Canby Theatre

Website is closed, no showtimes online, Facebook page not being upgraded. This sounds like that it closed.

I spent many hours in The CANBY THEATER. Myself & my sisters saw many Saturday Matinees with Roy Rogers, Alan “Rocky” Lane & Tarzan during the late 1940s & throughout the 1950s.
I knew Bill Flieder’s kids: Marlene, Willa & Jan.

ROGER

Good story StarShine.Bet you were a most popular kid.

The first movie shown at the Canby Theatre grand opening on November 15, 1939 was “HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE.” The first showing was a matinee at 4:00 p.m. for school children. HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE was also shown twice that evening. Hey, I had a great time ‘growing up’ in the Canby Theatre. Because my Dad was the builder/owner, I got free admission and all the popcorn I could eat (also various jobs where I earned money.) Projectionists Emil Flieder (my Uncle) and Lloyd Foss sometimes gave a private showing of a cartoon on a weekday afternoon for family and friends …. !!

I stopped by Canby Theatres in June; I talked briefly with the owner who graciously opened the front door and let me (and husband) inside the lobby. He said we could look around the building. The owner said the marque needed repair work which would begin during 2011.

Glad to see Canby Theatres open and operating. The original grand opening of the Canby Theatre was November 15, 1939. My father built it and owned it until January 1, 1966.

Check us out at http://canbytheatres.com/ or http://canbycinemas.com/

We plan to post updates there. Give us some time. We are remodeling the theatre for Thanksgiving and we will upload pictures after Thanksgiving. Stay tuned.

I will not be there but you can meet Sherry – Deputy Registrar. Her office is in the theatre building. She sells licence tabs and also books my movies. She works on Friday. Friday morning for sure. Can you make it?

I am the new owner of the Canby, MN theatres. I bought the theatres because I fell in love with the building. If anyone has old pictures of the theatres or the neighborhood I would love to see them and probably display them in the theatre. Also I can get news clippings I would like to frame them and display them in the theatre. I will definitely jog memories.

Canby, MN and Canby, OR are ‘sister’ cities. I can remember that when Canby, MN had it’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration (75th anniversary of city) in 1954, their were exchanges and congratulations between officials of the two cities.
Canby, MN population is presently about 1900 while Canby, OR population is close to 13,000.
Too bad there is not a cinema in Canby, OR. I certainly enjoyed growing up in a movie theatre; my father built the Canby, MN Theatre in 1939. I enjoyed the entertainment and part-time jobs. Jobs were provided for many young people: popcorn and candy vendors, ticket sellers, ticket takers, and occasional cleanup duties.

Yes, I have been sorting through old newspaper clippings and articles from the Canby News which were stored for a long time either at the Canby Theatre or at the Wm. Flieder family residence. I also have clippings regarding Canby’s Broadway Theatre going back to about 1930.

After my post on Feb. 16th, I looked through the listing of Theatre architects on cinematreasures website. It seems that the architect is not Crozier spelled with a ‘Z’ but probably Perry E. Crosier. Mr. Crosier designed theatres in the Mpls.-St.Paul area most of which have been demolished or closed. The Mpls. Avalon Theatre, a theatre in Marshfield, WI and the Canby Theatre are still operating.

Willa, is that you?

NOW PLAYING MR BROOKS AND SURFS UP>>>>>>>>>>

Here’s a link to the ‘Canby News’: http://www.frontiernet.net/~cnews/

Click on the entertainment link at the News to see what’s playing this week at the theatre.