The Star Theater in Escalante was built in 1938 by Lorin Griffin.^[1]  The theater had a rounded parapet and used petrified wood insets on its pebble-dash façade.  The building had the name "Escalante" painted on the roof to help guide early aviators.^[2]

Gail and Reva Bailey operated a movie theater in Escalante until television forced it to close, probably some time after the mid-1950s.^[3]

In 1998 the Utah State Historical Society provided a grant to assist with the restoration of the facade of the Star Theater.^[3]

1. "Chapter 11: The Great Depression to Post-War Recovery", A History of Garfield County, by Linda King Newell and Vivian LInford Talbot
2. Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, Number 2 (Spring 1999), "Going to the Movies: A Photo Essay on Theaters", by Roger Roper
3. "Chapter 12: Garfield County at Mid-Century", A History of Garfield County, by Linda King Newell and Vivian LInford Talbot