A small-town marquee holds its ground — Superman playing Friday through Sunday, 7pm, same as it ever was. The Madelia Theatre stands like a relic that never got the memo about streaming. A black-and-white photograph of the Madelia Theatre, a mid-century Art Deco-style cinema on a small-town main street. A tall vertical blade sign spells out M-A-D-E-L-I-A in large block letters against a pale sky. Below it, the marquee reads “SUPERMAN / FRI SAT SUN 7PM” in bold capital letters. The building is a two-story stucco and brick structure with a scalloped roofline detail and a covered entrance with glass double doors numbered 111. A movie poster for Superman is displayed in a case beside the entrance. A streetlight stands in the foreground, and the surrounding storefronts are quiet and largely empty. The overall mood is still and unhurried — a town where time moves at its own pace.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Flying on the Vintage Screen : Small town theater holding out against the big city multiplexes.

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