State Theatre
126 Egan Avenue N.,
Madison,
SD
57042
126 Egan Avenue N.,
Madison,
SD
57042
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Previously operated by: Finkelstein & Ruben, Minnesota Amusement Co., Paramount Pictures Inc., Publix Theaters Corporation
Functions: Retail
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The State Theatre opened September 25, 1931. Seating was listed at 427. The theater was later operated by Minnesota Amusement Co. and finally from 1975 to closing by Tentelino Enterprise. The State Theatre closed July 1, 1978.
It was demolished in August 1978, and a drive-in bank was built on the site.
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As might be expected from this contributor, most of the information is wrong. This theater does not appear on the 1921 map. The Ruby must have been something else. It was not converted to retail, it was demolished, along with everything else on the corner, for a really hideous ‘modern’ bank building.
The first listing of the State in the FDY is in the 1932 edition. It had 450 seats. The last listing of the 300-seat Ruby was 1931.
Madison also had a house called the Princess, around 1915. The July 3 issue of Moving Picture World that year said" “MADISON, S. D. Cox & Malvey, who conduct the Princess theatre, have purchased the Ruby theatre.”
A page headed “Changes in Publix Theatre Holdings” in the July 1, 1933 Motion Picture Herald includes a list reading: “Madison Theatre Co. (Partnership Operation) "Madison, S. D. "Lyric State”
I can’t understand why the Ruby is not on the 1921 map. Maybe it hadn’t opened by the time the 1914 map was issued, but it was clearly operating during that range.
I fired up Google AI studio and uploaded two spectacular images of the State. What do you think?
It’s confused an awning behind the vertical as part of the sign, and it’s garbled the Red Owl lettering, but it’s fascinating to see what can be done. Pretty soon nothing will be true or provable!
Last operated by Tentelino Theatres.
The new $25,000 theater was announced by Richard Wagner of the Wagner Amusement Company of Sioux Falls. It was another Publix location upon opening taking the place of the Olmore Block, a frame building demolished for the project that had once housed a Red Owl grocery store.
The State opened with “Merely Mary Ann” on September 25, 1931 in downtown Madison. It switched to widescreen in the 1950s to present CinemaScope titles. The State Theatre closed on July 1, 1978 with “Gray Lady Down” after being sold to the National Bank of South Dakota. It timed out to the opening of the West Twin Cinema. The former State Theatre building was demolished in August of 1978.