Unlike most theaters, When the Clover opened its doors with Jack Benny in “Love Thy Neighbor” as its grand opening attraction, people are not allowed to sit at the balcony, possibly because of repairs or wasn’t even finished yet, I don’t know yet for sure. Its advertisement reads: “THE BALCONY WILL NOT BE OPEN”.
Update: On February 28, 1961, the Pelican Theatre building came down, and was demolished with a major fallout to make way for a US Bank location and (not sure if this occurs but) an extended parking lot.
The actual opening date is November 30, 1940 with Gary Cooper in “The Westerner”, along with a performance by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra, A subject: “Fly Fishing” (not sure if its part of either a sportsreel or a Grantland Rice Sportlight, not sure yet), A cartoon: Max Fletcher’s Gabby in “The Constable”, and a newsreel.
Opened On December 23, 1930 With Charles Ruggles In “Queen High”, Along With A Comedy Titled “A Golf Specialist” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
It Was Closed In June 1953 After A Lawsuit Under A Writ Of Attachment In A Suit Filed By Walter Brennan Against Frank And Bernice McCully. Brennan Sued For More Than $10,000 He Said That It Was Due On Notes Given To Him By McCully To Cover Rent. Brennan Remodeled The Theater And Leased It To McCully In 1950, Who IS Associated With A Housing Construction Company In Las Vegas, Nevada.
Opened On January 17, 1929 with the following: Performances by the Mosconi Brothers including 15 assisting artists including Dorothy Van Alst and Berna Doyle, Elsie & Paulsen in “Flashes Of The North”, Roscoe Ates and Dorothy Darling in “Who? Me!”, Lester Crawford in “A Smile Or Two”, Helen Broderick in “The Trial Of Mary Dugan” (part of the “The Sad Case Of Mary Dugan” series, and the first attraction: Colleen Moore in “Synthetic Sin”.
The Pelican Was Also Equipped With An Orchestra And A Warlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Played By Rex Stratton Who Attended The University Of Oregon At Eugene Earlier Before His Carrier.
The Pelican is equipped with an 11 Sturtevant air conditioner with a capacity of 46,000 cubic feet of air, 8ft4in high, 7ft8in long, and 6ft3in wide. It casts from a 72in American Radiator company ventor which is a bank of pipes filled with steam. After heating, it passes through a Sturtevant Type H Air Washer. The main theatre building’s basement where the heating and washing coils are located through a concrete plentum, which is a passage chamber. The theater’s metal ducts carry the air to grill from the main floor and to a semi-mushroom system of 165 air inlets inside. All fans were driven by Fairbanks Morse ball-bearing motors, and individual steal radiators, a Number 2 durectly connected Sturlevant fan keeps the air fresh in restrooms and smoking rooms. There is a lot of other information about the air conditioners in this theater but I decided to cut it short a little.
The electric sign (done by the Electrical Products Corporation, owners of the original presents of Calude Neon)’s measurements were 15x46ft and was an estimate cost towards $6,000. In technicolor, it is neon gas, elusive and a misunderstood product of natures own atmosphere were used in three different colors: red, orange, and blue. The “Pelican” letters were 24in in height, done in red, and the “Poole’s” and “Theatre” were also worked out in red flexiume characters half-a-yard tall. The Pelican himself under whose broad wings the theatre sails is enhanced by orange neon, with the borders attractively complete the color scheme in blue neon.
Inside, there are 11,540ft of cable and rope used backstage which covers over 2 miles), and the stage floor is sanded and as highly finished of top grade maple wood and fir, built on concrete base. 1400yds of draperies were used throughout the house, and the motif is red in the auditorium. The balcony is 82ft across the facade and 54ft in depth. 13 rows of chairs and 4 rows of loges with a capacity of 626 in total as of its opening. Each row is separated platform long enough for complete comfort even though the theatre patron is a member of a “Long Fellow’s Club”. The asbestos curtains were weigh 1,200 pounds.
San Francisco native M. J. Reid, part of the architectural form of the Reid Brothers there, designed the Pelican, and is listed as one of the greatest architects in the USA, who started his Klamath Falls services for the building of the “New” Klamath Theatre in 1894.
A guy simply named as H. W. Poole, is the president and controlling stockholder of the Pelican. He has been in the theater business since 1919. He made it into Klamath Falls on December 23, 1910 while seeking a place to make his house. After getting into the business in 1919, he built and opened the Liberty Theatre. Later on October 1, 1920, he opened up the Chiloquin Theatre, and would later complete the Pine Tree Theatre on April 8, 1925. He struck his next project, and the answer is the Pelican.
