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Adler Theatre


2003 Photo from the Dean K Fick collection.
106 E Third St
Davenport IA
(563) 326-8500

Visit Website Live Theatre National Register 1998
Record #9903  
 Opened: November 25, 1931
Capacity: 2750 seats
Architect(s): Rapp & Rapp
Architectural Style(s): Streamline Moderne
National Register: 1998
Current Organ: none
 Also Known As: RKO Orpheum
 Previously operated by: Mort Singer Theatres, RKO Theatres, RKO-Stanley Warner Theatres

Another downtown movie house, the Adler is now a concert hall that still shows the occasional film.

Cary Grant was preparing for his one-man show, "An Evening With Cary Grant", at the Adler on November 28, 1986, when he suffered a major stroke. He passed away later that night at St. Luke's Hospital.

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August 2004 photos from the Adam Martin collection.


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August 2003 photos from the Dean K Fick collection.


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1979 photos from the Quad City Times collection.


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Photos from the Darren Snow collection.


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Last featured 1/18/2005. Last edited 7/24/2022.


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