Town Theatre
265 E. Flagler Street,
Miami,
FL
33131
265 E. Flagler Street,
Miami,
FL
33131
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One of many theatres on fashionable Flagler Street in downtown Miami. Run by Wometco, this theatre showed many ‘B’ and exploitation films during the 1950’s.
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Bob Berg
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Al,
This is yet another fantabulous post. Did you notice that there is an ad for The Strand Theatre for “Moonlight in Havana” a 1942 film. I also noted that it was general ad for Wometco, and it was a double feature to boot! Good stuff, very good. I love it. Thanks!!!!!
I found confirmation in a May 18, 1946 Boxoffice Magazine that the Town was indeed the same as the old Miami. The name change came after a Wometco renaming contest. The move was decided once Wometco started construction on a larger theatre on Flagler street and decided to transfer the name away from this location.
http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_051846
This listing should included MIAMI as an aka name.
The Miami opened in 1937 and became the Town in 1946. This would mean it was never a silent house as I previously thought.
“Town was indeed the same as the old Miami”
Excellent news, Al. I was just sitting here looking at Google Map’s “street view” function trying to figure out if both theaters were at the same location. Now we know!
Here is a 1954 postcard:
http://tinyurl.com/ylzzwmj
When I was collecting old Miami photos back in 1984, I met the late Stanley Stern of Wometco Theaters. He showed me a great scrapbook, which included pictures of a sign company changing the name of the Miami Theater to the Town in advance of the opening of the new Miami Theater west of that location. He also shared a few photos with me, including an old color shot of the Town Theater.
Those photos are now part of the collection of my friend – South Florida historian Seth Bramson… however a digital print of that photo of the Town is on Don Boyd’s site…
Wometco place no grand opening ad on June 29th, 1946 except for its regular listings.
In 1962 we had the Olympia, the Miami, the Florida, the Paramount and the Town on Flagler Street. The Olympia was turned into the Gusman Hall, and there isn’t one movie theater downtown now.
Jeffsfonts,
Did you happen to see any pictures of the old Strand Theater on NW 7th Avenue? Wometco owned it for a while. I have been searching for a picture of the outside of the theater for quite some time. I would like to have one so we can complete the database on the Strand. We now have some pictures of the inside, which has been renovated, given that the theater is now a church. Would be nice to have some pics of the theater.
If anyone has any stories about going to/ working at this threatre in its adult days, I would love to hear them. I am chronicling the histories of adult theatres in the US. Please contact me at Thanks!