro) and no one seems to recall the Temple. Any speculation that it was the same place as the Strand seems to be debunked by seeing newspaper ads of the same week showing both theaters in separate ads, and by a mid-1940s Film Daily entry showing the Strand at 450 seats and the Temple at 320 seats. I’ve found newspaper ads for the Temple through at least 1952.