Carroll Theatre
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Totally guessing here but the town definitely had the Mt. Carroll Opera House built in the late 19th Century and switching almost completely full-time to movies (ad at top left). Since the venue wasn’t built for films or fireproof projection booth, it was replaced.
So it had the Majestic Theatre. And it had the Carroll Theatre. Based on the reportage, it looks like the Mt. Carroll Opera House played films into 1920. A new Mt. Carroll Theatre space was created for the silent era and marketed as the Mt. Carroll Theatre in 1920 but becoming the sound-era Majestic Theatre in 1930.
The Marchesi Bros. upgraded the venue to sound on film in 1939 and likely gave it a streamline refresh in the same building in 1940 becoming the Carroll Theatre (changeover ad) on bottom. The Carroll Theatre closed on May 11, 1960 at the end of a second, 20-year leasing agreement. The venue was then converted for bowling alley-centric purposes.
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