The Harkins Southlake 14 closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It was one of the last circuits in the DFW market to reopen a location doing so on Labor Day weekend of 2020. It was quite apparent that the moviegoers were few and far between for the location. Harkins Theatres Circuit decided to permanently close the location after showtimes on November 1, 2020 making it one of many theaters closed by its circuit permanently during the pandemic.
The Regal Harrisonburg 14 closed along with the rest of the Regal locations on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre reopened in the summer but reclosed along with all of the Regal/Cineworld locations on October 8, 2020. On October 28, 2020, Regal made the closure of this location permanent making the Regal Harrisonburg one of many theaters closed by its circuit permanently during the pandemic.
The AMC Classic River Village 6 closed for the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the circuit. On September 20, 2020, AMC made the closure permanent with the River Village 6 just one of many theatres closed permanently by its circuit during the pandemic.
Regal closed its Timberlyne March 17, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regal/Cineworld reopened some locations but the Timberlyne could not due to governmental ordinances.
When Regal/Cineworld suspended operations in October 8, 2020, it then made the closure of its Timberlyne permanent. As noted above, the addition of the 13-screen Silverspot CInemas at the mall known as University Place that opened October 23, 2015 made the Timberlyne more expendable to Regal. The space would be repurposed as a medical office. The Regal Timberlyne was one of many theaters to be closed permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though admittedly lacking in detective skills, I can state with a very high degree of accuracy that this venue actually launched as the Grand Theatre on March 14, 1908 with motion pictures in downtown Woodland (see photos for the grand opening ad.) On May 16, 1908, under new operator William Hunt, the theater relaunched as the Elite Theatre still showing motion pictures.
In August of 1910, Hunt sold the theatre to Woodland movie pioneer Eugene Mathauer. However, William Hunt re-acquired the theatre in May of 1911 and his wife, Allie Hunt, ran the Elite closing it in 1915.
The National Theatre Syndicate purchased the Strand to eliminate the competition moving the organ to its Chico location in early 1924. But the theatre re-emerged very briefly with the last film to play the Strand on July 13, 1924 with Bert Lytell in “The Idle Rich.” Used for a few live events in 1924, the Strand was converted for retail as the Central Market in 1925.
The non Woodland historian (me) said that Henry Laugenour launched the first of two theatres he owned with the Air-Dome opening May 7, 1914 with the Francis Ford film, “Washington at Valley Forge.” He then opened another airdome on May 7, 1914 leading the original to be called the Woodland Airdome. T.H. Dixon took on the venue building a roof over the structure in the Fall of 1923. He renamed the venue the Woodland Theatre reopening on November 17, 1923 with Tom Mix in “North of Hudson Bay” and Harold Lloyd in “Get Out and Get Under.” The roof was constructed to allow easy removal so it could operate as an airdome – something it decided against.
At the end of a ten year lease, William Cornwell re-equipped the former Airdome turned Woodland Theatre in March of 1933 with a contest to rename the venue. The winner was announced and the venue ran under the selected name of Bill’s Theatre. Its grand opening film was on March 30, 1933 launching with Ronald Colman in “Raffles.”
Continental Cinemas and the Troy Cinema were victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre had suspended operations on March 17, 2020 for the pandemic. But it reopened June 13, 2020 with reserved seating. But on October 15, 2020, the theatre closed permanently with Continental filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
W. Stuart Webster officially launched his 760-seat Webster-Granada Theatre on March 31, 1922 with Strongheart in “The Silent Call” supported by a Buster Keaton short film and an Aesop’s Fable cartoon. The Robert Morton Special Orchestral organ was the biggest hit and had arrived in December of 1921 in 27 shipping crates. The theatre also featured live plays and live vaudeville on various days. George Mann and Morgan A. Walsh’s National Theatre Syndicate purchased the Granada in November of 1923 converting to full time motion pictures. They renamed it the National Theatre almost immediately thereafter.
The National was converted to sound in 1929 with Vitaphone and with Western Electric sound added on Mary 25, 1930. The National’s final showings a double feature with “Music Goes Round” and “Crime Doesn’t Pay” on April 24, 1936. In the early morning of April 25, 1936, an arson fire ended the theater’s run. Plans for a new National Theatre were drawn up within days of the fire with its name eventually changing to the State Theatre which launched in 1937.
Groundbreaking for the $1.6 million Circle Plaza Shopping Center containing a Winn-Dixie Grocery Store and the Circle Plaza Cinema III was held on April 27, 1983. The announcement led to the end of the Strand Theatre which closed on October of 1983 while the Circle Plaza opened in 1984.
