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ChrisB commented about Sunset Drive-In on Aug 13, 2023 at 2:28 pm

Update: A print of “A Night at the Sunset” has finally turned up in the David Szabo collection at the Chicago Film Archive. Will try to rent a copy and post more info.

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ChrisB commented about Elk Theatre on Apr 15, 2021 at 12:57 am

Address is 124 E. Main St.; since then it was torn down and replaced by the Citizens National Bank. The building on the right still stands.

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ChrisB commented about Joy Theater on Mar 31, 2021 at 12:05 am

Thanks Bob - upgraded it. An obituary I found online for Norman Key states that the theater closed by the early 1970s.

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ChrisB commented about Major Theatre on Aug 12, 2020 at 10:19 pm

Complete link: http://web.archive.org/web/20080907181207/http://www.reeldiaries.com/moviehouse/articl es/majortheater.htm

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ChrisB commented about New Cuba Theater on Apr 7, 2020 at 7:38 pm

And the building still exists; address is 108 S. 4th Street.

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ChrisB commented about New Cuba Theater on Apr 7, 2020 at 7:28 pm

1953 Cuba High School yearbook ad lists the owners as Ray Murphy and Russell McConkey.

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ChrisB commented about Warren Theatre on Aug 1, 2018 at 10:58 pm

Should be changed to “demolished.” Comparing the buildings in the photo to current Google Street View, the location was on the 100 block of East Johnson Avenue, and is now a vacant lot between the W. A. Benzie Building and a gas station.

1949 Warren High School yearbook ad listed the names P.E. Snyder and P. T. Ildved; owners or owner and manager?

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ChrisB commented about Pickens Theater on Feb 1, 2018 at 6:24 am

Address is 301 1st Street South. The building now houses a chiropractic office.

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ChrisB commented about Old Town Palace Theatre on Jul 12, 2017 at 6:44 am

Looks like it was known as the Rialto at some point – I’ve added a photo from the 1950 Cottonwood High School yearbook.

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ChrisB commented about Odem-Medo Drive-In on May 19, 2017 at 11:42 pm

Aodem, check out the 1959 photo of the Odem Theatre I posted on its page – are the three people on the right Flossie, your mother, and Milt?

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ChrisB commented about Odem-Medo Drive-In on May 19, 2017 at 11:38 pm

The first listing for the Odem-Medo I’ve found was an ad in the 1952 Redmond High School yearbook announcing the opening of the drive-in.

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ChrisB commented about Odem Theater Pub on May 19, 2017 at 10:56 pm

The Odem Theatre last advertised in the Redmond High School yearbook in 1959.

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ChrisB commented about Downtown Lyceum on May 14, 2017 at 3:56 pm

Found a couple slides of an outdoor theater in Guantanamo Bay from circa 1957 in this eBay auction; is it the same place? Movie on the marquee is Rock, Pretty Baby. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cuba-Street-Scenes-Cars-Stores-1950s-Naval-Base-35mm-Slides-Lot-10/182535206206?trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40130%26meid%3Dad0ee178dbf24cb9abc58574c3f78f57%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D401312234715

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ChrisB commented about Regent Theatre on Jul 26, 2016 at 9:11 pm

WWII photos circa 1945 show it as the Palace, with a blade sign and a small marquee.

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ChrisB commented about Tuscan Drive-In on Jul 10, 2016 at 7:30 am

Added another photo from ‘58. If you think it looked desolate in the first shot, it’s even more so in the snow.

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ChrisB commented about Sands Drive-In on Jul 9, 2016 at 8:56 pm

Got the photo loaded – mods please correct the state (did Elkhart extend into OK in 1958 or is that more recent?). Same guy managed the Doric in midtown.

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ChrisB commented about Doric Theatre on Jul 9, 2016 at 4:28 am

The manager in 1958 was Delbert Stewart, per an ad in that year’s Elkhart High School yearbook.

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ChrisB commented about Tuscan Drive-In on Jul 9, 2016 at 4:11 am

The second one is the Sands Drive-In – starting a page on it now.

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ChrisB commented about Lanier Theatres on Mar 3, 2016 at 8:22 pm

Does anyone know the correct opening date? It had to have been 1965 at the latest, not 1975.

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ChrisB commented about Sierra Theatre on May 30, 2015 at 6:00 am

Four photos added from Chowchilla Union High School yearbooks.

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ChrisB commented about Boulevard Drive-In on Mar 23, 2015 at 5:07 pm

Added clearer image of the 1941 photo plus close-up of ticket booth (admission 30 cents for adults, 10 cents for kids).

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ChrisB commented about Earle Theatre on Nov 17, 2014 at 9:40 pm

Marquee and “EARLE” sign can be seen in this shot from 1952: http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/btpe/id/408/rec/232

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ChrisB commented about Garden Theatre on Oct 21, 2014 at 3:59 pm

March 6, 1951 photo here (zoom in): http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/CLF/id/8522/rec/27

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ChrisB commented about Lake Theatre on Sep 12, 2014 at 7:07 pm

The Lake briefly appears in the 1975 Jonathan Demme film Crazy Mama. The scene is set in 1958 and the marquee shows Vertigo and Man of the West. I’ve posted a composite image made from several frames since the shot panned down and across it.

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ChrisB commented about Wheeling Twin Drive-In on Feb 16, 2014 at 2:33 am

Added a photo of the drive-in I took in the summer of 1980.