Mamo Theatre

Mamo Street,
Hilo, HI

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 15, 2007 at 11:57 am

In 1981, the Mamo was part of the Royal Theaters chain, headquartered in Honolulu. President was Irving H. Levin. The other Royal theaters at that time were the King Twin in Honolulu, the Waialae Drive-In in Kahala, the New Royal and Royal Marine Twin in Waikiki Beach and the Royal Sunset Drive-In in Waipahu.

DonLewis
DonLewis on November 7, 2006 at 4:57 pm

My photograph of the MAMO sign.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/292014486/

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 23, 2005 at 12:16 pm

This is a drawing that shows how the Yura-Kwan theater was remodeled and became the Mamo theater:
http://www.palacehilo.org/MamoSideElev.jpg

Johnnytodd
Johnnytodd on March 21, 2005 at 10:19 am

Looking at the photo it seems like a miracle that this theater wasn’t destroyed. I am a big believer in fate.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 21, 2005 at 8:54 am

This theater survived a tsunami in 1960. This is a photo of the aftermath of the tsunami:
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This caption was with the photo:
“Hilo after the 1960 tsunami waves destroyed buildings along Mamo Street in front of the Mamo Theater and Diama’s Barber Shop”.

RobertR
RobertR on March 21, 2005 at 8:11 am

The whole place looks like it could have collapsed.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 20, 2005 at 6:13 pm

The Mamo Theater was located on Mamo Street. Here is a 1995 photo of the Mamo with part of its roof collapsed:
http://www.palacehilo.org/MamoWreckageA1995.jpg