Osage Theatre
605 Main Street,
Osage,
IA
50461
605 Main Street,
Osage,
IA
50461
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The Colonial Theatre was located on Main Street at S. 6th Street a block from the Watts Theatre. Renamed Osage Theatre by 1940, it was still in operation in 1950. The former theatre is now Debbie’s Clothing Store.
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The Colonial Theatre was built as a replacement of the Lyric Theatre (also in Osage) that got burned down in July 1920. The Colonial Theatre opened its doors on October 15, 1920 with a seven-act vaudeville presentation of “Raffles”. The theater housed an original capacity of 425 seats.
On November 5, 1937, the Colonial Theatre was renamed Osage Theatre following extensive remodeling, reopening with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in “Pick A Star” with no extra short subjects. Some of these include nu-wood treatment been used throughout the auditorium and foyer, as well as an updated marquee featuring neon lights around the entire face and the neon sign reading “Osage”. Structural glass in ivory and gray were used as the entrance. The box office features an ivory glass exterior, and updated establishments of sound equipment were featured embodying wide-range and high-fidelity.
This theater seems to have been built before the Lyric burned. In the same issue of the Mitchell County Press that covered the fire, there is an article about the local power company having refused to connect a new theater and some other businesses, due to a rate dispute. It’s possible it was intended to replace the Lyric?