Nile Theatre
1432 Center Avenue,
Mitchell,
NE
69357
1432 Center Avenue,
Mitchell,
NE
69357
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Grand opening ad:
Nile Theatre opening 19 Nov 1939, Sun Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, Nebraska) Newspapers.com
Architect was Vernon E. Cheney with the theatre launching on November 21, 1939 with Gloria Jean in “The Under-Pup.”
From 2010 photos of the Nile Theatre Here and Here in Mitchell.
This theater is a beautiful, well-maintained gem in Western Nebraska. I visited in February of 2010 for a screening of “The Tooth Fairy”…the presentation was excellent. The seating and soundsystem are brand new but the rest of the theater retains a 1940s, red and white decor. The theater features a boxoffice that sits out on the street, a very large lobby and two small balconies that flank the projection booth. Admission to the balcony is higher than general admission. The corner of the lobby near the concession stand features many historic pictures and artifacts from the theater’s history. There is also a beautiful, vertically raising curtain that is still used for every show. Certainly a must see when in the area.
Here is another view of the Nile:
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Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition with a seating capacity of 540.