Motion Picture Herald, April 16, 1955: “Lee Theatres have bought the Lakewood, Lakewood, Colo., from the Jefferson Amusement Co.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 27, 1956: “The Lakewood, Lakewood, Colo., a Denver Suburb, is closing Jan. 1 and will be changed into a furniture store. The house is one of the newer theatres of the Denver metropolitan area, but just did not get enough business to keep going.”
Motion Picture Herald: May 26, 1956: “Theatres that have closed in the Denver film area since the first of the year, all of them in small towns: Pal, Palisade, Neb.; White, Hayes Center, Neb.; Wyo Lin, Lingle, Wyo.; Simla, Simla, Colo.; Trail, Evergreen, Colo.; Aladdin, Minitare, Neb.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 13, 1956: “Bruce Miller has sold the Vida, Spearfish, S. D., to the Mile High Co., which operates the Mile High drive-in, Lead, S. D.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 2, 1956: “Atlas Theatres have closed the Salida, Salida, Colo., with the opening of the Groy drive-in, also owned by Atlas. They are planning only to have one or the other open from now on.”
Motion Picture Herald, July 28, 1956: “Atlas Theatres have reopened their Salida, Salida, Colo., after having decided to close it while their drive-in there was open. But Dave Davis, general manager, was bombarded from all sides by Chamber of Commerce members and others to reopen the house.”
After including it in a May 26, 1956 note about Denver-area theater closings, Motion Picture Herald wrote on July 14 that year, “W. B. Weil has reopened the Trail, Evergreen, Colo., after being closed most of the winter.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 23, 1956: “Lester R. Dollison has reopened the Pinto, Mountain Air, N. M., and has renamed it the Hollywood. It has been closed several years.”
From the March 17, 1956 Motion Picture Herald: “Louis Petry and Robt. Perry have leased the Mitchell drive-in, Mitchell, Neb., and the Oskosh (sic) drive-in, Oskosh, Neb., from Merle Nygren.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 11, 1952: “Albuquerque Exhibitors Inc. have bought the El Rey and La Sambea from Marlin Butler. Butler still retains the Ernie Pyle and Sunset drive-in.”
Motion Picture Herald, Aug. 20, 1955: “Paul Campbell, recently city manager for Knox Theatres, Durango, has bought the Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., from Lester Dollison. Clarence Batter is the booker-buyer.”
Motion Picture Herald, March 3, 1956: “The Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., leased recently by Paul Campbell, has been closed.”
Motion Picture Herald, July 9, 1955: “Clarence Calland, owner of the Iris, Edgemont, S.D., is building a 300-car drive-in there for opening this month.”
Motion Picture Herald, Nov. 8, 1947: “Sam Langwith, owner, Western Service & Supply Co., sells Mines, Idaho Springs, Colo., to Smith & Reed, who operate in Wyoming and Nebraska.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 25, 1955: “Kenneth Chism has bought the interests of his partner Paul Allmeyer, in the Mines, Idaho Springs, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 4, 1955, “Mitchell Kelloff has bought the Valley, Fowler, Colo., and the Ord, Ordwar (sic), Colo., from Schumour Theatres.”
The name had changed by this note in the May 7, 1955 Motion Picture Herald: “Philip Heil, manager of the Valley, Fowler, Colo., has moved to Golden, Colo., to manage the Golden while Fay Boyd takes a leave of absence for six months because of rheumatic fever.”
And just a month later, in the June 4 issue, “Mitchell Kelloff has bought the Valley, Fowler, Colo., and the Ord, Ordwar (sic), Colo., from Schumour Theatres.”
Was this it? Motion Picture Herald, May 14, 1955: “Theatres of Wyoming are building a 750-car drive-in at Casper, Wyo., east of the city, to open in August. Dietz Lusk, Colorado Springs, Colo., is the architect.”
Motion Picture Herald, April 16, 1955: “Lee Theatres have bought the Lakewood, Lakewood, Colo., from the Jefferson Amusement Co.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 27, 1956: “The Lakewood, Lakewood, Colo., a Denver Suburb, is closing Jan. 1 and will be changed into a furniture store. The house is one of the newer theatres of the Denver metropolitan area, but just did not get enough business to keep going.”
On May 26, 1956, Motion Picture Herald included the “Wyo Lin, Lingle, Wyo.,” in a list of theaters that had closed since the first of that year.
