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50sSNIPES commented about Columbia Air Dome on Apr 7, 2020 at 2:29 pm

The Columbia Air Dome Opened Its Doors To The Public On April 6th, 1911. During Its Last Year In 1914, The Columbia Air Dome Was Renamed As Columbia Protoplay Theatre During Its Last Legs And Ended Up Closing Its Doors In The Spring Of 1914.

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50sSNIPES commented about Alhambra Theater on Apr 7, 2020 at 2:15 pm

Actually, This Location Opened Sometime In The Early 1930s. The Earliest Information That I Can Find About It Is May 1935’s Showings And That Is It.

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50sSNIPES commented about Scenic Theater on Apr 7, 2020 at 2:02 pm

The Scenic Theater In Whitewright Was Known To Be The First Theater In Whitewright Opened Its Doors To The Public On September 20th, 1912 With An Unknown Program. A Day Later, Triple Unknown Programs Were Shown. As I Can’t Find A Lot Of Detail About This Theater. The Theater Sometime Only Lasted For A Very Short Amount Of Time, Despite Being A Popular Theater As It Closed Its Doors Sometime In 1914.

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50sSNIPES commented about Valley Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 10:47 pm

The Valley Drive-In In Sayre Opened Its Gates On May 12th, 1950; And Was Operated Seasonal From May Until Late September.

In August Of 1956, The Valley Drive-In Installed An 85ft CinemaScope Screen.

On April 13th, 1973, The Sayre Fire Department Responded To The Grass Fire At The Valley, But Reopened Shortly Afterwards.

However, In The Late 1970s Into The Early 1980s, The Valley Drive-In Was Popular For Special Events.

The Theater Ended Up Demolishing In 1986, And The Bank Of Bradford County Is Built On Its Site.

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50sSNIPES commented about Sky Vu Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 10:09 pm

The Sky-Vu Was Demolished On April 24th, 1984 And Apartments Was Later Built On Its Site.

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50sSNIPES commented about Twilight Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 9:30 pm

Opened Sometime In The Early Fall 1947.

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50sSNIPES commented about Martinsville Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 9:29 pm

Opening On May 17th, 1950.

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50sSNIPES commented about Skyvue Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 8:22 pm

The Skyvue Drive-In Of Oneonta Opened Its Gates On May 13th, 1955 With “The Long Long Trailer”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Autovue Drive-In on Apr 6, 2020 at 7:24 pm

The Autovue (Auto Vue) Drive-In In Spokane According To The Spokesman-Review Opened Its Gates In June 1946.

I Can’t Find A Closing Date To The Audiovue, But Was Still In Operation Since 1981 With First-Runs.

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50sSNIPES commented about Sunrise Cinema 5 on Apr 5, 2020 at 12:42 pm

As Of 1990, The Sunrise Cinema 5 Didn’t Appear In Newspapers Mainly, But Still In Operational. The Sunrise Also Contained A Police Report On November 16th, 1995 Before It Finally Closed Its Doors Sometime In The Late 1990s After The Theater Tried To Bring More Workers In 1997.

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50sSNIPES commented about Front Drive-In on Mar 31, 2020 at 9:38 am

I Checked On Other Websites, It Did Close In 1963.

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50sSNIPES commented about Hoosac Drive-In on Mar 30, 2020 at 5:54 pm

The Hossiac Drive-In Only Lasted For At Least 17 Years. In Early September 1967, The Hossiac Drive-In Ended Up Showing Their Last First-Run Film. The Theater Ended Up Closing In October 1967 Because The Hossiac Did Not Had A Huge Success Running Horror Films For An Entire Month. The Theater However Sat Abandoned For Decades.

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50sSNIPES commented about Front Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 10:13 pm

I Can’t Find A Lot Of Information About The Front Drive-In. But All I Remember Is In 1965, The Front Doubled The State’s Offer. But I Can’t Find Anything About The Front Drive-In Ever Since 1964. I Think They Closed It After The 1963 Season Or Something Else….

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50sSNIPES commented about Rio Theatre on Mar 28, 2020 at 9:59 pm

I Heard There Is Another Theater In Columbus Called The New Era Theatre Which Operated When The Rio Theatre Is The Orpheum Theatre.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lakewood Theatre on Mar 28, 2020 at 9:52 pm

Sorry About The Top-Right.

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50sSNIPES commented about Batesville Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 7:49 pm

I Can’t Find Even A Grand Opening Ad Of The Batesville Drive-In. But The Earliest Photo I Can Find Is A Showing From July 8th, 1955.

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50sSNIPES commented about Tower Theater on Mar 28, 2020 at 6:54 pm

Its On The Top-Left.

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Triangle 4 on Mar 28, 2020 at 3:29 pm

November 1973

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Triangle 4 on Mar 28, 2020 at 3:29 pm

1973

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50sSNIPES commented about Eagle Drive-In on Mar 28, 2020 at 11:03 am

On September 5th, 1969, The Screen Tower Was Caught On Fire. But Afterwards, A New Screen Was Added And Reopened Later On. However At A Time, The Theater Itself Won A Legal Battle To Continue Showing X Films.

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50sSNIPES commented about Crystal Lake Drive-In on Mar 27, 2020 at 8:33 pm

On June 28th, 1955, The Crystal Drive-In Installed McHenry County’s Second CinemaScope Screen (The First Being The Miller Theatre In Woodstock On January 28th, 1954).

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50sSNIPES commented about Woodstock Theatre on Mar 27, 2020 at 8:30 pm

The Miller Theatre Is Known To Be The Largest Theater In McHenry County Throughout The Years. As Of January 28th, 1954, The Miller Theatre Is Known To Be The First Theater In McHenry County To Install CInemaScope.

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50sSNIPES commented about Regal Crystal Lake Showplace Stadium 16 on Mar 27, 2020 at 4:56 pm

This Theater Replaced A 7-Screener Called The Showplace 1-7 (Opened: September 1973 As A Twin, Converted To A Quad In 1978, Converted Into 7-Screens In 1987, And Closed In Early 1996) Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.

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50sSNIPES commented about Twixt Town Drive-In on Mar 27, 2020 at 1:24 pm

The Twixt Town Drive-In Only Lasted For 25 And A Half Years Until Closing On March 26th, 1978 After A Fire Destroyed The Interior Of The Concession Stand.

From 1970 Until Its Closure In 1978, It Was Owned And Operated By Vince And Mary DeLoran.

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50sSNIPES commented about SouthSide Works Cinema on Mar 26, 2020 at 9:31 pm

As Of March 9th, 2020, The SouthSide Works Cinema Will Close Its Doors, And Convert Into Office Space Soon According To WTAE Channel 4.