Hollywood on Main

214 S. 1st Street,
Montevideo, MN 56265

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 2, 2017 at 4:26 pm

The 1914-1915 edition of The American Motion Picture Directory lists a Grand Theatre at 214 1st Street in Montevideo. I haven’t been able to discover if it occupied the same building that now houses Hollywood on Main. The directory also lists a Montevideo Opera House, with no address.

A trade journal from 1914 noted an expansion underway at a Star Theatre in Montevideo, and a construction journal notes a new theater being built there for a Mr. Starbeck. Either of those might have become the Grand. In 1919, there is a reference to a Monte Theatre, and in 1923 to a State Theatre, so we are still missing some of Montevideo’s theater history.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 29, 2008 at 4:44 pm

These people had their wedding reception at the Hollywood in August 2008, so it may be in use for banquets:
http://tinyurl.com/7vby77