Palace Theatre

708 Front Street,
Brainerd, MN 56401

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 30, 2025 at 8:20 pm

The City Council granted Gruesner and Luscher’s G&L Theatres the right to convert the existing Walker Building at 708 Front Street to the Palace Theatre in Nov. of 1930. After a sneak preview, it held its grand opening on April 15, 1931 with “Big Money.” It closed on Nov. 11, 1939 with “Wild Brain Kent.”

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 12, 2017 at 1:37 pm

The April 17, 1931, issue of the Brainerd Dispatch reported that the new Palace Theatre would open on Wednesday, April 22. The interior of the new, 475-seat showhouse would feature “…English architecture on the atmospheric type, a colorful arrangement of drapes, views of bungalows and blue sky ceiling effects….” The Palace, like the recently rebuilt Paramount Theatre, was designed by the firm of Liebenberg & Kaplan.