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Walter Geissinger developed the Dreka Theater beside a popular department store to capitalize on the emerging movie industries that boomed after World War I. Its front featured parapets, decorative geometric tiles, elaborate curvilinear windows on the facade, and an ornate kiosk ticket office at the center. For at least three generations of patrons, it was DeLand's most popular Saturday afternoon destination, where double features always included a western, often with a singing cowboy, along with a scary mystery or zany comedy, plus at least two cartoons and a weekly serial. Admission for children under 12 cost 9 cents, and the theater closed in 1956.
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DeLand, Florida · United States
