Lyric Theatre
215 High Avenue W,
Oskaloosa,
IA
52577
215 High Avenue W,
Oskaloosa,
IA
52577
No one has favorited this theater yet
Showing 6 comments
I figured one of those names was likely an aka for the opera house.
I haven’t yet come across a reference to the Rex, but I would not be surprised if Grand was not just an aka for the Masonic Opera House. Although the Cahn guides listed it as the Masonic Opera House, theatrical journals of the period such as Billboard often called it the Oskaloosa Grand Opera House, and the earliest mention of it in Moving Picture World (from 1908) also called it the Grand Opera House.
Thanks, Joe. The 1925 listings have a Rex and Grand that I haven’t been able to place. Any idea where those were, or if they were a later name for one already listed?
Oskaloosa’s Lyric Theatre, then operated by E. M. McCray, was mentioned in the October 6, 1917 issue of Moving Picture World. The house had just enjoyed great success with a full week run of the Metro feature “The Slacker.”
The map marker is in the wrong place, but this block does not exist now. It would have been roughly on the east side of the northern section of the mall.
This was the Lyric, based on information in the Princess listing.