The Plaza 3 Theatre closed March 17, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened June 11, 2020. But it closed Sunday, October 24, 2020 with “The Honest Thief,” “The War with Grandpa,” and “The Empty Man.” Foothills Entertainment announced a furnishing removal sale the following day, October 25, 2020 as the theatre closed permanently. It was one of many theatres closed permanently by its operator during the pandemic.
Beginning in 1913, the Opera House went by the name of the Guthrie Theatre. Ned Pedigo may have been the theater’s final operator wiring it for sound in the early 1930s. Regular screenings ended in 1934 with sporadic offerings in 1935. It does not appear to have been used for further cinematic offerings.
The Highland Electric Theatre launched April 1, 1908 in the existing, 1891-constucted Tontz-Hirschl Building. In 1928, Griffith Amusements took on the Highland downgrading it to weekend operation only. The theatre received sound in the summer of 1929 but only operated into early 1930s with the building being condemned in 1931. However, the building was repaired and used for retail purposes beginning in 1936.
According to the trade press, Ned Pedigo operated the Highland and the Pollard Theatre in Guthrie and his entry into the theatre business pre-dated silent films. But he decided in 1926 to create an improved theatre to properly display feature films including Simplex projectors and Da-Lite screens. The Pedigo launched July 22, 1926 with “The Bat” starring George Beranger. The building had previously been home to a mortician.
In October of 1927, Pedigo sold the theatre becoming the State Theatre. On April 12, 1928, Griffith Amusement took on the venue as its fourth operator and wired it for sound. Pedigo would re-emerge taking on the Guthrie Theatre – his first sound theatre – in 1932.
After holding one final live event in January of 1958 long after movies had stopped there, City Drug took over the State converting it to retail.
The formal dedication of the Post Theatre took place on August 11, 1942 when Nashville radio station WSM brought its orchestra led by Beasley Smith to live simulcast music with an auditorium full of soldiers.
The project began as the proposed United Artists Theatre. But upon its launch, it opened as Bushnell’s Wardman Theatre on March 15, 1932 with “All Quiet on the Western Front” supported by a newsreel, a travelogue called “Cross Road” and five acts of vaudeville. Stars at the opening included “Western Front’s” Edmund Breese, Yola D'Avril and Rita Cavalier.
The theatre was tri-plexed becoming an adult theatre. It closed after the Whittier Narrows earthquake of October 1, 1987. However, the theatre was refurbished and relaunched in 1990.
The former Gale Theatre turned Strand Theatre was reacquired in 1923 by its original owner Henry J. Siler. Siler had created the Scenic and closed the Gale shortly thereafter in 1921. New operators had reopened the Gale as the Strand. Two new operators failed to get much business to the Strand. But in 1923, Gale and partner Henry Gwin decided to purchase the Strand and move it to this location as the New Strand. It opened on January 21, 1924 with “Alias the Night Wind.”
Margaret Raysor played the pipe organ there. In 1925, the Strand was closed in the summer and open just on weekends beginning that Fall. The Strand appears to have closed after shows on May 21, 1929 not converting to sound. Robbins Pharmacy took on the venue changing the front and leveling the floor for its opening there in May of 1936.
Henry J. Siler’s Gale Theatrical Co. opened the Gale Theatre in 1916 in Whittier. He opened the larger Scenic Theatre in 1920 and closed the Gale in 1921. Months later, R.G. Hunt took on the theatre running it into early 1922 selling it to M.M. Hanam who changed the name of the venue to the Strand Theatre on February 21, 1922. Hanam installed a new Robert Morton pipe organ. Hanam closed the theatre with C.W. Pixley taken over the operation that August until closing.
In 1923, Siler acquired the former Gale turned Strand and moved to the New Strand with Henry Gwin opening on January 21, 1924. It has its own Cinema Treasure page.
The Pageant Theatre launched as a 150-seat repertory subscription cinema on March 28, 1974. It transitioned to an art cinema playing contemporary art fare with film classics. Over its years of service, sporadic live plays and music were also part of the mix.
The Harkins Southlake 14 closed March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It was one of the last circuits in the DFW market to reopen a location doing so on Labor Day weekend of 2020. It was quite apparent that the moviegoers were few and far between for the location. Harkins Theatres Circuit decided to permanently close the location after showtimes on November 1, 2020 making it one of many theaters closed by its circuit permanently during the pandemic.