Opened In January 1952, Once Closed In 1972, Reopened In 1977, Closed For The Final Time On March 4, 1986 With “Basic Training” And “Weekend Pass” As Its Last Films.
There Is Also A Shotgun Incident That Took Place In September 1974.
The 400-Capacity (200 Seats For Each Screen) Brooksville Twin Began Construction On August 1, 1976. After Being Constructed, Floyd Theatres First Operated The Theater And Opened The Twin To The Public On May 19, 1977.
Throughout Its History, The Brooksville Twin Was Operated By Floyd Theatres, Cobb Theatres, And Carmike Cinemas.
The Twin Closed Its Doors For The Final Time In September 2000, Which Occurred During The First Week Of The Month.
The Actual Opening Date Is September 29, 1949 With Jack Carson In “It’s A Great Feeling” And Gary Cooper In “Task Force” Along With A Cartoon And A Grantland Rice Sportlight.
During Its Last Years Beginning From The Early 1970s Until 1975, It Screened X-Rated Films. It Ended Its X-Rated Runs Because Of One Film, Which Were Seized By The Springdale Police Department On July 15, 1975, And The Answer Is “Touch Me”. The Film Was Later Delivered To Washington County Prosecutor Mahlon Gibson Who Had Determined If Charges Will Be Filed And Against Whom They Would Be Filed. The Owner, J. T. Hitt Of Bentonville, And The Projectionist, Boyd Stricklen Of Springdale, Were Arrested And Later Announced That The 2 Were Pleaded Guilty (Originally Not Guilty) On October 30, 1975 In The Washington County Court In Fayetteville To Charges Of Exhibiting The Obscene Film. Circuit Judge Maupin Cummings Fined Hitt And Stricklen $2,000 Each, Suspending All But $500 Of The Fine For Hitt And $250 For Stricklen, And Sentenced Each 2 Years In Prison. Cummings Also Ordered That The Apollo Theater Which Showed X-Rated Films To Close Its Doors For The Final Time Or To Begin Showing Family Films Or First/Second-Run Films. A Report Says That The Apollo Has Been Closed, Abandoned Since October 13, 1975. A Similar Incident Occurred In Kansas City, Missouri And Had Leased It For One Week.
The Theater Closed Its Doors For The Final Time At That Point And Was Later Placed On Sale.
I can image the shape pretty often that it may look a little dense. To the tip of my brain, I can actually find that the road taking that way to the forest mentions the entrance and exit. The entire trace might be a little thick but I’m not sure yet, but luckily we can hope we can reveal it soon.
Information about the Ozark is very tricky to find. I knew that it was demolished in the 1980s, because it was super faded out in a 1994 aerial view which demonstrates extremely faded traces in a B&W photo, but a little bit rumored than what I was expected earlier.
The Grove Drive-In Wasn’t Even Opened In 1949 Nor Wasn’t Even Known As The 71 Drive-In.
The 71 Drive-In Kennerado’s Talking About Is The 71 In Fayetteville, Which Has Its Own CinemaTreasures Page.
The Grove Drive-In Is The Only Name Throughout Its History And It Opened Way Later Than That.
Construction Began In 1962, And The Grove Drive-In Opened Its Gates On June 7, 1963 With A Double Repackaging Feature: The 1958 Andy Griffith Film “No Time For Sergeants” And The 1961 Debbie Reynolds Film “The Second Time Around”, With No Selected Short Subjects.
The Seminole Theatre Closed In Early 1957 As A Mainstream Movie House. The Theater Then Later Reopened As The “Seminole Gospel Auditorium” (Which Still Sometimes Retaining Its Seminole Theatre Name) That June, And Believe It Or Not, Christian Films Began Screening There.
Opened On April 5, 1953 With “Son Of Paleface”, And Was Closed On January 26, 1986 With “Jagged Edge” And “The Karate Kid” As Its Last Films (Although Advertisements Appear Until February 2, 1986 But Says It Was Not Available). According To The Tampa Tribute, They Closed It For A Reason. They Said That They Cannot Compete With The Growth Of Media And The Decreasing Population Of Moviegoers, Especially At The Sumter. An Another Possible Reason Why It Closed Is Because On Ticket Pricing Concerns. However, The Traces And The Pathway Still Remains In The Theater’s Site.
Unlike most theaters, When the Clover opened its doors with Jack Benny in “Love Thy Neighbor” as its grand opening attraction, people are not allowed to sit at the balcony, possibly because of repairs or wasn’t even finished yet, I don’t know yet for sure. Its advertisement reads: “THE BALCONY WILL NOT BE OPEN”.
The original owner of the Hugoton Drive-In passed away at the age of 68 in September 1959.
Right after the theater closed in 1987, it was demolished right afterwards to make way for a pile of houses.
