![]() ![]() ![]() It was a live road-show house in Springfield for many years. (Since it was an old 19th-century legiter,it may have had 2 balconies). The Report states that the Court Square is not a MGM customer, that the theatre is over 15 years old that it’s in Fair condition and has 700 seats on the main floor and 398 in the balcony, total: 1,098 seats. The address is listed as “Elm Square” and the person who did the Report wrote “2 doors off Main St.” on it. A card with something about “Vaudeville” is posted above one of the double entrance doors. Loew logos on either side of the name on the front. ![]() There was a rectangular multi-bulbed movie marquee with the E.M. The MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for the Court Square Theatre in Springfield has a facade photo taken in May 1941. Interestingly, to gain access to the parking lot, one must drive through what was once the Court Square’s lobby. Directly behind, where the theater once stood, is a parking lot. Later converted to offices, it now has been renovated back to an exclusive hotel scheduled to open simultaneously with the new convention center. The building directly in front opened as a hotel in 1891. ![]() Loew’s Theatres, it exhibited grade B movies without live stage shows. For a brief period of time under the management of E.M. Located at Court Square directly across from City Hall, this ornate palace presented live theater-movie combos right up to its closing in 1956. The Court Square Theater opened on 21-09-1892 and was closed/demolished in 1956. ![]()
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