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Movie Theaters

Royal Theater promotion from April 19, 1925.

Royal

One of Princeton's first theaters, the Royal opened in 1911.

Wonderful Art Deco redesign made its positive impression in Bluefield in 1939.

Colonial

An early vaudeville theater in Bluefield, it was remodeled in the Art Deco style in 1939 and showed movies until 1979.

Mercer Street scene with the prominent Lavon marquee.

Lavon

Across from the old Mercer Theater, the Lavon operated as the Royal Theater in 1911 and became the Lavon in 1954.

Updated marquee of the Granada Theater.

Granada

Opened in 1928 on Commerce Street in Bluefield, moderized in 1949, closed in 1977, the Granada reopened in 2021.

The Mercer Theater enjoyed a prominent location in Princeton from 1938 until it burned and was demolished.

Mercer

The Mercer Theater in Princeton opened in 1938, was renovated in 1956, and demolished after our years.

The Skyway Marque on the back of the theater's projection screen.

Skyway

Opened in 1948 as the areas largest outdoor theater, it operated continously in Bluewell until 1980.

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