Plaza Theater Lamar Missouri. 1939
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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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Lamar Missouri Tour
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…