Dodge Theater Building - Dodge City, Kansas
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BruceS
N 37° 45.218 W 100° 01.043
14S E 410377 N 4178967
Historic movie theater building in the Dodge City Downtown Historic District in Dodge City, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMEJGB
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2012
Views: 1
The Dodge Theater was built 1929-1930. The building is in an Italianate Renaissance style. The brick building has ornate terra-cotta detailing and a clay tile roof.
In 1939 the theater the world premier of the movie, "Dodge City" after the townboosters launched a campaign with the studio. Among the stars that came to Dodge City for the opening were Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Clair Windsor, John Garfield, Jane Wyman, and Alan Hale. More then 50,000 people met the special train which brought the stars to town.
The theater closed in the late 1990s after being renovated and reopened a few years prior.
Year Theater Opened: 1930
Number of Screen(s): 1
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
Web site: Not listed
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Must take a photo of the theater.
Please try to include yourself or gps in the picture.
Tell of your experience at the theater, if it is still a theater. If it is no longer a theater tell of an experience from the past at the theater, if this can be done.
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