The Regal Harrisonburg 14 closed along with the rest of the Regal locations on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre reopened in the summer but reclosed along with all of the Regal/Cineworld locations on October 8, 2020. On October 28, 2020, Regal made the closure of this location permanent making the Regal Harrisonburg one of many theaters closed by its circuit permanently during the pandemic.
The AMC Classic River Village 6 closed for the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the circuit. On September 20, 2020, AMC made the closure permanent with the River Village 6 just one of many theatres closed permanently by its circuit during the pandemic.
Regal closed its Timberlyne March 17, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regal/Cineworld reopened some locations but the Timberlyne could not due to governmental ordinances.
When Regal/Cineworld suspended operations in October 8, 2020, it then made the closure of its Timberlyne permanent. As noted above, the addition of the 13-screen Silverspot CInemas at the mall known as University Place that opened October 23, 2015 made the Timberlyne more expendable to Regal. The space would be repurposed as a medical office. The Regal Timberlyne was one of many theaters to be closed permanently during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though admittedly lacking in detective skills, I can state with a very high degree of accuracy that this venue actually launched as the Grand Theatre on March 14, 1908 with motion pictures in downtown Woodland (see photos for the grand opening ad.) On May 16, 1908, under new operator William Hunt, the theater relaunched as the Elite Theatre still showing motion pictures.
In August of 1910, Hunt sold the theatre to Woodland movie pioneer Eugene Mathauer. However, William Hunt re-acquired the theatre in May of 1911 and his wife, Allie Hunt, ran the Elite closing it in 1915.
The National Theatre Syndicate purchased the Strand to eliminate the competition moving the organ to its Chico location in early 1924. But the theatre re-emerged very briefly with the last film to play the Strand on July 13, 1924 with Bert Lytell in “The Idle Rich.” Used for a few live events in 1924, the Strand was converted for retail as the Central Market in 1925.
The non Woodland historian (me) said that Henry Laugenour launched the first of two theatres he owned with the Air-Dome opening May 7, 1914 with the Francis Ford film, “Washington at Valley Forge.” He then opened another airdome on May 7, 1914 leading the original to be called the Woodland Airdome. T.H. Dixon took on the venue building a roof over the structure in the Fall of 1923. He renamed the venue the Woodland Theatre reopening on November 17, 1923 with Tom Mix in “North of Hudson Bay” and Harold Lloyd in “Get Out and Get Under.” The roof was constructed to allow easy removal so it could operate as an airdome – something it decided against.
At the end of a ten year lease, William Cornwell re-equipped the former Airdome turned Woodland Theatre in March of 1933 with a contest to rename the venue. The winner was announced and the venue ran under the selected name of Bill’s Theatre. Its grand opening film was on March 30, 1933 launching with Ronald Colman in “Raffles.”
The new Woodland Opera House opened with its first show on June 15, 1896 – a live play by the Hodges Company.
Continental Cinemas and the Troy Cinema were victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theatre had suspended operations on March 17, 2020 for the pandemic. But it reopened June 13, 2020 with reserved seating. But on October 15, 2020, the theatre closed permanently with Continental filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Opened December 25, 1936 with “One Rainy Afternoon” and a vaudeville show.
W. Stuart Webster officially launched his 760-seat Webster-Granada Theatre on March 31, 1922 with Strongheart in “The Silent Call” supported by a Buster Keaton short film and an Aesop’s Fable cartoon. The Robert Morton Special Orchestral organ was the biggest hit and had arrived in December of 1921 in 27 shipping crates. The theatre also featured live plays and live vaudeville on various days. George Mann and Morgan A. Walsh’s National Theatre Syndicate purchased the Granada in November of 1923 converting to full time motion pictures. They renamed it the National Theatre almost immediately thereafter.
The National was converted to sound in 1929 with Vitaphone and with Western Electric sound added on Mary 25, 1930. The National’s final showings a double feature with “Music Goes Round” and “Crime Doesn’t Pay” on April 24, 1936. In the early morning of April 25, 1936, an arson fire ended the theater’s run. Plans for a new National Theatre were drawn up within days of the fire with its name eventually changing to the State Theatre which launched in 1937.
Groundbreaking for the $1.6 million Circle Plaza Shopping Center containing a Winn-Dixie Grocery Store and the Circle Plaza Cinema III was held on April 27, 1983. The announcement led to the end of the Strand Theatre which closed on October of 1983 while the Circle Plaza opened in 1984.
