Gates Theatre

322 High Street,
Portsmouth, VA 23704

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This theater, which was located on High Street, closed in the late 50s, and has since been torn down. In the 1945 Film Daily Yearbook, the Gates is shown as open with seating for 726.

Any further information on this theater would be appreciated.

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2006 at 6:37 am

Here is an undated photo, probably from the 1930s:
http://tinyurl.com/gn3o5

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2006 at 6:42 am

Here are two undated photos showing the front and back of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/jjs5w
http://tinyurl.com/k8ob8

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 15, 2006 at 1:11 pm

The Gates theater in Portsmouth had a Moller theater organ opus 5272 size 2/6 installed in 1928.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 3, 2010 at 9:23 pm

The Gates closed in 1957.

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