Pic Theatre
10 N. Washington Street,
Iola,
KS
66749
10 N. Washington Street,
Iola,
KS
66749
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Not sure why this is listed as demolished. The building is still there, although it’s an incredibly ugly siding box. Who knows what’s under the sheet metal?
The Pic Theatre launched here by W.A. Weaver on March 5, 1939 as a sub-run discount house with Ralph Bellamy in “It Can’t Last Forever” supported by The Three Stooges short, “Grips, Grunts and Groans,” a cartoon, and two more short subjects. The theatre closed at the end of a 20-year lease on March 16, 1959 with a double-feature of Rhonda Fleming in “Odonga” and Glenn Ford in “3:10 to Yuma.” Future bookings were moved to the 54 Drive-In.
Here is a webpage about the furniture store that incorporated the space that once was the Pic; part of the theater’s entrance can be seen in one of the B&W pictures, and there is a modern day photo of the frontage of the furniture store that includes the Pic premises.