The pride of San Juan County, the San Juan Theatre opened on August 23, 1946 with “Duffy’s Tavern.” As of the 2020s, it is a second-run theatre showing Hollywood hits within a month of their original release date.
John Post “J.P.” Masters opened here as the Elite Theatre with its first advertised show on October 19, 1911 for Crescent Amusement Company. A gold and mahogany interior impressed movie goers as well as flicker-free Motiograph projectors.
It became the Carpenter-Dent-Sublet Drug Store thereafter. But J.P. would continue operating theatres before retiring after nearly 50 years in the biz in 1960.
Opened November 3, 1924 with the play, “Welcome, Stranger,” and a Hope Jones Wurlitzer $12,000 pipe organ concert for Lucian E. and Clarence E. Oakley. September 18, 1928 was its last day with “Three Ring Marriage” when a hurricane gutted the venue. Publix surveyed the damage and was able to salvage both the $20,000 Kettler Wurlitzer and the Oakley Wurlitzer. But the Oakley auditorium, itself, was razed on November 30, 1928. It was rebuilt launching on January 10, 1929 with a sound system.
The Trail Drive-In opened March 14, 1968 with “Fitzwilly and “Rough Night in Jericho.” It was renamed as the Lake Worth Drive-In Theatre. Eldon Bogess of D&D Steel in Fort Worth, Texas supervised the raising of the, 45x90, $21,000, 12-ton screen at the $300,000 500-car capacity LW-DI on February 5, 1968 for operators Clyde N. Hall and Frank C. Clements.
It was renamed as the Lake Worth Drive-In Theatre. It closed for films with “Resident Evil” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” on December 5, 2021. It carried on as a swap shop
If you hit the “Photos” tab, a facsimile of the opening ad is there and pinpoints the opening date of June 16, 1945 with Freddie Bartholomew in “The Town Went Wild”. The AI tool simply took the old entry as it appeared prior to the exact opening date being provided.
The New Princess was a sound-era venue and it launched for Rakes on December 19, 1932 with 250 seats. with Jack Holt in “Man Against Woman” supported by a cartoon and comedy short.
Tonie Zoellers' Jackson Theatre was destroyed by fire December 20, 1919. Thomas H. Wylie converted a different building for the next and temporary theatre in late March of 1920. The new-build Pastime Theatre was constructed at 358 Broadway in the meantime by T.H. Wylie and opened in July of 1920. It was converted to sound to remain commercially viable.
The Pastime closed on September 16, 1951 with “Panhandle” and “Flame of Samboul.” It was used for events and for religious services for the next five years as the “old” Pastime Theatre. Stamper Hardware expanded into the space in February of 1957.
Curtis Childers and Ervine Turner opened the New Theatre namelessly and a moniker contest on August 3, 1940 with “Outpost of the Mounties” and “Blondie on a Budget.” That turned out to be the Jaxson as submitted by R.T. Davis Coal Company employee Raleigh Moore. He received a three-month free pass.
The Jaxson Theatre closed March 9, 1963 with “The Lawless Breed” supported by Chapter 7 of “Tex Granger: The Midnight Rider of the Plains” and a cartoon. The auditorium was gutted by a fire not long after showtimes. The building was repaired and retrofitted for the Jackson Department Store that opened on August 3, 1963.
Opened Sep. 4, 1936 with “Rhythm on the Range” supported by “Our Gang” in “Pinch Singer” and the Haman-Ising animated short, “Bottles.” Appears to have been architected by Johnson & Maack. William Earl Horsefield closed the Princess moving here. Its continuous service ended on March 5, 1978 with “Airport ‘77” although it did have some free and charity shows mixed in during 1978.
Jim McElroy built a drive-in on the family farm property at the same time that Sunset Amusement was trying to get its Drive-In to the finish line in 1952. And two weeks prior to the Sunset opening, the Broadview was first through the Drive-In door in Union County on June 26, 1952 with “Warpath.” McElroy bought out the competition a mere nine years later sunsetting the sunset after its 1961 season. In June of 1987, Jim and Sam McElroy announced that they would not open for the 1987 seasons closing the ‘view. The land was used for other non-theatrical purposes with a plan for a 21-lot subdivision. The equipment was sold off. Final films were “Space Camp” and “Jewel of the Nile” on Labor Day Weekend 1986.
It operated as a movie house until 1976 with “Sasquatch” its last advertised movie on March 8, 1976 It was a live venue for a period, as well.
The New Little Theatre replaces the littler Little Theatre on November 18, 1936 with “Tell No Tales.”
The Nu Vu Drive-In closed on July 31, 1979 at the end of its 25 year leasing agreement with “Take Down.” The screen was taken down on August 4, 1980.
The pride of San Juan County, the San Juan Theatre opened on August 23, 1946 with “Duffy’s Tavern.” As of the 2020s, it is a second-run theatre showing Hollywood hits within a month of their original release date.
In the background is the Boulevard Theatre
The Riverside bows out in style on Labor Day weekend with a September 2, 1984 showing of Boogey Man, House Where Death Lives, Halloween and Zombies.
