Loma Theatre

kencmcintyre on March 16, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Here is part of an article dated ¾/64 from the Benton Harbor News-Palladium:

COLOMA â€" With the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, scenes of the United States passed across the screen of the new Loma Theater and motion pictures returned to Coloma last night after a four-and-one-half ear absence. A special showing of Elia Kazan’s “America, America” was the feature film shown to a special audience invited to the grand premiere opening of the theater, restablished in the city by Jack Lalo, new owner-manager.

Mr. and Mrs. Lalo welcomed dignitaries and citizens of the area to the theater. The Coloma High School band provided music for the event. In a short program before the showing of the film, Coloma Mayor Glenn Randall presented a proclamation to the Lalo family to commemorate the opening of the newly-remodeled theater.

Lalo purchased the theater building from from Tom DeRosa last year. DeRosa had used the building to house a furniture store after the theater was sold four and half years ago by Ethel Kilmark, who had operated the movie house since 1935. The Loma was started in 1913 by Dr. W.A. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Alguire operated the theater until 1935.

Lalo had the inside of the thealer remodeled, installing new seats, projection equipment, carpets, wall coverings, screen and other details. Until the purchase of the theater, Lalo, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, was an employee in the research laboratory of Whirlpool Corp.

lostmemory on August 5, 2007 at 3:29 pm

A 2007 photo of the Loma Theater can be seen here.

lostmemory on May 28, 2006 at 4:32 pm

This is a recent photo of the Loma Theater.

Chuck1231 on May 4, 2005 at 6:28 pm

This link will take you to a pretty good photo of the Loma Theatre.
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