Actual closing date is October 31, 1917 with the final chapter of “The Voice Of The Wire” and three episodes of “The Mystery Solved”. The closure of the Colonial also left Oshkosh without a vaudeville house.
This opened as the Eureka Theater on May 18, 1919 with “The Better Ole” (unknown if extras added). It was renamed the Rex Theatre in 1924 and was destroyed by a fire on April 11, 1928. Incendiary started the blaze with the screen and stage area having the most damage. The fire also destroyed its curtains. The fire happened after managers G.R. Cummins and L.E. Boucher left the theater for the night, everything off but the front doors were mistakenly left open. After returning the next morning, they smelled smoke. Boucher made its way through a back door but found it unfastened with a steel pry against the door from the outside making it difficult to open.
The Rex reopened the following year in 1929 and was renamed the Uptown Theatre on August 31, 1930.
Opened on September 17, 1933 with Phil Harris in “Melody Cruise” along with an unnamed Silly Symphony, unnamed comedy, and Paramount News. There is also an earlier Rose Theatre at a different location.
The Orpheum Theatre was renamed the State Theatre in Early 1931, and was renamed the Park Theatre on September 10, 1937 shortly after the newer State Theatre opened nearby.
Dallas, I have a question. Do you know any movie theaters that actually did suffer more than two fires on the same day? Because I thought a theater suffering two fires within hours apart is actually very rare for a movie theater’s tragic part of history.
Correction: This first softly opened on January 18, 1974 with “American Graffiti”, with the official grand opening happening on January 25, 1974 with “The Way We Were”.
Opened on June 29, 1948 with Dan Dailey in “Give My Regards To Broadway” (unknown if extras added). What’s very strange about its opening is that they don’t allowed children under the age of 12 only on its opening day.
Current function is first-run, but performing arts are also added in rare occasions.
Yeah. I forgot about that.
It never closed by December 1958. The theater continued operating for another two decades.
Actual closing date is October 31, 1917 with the final chapter of “The Voice Of The Wire” and three episodes of “The Mystery Solved”. The closure of the Colonial also left Oshkosh without a vaudeville house.
Edited from my October 8, 2022 (1:11 PM) comment:
Actual closing date is November 25, 1979 with “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t”, “North Dallas Forty”, and “Heaven Can Wait”.
Closed as a movie theater on October 27, 1991 with Disney’s “Fantasia” in Screen 1 and “Regarding Henry” in Screen 2.
This opened as the Eureka Theater on May 18, 1919 with “The Better Ole” (unknown if extras added). It was renamed the Rex Theatre in 1924 and was destroyed by a fire on April 11, 1928. Incendiary started the blaze with the screen and stage area having the most damage. The fire also destroyed its curtains. The fire happened after managers G.R. Cummins and L.E. Boucher left the theater for the night, everything off but the front doors were mistakenly left open. After returning the next morning, they smelled smoke. Boucher made its way through a back door but found it unfastened with a steel pry against the door from the outside making it difficult to open.
The Rex reopened the following year in 1929 and was renamed the Uptown Theatre on August 31, 1930.
Opened on September 17, 1933 with Phil Harris in “Melody Cruise” along with an unnamed Silly Symphony, unnamed comedy, and Paramount News. There is also an earlier Rose Theatre at a different location.
Opened on July 20, 1950 with Robert Preston in “Sundowners” (unknown if extras added).
This opened in 1937 as a relocation from the earlier State Theatre that later became the Park Theatre. I cannot find its exact opening date.
The Orpheum Theatre was renamed the State Theatre in Early 1931, and was renamed the Park Theatre on September 10, 1937 shortly after the newer State Theatre opened nearby.
Looks like the marquee was still under construction that night.
Opened with Wheeler & Wooley in “Cracked Nuts” along with the Bosko Looney Tunes cartoon “Yodeling Yokels” and the Bobby Jones comedy “The Putter”.
That’s the most weirdest drive-in screen I’ve ever seen…
Dallas, I have a question. Do you know any movie theaters that actually did suffer more than two fires on the same day? Because I thought a theater suffering two fires within hours apart is actually very rare for a movie theater’s tragic part of history.
Correction: This first softly opened on January 18, 1974 with “American Graffiti”, with the official grand opening happening on January 25, 1974 with “The Way We Were”.
Current function is first-run.
Current function is first-run.
Current function is first-run.
Current function is first-run.
Opened on June 29, 1948 with Dan Dailey in “Give My Regards To Broadway” (unknown if extras added). What’s very strange about its opening is that they don’t allowed children under the age of 12 only on its opening day.
Current function is first-run, but performing arts are also added in rare occasions.
Current functions are a mix of first-run, second-run, classic, foreign, and independent.
It just reopened two days ago, screening back first-run.
Early 1988.
Larger than 3,000 TV sets? How big was it anyway?
Closed on July 6, 1984.