dallasmovietheaters says that “The Eastland Theatre closed on July 30, 1992.” In fact, the theater was still running ads with showtimes in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette until 1 August 1993 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139267926/). The next day, 2 August 1993, the theater’s name showed in the ads, but without any showtimes (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-829/139268015/). This continued until 5 August 1993 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139268344/). On 6 August 1993, the Eastland Theatre name dropped out of the listings (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139268263/). Finally, on 10 August 1993, the Post-Gazette’s “Film Notes” column took notice of the theatre’s apparent closing. (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-closed/139268463/).
Here’s an article in “The Boston Phoenix” (21 November 1978) about the efforts of community arts groups and civic activists to save the Strand and turn it into the “Harriet McCormack Center for the Arts.”
Is it possible that the Boulevard Theater at some point was known as the “Inner City Theatre”? The ad at the link below has the Boulevard’s address at its bottom. The advertised film was released in 1971, but this showing could have been any time after that.
Around April 1969, the Nittany Theatre began showing mainly adult films, starting with the X-rated “Inga” from Sweden, following later with Russ Myer’s “Vixen,” and continuing with a steady stream of others. When the Nittany closed down during the summer of 1972, the Stanley-Warner chain moved its adult film operation to the larger State Theatre, where “Deep Throat” played for six weeks between September 20 and October 31, 1972. This was followed by “Teenage Fantasies,” which played for at least 4 weeks. During this time, the newspaper ads for the State claimed that it was “Now #1 In Adult Films.”
Among the adult films that played nonstop at the State during 1973 were “Sexual Liberty Now” (January), “High Rise” (February), “The Blue Balloon” (March), “Dark Dreams” (April), “The Depraved” (May), “The Devil In Miss Jones” (June), “Clockwork Blue” (July), “Roadside Service” (August), “The Naughty Nurses” (September), “Sassy Sue” (October), “Pornography’s Superstars” (November), and “Purient Interest” (December).
The Nittany Theatre reopened as The Garden in October 1973, and also began showing some adult fare in its mix. In December 1973, The Garden was running a double bill of “Deep Throat” and “The Devil In Miss Jones.” Ads for the State (and the Cathaum) began appearing under the Cinemette banner in December 1973, signaling the acquisition of those theaters by the chain.
Beginning December 19, 1973, The State modified its all-adult format and began including some mainstream fare in its programming, starting with the R-rated horror film “The Pyx.” Later R-rated films in 1974 included George A. Romero’s “Hungry Wives” (January) and “Serpico” (February), followed by the PG-rated second-run double feature “The Way We Were”/“Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams” (April). But by May 1974, the State was back to an all-adult format, showing X-rated films such as “Teenage Cheerleader” (May), “Cherry Blossom” (June), “Country Playgirls” (July), “The Young Starlets” (August), and “Seven Delicious Wishes” (September). This continued through the end of 1974, which culminated in a six-week run of “Flesh Gordon.”
Mainstream fare continued until the start of the Fall Term in September 1975. On September 17, 1975, the State opened with the X-rated “Naked Came the Stranger,” and X-rated films continued nonstop to the end of 1975. Taking a break from adult films for the holidays, 1976 started off with “Blazing Saddles” (1974) at the State, which had a four-week run. X-rated films returned at the end of January with ‘P—-y Talk,“ and such films continued until the summer of 1976.
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A photo of The Movies from 1993 may be found here:
http://www.cinematour.com/picview.php?db=us&id=86560
Associated Theaters acquired the Twelvetrees during the summer of 1970, remodeled the theater, and renamed it The Flick. It reopened in September, at the start of the Fall 1970 term, with its first feature being Elliott Gould’s “Getting Straight.” New seats were installed in early September 1972.
In the mid-1960s, the Nittany was a first run house. In April 1966, it was showing “The Sound of Music” on a reserved-seat basis. By 1969, the Nittany was showing mainly foreign films. In January it was “Morgan” (1966) and Joseph Losey’s “Accident” (1967), in what it called a “Critics Choice” film festival. In March, it was Alain Renais' “La Guerre est Finie” (1966).