The Plaza 3 Theatre closed March 17, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened June 11, 2020. But it closed Sunday, October 24, 2020 with “The Honest Thief,” “The War with Grandpa,” and “The Empty Man.” Foothills Entertainment announced a furnishing removal sale the following day, October 25, 2020 as the theatre closed permanently. It was one of many theatres closed permanently by its operator during the pandemic.
The Gale Theatrical Company and Henry Siler opened the Gale Theater in 1916.
This 1926 shot show how the Broadway Theatre once looked like in Newburgh before it was gutted by a January 1943 fire.
1926 letter from the Straham Theatre Circuit operating the Strand Theatre in Yonkers
Opened September 23, 1913 with the play, “The Passing Show of 1912.”
Beginning in 1913, the Opera House went by the name of the Guthrie Theatre. Ned Pedigo may have been the theater’s final operator wiring it for sound in the early 1930s. Regular screenings ended in 1934 with sporadic offerings in 1935. It does not appear to have been used for further cinematic offerings.
The Highland Electric Theatre launched April 1, 1908 in the existing, 1891-constucted Tontz-Hirschl Building. In 1928, Griffith Amusements took on the Highland downgrading it to weekend operation only. The theatre received sound in the summer of 1929 but only operated into early 1930s with the building being condemned in 1931. However, the building was repaired and used for retail purposes beginning in 1936.
According to the trade press, Ned Pedigo operated the Highland and the Pollard Theatre in Guthrie and his entry into the theatre business pre-dated silent films. But he decided in 1926 to create an improved theatre to properly display feature films including Simplex projectors and Da-Lite screens. The Pedigo launched July 22, 1926 with “The Bat” starring George Beranger. The building had previously been home to a mortician.
In October of 1927, Pedigo sold the theatre becoming the State Theatre. On April 12, 1928, Griffith Amusement took on the venue as its fourth operator and wired it for sound. Pedigo would re-emerge taking on the Guthrie Theatre – his first sound theatre – in 1932.
After holding one final live event in January of 1958 long after movies had stopped there, City Drug took over the State converting it to retail.
The formal dedication of the Post Theatre took place on August 11, 1942 when Nashville radio station WSM brought its orchestra led by Beasley Smith to live simulcast music with an auditorium full of soldiers.
The project began as the proposed United Artists Theatre. But upon its launch, it opened as Bushnell’s Wardman Theatre on March 15, 1932 with “All Quiet on the Western Front” supported by a newsreel, a travelogue called “Cross Road” and five acts of vaudeville. Stars at the opening included “Western Front’s” Edmund Breese, Yola D'Avril and Rita Cavalier.
The theatre was tri-plexed becoming an adult theatre. It closed after the Whittier Narrows earthquake of October 1, 1987. However, the theatre was refurbished and relaunched in 1990.
The former Gale Theatre turned Strand Theatre was reacquired in 1923 by its original owner Henry J. Siler. Siler had created the Scenic and closed the Gale shortly thereafter in 1921. New operators had reopened the Gale as the Strand. Two new operators failed to get much business to the Strand. But in 1923, Gale and partner Henry Gwin decided to purchase the Strand and move it to this location as the New Strand. It opened on January 21, 1924 with “Alias the Night Wind.”
Margaret Raysor played the pipe organ there. In 1925, the Strand was closed in the summer and open just on weekends beginning that Fall. The Strand appears to have closed after shows on May 21, 1929 not converting to sound. Robbins Pharmacy took on the venue changing the front and leveling the floor for its opening there in May of 1936.
Henry J. Siler’s Gale Theatrical Co. opened the Gale Theatre in 1916 in Whittier. He opened the larger Scenic Theatre in 1920 and closed the Gale in 1921. Months later, R.G. Hunt took on the theatre running it into early 1922 selling it to M.M. Hanam who changed the name of the venue to the Strand Theatre on February 21, 1922. Hanam installed a new Robert Morton pipe organ. Hanam closed the theatre with C.W. Pixley taken over the operation that August until closing.
In 1923, Siler acquired the former Gale turned Strand and moved to the New Strand with Henry Gwin opening on January 21, 1924. It has its own Cinema Treasure page.
The Pageant Theatre launched as a 150-seat repertory subscription cinema on March 28, 1974. It transitioned to an art cinema playing contemporary art fare with film classics. Over its years of service, sporadic live plays and music were also part of the mix.
From the website “The design of the façade was drawn up by the German architects Roberto Hoeff and Rodolfo Bader.”