The 1951 Film Daily Year Book list both a Golden and a Gem Theatre in operation during that year. Is it possible the Gem was an entirely different theatre?
By chance was this theatre ever known as the Dream? I have record of a Dream Theatre in Randle from 1927 and 1951, the later source stating it’s location on Main St.
The actual address is East Main Street, Wilbur, WA 99189. Although most of the exterior remains intact, the interior has been completely gutted to accommodate at least two businesses and a post office.
A real beauty and very unique but in desperate need of restoration and upgrading. The official website is now www.savethecolumbia.org. The original architect is W. Earl Gore of Louisville, KY.
This is/was probably the Dream Theatre since their dates of origin are quite similar and that there isn’t always uniformity in how proper names are recorded. The Dream was a single screen operation which also presented live/Vaudeville and had a seating capacity of 250. The last record I could find of the theatre was in a 1930 edition of the International Musician.
Woohoo! Thanks for the update! I immediately headed out to get a shot of what remains. Will need to change the status from Demolished to Closed although with the way development is around here the threat of the wreaking ball is ever present.
The theatre changed names a couple of times, first as the Aloha and later as the Geertz after it reopened. It was destroyed by fire on October 20, 1930.
Made a visit to Aloha, WA today. One can drive through this town and never know it existed. What did exist was a small lumbering community that was once home to Aloha Mill & Lumber Company, founded by R. D. Emerson and W. H. Dole in 1905. The name, a Hawaiian greeting, was chosen by members of the Dole family, who were landowners and business people in Hawaii. Hit hard with the depression, the theatre and many of the businesses in the area shut down in 1930 never to return again. Of what did exit where mostly building built on the fly almost with the intent of only being there temporary.
The interior appears to have been gutted but the exterior remains intact.
The 1951 Film Daily Year Book list both a Golden and a Gem Theatre in operation during that year. Is it possible the Gem was an entirely different theatre?
The street address, based on the photo, is 153 Virginia Dr, Estes Park, CO 80517. The interior was gutted when it ceased operating as a theatre.
By chance was this theatre ever known as the Dream? I have record of a Dream Theatre in Randle from 1927 and 1951, the later source stating it’s location on Main St.
It is now operating under the banner of the Birkenfeld Theatre of the Clatskanie Cultural Centre.
The actual address is East Main Street, Wilbur, WA 99189. Although most of the exterior remains intact, the interior has been completely gutted to accommodate at least two businesses and a post office.
The 1931 Film Daily list the Isis as having a seating capacity of 350.
Was this also ever known as the State? Both had the same seating capacity and operated roughly during the same time period.
Was this also known as the New York? There was a New York Theatre listed in Klamath Falls between 1930 and 1940.
The 1940 edition of the Film Daily listed the Cascadian as a portable theatre with a seating capacity of 400.
The Star is a gem! Beautiful little showcase with a great staff! The auditorium retains the charm that it had in it’s opening in 1949.
The Forest opened in 1946 and closed in 202. It seated 340 patrons.
A real beauty and very unique but in desperate need of restoration and upgrading. The official website is now www.savethecolumbia.org. The original architect is W. Earl Gore of Louisville, KY.
This theatre was also known as the Navajo Theatre during the mid twentieth century and had a seating capacity of 380.
There is record of another Union Theatre with existed in the late 1930s with a seating capacity of around 186.
This was part of the Georgia Theatre chain.
This was originally the Maryville theatre from from at least 1940 and going forward with a seating capacity of around 280.
This is/was probably the Dream Theatre since their dates of origin are quite similar and that there isn’t always uniformity in how proper names are recorded. The Dream was a single screen operation which also presented live/Vaudeville and had a seating capacity of 250. The last record I could find of the theatre was in a 1930 edition of the International Musician.
Woohoo! Thanks for the update! I immediately headed out to get a shot of what remains. Will need to change the status from Demolished to Closed although with the way development is around here the threat of the wreaking ball is ever present.
Martin theatres managed a theatre called the Ritz during the 1960s in Bremen. Is it possible this is the same theatre?
Under the Cinerama banner, the theatre had a seating capacity of 1,000 which was greatly reduced during the “twining”.
The theatre changed names a couple of times, first as the Aloha and later as the Geertz after it reopened. It was destroyed by fire on October 20, 1930.
was this also know as the Well’s Strand?
Made a visit to Aloha, WA today. One can drive through this town and never know it existed. What did exist was a small lumbering community that was once home to Aloha Mill & Lumber Company, founded by R. D. Emerson and W. H. Dole in 1905. The name, a Hawaiian greeting, was chosen by members of the Dole family, who were landowners and business people in Hawaii. Hit hard with the depression, the theatre and many of the businesses in the area shut down in 1930 never to return again. Of what did exit where mostly building built on the fly almost with the intent of only being there temporary.
It has been expanded to 5 screens and the new website is https://athensmoviepalace.com/