Reboot ad as the Fox Theatre Now on November 2, 1929 in photos. The move proved short-lived and not without incident. On the venue’s tenth anniversary on September 29, 1933, it went back to its original Rex Theatre moniker and that ad was posted by another user in photos.
The local paper says the address was 120 South 15th Street. It opened July 19, 1926. When the drive-in opened in the summer of 1949, the Rialto became a part-year operation for 1949-1951. It was home to the bus depot in 1952 with no further bookings or ads.
Grand opening of Drive-In Theatre in Clarinda was June 17, 1949 with “The Return of Wildfire.” The venue appears to end its run as the Clarinda Drive-In on November 13, 1986 showing “Top Gun”.
Opened September 3, 1971 as the Caprice Theatre with “Love Story.” Regular bookings appear to stop in 2004. The Caprice reopened December 7, 2006 as the Clarinda Theatre running to 2008.
The Bon Ton Theatre opened on November 19, 1910. It closed May 23, 1918 with the seating going to a local school and the projection equipment going to a theatre in Gravity, Iowa.
The National Guard Armory was built in 1908 with the Armory Theatre opening there in 1910. Herman Fields took on the theatre from Bluechel and Lannan in 1930 and changed to Ultraphone sound equipment reopening on October 1, 1936 as the Clarinda Theatre.
On Glenn Miller Day, January 13, 1954, the Clarinda had its biggest day welcoming Jimmy Stewart and his wife for the showing of “The Glenn Miller Story.” On July 18, 1954, the Clarinda introduced widescreen CinemaScope projection with “The Robe.”
With the evening showing of “Support Your Local Gunfighter” less than an hour away, the theatre was torched by a 17-year old decimating the theatre and leading to its demolition.
Picture of the December 20, 1923 grand opening of the Bayonne DeWitt Theatre in photos. Opening day consisted of films and an impressive musical performance on the new Wurlitzer opus 710 organ there.
“Could they not afford to rebuild?” A dominant chain in the Central and West Central Illinois, Kerasotes Theatres, had built a superior, widescreen drive-in to compete with the Pekin Drive-In in 1953. Given that the owners had already built two screen towers for less than four years of total service, my guess is that it, indeed, wasn’t a wise business move to rebuild circa 1954.
Should be listed as closed Evans Theatres closed on November 28, 2016 as Eastdale Mall Cinemas 8 citing rain damage and health issues. As of 2017, it hadn’t reopened.
The newspaper places the Cinema II as part of the Del Prado Shopping Center complex which, if correct, maps well to:
516 Alameda del Prado, Novato, California 94947.
(The ad above also places it there at the former 5480 Redwood Highway address.)
Griffith Consolidated Theatres, Inc., Circuit opened the Hornbeck Theatre , named after owner Adam Hornbeck, on July 10, 1947. It was constructed in 1946 but wartime steel shortages prevented its completion until construction completed in 1947. Eugene Gilboe of Dallas created the large abstract morals in the theater.
Closed for decorating in 1946 when Eugene Gilboe of Dallas created three seascape murals measuring 15'x30' that were attached to the walls and did the auditorium with a submarine motif.
Reboot ad as the Fox Theatre Now on November 2, 1929 in photos. The move proved short-lived and not without incident. On the venue’s tenth anniversary on September 29, 1933, it went back to its original Rex Theatre moniker and that ad was posted by another user in photos.
One of the rare “Architectural Styles – Colonial” for a drive-in. See photos.
Ben Schlanger was the architect of a redesign of teh Scarsdale Theater in 1950 and even helped develop its new screen (see photo).
Hadley & Worthington architectural refurbishing of the New Roxy Theater in 1950 in photos.
Sorry – 1952.
Opened October 26, 1925 with “Don Q: Son of Zorro” with Douglas Fairbanks. The Palace replaced Hilo’s Gaiety Theatre which closed on October 25, 1925.
The local paper says the address was 120 South 15th Street. It opened July 19, 1926. When the drive-in opened in the summer of 1949, the Rialto became a part-year operation for 1949-1951. It was home to the bus depot in 1952 with no further bookings or ads.
Grand opening of Drive-In Theatre in Clarinda was June 17, 1949 with “The Return of Wildfire.” The venue appears to end its run as the Clarinda Drive-In on November 13, 1986 showing “Top Gun”.
Opened September 3, 1971 as the Caprice Theatre with “Love Story.” Regular bookings appear to stop in 2004. The Caprice reopened December 7, 2006 as the Clarinda Theatre running to 2008.
The Bon Ton Theatre opened on November 19, 1910. It closed May 23, 1918 with the seating going to a local school and the projection equipment going to a theatre in Gravity, Iowa.
The National Guard Armory was built in 1908 with the Armory Theatre opening there in 1910. Herman Fields took on the theatre from Bluechel and Lannan in 1930 and changed to Ultraphone sound equipment reopening on October 1, 1936 as the Clarinda Theatre.
On Glenn Miller Day, January 13, 1954, the Clarinda had its biggest day welcoming Jimmy Stewart and his wife for the showing of “The Glenn Miller Story.” On July 18, 1954, the Clarinda introduced widescreen CinemaScope projection with “The Robe.”
With the evening showing of “Support Your Local Gunfighter” less than an hour away, the theatre was torched by a 17-year old decimating the theatre and leading to its demolition.
Picture of the December 20, 1923 grand opening of the Bayonne DeWitt Theatre in photos. Opening day consisted of films and an impressive musical performance on the new Wurlitzer opus 710 organ there.
“Could they not afford to rebuild?” A dominant chain in the Central and West Central Illinois, Kerasotes Theatres, had built a superior, widescreen drive-in to compete with the Pekin Drive-In in 1953. Given that the owners had already built two screen towers for less than four years of total service, my guess is that it, indeed, wasn’t a wise business move to rebuild circa 1954.
Should be listed as closed Evans Theatres closed on November 28, 2016 as Eastdale Mall Cinemas 8 citing rain damage and health issues. As of 2017, it hadn’t reopened.
The sketching of architect Carl Jules Weyl is in photos.
The newspaper places the Cinema II as part of the Del Prado Shopping Center complex which, if correct, maps well to: 516 Alameda del Prado, Novato, California 94947. (The ad above also places it there at the former 5480 Redwood Highway address.)
Griffith Consolidated Theatres, Inc., Circuit opened the Hornbeck Theatre , named after owner Adam Hornbeck, on July 10, 1947. It was constructed in 1946 but wartime steel shortages prevented its completion until construction completed in 1947. Eugene Gilboe of Dallas created the large abstract morals in the theater.
Closed for decorating in 1946 when Eugene Gilboe of Dallas created three seascape murals measuring 15'x30' that were attached to the walls and did the auditorium with a submarine motif.
Devastated during World War II, the State Theatre gets a makeover finally reopening in 1956 with this stunning lobby
Extraordinary! Thanks for posting.
Maurice D. Sornik was the architect of the 1956 makeover.
Maurice D. Sornik was the architect along with Harold Glucksman
The Maurice Sornik architectural drawing of the Lake Air Cinema in Waco
Las Vegas Cinema Inc. was a circuit of mostly 16mm adult movie locations using the same name be they In Toledo, Detroit or Wichita.
The drive-in closed at the end of the 1987 season and owner Nick Yiannias decided not to open in 1988.