Fox Theatre
1020 Illinois Street,
Sidney,
NE
69162
1020 Illinois Street,
Sidney,
NE
69162
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The U.S.A. Theatre launched August 11, 1917 with William Night in “The Blue Streak” supported by Billie Ritchie in “The House of Terrible Scandals.” The improved theatre had a grand reopening on February 8, 1919 by Noah G. Brewer. The opening film was Dorothy Phillips in “Heart of Humanity” supported by Professor Manby on the Wurlitzer pipe organ. Fox Circuit took over the venue briefly as the Fox U.S.A. Theatre. The Fox U.S.A. closed on November 15, 1929 and relaunched on Thanksgiving now with Western Electric Sound and under the Fox Theatre nameplate.
The Fox received a major streamline moderne makeover reopening on June 7, 1940 with a Grand Reopening and Wallace Beery in “Twenty Mule Team.” The Fox closed October 15, 1951 with Hedy Lamarr in “Samson and Delilah.” The next night the New Fox Theatre opened and it has its own CinemaTreasure entry.
Note that the USA (or U.S.A.) Theatre was also known as the FOX.
From 2010 a photo of the USA Theater building in Sidney.
The interior of the jewelry store (Alberts Diamondland) does not reveal much (or anything really) of the original interior. The street view from Google Maps gives a sense of how the light bulbs might have looked.