Famous did not choose to close but were evicted as the space was required for the new heating system that was being installed and the auditorium is now a boiler room
I was told it was much older than that originally haveing no balcony If you go into the mid appartemnt the portholes look out into the cavity under the balcony
The stage infront of the curtain is a small plywood structure the original stage and procenium is located about 10feet behind the screen with a very narrow procenium arch giving a very small 137:1 picture
Festival moved the screen forward to allow it to be wider The theatre never had any accoustic treatment and when we were installing the sound for festival we measured reverb time that was gigantic we used to joke the sound from the first show was bouncing around the room well after the movie was over
Was operated as the Rosemary Theatre with asian movies very similar to the Paradise inside including have to have the projectors sitting up on a concrete pad to clear the balcony audiences heads
The Naaz theatre operated until the mid 80’s with the auditorium on the upper level for after the renovation the floor was raised putting a mall underneath it
I was the projectionist there from 1978-1984
Kay Stokes first job when she moved to toronto was as organist here regretably we dont know the make of the organ probably a Warren/woodstock or a legge
does anyone remember what it looked like inside colour scheme type of lighting curtain in front of screen even screen size and what the lobby looked like
Since it opened as a newsreel theatre i suspect it would have followed the norm of a long narrow converted store with a minimal soundsystem and low intensity projector lamps
It had a very large Hill-Greene Lane organ that parts of are in a Anglican church in Saskatoon
They had a large Hill-Greene Lane organ don’t know where it ended up
The Wicks organ (the largest theatre installation by that firm) was removed and is now in a studio in a residence in B.C.
The Obrien in Renfrew is the same as the runnyemede
The original proscenium existed still behind the screen when it was converted to the regent
Famous did not choose to close but were evicted as the space was required for the new heating system that was being installed and the auditorium is now a boiler room
Was this not the theatre that for years was the CBC radio studio (home of the air farce) it still stands as a dance studio
I was told it was much older than that originally haveing no balcony If you go into the mid appartemnt the portholes look out into the cavity under the balcony
It ran for many years as the pagoda theatre it was similar inside to the paradise and orpheum
Interesting that the theatre probably was a lot older as it had a complete stage house with a fly tower
The stage infront of the curtain is a small plywood structure the original stage and procenium is located about 10feet behind the screen with a very narrow procenium arch giving a very small 137:1 picture Festival moved the screen forward to allow it to be wider The theatre never had any accoustic treatment and when we were installing the sound for festival we measured reverb time that was gigantic we used to joke the sound from the first show was bouncing around the room well after the movie was over
Was operated as the Rosemary Theatre with asian movies very similar to the Paradise inside including have to have the projectors sitting up on a concrete pad to clear the balcony audiences heads
This from a Rank film on theatre management called “this way please” I happen to have a 35mm print of it
The Naaz theatre operated until the mid 80’s with the auditorium on the upper level for after the renovation the floor was raised putting a mall underneath it I was the projectionist there from 1978-1984
Kay Stokes first job when she moved to toronto was as organist here regretably we dont know the make of the organ probably a Warren/woodstock or a legge
does anyone remember what it looked like inside colour scheme type of lighting curtain in front of screen even screen size and what the lobby looked like Since it opened as a newsreel theatre i suspect it would have followed the norm of a long narrow converted store with a minimal soundsystem and low intensity projector lamps