The Osage Drive-In ends its run with a Labor Day weekend triple feature of “Nature Girl and the Slaver,” “The Queen of Sheeba” and “The Alligator People” on September 5, 1960 with the drive-in began to be dismantled the next day.
The State Theatre launched September 28, 1928 with William Haines in “Excess Baggage” supported by shorts including Laurel & Hardy’s “Should Married Men Go Home?” Architects were Gemmmill & Billmeyer (plans are in photos). On August 18, 1930, the Warner Bros. circuit took on the venue along with the Strand. Warner Bros. had to divest its theatre interests and William Goldman took on the State, Strand and Park in 1950.
Goldman first closed the Strand in 1953, then the Park in 1964 and, finally, the State on February 1, 1965 with “The Americanization of Emily” and “The Secret of Magic Island.” It soon became home for a teen club and performance space. Goldman was convinced to reconsider the decision and refreshed the theatre with a lavish grand reopening on May 14, 1965 as the Hanover Theatre. Its first film was “Cheyenne October.”
Goldman sold the venue to Fox Theatres of Reading. They would build a modern single-screen theatre that became a quad in 1983. It was only a matter of time before Fox would move on from the aging downtown theatre. The theatre closed August 30, 1984 with “Oxford Blues.” (The 1986 date is in error.)
All references to the architect of this building is Gemmill & Billmeyer including signed drawings - see, e.g., Variety (August 17, 1927, p. 30).
F.S. Sechrist announced this new theatre in the Summer of 1940 launching November 15, 1940 with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in “Strike Up the Band.” It has 500-seats at opening with Simplex projection. The theatre discontinued screenings in 1987 and it was converted to a flea market.
The Star Theatre discontinued operations moving to the existing Sheppard and Meyers building on September 20, 1917. The 480-seat venue was equipped with a Malcolm Love piano and two Powers No. 6B projectors throwing to a mirrored screen that was 10' by 13'. The theatre would add a Page Organ M-X-40 Unit Orchestral and Player combined in 1927 to improve presentations of silent film.
On July 30, 1929, the Strand began showing sound films using RCA Photophone equipment with the film, “Alibi.” On August 18, 1930, the Warner Bros. circuit took on the venue along with the State. Warner Bros. had to divest its theatre interests and William Goldman took on the State, Strand and Park in 1950. Goldman played westerns almost exclusively.
Goldman closed the Strand on May 16, 1953. Within weeks, it was remodeled for a retail store.
George Osborne opened the New Star Theatre on September 15, 1923 with movies accompanied by its Page Organ M-X-40 Unit Orchestral and Player. It was offered for sale likely bailing out at the end of a five-year leasing point. It became Fisher’s Star Theatre effective with the August 21, 1928 shows under new ownership.
On February 7, 1929, it was renamed as Fisher’s State Theatre - “The Home of Better Pictures.” On April 26, 1929, it added sound with the film, “Weary River” playing at the grand reopening. It played Vitaphone and Movietone features. The theatre became, simply, the State Theatre operating to the end of a 30-year lease on April 11, 1959 with a great double feature of “Blood of the Vampire” and “Monster on Campus.” The theatre soldiered on with sporadic live events from that point with the Carroll and the local Drive-In being the places to see movies locally.
Opened as Showcase Cinemas North on December 7th, 1979. Showcase left the theatre as a 30-year lease was due to expire. Rave Motion Pictures Circuit took on it and the Showcase West location. The name here officially changed to the Rave Motion Pictures Pittsburgh North 11 on April 29, 2010. However, it was almost exclusively listed as Rave Cinemas Pittsburgh North 11 for its 2010-2012 existence likely making use of some existing signage.
In 2012, Cinemark purchased Rave and acquired the venue. Cinemark would officially change names here on July 4, 2013 to the Cinemark Pittsburgh North 11. It closed under that name in 2015.
Opened May 24, 1989 by Movie One of Texas as a sub-run discount house with “Karate Kid,” “K-9,” “Roger Rabbit,” “Rainmain,” “License to Kill,” “Weekend at Bernies,” and “UHF.“ It then became part of the Silver Cinemas Circuit in 1995 when it acquired Movie One.
