Multiple images added.
One has the following history.
Built in 1922 to accommodate 1200 seats.
Owned by George Cook who died in 1959.
His daughter Louise Cook came from Toronto in 1966 and still operates it.
This history courtesy Dave Taylor.
Note it confirms the 1907 opening date, different address and seating capacity.
“The Majestic Theater opened at 324 Maynard St. on September 19, 1907 with 1,100 seats; it was owned by Charles August Sauer, a lumber baron, and the structure was a former roller skating rink. Sauer and his brother built the first City Hall for Ann Arbor in 1907, and he became Mayor of Ann Arbor in 1915; unfortunately he passed away that same year at the age of 48 of typhoid fever shortly before Christmas.”
Circa 1971 photo added courtesy Photographs From The 1970s.
1950 Christmas Parade photo added credit Chattanooga History Center.
Rivoli seen briefly in this YouTube video too. Courtesy the Picnooga Facebook page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2dPi_VtgU&feature=em-upload_owner&fbclid=IwAR0gSjYaimPdPtaCD97ZPqs3EKduzTf3grDcx8qY_W8I6FnJlgbEYrndXYQ
Additional Rivoli history below.
https://noogatoday.6amcity.com/lost-chattanooga-the-rivoli-theatre-in-east-chattanooga/?fbclid=IwAR2LIjLwCadO86H_tEm2tY71Gd6ZV9I412b4b8_6AsoABSOXM5Nojqkz1bs
October 1981 photo added credit NYU Archives.
Inset is October 1981 photo credit NYU Archives.
1983 photo credit Andy Freeberg.
LA Times article about the 2019 closing.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-01/avalon-theater-catalina-island-hollywood
Multiple images added. One has the following history. Built in 1922 to accommodate 1200 seats. Owned by George Cook who died in 1959. His daughter Louise Cook came from Toronto in 1966 and still operates it.
There was an earlier Lyric Theatre that was next door to the Grand Opera House. Evidence in the vintage postcard posted to both pages.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/10833/photos/63350
This is likely the pre-fire Lyric facade.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017845159/
Built in 1908 according to the city of Blue Island. The original burned down in 1896. Early 1900s construction photo added to gallery.
http://www.blueisland.org/landmarks/41-opera/
Roosevelt marquee at 20:21 in below video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKX5uZ5FGjU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0ntF8bmPzDmrAoskisLP14kI_VBlSE8TTTdfS0dGO6Ut4c7flmfX3QDZI
11/26/33 photo & description added courtesy Frank N Karen Burval.
1969 photo added credit Thom Fitzberger.
American Theatre marquee on the far right.
Description credit Nevada Armored Transport, Inc. 1946-1984;
“Circus World” starring John Wayne & Rita Hayworth was the first movie shown there premiering opening day January 13, 1965.
Campus Theatre in this video.
http://onthebanks.msu.edu/Object/1-4-17D7/once-in-a-lifetime-1978/?fbclid=IwAR39YgrtAMLAGjX4MW7Wqew8zUAKnH4nrRxpYQruOwy_gbbXs1z8nMOBcTI
Summer 1971 photo added credit P.A.H.S. scanned by Lanny Reed.
Circa 1960 photo added credit Arcade Historical Society.
This history courtesy Dave Taylor. Note it confirms the 1907 opening date, different address and seating capacity.
“The Majestic Theater opened at 324 Maynard St. on September 19, 1907 with 1,100 seats; it was owned by Charles August Sauer, a lumber baron, and the structure was a former roller skating rink. Sauer and his brother built the first City Hall for Ann Arbor in 1907, and he became Mayor of Ann Arbor in 1915; unfortunately he passed away that same year at the age of 48 of typhoid fever shortly before Christmas.”
Link with 1976 photos.
https://aadl.org/taxonomy/term/117605?fbclid=IwAR2aT3cLDWSvgXPKeFEzbTqOGGOgNei3R—cdWnYs4VHk5wJB8_u181qQDI
Varsity vertical sign on the far right in 1974, in below link.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/11/26/minneapolis-1974/?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-11-27
Hollywood Reporter piece.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-keep-new-yorks-paris-theater-open-1257882?fbclid=IwAR0VyWeaKoE9Hhyjw0YxUlkzPL3xd_9JwAryJ8JGGJscEf9rNYnq2Kd-iUY
1941 postcard added courtesy Darin Kuna.