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810 South Main Street
Ephraim, Utah
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The Liberty Theatre, later known as the Gem, opened 1 February 1911 at a cost of $20,000.  The “photo-playhouse” was to be “one of the most modern motion picture houses in the west,” including “many new features which have not before been incorporated in plans for a motion picture house.”  Private loges allowed patrons to enjoy “the exclusiveness and comforts of the opera box.”

 
 
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Former sign of a drive-in theater in Ephraim.
Photo by Grant Smith, 25 June 2005
 

Chapparal Drive-In Theatre
(Amity Drive-In Theatre)
 
810 South Main Street
Ephraim, Utah
 
Status:
Demolished 
Open:
Before 1963  
Closed:
After 1970  
 
The Amity Drive-In Theatre opened before 19631 and was located south of Ephraim, at about 810 South Main Street.  By 1970 the theater had been renamed the Chapparal Drive-In Theatre.2  The theater was owned at one point by Wilford Steiman.  In 2005 all that was left of the drive-in was a short brick wall and a sign along the edge of the highway.


1. Richfield Telephone Directory, September 1963
2. Richfield Telephone Directory, September 1970