Super Saver Cinema was opened by Movie One Theater Inc. of Texas - the originator of the Super Saver Cinema concept. It launched in the former G.C. Murphy retail store spot in Northway Mall. It was soon acquired in early 1990 by National Amusement which placed the Super Saver 8 under its Showcase Cinema brand.
On November 1, 2001, the venue changed names to Northway Mall Cinema 8 as National Amusements gravitated the location to first-run status. In 2005, the Northway Mall changed its name to Shoppes at Northway. The venue became known in 2005 as the Cinema 8 at the Shoppes at Northway - a mouthful - until an announced closure of January 28, 2007. It indeed closed under that name but likely discontinuing operations earlier on January 17, 2007.
Silver Cinemas operated this as a sub-run discount house under its Super Saver brand until February 29, 2000 and would proceed to shut down 17 locations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The last of the nine discount sub-run features to play that night was “Three Kings.”
Silver Cinemas operated this also as a sub-run discount house until May 1, 2000 when it shut down 17 locations including here and two other Oklahoma locations.
From 1954 to 1966, it was known and advertised as the Monocacy Open Air Theatre. The venue opened and later closed as the Monocacy Drive-In Theatre. The Monocacy closed September 3, 1984 with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” It was offered at a sheriff’s auction on May 21, 1985.
The R/C Hanover Movies 9 with 2,500 seats at launch to the plans of TK Architects. The megaplex opened with four screens available on its opening day of February 11, 2000. Opening films were “Girl, Interrupted,” “Snow Day,” “The Tigger Movie,” and “The Beach.” It was the first theatre to offer stadium seating in the town’s history. The complex would later expand to a 16-plex.
An extensive architectural redesign was approved and carried out to the plans of the firm, Hamme and Leber with the Opera House having a grand reopening in 1902.
The Park Theatre closed September 8, 1964 with Telly Savalas “The New Interns.” In August of 1967, the former Hanover Opera House turned State Theatre was demolished.
The Hanover Opera House launched with live entertainment on September 12, 1887 with Middie Maddern in “Caprice.” Moving pictures were added to the mix at least by April 13, 1907 when Harry C. Naill began playing motion pictures. They proved so popular that in 1909 two things happened. The first was that a new movie theatre with 360 seats was opened by Westfall and Nydeggor in downtown Hanover. The second was that the Opera House was modernized to the plans of architect Edward Leber of Hamme and Leber of York.
The “new” Hanover Opera House seated 1,200 with the upper balcony seating removed in 1909. Movies won as the local movie theater thrived and the Hanover Opera House was auctioned off for lack of payments just three years later. After trying live fare again, the Opera House was sold at another auction sale within eight years.
In March of 1919, new operator Fred Bitner finally installed permanent projectors with two Powers 6B units and moving to regular movie theater fare. He also brought back to the stage one Middie Maddern (now Middie Maddern Fiske) who had opened the venue almost 35 years earlier. But silent feature films proved popular and rotated with live events until the competing movie houses converted to sound. The biggest silent titles started at the Opera House including, “Birth of a Nation,” “Ben Hur,” and “The Covered Wagon.”
New operator Milton W. Shaeffer took on the venue and converted to sound on November 28, 1930 as the Park Theatre. It now had Western Electric sound and Simplex projectors. However, it soon closed as sound films weren’t satisfactory and got a new auditorium treatment opening as the New Park Thatre on October 16, 1931 with “The Squaw Man.” It returned to the Park moniker dropping “new” thereafter.
The venue got a major refresh to the plans of David Suppowitz relaunching as the New Park Theatre launching September 15, 1939 with Spencer Tracy in “Stanley and Livingstone.” Warner Bros. Circuit operated the New Park turned Park until divesting with many theatres due to a consent decree.
William Goldman ran both the Park and the State until closing both in 1964. The Park closed September 8, 1964 with “The New Interns.” In August of 1967, the former Hanover Opera House turned State Theatre was demolished.
Regal closed its Osceola West 6 Cinema on October 14, 2001 opening out at the 15-year leasing point and citing the underperforming nature of the venue.
