Knickerbocker Theatre

2009 photo of the Kinckerbocker AKA Holland Theatre.
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I think Holland should be the primary name with Knickerbocker as an AKA.

Here are two 1983 photos of the Holland Theater:

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That’s the first photo that I’ve seen of this theater as the Holland. I would have thought that the Water Winter Wonderland site would have had a photo of the Holland but it doesn’t.

Here is a photo of this theater as the Holland Theater.

This link will give you the schedule for the Knickerbocker Theater.

What a lovely theatre in Holland MI, home of the Tulip Festival and Hope College. I happened upon this link as I was researching another Knickerbocker that was in Columbus Ohio. In a recent magazine called Reminisce Extra there is a page entitled When Movies Were Magic and it mentions that the Knickerbocker in Columbus Ohio was owned by the Pancake Brothers. They offered the kids “The Free Show” and sometimes a free bottle of Pepsi or Royal Crown cola. In another article it says that during the 40’s in Lawrence, MA was the only city in the country that had 5 theatres in a one-block area, the Modern, the Broadway and the Palace with the Victoria across the street. Around the corner from “theatre row” was the Premier Theatre on Essex Street. About a quarter mile off Essex on Lawrence Street was the Warner, where Dorothy Lamour once led a war-bond rally. About a mile north of “theatre row” on Broadway was the Star Theatre, where free dishware was given out during Saturday matinees featuring the Buck Rogers serials starring Buster Crabbe. There were also the Capital Theatre on Common Street and the Central Theatre on Haverhill Street. Movies were the main attraction for most of us in those days, and there certainly were many theatres to choose from. These memories were contributed by Bill Guay of Salem, NH and Dale Stone of West Jefferson, OH.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_jacques_strappe/154493222/]This is a recent photo of the Knickerbocker Theater.