Motion Picture Herald: May 26, 1956: “Theatres that have closed in the Denver film area since the first of the year, all of them in small towns: Pal, Palisade, Neb.; White, Hayes Center, Neb.; Wyo Lin, Lingle, Wyo.; Simla, Simla, Colo.; Trail, Evergreen, Colo.; Aladdin, Minitare, Neb.”
Motion Picture Herald, July 7, 1956: “The Chief and Pecos, Roswell, N. M., have been closed.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald: June 9, 1956: “Closings in the recent months in the Denver territory … are the Zala, Madrid, Neb.; Otis, Otis, Colo.; and the Gem, Culbertson, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 13, 1956: “Bruce Miller has sold the Vida, Spearfish, S. D., to the Mile High Co., which operates the Mile High drive-in, Lead, S. D.”
Motion Picture Herald, Sept. 1, 1956: “George Simms, who also owns the Prince, Ault, Colo., has reopened the Gem, Frederick, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, Sept. 1, 1956: “George Simms, who also owns the Prince, Ault, Colo., has reopened the Gem, Frederick, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 2, 1956: “Atlas Theatres have closed the Salida, Salida, Colo., with the opening of the Groy drive-in, also owned by Atlas. They are planning only to have one or the other open from now on.”
Motion Picture Herald, July 28, 1956: “Atlas Theatres have reopened their Salida, Salida, Colo., after having decided to close it while their drive-in there was open. But Dave Davis, general manager, was bombarded from all sides by Chamber of Commerce members and others to reopen the house.”
After including it in a May 26, 1956 note about Denver-area theater closings, Motion Picture Herald wrote on July 14 that year, “W. B. Weil has reopened the Trail, Evergreen, Colo., after being closed most of the winter.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 23, 1956: “Lester R. Dollison has reopened the Pinto, Mountain Air, N. M., and has renamed it the Hollywood. It has been closed several years.”
From the March 17, 1956 Motion Picture Herald: “Louis Petry and Robt. Perry have leased the Mitchell drive-in, Mitchell, Neb., and the Oskosh (sic) drive-in, Oskosh, Neb., from Merle Nygren.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 11, 1952: “Albuquerque Exhibitors Inc. have bought the El Rey and La Sambea from Marlin Butler. Butler still retains the Ernie Pyle and Sunset drive-in.”
Motion Picture Herald, Aug. 20, 1955: “Paul Campbell, recently city manager for Knox Theatres, Durango, has bought the Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., from Lester Dollison. Clarence Batter is the booker-buyer.”
Motion Picture Herald, March 3, 1956: “The Ernie Pyle, Albuquerque, N. M., leased recently by Paul Campbell, has been closed.”
Motion Picture Herald, Jan. 28, 1956: “Charles J. Molcker has bought the LaFa, Lafayette, Colo., from Walter Houser.”
Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 22, 1955: “Burl E. Lingle has closed his Star, Estancia, N. M.”
Motion Picture Herald, July 9, 1955: “Clarence Calland, owner of the Iris, Edgemont, S.D., is building a 300-car drive-in there for opening this month.”
The Royal Gorge Regional Museum and History Center’s page about the Sunset says that it closed in 1990 and was dismantled the following year.
Motion Picture Herald, Nov. 8, 1947: “Sam Langwith, owner, Western Service & Supply Co., sells Mines, Idaho Springs, Colo., to Smith & Reed, who operate in Wyoming and Nebraska.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 25, 1955: “Kenneth Chism has bought the interests of his partner Paul Allmeyer, in the Mines, Idaho Springs, Colo.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 4, 1955: “Paul and Florence Allmeyer have bought the Lake, Grand Lake, Colo., from R. D. Ervin.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 4, 1955, “Mitchell Kelloff has bought the Valley, Fowler, Colo., and the Ord, Ordwar (sic), Colo., from Schumour Theatres.”
The name had changed by this note in the May 7, 1955 Motion Picture Herald: “Philip Heil, manager of the Valley, Fowler, Colo., has moved to Golden, Colo., to manage the Golden while Fay Boyd takes a leave of absence for six months because of rheumatic fever.”
And just a month later, in the June 4 issue, “Mitchell Kelloff has bought the Valley, Fowler, Colo., and the Ord, Ordwar (sic), Colo., from Schumour Theatres.”
Motion Picture Herald, June 4, 1955: “A $20,000 fire hit the closed U.S.A. theatre, Ft. Morgan, Colo. The house has been closed two years.”
Was this it? Motion Picture Herald, May 14, 1955: “Theatres of Wyoming are building a 750-car drive-in at Casper, Wyo., east of the city, to open in August. Dietz Lusk, Colorado Springs, Colo., is the architect.”