When announced in 1985, the Florida Mall project was drawn up as a 9-plex. The Mall, itself, launched theatre-less on March 12, 1986. The theatre was part of a $9 million addition. When the Movies at Florida Mall had its Grand Opening on July 24, 1987, the venue was reduced to a 7-plex with 70mm capability and Dolby Stereo sound. It had its final big event - a World Premiere screening of “Olive Juice” on February 14, 2001. But just a week later, it closed permanently on February 22, 2001 following the circuit’s declaration of bankruptcy. It was one of 12 theatres in Central Florida which closed in a two month period as General Cinema and Loews joined in the closures.
United Artists Theatre Corp. launched two theatres in December of 1986 in The Movies at Lake Howell on December 5 and The Movies at Republic Square on December 19th. On May 17, 1996, ownership of both theatres transferred to Muvico Theaters of Fort Lauderdale. Muvico purchased 41 other UA locations along with the Lake Howell and Republic Square. The circuit didn’t like what it saw at the Republic Square and ditched a renovation project.
Instead, Muvico opted out of a leasing agreement at the ten-year mark closing after just under five months of operation on October 3, 1996. Favorite Cinemas took on the venue the next day as its final owner. Favorite appears to have shuttered the Republic Square 6 on April 29, 1999.
A minor point but the theatre changed its name from the Tampa Bay Mall I & II to the Tampa Bay Center I & II beginning on April 28, 1978 to its closing in 1990. The shopping complex had dropped “mall” from its official name and the Cinema followed its lead.
The AMC Springs North 4 was closed at the end of a 20-year lease in November of 1991 as a sub-run discount house. However, AMC carried on with the renamed Springs South turned AMC Indian Springs 6 elsewhere in the mall until opting out at its 15-year leasing point on May 30, 1996.
Startime Cinema Inc. reopened the AMC Indian Springs South 6 on August 30, 1996 as Super Saver Cinema 6 after AMC Movie Theaters Inc. let its lease expire. The sub-run discount theatre closed a year later on September 28, 1997.
The 6-screen should likely have its own CinemaTreasure entry.
The Osage Drive-In ends its run with a Labor Day weekend triple feature of “Nature Girl and the Slaver,” “The Queen of Sheeba” and “The Alligator People” on September 5, 1960 with the drive-in began to be dismantled the next day.
The State Theatre launched September 28, 1928 with William Haines in “Excess Baggage” supported by shorts including Laurel & Hardy’s “Should Married Men Go Home?” Architects were Gemmmill & Billmeyer (plans are in photos). On August 18, 1930, the Warner Bros. circuit took on the venue along with the Strand. Warner Bros. had to divest its theatre interests and William Goldman took on the State, Strand and Park in 1950.
Goldman first closed the Strand in 1953, then the Park in 1964 and, finally, the State on February 1, 1965 with “The Americanization of Emily” and “The Secret of Magic Island.” It soon became home for a teen club and performance space. Goldman was convinced to reconsider the decision and refreshed the theatre with a lavish grand reopening on May 14, 1965 as the Hanover Theatre. Its first film was “Cheyenne October.”
Goldman sold the venue to Fox Theatres of Reading. They would build a modern single-screen theatre that became a quad in 1983. It was only a matter of time before Fox would move on from the aging downtown theatre. The theatre closed August 30, 1984 with “Oxford Blues.” (The 1986 date is in error.)
All references to the architect of this building is Gemmill & Billmeyer including signed drawings - see, e.g., Variety (August 17, 1927, p. 30).
F.S. Sechrist announced this new theatre in the Summer of 1940 launching November 15, 1940 with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in “Strike Up the Band.” It has 500-seats at opening with Simplex projection. The theatre discontinued screenings in 1987 and it was converted to a flea market.
The Star Theatre discontinued operations moving to the existing Sheppard and Meyers building on September 20, 1917. The 480-seat venue was equipped with a Malcolm Love piano and two Powers No. 6B projectors throwing to a mirrored screen that was 10' by 13'. The theatre would add a Page Organ M-X-40 Unit Orchestral and Player combined in 1927 to improve presentations of silent film.
On July 30, 1929, the Strand began showing sound films using RCA Photophone equipment with the film, “Alibi.” On August 18, 1930, the Warner Bros. circuit took on the venue along with the State. Warner Bros. had to divest its theatre interests and William Goldman took on the State, Strand and Park in 1950. Goldman played westerns almost exclusively.
