LYNN – The ornately decorated tin ceilings hidden in the back of Beden Hardware hint at a bygone era when Lynn theaters showcased stars and entertained residents.One of those theaters, The Mark Comique, was located in the Munroe Street building where Beden co-owners Eric and John Ciccone operate their business.?I think it was more vaudeville than movies,” said John Ciccone, displaying a photograph from 1910 showing the Mark?s ornate facade.Lynn?s heydey of screen and stage was the middle of the last century when The Mark Comique, the Waldorf, the Paramount, the Capitol, Strand and Warner, along with other theaters, brought audiences down to Central Square and Union Street to see movies and entertainers like Jack Benny.The city also had a drive-in theater off the Lynnway.The Capitol was the last theater to fall to the wrecking ball 30 years ago but local residents including Kate Walton think theaters could make a comeback in Lynn. Her father frequented the Union Street movie houses and she remembers going to Union Street to shop.?As long as people felt safe, I think it would enhance downtown,” Walton said.Downtown has enjoyed a theater revival with the introduction of movies, and more recently, national musical acts in Veterans Memorial Auditorium in City Hall.Jessica Contreras thinks a downtown theater makes sense in a city with large downtown residential neighborhoods.?I think it would be great, especially for people who don?t have vehicles,” she said.Contreras said a theater could help other downtown businesses, including restaurants, but Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy wonders if a local theater could hold its own, revenue wise, against other area movie houses.?I?m not sure there would be a market for it with multiplexes in Revere and Danvers and movie houses in Salem and Beverly,” Kennedy stated in a text message Monday.Jerry Pryor travels from Lynn to see movies in those theaters and he wonders why Lynn, with a population larger than surrounding communities, cannot support a movie house.?The problem is trying to find a place where people would be comfortable,” he said regarding downtown area safety concerns.City officials in 1992 briefly considered working with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to put a movie house in an unused section of the Market Street commuter garage. Miguelina Colon thinks a renewed search for a potential theater location is worth the effort.?It would be great for the kids and great for Lynn,” she said.