Garden Theatre
160 West Plant Street,
Winter Garden,
FL
34787
160 West Plant Street,
Winter Garden,
FL
34787
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Located in Winter Garden, Florida, the Garden Theatre was built and opened in 1935 as a 300 seat movie house. By 1956 it was operated by Floyd Theaters. It was shuttered in 1963. After being gutted and utilized as a warehouse for almost 40 years, the city of Winter Garden acquired the building, and has donated it to the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation for renovation.
The theater reopened February 1, 2008 as a 299-seat performing arts venue which also screens classic movies.
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Irv Lipscomb
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Hmmmm, MPol: I’m looking at the schedule and reading WEST SIDE STORY, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, MY FAIR LADY, ANYTHING GOES, GREASE, DREAMGIRLS, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, JAWS, ANIMAL HOUSE, MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL, BLAZING SADDLES, 2001, BRAVEHEART, NORTH BY NW, CASABLANCA, BEN HUR, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MAMMA MIA, MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, CORPSE BRIDE, TOOTSIE, THE GRADUATE, WAG THE DOG, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF A SPOTLESS MIND, and THE GODFATHER 1, 2 & 3. Hardly a children’s schedule. There are selected children’s films that will be matinee attractions.
The new website address for the Garden is www.gardentheatre.org
Thanks Irv.
I received 2 CT notices tonight…one was the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden FL and the other was the former Winter Garden Theatre in Jamestown NY.
A 1949 picture of this theatre, when it was known as the Winter Garden Theatre, is at this link:
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Great photo!
Picture of film being projected on the Garden Theatre’s screen, October 2, 2010 View link
Saw a picture of the Garden Theatre in a recent Retirement Magazine. It was included in an article full of accolades about Winter Garden as a premiere retirement city. It stated that the theater had been restored, which I first thought was a typo for remodeled. Since the exterior didn’t look too much like something from the
30's. But after seeing the various pictures posted, and the disaster it looked like in the late80’s, I’d say they did a fantastic job. The only detail I would have changed, was installing the two adjacent storefront doors at either end of their respective window treatments. Like the 1949 picture above seems to have them situated. Might have been overlooked, or not consistent with current codes.Here is my picture from June 2011.
Check out the new photo I just submitted showing a movie projected on the screen.