The Paramount-Publix Operated Paramount Theatre Opened On February 20, 1931 With “It Pays To Advertise” Along With A Talkartoons #17: Betty Boop And Bimbo In “Teacher’s Pest”, And Paramount News (Including Performances By Jean Van Arsdale In The Paramount’s Organ).
The Columbia First Opened On May 27, 1912 With The Following: Comedian Charles E. Mack Taking A Blackface Performance, Morse (Unclear If It Was The First Owner Lewis Morse) And Clark In A Piano Act, Performances By May Archer And Billy Carr, And An Unknown Amount Of PhotoPlays. After Showing, Guests Were Invited To Dinner At A Hotel In Bristol By Theater Operators And Owners.
The Columbia Closed Its Doors For The Final Time And Placed On Sale On November 3, 1957 With A One-Day Showing Of James Stewart In “Night Passage”, William Holden In “Proud And Profame”, And An Unnamed Cartoon, By The Last Owner Bill Wilson, Who Operated The Theater Since 1951 And Is A Production Manager At Radio Station 1490 AM WOPI (Now An ESPN Radio Affiliate As “ESPN Tri-Cities”).
The Johnson City Press-Chronicle Reports That Showings Were Still Running At The Skyline Throughout The 1983 Season, Including A Mix Of Fanfare From Disney To X. The Last Attractions The Skyline Ran On October 14, 1983 Was “Xtro” And “Deadly Force”. If You Look At Page 2 Of The March 27, 1984 Johnson City-Press Chronicle, It Demonstrates The Projection Booth Fire Story.
The Aerial Picture May Have Been Taking Shortly After The Projection Booth Fire In 1984, And The Aerial Shot May Have An Errored Year.
The Skyline Closed For The Final Time At The End Of The 1983 Season On October 14, 1983. The Theater Did Not Reopen For The 1984 Season Due To The Projection Room Being Extensively Damaged In A Fire Alongside An Apartment Next To The Drive-In Itself On March 26, 1984.
Yes, The Grand Became The Betsy Theatre On January 14, 1951. This Comes Right After The Grand Theatre Had Been Leased From Former Ritz Theatre Operator F.E. Perryman By Owners And Operators Dr. B.K. Barker And S.W. Baker Of The Nearby Capitol On December 1, 1950.
The Ritz was built by B.W. Birchfield and opened on January 2, 1929. The Ritz was managed by D.M. Nuttall, Jerry M. Thomas as the contractor, and Vitaphone installation by John M. Jones. Shortly after opening, it closed for a few days in connection of two motors been burned out and other minor difficulties have been detected.
Nuttall replied that “the machinery for producing the sound effects was installed without any preliminary tests having been made causing various difficulties which would have ordinarily been corrected before any public exhibition.” John left Elizabethton for New Jersey to obtain and brought back heavier motors to Elizabethton for replacement of its original installations, bringing his opinion that the presents were unsuited to carry the power load of electricity. Nuttall, Thomas and Birchfield had many compliments on the Ritz since its opening and had enjoyed capacity attendance. Nuttall formerly before the Ritz opened its doors took several trips around the Charlotte, North Carolina area where he conferred with the leading southern distributors obtaining its first rights on all of his best sound pictures being produced at the time.
Vitaphone’s installations led into a short life at the Ritz, which would later replace it with RCA Protophone on November 14, 1930.
The Ritz had a lot of ownership and operator changes since its first 7 to 8 years, with F.E. Perryman becoming the theater’s manager in 1930 followed by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Sherrill.
On October 26, 1934, J.S. Browning, who has been the operator of the dominant Bonnie Kate Theatre since 1927, later became the operator of the Ritz. Remodeling of the Ritz later took next week following the Sherrills taking ownership of another theater they owned in North Carolina. Browning operated the theater until being taking over by new ownership, Elizabethton Theatres Incorporated of 529 Elk Avenue incorporated by H.G. Fowler, J.C. Babcock, and W.C. Wilson, on April 10, 1938.
