Esquire Theatre
2961 N. Illinois Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46208
2961 N. Illinois Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46208
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Constructed as the Garrick Theatre in 1914, became the Esquire Theatre on November 3, 1939. The theatre has a 2 manual Kimball Organ.
The Kimball organ in the Garrick Theater was a Size 2/7 installed in 1914.
There’s no address on the caption, but I believe this circa 1960 photo is of the Esquire Theater and not the Esquire Cinema:
http://tinyurl.com/qsw9c
Joseph Cantor operated the Esquire Theater in 1963 as part of his Cantor Theaters chain. The other Cantor venues at the time, both in Indianapolis, were the Lafayette Road Outdoor Theater and the Shadeland Outdoor Theater.
Here is an item dated 12/20/56 from the Anderson Herald:
INDIANAPOLIS (UP) â€" The Esquire Theater Wednesday announced it will not show the controversial movie “Baby Doll”, the picture recently denounced by Francis Cardinal Spellman as “immoral.” The management of the theater said it has cancelled the movie, scheduled to open next Wednesday. No other bookings have been made here.
A spokesman for the theater said the cancellation resulted from a difference of opinion with Warner Bros., distributors of the film. He said the controversy was over “conditions under which the picture would playâ€.
The Esquire was apparently an art house in its last years. A September 25, 1972, Boxoffice item about the Rivoli Theatre and manager Thomas Ferree’s intention to experiment with running foreign films quoted him saying “When the Esquire Theatre died in 1969 those films died with it.”
From BOXOFFICE MAY 1986 The 350 seat ESQUIRE THEATRE is no more.The theatre has been dismantled.The theatre opened in April 1972 as a JERRY LEWIS CINEMA.The name was changed to ESQUIRE by Heaston Productions in May 1973.
Are you sure about that Mike ,the photo posted above sure looks a lot older than a 70’s theatre.
MikeRogers,
I think your post above should go here:
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Thanks Mark L, I knew something was not right.