But by April 1969, the Nittany was showing mainly adult films, starting with the X-rated “Inga” from Sweden, continuing with Russ Myer’s “Vixen” and a steady stream of others. A few adult “art” films, such as Ingmar Bergman’s R-rated “Shame” (1968) also appeared. But these soon disappeared in favor of X-rated and unrated fare. The Nittany closed down during the summer of 1972. At that point, Stanley-Warner moved its adult film operation to the larger State Theatre, where “Deep Throat” played in September 1972.
The Nittany re-opened as The Garden Theatre on October 26, 1973 with a double feature of “Extreme Close-Up” (1973) and “The Boys In the Band” (1970). The Garden Theatre was damaged by a fire attributed to arson on January 28, 1980 and reopened after repairs in January 1981. The Garden closed in January 1986. At the time, the building was owned by Sidney Friedman of State College and leased by Cinemette Corporation.
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The Movies opened on May 3, 1972. The first feature shown was George Harrison’s “The Concert for Bangladesh.”
Associated Theaters operated the Cinema I and II for the years I attended PSU (1969-73). I saw many films there during that time. It looks like it was kept in good condition right to the end.
When it was still called the Twelvetrees, I made the mistake of first seeing “2001: A Space Odyssey” there on the tiny screen. (The film played much better a few years later when I saw it at the Cathaum.) The Twelvetrees was a better theater for old W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy films, which I also saw there, in October 1969.
The Liberty was still showing regular films in early 1966. In the January-February 1966 timeframe I saw the double feature “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” films “The Spy With My Face” and “To Trap a Spy” at the Liberty.
dallasmovietheaters says that “The Eastland Theatre closed on July 30, 1992.” In fact, the theater was still running ads with showtimes in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette until 1 August 1993 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139267926/). The next day, 2 August 1993, the theater’s name showed in the ads, but without any showtimes (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-829/139268015/). This continued until 5 August 1993 (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139268344/). On 6 August 1993, the Eastland Theatre name dropped out of the listings (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-theatre/139268263/). Finally, on 10 August 1993, the Post-Gazette’s “Film Notes” column took notice of the theatre’s apparent closing. (https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-eastland-closed/139268463/).
Here’s an article in “The Boston Phoenix” (21 November 1978) about the efforts of community arts groups and civic activists to save the Strand and turn it into the “Harriet McCormack Center for the Arts.”
https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1978-11-21_7_47/page/n1/mode/1up
Here, the building is listed on the website of the Society of Architectural Historians:
https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-DR11
Is it possible that the Boulevard Theater at some point was known as the “Inner City Theatre”? The ad at the link below has the Boulevard’s address at its bottom. The advertised film was released in 1971, but this showing could have been any time after that.
https://i.imgur.com/P7O8X4j.jpg
Around April 1969, the Nittany Theatre began showing mainly adult films, starting with the X-rated “Inga” from Sweden, following later with Russ Myer’s “Vixen,” and continuing with a steady stream of others. When the Nittany closed down during the summer of 1972, the Stanley-Warner chain moved its adult film operation to the larger State Theatre, where “Deep Throat” played for six weeks between September 20 and October 31, 1972. This was followed by “Teenage Fantasies,” which played for at least 4 weeks. During this time, the newspaper ads for the State claimed that it was “Now #1 In Adult Films.”
Among the adult films that played nonstop at the State during 1973 were “Sexual Liberty Now” (January), “High Rise” (February), “The Blue Balloon” (March), “Dark Dreams” (April), “The Depraved” (May), “The Devil In Miss Jones” (June), “Clockwork Blue” (July), “Roadside Service” (August), “The Naughty Nurses” (September), “Sassy Sue” (October), “Pornography’s Superstars” (November), and “Purient Interest” (December).