The Ritz did not receive CinemaScope at all when it arrived in town, as the Bonnie Kate Theatre was the city’s dominant first-run mainstream theater. The Ritz closed for the final time in the middle of 1956. However, later that December 17 of that year, a fire broke out at the Ritz building.
Actually, The Lyric Theatre Closed Its Doors For The Final Time On June 24, 1963 With Walt Disney’s “The Son Of Flubber” After It Failed To Gain Sufficient Boost To Continue Operating. It Was Closed For A Short Time Years Prior Before Taken Over By Mr. And Mrs. Ray Boyd Due To Lack Of Business.
The Theater Was First Known As The “Waemore Theatre” (Not “Waymore”) With An Estimate Of $25,000, Opening On June 30, 1930 With William Haines In “The Girl Said No”, Along With Many Short Subjects, Including Harry Langdon In “The King” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Thomas E. Wilhoit Was The Original Owner Of The 500-Seat Capacity Lyric Since The Waemore Became The Lyric On September 28, 1937, Reopening With “Broadway Melody Of 1938” Along With An Our Gang Comedy And A Popeye Cartoon.
Once owned by 44-year-old Harry Brey of unknown and managed by 24-year-old Anthony Pastor of Westport until around that time (but papers say that October 11, 1974 marked the day the obscenity occurred), when both Harry and Anthony were arrested and taken into custody after counts of obscenity over the showing of those two films. It was filed on a complaint from two 17-year-old girls after viewing the film.
Less than two years later on March 26, 1976, Harry was fined after sentencing 10 days in mail and 4 days of trial.
Constructed By The Cartwright Construction Company Of American Fork (Who Had Constructed Over 60 Drive-Ins), The Grand Vu Opened Its Gates On April 15, 1954 With John Wayne In “Red River” With No Extras.
In 1976, The Indoor Grand Cinema Was Built As An Adjacent To The Grand-Vu Drive-In, Which Opened That September.
The Grand-Vu Drive-In Closed For The Final Time On October 17, 1985 With “Goonies” As Its Last Film.
As On That Point, The Grand Cinema Became The Only Theater For Moab Until Closing In 1990, Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.
The Ides Theater Opened Its Doors During Christmas Week 1912 By The Ownerships Of R.J. Clark, J.L And His Brother Max Taylor. Shortly Right After The Theater Opened, A Gasoline Engine Which Furnished Power For The Light Plant Of The Ides Theater Had Broken Down. It Was Quickly Later Fixed.
Sound Was Installed On July 25, 1929, With “The Thunderbolt” With No Extras As Its First Sound Attraction Later That August 3rd (Originally Scheduled For “The Flying Fool” On August 1st, But Was Scrapped Due To The Erectors Not Making It On Time).
Later On, The Ides Was Once Managed By John T. Leaming, Who Also Managed The Moab Drug Company In The City. He Died Unexpectedly From A Heart Attack On January 23, 1937 At The Age Of 44. Formerly Enough, He Has Been Formerly Ill.
The Ides Theatre Became The Holiday Theatre On February 23, 1956 But Reopened Later That March. Shortly After The Theater Opened, The Operator Of The Holiday Theatre, 32-Year-Old Harold David Coulter, Died In A Small Plane Crash East Of Highway 160 Near The Grand County Airport On June 23, 1956. His Plane Traveled 57 Feet In The Air At An Altitude Of 150 Feet, And Then Burst Into Flames, Which Leaped 25 Feet Into The Air.
The Holiday Closed For The Final Time On March 3, 1973 With A One-Day Showing Of “The Legend Of Kootan” Before Being Purchased By Robert Dalton Later That June 21, Manager Of The First Security Bank Of Moab, And Was Razed.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal though I checked on how early the State Theatre has been operating, and the earliest information I can find about the State dates back to an attraction in Late 1926. So as on my bet, it opened around that time.
The State and the Strand were both the theaters in the city of McComb as of 1930, running films, it may be confusing however but it was just the Enterprise-Journal or some information maybe led off from.
