I uploaded what might possibly be the Studio vertical sign, but with the colors reversed from the original.
The shape is the same.
Maybe doubleAA above can confirm if it was changed in the `60s.
If not, I will continue to search for which Studio Theatre it may be.
Photo & description added credit Jim Retzer.
The original Lovejoy Theater, circa 1919.
A cherished snapshot from my personal collection.
TEMPTATION – a lost silent comedy film directed by Cecil B DeMille – was originally released 30 December 1915. It was also very successfully re-released in March of 1919. This fits in nicely with the information that the Lovejoy re-opened in 1919.
Must have opened prior to 1972.
September 15, 1970 photo added as the the one screen Rise Theatre at Gateway Shopping Center.
Photo courtesy Thomasville History Center, Thomas County Historical Society.
My source was Dirk Dabel via Facebook.
But I just did another TinEye reverse image search, and it appears it was used on a 1994 CD release by a band called The Undertoad.
They were represented by Extablishment which still exists.
Below is a link to their website’s licensing page.
Most likely for music licensing requests, but you could ask them about the photo.
Appears to be an unincorporated community with a ski resort 16.5 miles away, so likely within view of the drive-in.
Per Wiki:
“The community was established as Camp Baynham in 1906; it changed its name to Camp Baldy in 1910 and became Mt Baldy in 1951.”
The ski lifts were installed in 1952.
The original 5 photos in the Photos section are of the first Portland Theatre (formerly Deering Hall, then the Nickel in 1907) mentioned below, torn down in 1909, and was not the Preble Street address.
The below description accompanied a 1930s photo I added that was of the New Portland Theatre mentioned and pictured above in Joe Vogel’s 2015 comment.
There are at least 4 photos of the New Portland Theatre.
As addressed below, it was razed in 1989, and was not still standing in 2014 as the Overview claims.
Additionally the modern photo added by Gerald A. DeLuca on 12/22/17 is neither of these theatres and should be removed.
“The previous Portland Theatre (formerly Deering Hall, then the Nickel in 1907) had been on the corner with Congress in the Deering Block, torn down in 1909 for the Fidelity Building. The new theatre opened on February 10, 1910 with “The Fall of Troy” and vaudeville. Designed by G Henri Desmond, who also designed the Fidelity, the auditorium was 75 ft. wide and 80 ft. deep with an orchestra pit, and a cast stone facade. The stage was 25 feet deep by 60 feet wide. The orchestra floor seated about 500 on the main floor and 450 more in the balcony. By 1929 it was operated by E.M. Loews Theatres. Closed in 1963 and then used by the Portland Players, razed in 1989.”
I uploaded what might possibly be the Studio vertical sign, but with the colors reversed from the original. The shape is the same. Maybe doubleAA above can confirm if it was changed in the `60s. If not, I will continue to search for which Studio Theatre it may be.
Four 1942 photos added credit Charles Steinheimer LIFE Picture Collections.
1978 photo added via D Raphael Failla.
Funeral for Kingsmen M/C member Jack Tracy.
Photo & description added credit Jim Retzer. The original Lovejoy Theater, circa 1919. A cherished snapshot from my personal collection.
TEMPTATION – a lost silent comedy film directed by Cecil B DeMille – was originally released 30 December 1915. It was also very successfully re-released in March of 1919. This fits in nicely with the information that the Lovejoy re-opened in 1919.
1948 photo added credit Cleveland photographer Moon Young, courtesy the Cleveland Historic Society via the Portal to Texas History.
1942 photo added credit Charles Steinheimer LIFE Picture Collections.
One auditorium photo in this 2015 link.
https://www.fishercountychronicle.com/articles/2015/10/28/lance-theater-gets-new-lease-life
Must have opened prior to 1972. September 15, 1970 photo added as the the one screen Rise Theatre at Gateway Shopping Center. Photo courtesy Thomasville History Center, Thomas County Historical Society.
1955 photo credit & courtesy Thomasville History Center.
The full line-up of June films at the Quad.
https://quadcinema.com/program/losing-it-at-the-movies-pauline-kael-at-100/?fbclid=IwAR1frhdSFDsvaPTMCHHv_VfQGrGly2iNNIG88cxOeEzMpihSpBKPyI7V8NI
My source was Dirk Dabel via Facebook. But I just did another TinEye reverse image search, and it appears it was used on a 1994 CD release by a band called The Undertoad. They were represented by Extablishment which still exists. Below is a link to their website’s licensing page. Most likely for music licensing requests, but you could ask them about the photo.
https://www.extablisment.com/creative-commons-licensing
Appears to be an unincorporated community with a ski resort 16.5 miles away, so likely within view of the drive-in. Per Wiki: “The community was established as Camp Baynham in 1906; it changed its name to Camp Baldy in 1910 and became Mt Baldy in 1951.” The ski lifts were installed in 1952.
Became the Towne Theatre in 1959 and later Towne Cinema by 1974.
So both should be added to Previous names.
Photos as both in Photos section.
Late `60s photo added via Harald Morgalla.
1/27/48 photo added via Steve Larrick.
1989 & 1991 photos added credit The Buffalo News, via website below.
https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/10/gallery12236/?fbclid=IwAR1zhLTrxnNPaJZlpOWk1cREmUGZRS2eRSrnLYuS8gUwAYS2YrOjq4aRTCo#image=8
There is a photo of that mural on page 1 in the Photos Section that was uploaded in 2011.
1926 photo added via Oliver M. Black.
Good news story about the Woodstock Theatre.
https://patch.com/illinois/algonquin/man-rents-out-theater-illinois-boy-special-needs-family?utm_campaign=blasts&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=illinois&fbclid=IwAR2eGRxdtLk8cQaWC_ppD7ah_Xpp7_ms42UHq7ny4-KmgwMtX8OQoKUIF3Y
Preble Street second entrance to BF Keith’s on the right.
Preble Street second entrance to BF Keith’s, 1924 tax records photo added courtesy Portland Maine History 1786 to Present Facebook Page.
The original 5 photos in the Photos section are of the first Portland Theatre (formerly Deering Hall, then the Nickel in 1907) mentioned below, torn down in 1909, and was not the Preble Street address.
The below description accompanied a 1930s photo I added that was of the New Portland Theatre mentioned and pictured above in Joe Vogel’s 2015 comment. There are at least 4 photos of the New Portland Theatre. As addressed below, it was razed in 1989, and was not still standing in 2014 as the Overview claims. Additionally the modern photo added by Gerald A. DeLuca on 12/22/17 is neither of these theatres and should be removed.
“The previous Portland Theatre (formerly Deering Hall, then the Nickel in 1907) had been on the corner with Congress in the Deering Block, torn down in 1909 for the Fidelity Building. The new theatre opened on February 10, 1910 with “The Fall of Troy” and vaudeville. Designed by G Henri Desmond, who also designed the Fidelity, the auditorium was 75 ft. wide and 80 ft. deep with an orchestra pit, and a cast stone facade. The stage was 25 feet deep by 60 feet wide. The orchestra floor seated about 500 on the main floor and 450 more in the balcony. By 1929 it was operated by E.M. Loews Theatres. Closed in 1963 and then used by the Portland Players, razed in 1989.”
Facebook page for the Mac Theatre. Some 2012 photos in the Photo section on that page if you scroll down.
https://www.facebook.com/Mac-Theatre-109922455738426/
1955 photo added via Mike Ohlson.