The Nittany Theatre reopened as The Garden in October 1973, and also began showing some adult fare in its mix. In December 1973, The Garden was running a double bill of “Deep Throat” and “The Devil In Miss Jones.” Ads for the State (and the Cathaum) began appearing under the Cinemette banner in December 1973, signaling the acquisition of those theaters by the chain.
Beginning December 19, 1973, The State modified its all-adult format and began including some mainstream fare in its programming, starting with the R-rated horror film “The Pyx.” Later R-rated films in 1974 included George A. Romero’s “Hungry Wives” (January) and “Serpico” (February), followed by the PG-rated second-run double feature “The Way We Were”/“Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams” (April). But by May 1974, the State was back to an all-adult format, showing X-rated films such as “Teenage Cheerleader” (May), “Cherry Blossom” (June), “Country Playgirls” (July), “The Young Starlets” (August), and “Seven Delicious Wishes” (September). This continued through the end of 1974, which culminated in a six-week run of “Flesh Gordon.”
Mainstream fare continued until the start of the Fall Term in September 1975. On September 17, 1975, the State opened with the X-rated “Naked Came the Stranger,” and X-rated films continued nonstop to the end of 1975. Taking a break from adult films for the holidays, 1976 started off with “Blazing Saddles” (1974) at the State, which had a four-week run. X-rated films returned at the end of January with ‘P—-y Talk,“ and such films continued until the summer of 1976.
A photo of The Movies from 1993 may be found here: http://www.cinematour.com/picview.php?db=us&id=86560
Showings are also scheduled at Vinegar Hill for the 2016 Virginia Film festival, to be held November 3-6.
Associated Theaters acquired the Twelvetrees during the summer of 1970, remodeled the theater, and renamed it The Flick. It reopened in September, at the start of the Fall 1970 term, with its first feature being Elliott Gould’s “Getting Straight.” New seats were installed in early September 1972.
In the mid-1960s, the Nittany was a first run house. In April 1966, it was showing “The Sound of Music” on a reserved-seat basis. By 1969, the Nittany was showing mainly foreign films. In January it was “Morgan” (1966) and Joseph Losey’s “Accident” (1967), in what it called a “Critics Choice” film festival. In March, it was Alain Renais' “La Guerre est Finie” (1966).
But by April 1969, the Nittany was showing mainly adult films, starting with the X-rated “Inga” from Sweden, continuing with Russ Myer’s “Vixen” and a steady stream of others. A few adult “art” films, such as Ingmar Bergman’s R-rated “Shame” (1968) also appeared. But these soon disappeared in favor of X-rated and unrated fare. The Nittany closed down during the summer of 1972. At that point, Stanley-Warner moved its adult film operation to the larger State Theatre, where “Deep Throat” played in September 1972.
The Nittany re-opened as The Garden Theatre on October 26, 1973 with a double feature of “Extreme Close-Up” (1973) and “The Boys In the Band” (1970). The Garden Theatre was damaged by a fire attributed to arson on January 28, 1980 and reopened after repairs in January 1981. The Garden closed in January 1986. At the time, the building was owned by Sidney Friedman of State College and leased by Cinemette Corporation.
The Movies opened on May 3, 1972. The first feature shown was George Harrison’s “The Concert for Bangladesh.”
Associated Theaters operated the Cinema I and II for the years I attended PSU (1969-73). I saw many films there during that time. It looks like it was kept in good condition right to the end.
When it was still called the Twelvetrees, I made the mistake of first seeing “2001: A Space Odyssey” there on the tiny screen. (The film played much better a few years later when I saw it at the Cathaum.) The Twelvetrees was a better theater for old W.C. Fields and Laurel and Hardy films, which I also saw there, in October 1969.
The Liberty was still showing regular films in early 1966. In the January-February 1966 timeframe I saw the double feature “Man From U.N.C.L.E.” films “The Spy With My Face” and “To Trap a Spy” at the Liberty.