Heights Theater

Was this theater at one time called the Strand?
My great uncle owned a Strand theater in Elmira. It was 2nd run with double bills changing every three days and the theater was dark on Wednesdays. Closed in the mid 1960’s. I remember visiting him a couple of times when I was around 11 years old and always had the greatest time. The projectionist let me rewind reels and showed me how to do reel change-overs. The screen was always exposed although there was a curtain but not operational. The black border curtains did open wider for Scope pictures . .. although the extra width seemed to be just a few feet on either side. So there was really not much difference in screen size between Flat and Scope films. The projector’s anamorphic lens could be adjusted to fit the screen and I’m sure that to fill the top and bottom of the screen the sides of the picture were heavily cropped.

I’m pretty sure this was formerly the Strand, although the Strand had a moving light marque, so I may be mistaken.

This is a recent close-up view of the Heights marquee.

Here’s a 2008 view of the HEIGHTS. I went here as a kid in the 1950’s.
http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index3.html

Good luck Craig!! I know you had put a lot of hard work and money into the Heights.

Don…

This is a recent photo of the Heights Theater.