Park Theater

50sSNIPES on October 15, 2026 at 5:52 pm

Milwaukee resident Bernard Lassack and his friend George Lightner opened Wautoma’s Park Theatre on September 22, 1934 with Joe E. Brown in “The Circus Clown” (unknown if extras added). Prior to construction, the project of the Park Theatre was originally planned by the CWA before being taken over with support by the entire town.

Despite being a first-run house throughout most of its life, the theater began showing Spanish films for a few years beginning in the late-1950s before closing during the 1960s.

Trolleyguy on August 6, 2010 at 9:17 am

Here’s a photo from 1967. Looks like the theater had been closed a long time by then. http://tinyurl.com/2e4n5xq