The answer may have to be the Magnolia if any history was correct, since the Strand in McComb opened its doors on March 21, 1921 which would later become the Palace Theatre on October 20, 1939. Otherwise it was definitely overlooked. Besides, McComb had another silent picture house called the Lomo Theatre which closed in the late 1910s as latest (but the Lomo Theatre may had operated until about 1920 since it was not listed at the time the Strand opened).
The 1926 Yearbook was published right before the State Theatre had opened in McComb. The Jacob’s Theatre did not wired for sound right after dropping two-thirds of its pie pieces in 1929, and the Strand remains as the city’s movie house, still in operation in both 1932 and 1933, with that, yes the Strand was wired with sound. Maybe the yearbook was listed as “wrong info” but if you look in Page 1 of the October 19, 1939 edition of the McComb Enterprise-Journal, you get the bet on what came after the Strand.
First Opened As The Strand Theatre On March 21, 1921. It Became The Palace After Closing For Several Months By Giving Workmen Free Rein. Reopened On October 24, 1939 With “Golden Boy” along with an unnamed cartoon, a random “snapshot” program was added as well.
The Strand (later the Palace)’s only possibly enough “major” incident was back on January 19, 1931 during the showing of “Hook, Line, and Sinker” along with a cartoon, a comedy, and a newsreel, when a “woman” collapsed shortly after the film completely started. She partially enough was taking from ambulance but later reveals as a wax figure and was then taking to the Denman-Alford Department Store nearby. Confusions. Perfect for an actual scene of a movie!
Opened On March 30, 1925.
Opened On January 7, 1917, Closed In 1931.
The Paramount-Publix Operated Paramount Theatre Opened On February 20, 1931 With “It Pays To Advertise” Along With A Talkartoons #17: Betty Boop And Bimbo In “Teacher’s Pest”, And Paramount News (Including Performances By Jean Van Arsdale In The Paramount’s Organ).
The Columbia First Opened On May 27, 1912 With The Following: Comedian Charles E. Mack Taking A Blackface Performance, Morse (Unclear If It Was The First Owner Lewis Morse) And Clark In A Piano Act, Performances By May Archer And Billy Carr, And An Unknown Amount Of PhotoPlays. After Showing, Guests Were Invited To Dinner At A Hotel In Bristol By Theater Operators And Owners.
The Columbia Closed Its Doors For The Final Time And Placed On Sale On November 3, 1957 With A One-Day Showing Of James Stewart In “Night Passage”, William Holden In “Proud And Profame”, And An Unnamed Cartoon, By The Last Owner Bill Wilson, Who Operated The Theater Since 1951 And Is A Production Manager At Radio Station 1490 AM WOPI (Now An ESPN Radio Affiliate As “ESPN Tri-Cities”).
The Family Closed In 1977, Which Later Announced That A Kmart (As Part Of A Shopping Center Project) Will Replace The Theater A Year Later.
The Johnson City Press-Chronicle Reports That Showings Were Still Running At The Skyline Throughout The 1983 Season, Including A Mix Of Fanfare From Disney To X. The Last Attractions The Skyline Ran On October 14, 1983 Was “Xtro” And “Deadly Force”. If You Look At Page 2 Of The March 27, 1984 Johnson City-Press Chronicle, It Demonstrates The Projection Booth Fire Story.
The Aerial Picture May Have Been Taking Shortly After The Projection Booth Fire In 1984, And The Aerial Shot May Have An Errored Year.
The Skyline Closed For The Final Time At The End Of The 1983 Season On October 14, 1983. The Theater Did Not Reopen For The 1984 Season Due To The Projection Room Being Extensively Damaged In A Fire Alongside An Apartment Next To The Drive-In Itself On March 26, 1984.
Yes, The Grand Became The Betsy Theatre On January 14, 1951. This Comes Right After The Grand Theatre Had Been Leased From Former Ritz Theatre Operator F.E. Perryman By Owners And Operators Dr. B.K. Barker And S.W. Baker Of The Nearby Capitol On December 1, 1950.
