Leola Theater
4944 34th Avenue South,
Minneapolis,
MN
55417
4944 34th Avenue South,
Minneapolis,
MN
55417
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The Leola Theater was operating from around 1928 and was open until the late-1960’s. After closing it became a gymnastics school. It was demolished to provide additional parking space for the nearby Metropolitan State Bank. It holds so many wonderful memories for everyone who lived in South Minneapolis near Nokomis Jr. High.
The Roosevelt Sr. High, Class of 1962, Web site has a wealth of information about this wonderful little theater.
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David Evans
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The Leola is listed under independent theaters in this May 1934 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/ybagbaa
The Leola was built by Mr. Ollie Lee, hench the name Leola. The Lee family owned and operated the theatre until 1960 when they sold it to the Cygnet Corp. The Lee’s had closed the3 theatre. Cygnet reopened the Leola in 1959 under a lease with the option to buy. Cygnet was a three way partnership of Bill Cumberland, Chet McCalllum and myself.