Homewood Theatre

1919 Plymouth Avenue N.,
Minneapolis, MN 55411

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Architects: Jack J. Liebenberg

Firms: Liebenberg and Kaplan

Styles: Atmospheric

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Homewood Theatre

The Homewood Theatre was opened October 25, 1924 for S. G. Lebedoff, and sat about 1,200. It originally housed a Wurlitzer organ and a live orchestra accompanied the opening film, “The Woman on the Jury”. When Finkelstein & Ruben acquired the Homewood Theatre in the late-1920’s, they thoroughly remodeled it at a cost of around $25,000, turning the auditorium’s decor Atmospheric, with arched “windows” on the side walls, each with its own view of the “courtyards” painted within. The Homewood Theatre began showing sound films in 1928.

In 1953, the theatre closed, and was thereafter used as a furniture auction house. After almost a decade, new owners purcashed the old theatre and attempted to bring it back to life with a mix of movies and live stage acts, with Peter Nero appearing on opening night. However, this venture was not successful, and the theatre closed within the year. It has since been torn down.

Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan on November 17, 2003 at 3:09 pm

Here is a picture of the Homewood from 1950-

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atmos
atmos on May 14, 2011 at 4:39 am

Architects were Jack Liebenberg and Seeman Kaplan.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 31, 2012 at 1:35 pm

Motion Picture News of December 22, 1928, reported that the remodeled Homewood Theatre would open the following week.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 15, 2017 at 9:38 am

This opened on October 25th, 1924 Ad in the photo section or

Found on Newspapers.com

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