The Ritz was built by B.W. Birchfield and opened on January 2, 1929. The Ritz was managed by D.M. Nuttall, Jerry M. Thomas as the contractor, and Vitaphone installation by John M. Jones. Shortly after opening, it closed for a few days in connection of two motors been burned out and other minor difficulties have been detected.
Nuttall replied that “the machinery for producing the sound effects was installed without any preliminary tests having been made causing various difficulties which would have ordinarily been corrected before any public exhibition.” John left Elizabethton for New Jersey to obtain and brought back heavier motors to Elizabethton for replacement of its original installations, bringing his opinion that the presents were unsuited to carry the power load of electricity. Nuttall, Thomas and Birchfield had many compliments on the Ritz since its opening and had enjoyed capacity attendance. Nuttall formerly before the Ritz opened its doors took several trips around the Charlotte, North Carolina area where he conferred with the leading southern distributors obtaining its first rights on all of his best sound pictures being produced at the time.
Vitaphone’s installations led into a short life at the Ritz, which would later replace it with RCA Protophone on November 14, 1930.
The Ritz had a lot of ownership and operator changes since its first 7 to 8 years, with F.E. Perryman becoming the theater’s manager in 1930 followed by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Sherrill.
On October 26, 1934, J.S. Browning, who has been the operator of the dominant Bonnie Kate Theatre since 1927, later became the operator of the Ritz. Remodeling of the Ritz later took next week following the Sherrills taking ownership of another theater they owned in North Carolina. Browning operated the theater until being taking over by new ownership, Elizabethton Theatres Incorporated of 529 Elk Avenue incorporated by H.G. Fowler, J.C. Babcock, and W.C. Wilson, on April 10, 1938.
The Ritz did not receive CinemaScope at all when it arrived in town, as the Bonnie Kate Theatre was the city’s dominant first-run mainstream theater. The Ritz closed for the final time in the middle of 1956. However, later that December 17 of that year, a fire broke out at the Ritz building.
By the looks of the background, this looks circa 1956 or a bit later, not around 1952.
Actually, The Lyric Theatre Closed Its Doors For The Final Time On June 24, 1963 With Walt Disney’s “The Son Of Flubber” After It Failed To Gain Sufficient Boost To Continue Operating. It Was Closed For A Short Time Years Prior Before Taken Over By Mr. And Mrs. Ray Boyd Due To Lack Of Business.
The Theater Was First Known As The “Waemore Theatre” (Not “Waymore”) With An Estimate Of $25,000, Opening On June 30, 1930 With William Haines In “The Girl Said No”, Along With Many Short Subjects, Including Harry Langdon In “The King” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Thomas E. Wilhoit Was The Original Owner Of The 500-Seat Capacity Lyric Since The Waemore Became The Lyric On September 28, 1937, Reopening With “Broadway Melody Of 1938” Along With An Our Gang Comedy And A Popeye Cartoon.
This Marcus Theater Replaced A Longtime Sears, Operated From 1967 Until 2018.
Opened As Early As The Early 1970s.
Once owned by 44-year-old Harry Brey of unknown and managed by 24-year-old Anthony Pastor of Westport until around that time (but papers say that October 11, 1974 marked the day the obscenity occurred), when both Harry and Anthony were arrested and taken into custody after counts of obscenity over the showing of those two films. It was filed on a complaint from two 17-year-old girls after viewing the film.
Less than two years later on March 26, 1976, Harry was fined after sentencing 10 days in mail and 4 days of trial.
Closed After The 1974 Season.
The Grove Once Closed For A Short Time On January 16, 2014 After A Former Tampa Police Captain Shot A Man Inside The Theater.
Constructed By The Cartwright Construction Company Of American Fork (Who Had Constructed Over 60 Drive-Ins), The Grand Vu Opened Its Gates On April 15, 1954 With John Wayne In “Red River” With No Extras.
