To judge from its appearance in Google Maps (in both satellite and street view modes), the Galaxy was never a four-plex. The Film Canada Yearbook always listed the Galaxy as a twin with 300 seats in each auditorium, for a total of 600 seats.
Famous Players ran the Lougheed Drive-In in its later years. I saved a newspaper clipping of Vancouver-area movie listings from 1974 that shows the Lougheed Drive-In as part of FP.
According to the Prince George Citizen newspaper’s July 18, 1975 edition (on page 19), the Strand was playing a double feature of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Little Cigar Mob until the following Sunday (July 20). The Strand disappeared from the Citizen’s movie listings after that, starting with the July 21 issue (on page 8), so that would indicate that the Strand had closed by then.
Famous Players did indeed originally run the Rideau Centre Cinemas, not Cineplex (at least not until Cineplex briefly took it over after acquiring FP until it turned the theatre over to Empire).
The theatre’s address should be 911 Denman (at the corner of Denman and Barclay), not 911 Barclay. This is where current occupant Blenz Coffee went after the theatre building was renovated.
This photo shows how the theatre now looks, back under its original name of the Civic Theatre. The theatre’s new website is also here:
Nelson Civic Theatre
An older photo of the Civic, then under Famous Players management, can be seen here.
Here’s another photo of the Majestic, taken around September 1965 (which indicates the theatre was still open then, but would close shortly thereafter):
That’s sad to hear. I hope whoever bought the Hollywood considers refurbishing and reopening it for movies and puts as much pizazz into it as was put into the Rio.
The King Square Cinema on Charlotte Street should be listed as demolished because there’s now a parking lot on the former theatre site beside the buildings that it used to be next door to.
The theatre first opened in 1959 as the Sahara. It became the Westmount in 1965 when Famous Players took it over, then it became a twin theatre (not a triplex) in 1971. The current fourplex opened in 1985 in another part of the mall.
To judge from its appearance in Google Maps (in both satellite and street view modes), the Galaxy was never a four-plex. The Film Canada Yearbook always listed the Galaxy as a twin with 300 seats in each auditorium, for a total of 600 seats.
Famous Players ran the Lougheed Drive-In in its later years. I saved a newspaper clipping of Vancouver-area movie listings from 1974 that shows the Lougheed Drive-In as part of FP.
A 1986 photo of the Odeon Kamloops is shown here.
According to the Prince George Citizen newspaper’s July 18, 1975 edition (on page 19), the Strand was playing a double feature of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Little Cigar Mob until the following Sunday (July 20). The Strand disappeared from the Citizen’s movie listings after that, starting with the July 21 issue (on page 8), so that would indicate that the Strand had closed by then.
Famous Players did indeed originally run the Rideau Centre Cinemas, not Cineplex (at least not until Cineplex briefly took it over after acquiring FP until it turned the theatre over to Empire).
A 1982 photo of the Mall Theatre can be seen here. The marquee design resembles that of the Avon Theatre in Hamilton.
Status should read demolished. The current Google street view shows the entire theatre now gone, including the auditorium.
The September 1984 photo of the Cinema mentioned by TivFan is here.
The theatre’s address should be 911 Denman (at the corner of Denman and Barclay), not 911 Barclay. This is where current occupant Blenz Coffee went after the theatre building was renovated.
A photo of the Caprice Twin shortly after it closed can be seen here.
A 1970 photo of the Princess Theatre at night can be seen here.
As seen in the current Google street view, the address for the Odeon Prince George should actually read 355 Vancouver Street, not 255.
An older view of the Civic Theatre auditorium space from 1936 can be seen here.
This photo shows how the theatre now looks, back under its original name of the Civic Theatre. The theatre’s new website is also here: Nelson Civic Theatre
An older photo of the Civic, then under Famous Players management, can be seen here.
Here is an early photo of the Pen-Mar Theatre. According to the caption below the photo, the Pen-Mar opened on December 19, 1956.
Theatre status should now read closed. The Pen-Mar closed on October 4, 2012 and was replaced by the new Landmark 7 Penticton.
Here’s another shot of the Dominion, along with the Haida (as the Plaza), taken probably around the early 1950s.
Here’s another shot of the Haida (as the Plaza), along with the Dominion, taken probably around the early 1950s.
This theatre just reopened as the Collingwood Cinema. It’s being run by the former owners of the now-closed Denman Place Cinema.
Collingwood Cinema site
Status should read closed. The theatre closed is doors on November 4.
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An exterior view of the Strand from 1948: View link
Here’s another photo of the Majestic, taken around September 1965 (which indicates the theatre was still open then, but would close shortly thereafter):
View link
It appears to me that the building at 123 Main housing the Warehouse One store was once a movie theatre.
That’s sad to hear. I hope whoever bought the Hollywood considers refurbishing and reopening it for movies and puts as much pizazz into it as was put into the Rio.
The King Square Cinema on Charlotte Street should be listed as demolished because there’s now a parking lot on the former theatre site beside the buildings that it used to be next door to.
The theatre first opened in 1959 as the Sahara. It became the Westmount in 1965 when Famous Players took it over, then it became a twin theatre (not a triplex) in 1971. The current fourplex opened in 1985 in another part of the mall.