First of two homes for the Crescent Theatre was here on Park Row in 1908.
The Crescent Entertainment Company’s third theatre in town opens with “Mr. Barnes of New York” on July 24, 1914.
The twin auditoriums each had 320 seats for a 640 seat cap.
November 5, 1972 - end of the line for the Lost River D-I.
John Post “J.P.” Masters opened here as the Elite Theatre with its first advertised show on October 19, 1911 for Crescent Amusement Company. A gold and mahogany interior impressed movie goers as well as flicker-free Motiograph projectors.
It became the Carpenter-Dent-Sublet Drug Store thereafter. But J.P. would continue operating theatres before retiring after nearly 50 years in the biz in 1960.
Opened November 3, 1924 with the play, “Welcome, Stranger,” and a Hope Jones Wurlitzer $12,000 pipe organ concert for Lucian E. and Clarence E. Oakley. September 18, 1928 was its last day with “Three Ring Marriage” when a hurricane gutted the venue. Publix surveyed the damage and was able to salvage both the $20,000 Kettler Wurlitzer and the Oakley Wurlitzer. But the Oakley auditorium, itself, was razed on November 30, 1928. It was rebuilt launching on January 10, 1929 with a sound system.
The Trail Drive-In opened March 14, 1968 with “Fitzwilly and “Rough Night in Jericho.” It was renamed as the Lake Worth Drive-In Theatre. Eldon Bogess of D&D Steel in Fort Worth, Texas supervised the raising of the, 45x90, $21,000, 12-ton screen at the $300,000 500-car capacity LW-DI on February 5, 1968 for operators Clyde N. Hall and Frank C. Clements.
It was renamed as the Lake Worth Drive-In Theatre. It closed for films with “Resident Evil” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” on December 5, 2021. It carried on as a swap shop
Closed December 10, 1978 with “Oh God!” and “The Goodbye Girl”
If you hit the “Photos” tab, a facsimile of the opening ad is there and pinpoints the opening date of June 16, 1945 with Freddie Bartholomew in “The Town Went Wild”. The AI tool simply took the old entry as it appeared prior to the exact opening date being provided.
he Cozy Theatre opened June 16, 1945 with “The Town Went Wild.” And it must have as it didn’t closed until January 29, 1984.
The Cozy Theatre opened June 16, 1945 with “The Town Went Wild.” And it must have as it didn’t closed until January 29, 1984.
The streamline moderne Clinton Theatre launched on December 4, 1939 with Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan in “Indianapolis Speedway.”
If you can add to: Blanton died in August of 1915 leaving the operation to his wife, Eva Blanton. (omitted her name)
The New Princess was a sound-era venue and it launched for Rakes on December 19, 1932 with 250 seats. with Jack Holt in “Man Against Woman” supported by a cartoon and comedy short.
Tonie Zoellers' Jackson Theatre was destroyed by fire December 20, 1919. Thomas H. Wylie converted a different building for the next and temporary theatre in late March of 1920. The new-build Pastime Theatre was constructed at 358 Broadway in the meantime by T.H. Wylie and opened in July of 1920. It was converted to sound to remain commercially viable.
The Pastime closed on September 16, 1951 with “Panhandle” and “Flame of Samboul.” It was used for events and for religious services for the next five years as the “old” Pastime Theatre. Stamper Hardware expanded into the space in February of 1957.
Curtis Childers and Ervine Turner opened the New Theatre namelessly and a moniker contest on August 3, 1940 with “Outpost of the Mounties” and “Blondie on a Budget.” That turned out to be the Jaxson as submitted by R.T. Davis Coal Company employee Raleigh Moore. He received a three-month free pass.
The Jaxson Theatre closed March 9, 1963 with “The Lawless Breed” supported by Chapter 7 of “Tex Granger: The Midnight Rider of the Plains” and a cartoon. The auditorium was gutted by a fire not long after showtimes. The building was repaired and retrofitted for the Jackson Department Store that opened on August 3, 1963.
Opened Sep. 4, 1936 with “Rhythm on the Range” supported by “Our Gang” in “Pinch Singer” and the Haman-Ising animated short, “Bottles.” Appears to have been architected by Johnson & Maack. William Earl Horsefield closed the Princess moving here. Its continuous service ended on March 5, 1978 with “Airport ‘77” although it did have some free and charity shows mixed in during 1978.
Jim McElroy built a drive-in on the family farm property at the same time that Sunset Amusement was trying to get its Drive-In to the finish line in 1952. And two weeks prior to the Sunset opening, the Broadview was first through the Drive-In door in Union County on June 26, 1952 with “Warpath.” McElroy bought out the competition a mere nine years later sunsetting the sunset after its 1961 season. In June of 1987, Jim and Sam McElroy announced that they would not open for the 1987 seasons closing the ‘view. The land was used for other non-theatrical purposes with a plan for a 21-lot subdivision. The equipment was sold off. Final films were “Space Camp” and “Jewel of the Nile” on Labor Day Weekend 1986.
About two weeks prior to the Sunset opening, the Broadview is first through the Drive-In door in Union County on June 26, 1952 with Warpath.