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THEATERS
Looking west on Fifth from Market during the 1937 flood, showing
the Smoot Theater, the Post Office and Trinity Church.
(Photo courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; (304) 485-5771.)
To promote the 1931 Universal Pictures film Frankenstein, the Smoot Theater placed
an ambulance and two nurses at the disposal of shocked patrons.
(Photo courtesy of Dan Kemper.)
The circus was in town, along with the Singers Midgets, in 1931.
(Photo courtesy of Dan Kemper.)
In an advertising campaign with the Smoot Theater in 1939, Stern
Brothers Clothing Store offered tickets to Gone With the Wind.
Looking north at the corner of 7th and Market in 1946. On the left is the
Hiehle Theater. In Old Sacramento was a Wild Bill Elliott B-western.
(Photo courtesy of Artcraft Studio, 519-521 Market Street,
Parkersburg, WV 26101; (304) 485-5771.)
The Virginia Theater was located at 410 Juliana Street.
Looking east on Fifth Street from Juliana in 1950. From left are Dudley's Florist,
Ruth Furniture Company, the Smoot Theater, WPAR radio, and the City Building.
The Burwell Theater at St. Mary's Avenue and Nineteenth Street.
