Strand Theatre
1920-1945
Center Theatre
1946-1955
126 N. Main Street
Anderson, SC

The Strand Theatre opened in 1920, at 126 N. Main Street. It showed the first talking picture in Anderson, "The Lion and the Mouse." In 1946, it became the Center Theatre. The Center Theatre closed in 1955.

Strand Theatre photograph courtesy Pendleton District Commission, Pendleton, SC

Reference Materials:

"The History of the Theatres In Anderson, S.C."
by Harry Osteen. Video 24181695, Anderson County Library

Correspondence from Pendleton District Commission, Historical, Recreational, Tourism

"Anderson City Directory - 1938"
Baldwin Directory Company, and Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, 1938

"Anderson City Directory - 1952"
Hill Directory Company, 1952

"SCAR 5: Anderson 1935 (Part 1)"
USC Newsfilm (Movietonews, etc.) collections at http://www.sc.edu/library/newsfilm/

"SCAR 8A: Anderson (Our Gang)"
USC Newsfilm (Movietonews, etc.) collections at http://www.sc.edu/library/newsfilm/