Update: On February 28, 1961, the Pelican Theatre building came down, and was demolished with a major fallout to make way for a US Bank location and (not sure if this occurs but) an extended parking lot.
Closed In 1960, And Demolished In December 1960/January 1961.
The actual opening date is November 30, 1940 with Gary Cooper in “The Westerner”, along with a performance by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra, A subject: “Fly Fishing” (not sure if its part of either a sportsreel or a Grantland Rice Sportlight, not sure yet), A cartoon: Max Fletcher’s Gabby in “The Constable”, and a newsreel.
Opened On June 22, 1950 With “The Kid From Texas”.
Opened On December 23, 1930 With Charles Ruggles In “Queen High”, Along With A Comedy Titled “A Golf Specialist” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
It Was Closed In June 1953 After A Lawsuit Under A Writ Of Attachment In A Suit Filed By Walter Brennan Against Frank And Bernice McCully. Brennan Sued For More Than $10,000 He Said That It Was Due On Notes Given To Him By McCully To Cover Rent. Brennan Remodeled The Theater And Leased It To McCully In 1950, Who IS Associated With A Housing Construction Company In Las Vegas, Nevada.
Opened On January 17, 1929 with the following: Performances by the Mosconi Brothers including 15 assisting artists including Dorothy Van Alst and Berna Doyle, Elsie & Paulsen in “Flashes Of The North”, Roscoe Ates and Dorothy Darling in “Who? Me!”, Lester Crawford in “A Smile Or Two”, Helen Broderick in “The Trial Of Mary Dugan” (part of the “The Sad Case Of Mary Dugan” series, and the first attraction: Colleen Moore in “Synthetic Sin”.
The Pelican Was Also Equipped With An Orchestra And A Warlitzer Hope-Jones Unit Played By Rex Stratton Who Attended The University Of Oregon At Eugene Earlier Before His Carrier.
The Pelican is equipped with an 11 Sturtevant air conditioner with a capacity of 46,000 cubic feet of air, 8ft4in high, 7ft8in long, and 6ft3in wide. It casts from a 72in American Radiator company ventor which is a bank of pipes filled with steam. After heating, it passes through a Sturtevant Type H Air Washer. The main theatre building’s basement where the heating and washing coils are located through a concrete plentum, which is a passage chamber. The theater’s metal ducts carry the air to grill from the main floor and to a semi-mushroom system of 165 air inlets inside. All fans were driven by Fairbanks Morse ball-bearing motors, and individual steal radiators, a Number 2 durectly connected Sturlevant fan keeps the air fresh in restrooms and smoking rooms. There is a lot of other information about the air conditioners in this theater but I decided to cut it short a little.
The electric sign (done by the Electrical Products Corporation, owners of the original presents of Calude Neon)’s measurements were 15x46ft and was an estimate cost towards $6,000. In technicolor, it is neon gas, elusive and a misunderstood product of natures own atmosphere were used in three different colors: red, orange, and blue. The “Pelican” letters were 24in in height, done in red, and the “Poole’s” and “Theatre” were also worked out in red flexiume characters half-a-yard tall. The Pelican himself under whose broad wings the theatre sails is enhanced by orange neon, with the borders attractively complete the color scheme in blue neon.
Inside, there are 11,540ft of cable and rope used backstage which covers over 2 miles), and the stage floor is sanded and as highly finished of top grade maple wood and fir, built on concrete base. 1400yds of draperies were used throughout the house, and the motif is red in the auditorium. The balcony is 82ft across the facade and 54ft in depth. 13 rows of chairs and 4 rows of loges with a capacity of 626 in total as of its opening. Each row is separated platform long enough for complete comfort even though the theatre patron is a member of a “Long Fellow’s Club”. The asbestos curtains were weigh 1,200 pounds.
San Francisco native M. J. Reid, part of the architectural form of the Reid Brothers there, designed the Pelican, and is listed as one of the greatest architects in the USA, who started his Klamath Falls services for the building of the “New” Klamath Theatre in 1894.
A guy simply named as H. W. Poole, is the president and controlling stockholder of the Pelican. He has been in the theater business since 1919. He made it into Klamath Falls on December 23, 1910 while seeking a place to make his house. After getting into the business in 1919, he built and opened the Liberty Theatre. Later on October 1, 1920, he opened up the Chiloquin Theatre, and would later complete the Pine Tree Theatre on April 8, 1925. He struck his next project, and the answer is the Pelican.
Opened On April 25, 1941 With Chester Morris In “Thunder Afloat” And William Boyd In “Border Vigilantes”.
Closed In 1964.
Closed In 1962.
Opened In January 1952, Once Closed In 1972, Reopened In 1977, Closed For The Final Time On March 4, 1986 With “Basic Training” And “Weekend Pass” As Its Last Films.
