We are sorry to have missed the no-doubt epic motion picture series The Mistress of the World. Here’s the ad for one episode that played in Skidmore, Missouri in 1922:

We have often heard the phrase “champagne taste on a beer budget” but thought that phrase less appropriate for us, as we seldom drink either. Skidmore, Missouri’s Royal Theatre had a movie on this date which perhaps offers a better… Read moreA Silken Soul and a Gingham Income

If we were in Skidmore, Missouri in 1915, we could catch up with our neighbors at the movies. Here’s the lineup from the November 11, 1915 Skidmore New Era, page 1: A Friday Night Show. Beginning this week The Royal… Read moreFriday Night Features at the Royal

If you were in Skidmore, Missouri on this date in 1923, you would have had the chance to view some film history in the making. Here’s the ad from the February 22, 1923 edition of the Skidmore News, page 8:… Read moreChaplin at The Royal, 1923

Naturally, any film titled “The Luck of the Irish” is going to include gondolas, elephants, camels, and rickshaw rides. If you were in Skidmore, Missouri in 1921, you could have witnessed this tale of love, intrigue, and a trip around… Read moreThe Luck of the Irish, 1921

If you were in Skidmore, Missouri in 1915, you could spend your Christmas Eve with entertainments and a superb drama at the Royal theater.  From the December 23, 1915 Skidmore New Era, page 7: “Christmas Eve at the Royal will… Read moreChristmas Entertainments and a Movie, 1915

We have been unable to find much information about Hermann and Reno and their combination Vaudeville and motion picture show. We know they played small towns in Kansas and Missouri in 1911 and promised “Clean, Refined, Moral” shows that were… Read moreVaudeville Sketches and High-Class Motion Pictures

Even Skidmore, Missouri’s movie theater did its bit to help win the war, as we see in this advertisement from the November 14, 1917 edition, page 6: Ad reads, “Doing your bit to win the war. In order to furnish… Read moreRoyal Theater Does Its Bit to Win the War

Here’s some entertainment news from Skidmore, Missouri in 1915. With all our on-demand options, these days, we forget what it was like, don’t we? Here’s what the paper had to say prior to the show in the October 14, 1915… Read moreTillie’s Punctured Romance, 1915