Plaza Theater Lamar Missouri. 1939

ID: 733 ~ Source: “Plaza.” LamarMovies.com. Accessed April 15, 2023. https://lamarmo.com/movies/plaza.html. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, Anna Furney, Glyne Gee ~ Date: c. 1939

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Plaza Theater Lamar Missouri. 1939 — “Plaza.” LamarMovies.com. Accessed April 15, 2023.

The Plaza Theater in Lamar, Missouri was built by Arnold J. Simmons in 1934. This photo shows the front exterior of the Plaza Theater decorated in Art Deco-style architectural designs with the movie showing of "Honolulu," c. 1939.

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By University of Central Missouri Department of History MA in History student Anna Furney

The Plaza Theater, opened in 1934, arrived during the Golden Age of Hollywood. This was the period of film when ‘talkies’ were gaining popularity, and stars such as Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, and Mary Pickford…