Lake Theatre

Stratton, NE 69043

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Lake Theatre

On December 16, 1950, Boxoffice wrote, “Floyd Merrill has opened his new Lake Theatre in Stratton, NB, making the opener a free show. The new theatre replaces the old municipality operated theatre in the high school auditorium. The Lake Theatre has 364 seats and cost about $60,000”.

The 1951 Film Daily Year Book listed two theatres in Stratton, the Lake Theatre (364 seats) and the Moon Theatre (210 seats).

Contributed by Michael Kilgore

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 12, 2019 at 6:41 am

A note in a later issue of Boxoffice corrected the story to say that Floyd Merrill opened the Lake in Stratton, Nebraska. But I wonder whether the correction is what was wrong; the 1949 Film Daily Year Book had only the Moon Theatre under Stratton, Colorado.

SurebetVA
SurebetVA on June 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm

Floyd Merrill died in 1996 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Stratton, Nebraska. For some reason his name doesn’t come up on Find a Grave website. Trenton Damn / Swanson lake was being built in 1950, this the most likely reason for the name Lake Theater.

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