In 1976, The Indoor Grand Cinema Was Built As An Adjacent To The Grand-Vu Drive-In, Which Opened That September.
The Grand-Vu Drive-In Closed For The Final Time On October 17, 1985 With “Goonies” As Its Last Film.
As On That Point, The Grand Cinema Became The Only Theater For Moab Until Closing In 1990, Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.
The Ides Theater Opened Its Doors During Christmas Week 1912 By The Ownerships Of R.J. Clark, J.L And His Brother Max Taylor. Shortly Right After The Theater Opened, A Gasoline Engine Which Furnished Power For The Light Plant Of The Ides Theater Had Broken Down. It Was Quickly Later Fixed.
Sound Was Installed On July 25, 1929, With “The Thunderbolt” With No Extras As Its First Sound Attraction Later That August 3rd (Originally Scheduled For “The Flying Fool” On August 1st, But Was Scrapped Due To The Erectors Not Making It On Time).
Later On, The Ides Was Once Managed By John T. Leaming, Who Also Managed The Moab Drug Company In The City. He Died Unexpectedly From A Heart Attack On January 23, 1937 At The Age Of 44. Formerly Enough, He Has Been Formerly Ill.
The Ides Theatre Became The Holiday Theatre On February 23, 1956 But Reopened Later That March. Shortly After The Theater Opened, The Operator Of The Holiday Theatre, 32-Year-Old Harold David Coulter, Died In A Small Plane Crash East Of Highway 160 Near The Grand County Airport On June 23, 1956. His Plane Traveled 57 Feet In The Air At An Altitude Of 150 Feet, And Then Burst Into Flames, Which Leaped 25 Feet Into The Air.
The Holiday Closed For The Final Time On March 3, 1973 With A One-Day Showing Of “The Legend Of Kootan” Before Being Purchased By Robert Dalton Later That June 21, Manager Of The First Security Bank Of Moab, And Was Razed.
First opened as the New Center Theatre in 1927, but became the White Theatre one year later in 1928. It was closed in 1959.
Once known as the Cinema 1-2-3 in the 1980s.
Closed in the mid-1990s.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal though I checked on how early the State Theatre has been operating, and the earliest information I can find about the State dates back to an attraction in Late 1926. So as on my bet, it opened around that time.
The State and the Strand were both the theaters in the city of McComb as of 1930, running films, it may be confusing however but it was just the Enterprise-Journal or some information maybe led off from.
Oh, now I get it, thanks!
The answer may have to be the Magnolia if any history was correct, since the Strand in McComb opened its doors on March 21, 1921 which would later become the Palace Theatre on October 20, 1939. Otherwise it was definitely overlooked. Besides, McComb had another silent picture house called the Lomo Theatre which closed in the late 1910s as latest (but the Lomo Theatre may had operated until about 1920 since it was not listed at the time the Strand opened).
The 1926 Yearbook was published right before the State Theatre had opened in McComb. The Jacob’s Theatre did not wired for sound right after dropping two-thirds of its pie pieces in 1929, and the Strand remains as the city’s movie house, still in operation in both 1932 and 1933, with that, yes the Strand was wired with sound. Maybe the yearbook was listed as “wrong info” but if you look in Page 1 of the October 19, 1939 edition of the McComb Enterprise-Journal, you get the bet on what came after the Strand.
First Opened As The Strand Theatre On March 21, 1921. It Became The Palace After Closing For Several Months By Giving Workmen Free Rein. Reopened On October 24, 1939 With “Golden Boy” along with an unnamed cartoon, a random “snapshot” program was added as well.
The Strand (later the Palace)’s only possibly enough “major” incident was back on January 19, 1931 during the showing of “Hook, Line, and Sinker” along with a cartoon, a comedy, and a newsreel, when a “woman” collapsed shortly after the film completely started. She partially enough was taking from ambulance but later reveals as a wax figure and was then taking to the Denman-Alford Department Store nearby. Confusions. Perfect for an actual scene of a movie!