Under construction, April 1968 photo credit Chuck Morrison Collection. Courtesy Western History Center at Casper College. Appears to show possible previous signage.
Construction sign promoting 750 Cars, which may or may not have happened.
Iris Stadium 8 was constructed in the former Yellowstone Flea Market building which appears to have originally been a garage.
Images added.
Today it is The Lyric, an event venue.
Website and Facebook page below.
Address was 114th Avenue and Groat Road, per the above August 12, 1965 reopening ad as Westmount Theatre, and the June 9, 1967 image added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Stumbled across this on the Haunted History Facebook page.
History & Haunting of
Plymouth’s Reel Cinema,Plymouth, Devon, England
Plymouth’s Reel Cinema has plenty of claims to fame.
It played host to the likes of The Beatles in the 1960s as well as many others.
And now it reportedly hosts a number of ghosts.
The building was erected on the site of the former Theatre Royal.
And ‘Emily’ is a former actress who reportedly haunts the cinema’s ‘screen two’.
Emily is said to have committed suicide in one of the dressing rooms of the old theatre.
One of the projectionists at the cinema has reportedly seen a woman sitting in one of the front rows wearing a 1940s-style dress.
During the Blitz a German bomb reportedly exploded near the front of the building killing a group of people rushing out of the theatre to get to a nearby bomb shelter.
In 2010 a woman visited the women’s toilets and locked herself in a cubicle.
She became startled when someone or something knocked on the cubicle door.
On opening the door, the woman found no-one there.
A strange young man has also been seen walking around another screen at the cinema.
The man reportedly sits behind someone – but all that can be seen is the seat go down as if someone is sitting there. ? :/
Black Cats Paranormal Channel investigation here >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc9EO_XdTU
In 1758 a theatre was built at the top of George Street in Plymouth. Originally known as the Theatre, Frankfort-Gate, it adopted the name Theatre Royal after King George III and his family visited it in 1789.
The decline in theatre-going caused by the rise in cinema attendance resulted in the building being demolished in 1937. It was replaced by the 2,400-seat Royal Cinema, which opened the following year. The cinema survived the Plymouth Blitz during the Second World War, which destroyed the adjoining hotel and assembly rooms. By 1954 the decline in cinema-going caused by the rise of television led to the cinema’s being partly converted back to a theatre and rechristened as the Theatre Royal Cinema. In 1958 it was renamed the ABC Plymouth. It is now a three-screen cinema known as the Reel Plymouth, run by Reel Cinemas.
Twinned Grand Opening June 8, 1979 – Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” and Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin and Maximilian Schell in Anthony Harvey’s “Players” at the newly twinned Capitol Cinemas in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Print ad, article and photo added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
This is the original Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack. It was renamed the Electric and then possibly Rialto before the new one was built at a different address. The Moveum operated 1909-1937. Though this photo was dated 1905, so possibly opened earlier. Courtesy Brian Marsh.
The Lyric Theater opened in 1917. It became the Wyoming Theater in 1920. Images added with additional history.
July 1, 1986 photo credit Western History Center at Casper College.
Images added, including 1950 with original facade and marquee.
Under construction, April 1968 photo credit Chuck Morrison Collection. Courtesy Western History Center at Casper College. Appears to show possible previous signage. Construction sign promoting 750 Cars, which may or may not have happened.
Undated auditorium photo added credit Fredric Schulte Family Collection, courtesy Western History Center at Casper College.
Iris Stadium 8 was constructed in the former Yellowstone Flea Market building which appears to have originally been a garage. Images added. Today it is The Lyric, an event venue. Website and Facebook page below.
http://www.casperlyric.com/?fbclid=IwAR1WBIYKMGUwLOCoAOQR6nFnT1EW-fq3Zt874GFxrr2yXcjbAiymyhK_Rko
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/The-Lyric-1781413678747155/
History page from the Southern Theater website.
https://southerntheater.org/page/history?fbclid=IwAR3TgzucO_fvodqw2_B195w_pK7SvDfmRh515gD2WN6oFzx-fiS_TojVhKY
1952 photo credit Minnesota Historical Society.