There Is Also A Shotgun Incident That Took Place In September 1974.
Closed In September 1962.
The 400-Capacity (200 Seats For Each Screen) Brooksville Twin Began Construction On August 1, 1976. After Being Constructed, Floyd Theatres First Operated The Theater And Opened The Twin To The Public On May 19, 1977.
Throughout Its History, The Brooksville Twin Was Operated By Floyd Theatres, Cobb Theatres, And Carmike Cinemas.
The Twin Closed Its Doors For The Final Time In September 2000, Which Occurred During The First Week Of The Month.
First Opened As The Brookville Drive-In In 1951, Renamed The 41 Drive-In In 1957, And Closed On May 26, 1986 With “Wildcats” As Its Last Film.
The Flint Theatre Name Was Dropped During The Week of May 30, 1946 To Become The New Gentry Theatre After A May 2, 1946 Plan.
The Actual Opening Date Is September 29, 1949 With Jack Carson In “It’s A Great Feeling” And Gary Cooper In “Task Force” Along With A Cartoon And A Grantland Rice Sportlight.
During Its Last Years Beginning From The Early 1970s Until 1975, It Screened X-Rated Films. It Ended Its X-Rated Runs Because Of One Film, Which Were Seized By The Springdale Police Department On July 15, 1975, And The Answer Is “Touch Me”. The Film Was Later Delivered To Washington County Prosecutor Mahlon Gibson Who Had Determined If Charges Will Be Filed And Against Whom They Would Be Filed. The Owner, J. T. Hitt Of Bentonville, And The Projectionist, Boyd Stricklen Of Springdale, Were Arrested And Later Announced That The 2 Were Pleaded Guilty (Originally Not Guilty) On October 30, 1975 In The Washington County Court In Fayetteville To Charges Of Exhibiting The Obscene Film. Circuit Judge Maupin Cummings Fined Hitt And Stricklen $2,000 Each, Suspending All But $500 Of The Fine For Hitt And $250 For Stricklen, And Sentenced Each 2 Years In Prison. Cummings Also Ordered That The Apollo Theater Which Showed X-Rated Films To Close Its Doors For The Final Time Or To Begin Showing Family Films Or First/Second-Run Films. A Report Says That The Apollo Has Been Closed, Abandoned Since October 13, 1975. A Similar Incident Occurred In Kansas City, Missouri And Had Leased It For One Week.
The Theater Closed Its Doors For The Final Time At That Point And Was Later Placed On Sale.
I can image the shape pretty often that it may look a little dense. To the tip of my brain, I can actually find that the road taking that way to the forest mentions the entrance and exit. The entire trace might be a little thick but I’m not sure yet, but luckily we can hope we can reveal it soon.
Information about the Ozark is very tricky to find. I knew that it was demolished in the 1980s, because it was super faded out in a 1994 aerial view which demonstrates extremely faded traces in a B&W photo, but a little bit rumored than what I was expected earlier.
The Grove Drive-In Wasn’t Even Opened In 1949 Nor Wasn’t Even Known As The 71 Drive-In.
The 71 Drive-In Kennerado’s Talking About Is The 71 In Fayetteville, Which Has Its Own CinemaTreasures Page.
The Grove Drive-In Is The Only Name Throughout Its History And It Opened Way Later Than That.
Construction Began In 1962, And The Grove Drive-In Opened Its Gates On June 7, 1963 With A Double Repackaging Feature: The 1958 Andy Griffith Film “No Time For Sergeants” And The 1961 Debbie Reynolds Film “The Second Time Around”, With No Selected Short Subjects.
Yeah I Made Mistakes Sometimes… Whoops!
The Seminole Theatre Closed In Early 1957 As A Mainstream Movie House. The Theater Then Later Reopened As The “Seminole Gospel Auditorium” (Which Still Sometimes Retaining Its Seminole Theatre Name) That June, And Believe It Or Not, Christian Films Began Screening There.
Closed On August 23, 1956.
Opened In August 1911, Closed In May 1959.
Opened On April 5, 1953 With “Son Of Paleface”, And Was Closed On January 26, 1986 With “Jagged Edge” And “The Karate Kid” As Its Last Films (Although Advertisements Appear Until February 2, 1986 But Says It Was Not Available). According To The Tampa Tribute, They Closed It For A Reason. They Said That They Cannot Compete With The Growth Of Media And The Decreasing Population Of Moviegoers, Especially At The Sumter. An Another Possible Reason Why It Closed Is Because On Ticket Pricing Concerns. However, The Traces And The Pathway Still Remains In The Theater’s Site.
Closed On September 1, 1957.