Goldman closed the Strand on May 16, 1953. Within weeks, it was remodeled for a retail store.
George Osborne opened the New Star Theatre on September 15, 1923 with movies accompanied by its Page Organ M-X-40 Unit Orchestral and Player. It was offered for sale likely bailing out at the end of a five-year leasing point. It became Fisher’s Star Theatre effective with the August 21, 1928 shows under new ownership.
On February 7, 1929, it was renamed as Fisher’s State Theatre - “The Home of Better Pictures.” On April 26, 1929, it added sound with the film, “Weary River” playing at the grand reopening. It played Vitaphone and Movietone features. The theatre became, simply, the State Theatre operating to the end of a 30-year lease on April 11, 1959 with a great double feature of “Blood of the Vampire” and “Monster on Campus.” The theatre soldiered on with sporadic live events from that point with the Carroll and the local Drive-In being the places to see movies locally.
Opened as Showcase Cinemas North on December 7th, 1979. Showcase left the theatre as a 30-year lease was due to expire. Rave Motion Pictures Circuit took on it and the Showcase West location. The name here officially changed to the Rave Motion Pictures Pittsburgh North 11 on April 29, 2010. However, it was almost exclusively listed as Rave Cinemas Pittsburgh North 11 for its 2010-2012 existence likely making use of some existing signage.
In 2012, Cinemark purchased Rave and acquired the venue. Cinemark would officially change names here on July 4, 2013 to the Cinemark Pittsburgh North 11. It closed under that name in 2015.
Opened May 24, 1989 by Movie One of Texas as a sub-run discount house with “Karate Kid,” “K-9,” “Roger Rabbit,” “Rainmain,” “License to Kill,” “Weekend at Bernies,” and “UHF.“ It then became part of the Silver Cinemas Circuit in 1995 when it acquired Movie One.
Super Saver Cinema was opened by Movie One Theater Inc. of Texas - the originator of the Super Saver Cinema concept. It launched in the former G.C. Murphy retail store spot in Northway Mall. It was soon acquired in early 1990 by National Amusement which placed the Super Saver 8 under its Showcase Cinema brand.
On November 1, 2001, the venue changed names to Northway Mall Cinema 8 as National Amusements gravitated the location to first-run status. In 2005, the Northway Mall changed its name to Shoppes at Northway. The venue became known in 2005 as the Cinema 8 at the Shoppes at Northway - a mouthful - until an announced closure of January 28, 2007. It indeed closed under that name but likely discontinuing operations earlier on January 17, 2007.
Silver Cinemas operated this as a sub-run discount house under its Super Saver brand until February 29, 2000 and would proceed to shut down 17 locations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The last of the nine discount sub-run features to play that night was “Three Kings.”
Silver Cinemas operated this also as a sub-run discount house until May 1, 2000 when it shut down 17 locations including here and two other Oklahoma locations.
From 1954 to 1966, it was known and advertised as the Monocacy Open Air Theatre. The venue opened and later closed as the Monocacy Drive-In Theatre. The Monocacy closed September 3, 1984 with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” It was offered at a sheriff’s auction on May 21, 1985.
Gemmill & Billmeyer’s exterior architectural sketch of the State Theatre.
The R/C Hanover Movies 9 with 2,500 seats at launch to the plans of TK Architects. The megaplex opened with four screens available on its opening day of February 11, 2000. Opening films were “Girl, Interrupted,” “Snow Day,” “The Tigger Movie,” and “The Beach.” It was the first theatre to offer stadium seating in the town’s history. The complex would later expand to a 16-plex.
The Cross-Keys opened on June 16, 1950 with “Streets of Laredo” It closed on Sept. 1, 1986 with “Top Gun” and Blake Edwards' “A Fine Mess.”
An extensive architectural redesign was approved and carried out to the plans of the firm, Hamme and Leber with the Opera House having a grand reopening in 1902.
The Park Theatre closed September 8, 1964 with Telly Savalas “The New Interns.” In August of 1967, the former Hanover Opera House turned State Theatre was demolished.
