Milwain Theater
Front Street,
Bardwell,
KY
42023
Front Street,
Bardwell,
KY
42023
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The Milwain was launched by Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Millwain on Front Street. The Milwain opened on July 27, 1929 with “China Bound.” Leta Milwain ran the venue for decades. The Milwain was damaged by fire in May of 1943 and, due to War rules and shortages, it was unable to reopen until 1944. The Milwain then closed on January 28, 1963 with Elvis in “Girls, Girls, Girls.” It reopened late that year and continued. It closed again on September 12, 1970 with “The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico Country.”
Louis Aldridge relit the Milwain one last time on a subleasing agreement. It reopened with “Paper Moon” on March 1, 1974. A midnight screening of Jacqueline Giroux in “The Erotic Adventures of Zorro” on April 7, 1974 was ostensibly the end of the line with Aldridge found guilty of exhibiting an obscene film. The theatre was then offered for sale. The theatre was finally razed in December of 1991 to rid it from the tax role By Leon Terry.
It has been demolished. It was built in 1929