Alger Theatre
24 South F Street,
Lakeview,
OR
97630
24 South F Street,
Lakeview,
OR
97630
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Dennis Cozzalio wrote a wonderful piece about visiting this childhood haunt of his…or at least it was wonderful until a clueless projectionist tried to slough off running a scope movie with a flat lens:
http://sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com/2011/08/once-again-into-lobby-return-visit-to.html
From the 1950s a photo postcard from Lakeview that captured a view of the Alger Theatre.
2009 close up of the marquee and box office
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Here is another photo of the Alger.
The Alger Theater is listed in the 1950 Film Daily with 500 seats.
This 2007 article gives the year built as 1940 and seat count as 344.
In the introduction above, “Art Deco” is a link that brings you back to this page. I don’t see the purpose of it.
More photos can be seen here.
In the early sixties, Alger Theaters, headquartered in Lakeview, ran the Alger, Marius Theater and Circle J-M Drive-In, all in Lakeview. President was Janice Alger.
This is a recent photo of the Alger Theater.
From the UC Davis collection:
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I visited Lakeview on May 12 and 13. The Alger Theater is open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for movies but they are getting Star Wars III next week so will be open Thursday-Sunday. This theater is a classic looking 1930’s era theater which needs just a little tender loving care (paint, poster displays windows and lighting). Otherwise it’s a gem.