The Hanover Opera House launched with live entertainment on September 12, 1887 with Middie Maddern in “Caprice.” Moving pictures were added to the mix at least by April 13, 1907 when Harry C. Naill began playing motion pictures. They proved so popular that in 1909 two things happened. The first was that a new movie theatre with 360 seats was opened by Westfall and Nydeggor in downtown Hanover. The second was that the Opera House was modernized to the plans of architect Edward Leber of Hamme and Leber of York.
The “new” Hanover Opera House seated 1,200 with the upper balcony seating removed in 1909. Movies won as the local movie theater thrived and the Hanover Opera House was auctioned off for lack of payments just three years later. After trying live fare again, the Opera House was sold at another auction sale within eight years.
In March of 1919, new operator Fred Bitner finally installed permanent projectors with two Powers 6B units and moving to regular movie theater fare. He also brought back to the stage one Middie Maddern (now Middie Maddern Fiske) who had opened the venue almost 35 years earlier. But silent feature films proved popular and rotated with live events until the competing movie houses converted to sound. The biggest silent titles started at the Opera House including, “Birth of a Nation,” “Ben Hur,” and “The Covered Wagon.”
New operator Milton W. Shaeffer took on the venue and converted to sound on November 28, 1930 as the Park Theatre. It now had Western Electric sound and Simplex projectors. However, it soon closed as sound films weren’t satisfactory and got a new auditorium treatment opening as the New Park Thatre on October 16, 1931 with “The Squaw Man.” It returned to the Park moniker dropping “new” thereafter.
The venue got a major refresh to the plans of David Suppowitz relaunching as the New Park Theatre launching September 15, 1939 with Spencer Tracy in “Stanley and Livingstone.” Warner Bros. Circuit operated the New Park turned Park until divesting with many theatres due to a consent decree.
William Goldman ran both the Park and the State until closing both in 1964. The Park closed September 8, 1964 with “The New Interns.” In August of 1967, the former Hanover Opera House turned State Theatre was demolished.
Closed permanently following shows of March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Regal closed its Osceola West 6 Cinema on October 14, 2001 opening out at the 15-year leasing point and citing the underperforming nature of the venue.
Regal closed the venue as the Osceola 6 East Cinema on March 25, 2006.
When announced in 1985, the Florida Mall project was drawn up as a 9-plex. The Mall, itself, launched theatre-less on March 12, 1986. The theatre was part of a $9 million addition. When the Movies at Florida Mall had its Grand Opening on July 24, 1987, the venue was reduced to a 7-plex with 70mm capability and Dolby Stereo sound. It had its final big event - a World Premiere screening of “Olive Juice” on February 14, 2001. But just a week later, it closed permanently on February 22, 2001 following the circuit’s declaration of bankruptcy. It was one of 12 theatres in Central Florida which closed in a two month period as General Cinema and Loews joined in the closures.
United Artists Theatre Corp. launched two theatres in December of 1986 in The Movies at Lake Howell on December 5 and The Movies at Republic Square on December 19th. On May 17, 1996, ownership of both theatres transferred to Muvico Theaters of Fort Lauderdale. Muvico purchased 41 other UA locations along with the Lake Howell and Republic Square. The circuit didn’t like what it saw at the Republic Square and ditched a renovation project.
Instead, Muvico opted out of a leasing agreement at the ten-year mark closing after just under five months of operation on October 3, 1996. Favorite Cinemas took on the venue the next day as its final owner. Favorite appears to have shuttered the Republic Square 6 on April 29, 1999.
A minor point but the theatre changed its name from the Tampa Bay Mall I & II to the Tampa Bay Center I & II beginning on April 28, 1978 to its closing in 1990. The shopping complex had dropped “mall” from its official name and the Cinema followed its lead.
The AMC Springs North 4 was closed at the end of a 20-year lease in November of 1991 as a sub-run discount house. However, AMC carried on with the renamed Springs South turned AMC Indian Springs 6 elsewhere in the mall until opting out at its 15-year leasing point on May 30, 1996.
Startime Cinema Inc. reopened the AMC Indian Springs South 6 on August 30, 1996 as Super Saver Cinema 6 after AMC Movie Theaters Inc. let its lease expire. The sub-run discount theatre closed a year later on September 28, 1997.
The 6-screen should likely have its own CinemaTreasure entry.
Operated formerly by Silver Cinemas