March 1939.
Images added credit Minnesota Historical Society, via link below with additional history and photos.
http://twincitiesmusichighlights.net/venues/bijou/?fbclid=IwAR0WwJMrAPgn-hsuaP6jJnqOIleUytxWQrPg20KpECq75qBEtHpuyVo6YSI
Last film at the Lyric Theatre was John Wayne in “Rio Lobo” in January 1971. Image added courtesy Philip Wagner.
November 8, 1972 photo credit Regene Radniecki/Star Tribune via Getty Images.
North Front Street Looking East.
Address was 114th Avenue and Groat Road, per the above August 12, 1965 reopening ad as Westmount Theatre, and the June 9, 1967 image added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
1964 photo credit William Reagh.
Stumbled across this on the Haunted History Facebook page.
History & Haunting of Plymouth’s Reel Cinema,Plymouth, Devon, England Plymouth’s Reel Cinema has plenty of claims to fame. It played host to the likes of The Beatles in the 1960s as well as many others. And now it reportedly hosts a number of ghosts. The building was erected on the site of the former Theatre Royal. And ‘Emily’ is a former actress who reportedly haunts the cinema’s ‘screen two’. Emily is said to have committed suicide in one of the dressing rooms of the old theatre. One of the projectionists at the cinema has reportedly seen a woman sitting in one of the front rows wearing a 1940s-style dress. During the Blitz a German bomb reportedly exploded near the front of the building killing a group of people rushing out of the theatre to get to a nearby bomb shelter. In 2010 a woman visited the women’s toilets and locked herself in a cubicle. She became startled when someone or something knocked on the cubicle door. On opening the door, the woman found no-one there. A strange young man has also been seen walking around another screen at the cinema. The man reportedly sits behind someone – but all that can be seen is the seat go down as if someone is sitting there. ? :/
Black Cats Paranormal Channel investigation here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc9EO_XdTU In 1758 a theatre was built at the top of George Street in Plymouth. Originally known as the Theatre, Frankfort-Gate, it adopted the name Theatre Royal after King George III and his family visited it in 1789. The decline in theatre-going caused by the rise in cinema attendance resulted in the building being demolished in 1937. It was replaced by the 2,400-seat Royal Cinema, which opened the following year. The cinema survived the Plymouth Blitz during the Second World War, which destroyed the adjoining hotel and assembly rooms. By 1954 the decline in cinema-going caused by the rise of television led to the cinema’s being partly converted back to a theatre and rechristened as the Theatre Royal Cinema. In 1958 it was renamed the ABC Plymouth. It is now a three-screen cinema known as the Reel Plymouth, run by Reel Cinemas.
October 2019 street view shows the facade still standing, semi trailers stacked in front.
2012 link with additional early history.
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6868501&postcount=25404&fbclid=IwAR0HGK1dngzixQJzN1JbV1bHlbAzlbQKqbY5zxv1aFz1jow1Al5wIRbJ99E
1931 newspaper image added courtesy AL L Guevara.
New page for the original Moveum Theatre down the street.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/62608
Twinned Grand Opening June 8, 1979 – Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver in Ridley Scott’s “Alien” and Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin and Maximilian Schell in Anthony Harvey’s “Players” at the newly twinned Capitol Cinemas in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Print ad, article and photo added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
This is the original Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack. It was renamed the Electric and then possibly Rialto before the new one was built at a different address. The Moveum operated 1909-1937. Though this photo was dated 1905, so possibly opened earlier. Courtesy Brian Marsh.
Astor marquee on the left. Circa June 1960 photo credit Angelo Cozzi\Mondadori via Getty Images.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/couple-walking-hand-in-hand-in-front-of-a-cinema-in-news-photo/472125388?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
“The Girl Who Came To Supper” premiered at the Broadway Theatre December 8, 1963.