List of motion picture theaters operating in the Twin Cities

Statistics from the Theaters section of The Film Daily Year Book 1928, containing “a complete list of over 20,000 motion picture theaters operating in the United States” for 1927:

Minneapolis
Population, 434,000
Theater   Address Seating
Capacity
Agate, 2225 E. Franklin 400
Alhambra, 3211 Penn Ave. No. 300
American, 16 E. Lake St. 450
Bijou, 20 Washington Ave. N. 1500
Camden, 4217 Webber Parkway 350
Cedar, 713 Cedar Ave. 250
Crystal, 305 Hennepin Ave. 350
Dewey, 38 Washington Ave. So. 400
East Lake, 1537 E. Lake St. 400
El Lago ….
Elite, 2519 27th Ave. So. 300
Emerson, 2605 Emerson Ave. No. 350
Empress, 412 W. Broadway 450
Forest Park ….
Garrick, 40 So. 7th St. 1600
Glen Lake, 2201 6th Ave. No. 240
Glenwood Palace, destroyed 350
Gopher, 1706 4th Ave. So. 400
Granada ….
Grand, 619 Hennepin Ave. 1000
Ha-Ha, 3954 Minnehaha Ave. 350
Heights ….
Hennepin-Orpheum, 910 Hennepin Ave. 2000
Homewood, 1919 Plymouth Ave. No. 900
lone, 309 Cedar Ave. 450
Lagoon, 2906 Hennepin Ave. 980
Lake, 2721 E. Lake St. 400
LaSalle, 2541 Nicollet Ave. 500
Liberty, 1013 6th Ave. No. 420
Logan, Logan and West Broadway 650
Loring, 1405 Nicollet Ave. 600
Lyndale, 2932 Lyndale Ave. So. 500
Lyric, 711 Hennepin Ave. 1500
Main, 1029 N. W. Main St. 350
Mazda, 246 Hennepin ….
Miles Standish, Second Ave. & 38th ….
Minnesota, 9th and La Salle (building) 3200
New Arion, 2316 Central Ave. N. E. 650
New Astor, 670 Hennepin Ave. 900
New Cozy, 405 Plymouth Ave. 500
New Franklin, 1021 E. Franklin 800
New Park, 725 So. 10th St. 400
New Lake, 31 W. Lake St. 500
New Palace, 5th & Hennepin ….
New Rose, 114 Hennepin Ave. 300
New Vista, 7th & Cedar ….
Nokomis, 3749 Chicago Ave. So. 400
Old Mill, 310 Hennepin Ave. 300
Pantages, 710 Hennepin Ave. 2000
Princess, 4th St. and E. Hennepin Ave. 700
Rex, 212 Hennepin Ave. 350
Rialto, 735 E. Lake St. 600
Rosebud, 1506 E. Lake St. 300
Savoy, 242 Hennepin Ave. 350
Seventh St., 21 S. 7th St. 2000
Southern, 1422 Washington Ave. So. 650
State, 801 Hennepin Ave. 2750
Strand 1100
Stockholm, 103 Washington Ave. So. 320
Strand, 37 S. 7th St. 1200
Unique, 520 Hennepin Ave. 800
University, 1308 S. E. 4th St. 400
Vista, 727 Plymouth ….
Wonderland, 27 Washington Ave. So. 400
St. Paul
Population, 248,100
Theater   Address Seating
Capacity
Alhambra, 16 E. 7th St. 400
Arcade, 947 Arcade St. 300
Astor, 449 Wabasha 1100
Blue Bird, 902 Rice St. 300
Capitol, 7th and St. Peter 2375
Concord, So. Robt. & Concord ….
Cozy, 389 W. 7th St. 300
Dale, 635 Selby Ave. 700
DeLuxe, 287 Maria Ave. 400
Empress ….
Faust, 624 University Ave. 400
Forest, 924 E. 7th St. 500
Garden, 929 W. 7th St. 450
Garrick, 6th and St. Peter 1200
Hamline, 1533 University Ave. 400
Ideal, So. St. Paul 350
Liberty, 135 Eaton St. ….
Mohawk, 629 So. Smith Ave. 600
Mound, 1029 Hastings Ave. 400
New Francis, E. 7th St. 205
New Ray, 179 E. Fairfield Ave. 300
New State, E. 7th St. 400
Orpheum, 5th & St. Peter ….
Oxford, Grand and Oxford St. 1000
Palace Orpheum, 7th and Wabasha 1400
Palace, 108 Concord St. 600
Princess, 19 E. 7th St. 900
Park, 1595 Selby Ave. 1000
Regent, 436 Wabasha 300
Radio, 1195 E. 7th St. 400
Rialto, North St. Paul 300
St. Clair, Snelling and St. Clair St. 1200
Shubert, Exchange and Wabasha 800
Strand, 440 Wabasha 750
Summitt, 391 Selby Ave. 300
Tower, 438 Wabasha 1000
Venus, 1077 Payne Ave. 400
Verdi, 302 University Ave. 300
Artifact Type Books, Sources
Publication The Film Daily 1928 Year Book
Place New York, NY
Publisher The Film Daily
Publication Date 1928
Page(s) 600–602
Archive The Internet Archive
Read In Context https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyyearboo00wids_1#page/600/mode/2up
Citation

“List of motion picture theaters operating in the Twin Cities,” in The Film Daily 1928 Year Book, (New York, NY: The Film Daily, 1928).

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