Roxy Theatre

212 E. Market Street,
Logansport, IN 46947

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on April 27, 2021 at 11:26 am

Actually The Theater Became The Roxy Theatre On September 15, 1934. It Reopened With James Cagney In The Hit-Smash “Here Comes The Navy” Along With Pathe News, A Cartoon: Betty Boop’s Only Color Appearance In The Fleischer Era In “Poor Cinderella”, And A Performance By Vincent Lopez And His Orchestra.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 14, 2014 at 6:07 pm

An item datelined Logansport in the December 1, 1917, issue of The Moving Picture World says: “Frank Robinson has leased the Nelson theater and renamed it the Majestic.” A longer item appeared in the December 8 issue of the same journal:

“Majestic Reopens to Crowds.

“Logansport. Ind. — The Majestic theater, formerly known as the Nelson, which has been closed for the last few weeks, undergoing a thorough renovation and redecorating, was reopened Monday. November 12, and was crowded at all three shows. The interior of the place has been prettily decorated, a new screen installed and several other features added for the convenience of the patrons.”

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 29, 2013 at 7:20 pm

The future Roxy is billed on this vintage postcard as Theater Nelson. Though a row of four Victorian commercial buildings survives on this block of Market Street today, everything else, including the theater, has vanished.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 29, 2013 at 2:36 pm

The 1908-1909 edition of the Cahn guide lists the “New Nelson Theatre. Just opened.” The house had 1,200 seats. Later editions of the Cahn guide indicate that about a third of those were in the gallery that was removed when the house was remodeled as the Roxy. The 1921 Cahn guide listed the house as the Luna Theatre.

cc44
cc44 on December 29, 2013 at 12:57 am

Opened 15, November, 1934. Opening attraction was “Here Comes The Navy”