Jim;
I was only trying to convey what I know this type of signage is called collectively in our two countries. I am led to believe that in the USA it is a Blade sign, in the UK is is generally known as a Fin sign or sometimes known as a Vertical sign. What is the correct term in the USA?
If I mentioned Stalls seating or Pit seating, there are probably not many viewers of this site based in the USA who would know what I was talking about. Yet if I said Orchestra seating, all in the USA would know I mean’t what we in the UK would call the Stalls (downstairs) section of seating (The Pit seats were very cheap priced seats on long wooden benches in the rear of the orchestra stalls area in live theatres in the UK at the turn of the last Century.)
Same difference with Marquee in the USA, in the UK is Canopy.
I wont go on and bore you all. You say tomato and I say tomato…LOL
The Film Daily Yearbook:1950 edition gives an address of 7th Street and Main Street. These do not map out as they run parallel several blocks apart. The seating capacity is listed as 750. It is also listed as open in the 1941 edition of F.D.Y. with the same seating capacity.
Jared
Sorry I can’t help you any further. The Film Daily Yearbook entry’s give just the name of the theatre and the seating capacity as I stated in my 9th November posting. No further details are given. The only other info I have from these books is that the Star Theatre is the only theatre listed for Jamestown, TN.
The latest report in the Cinema Theatre Association ‘Bulletin’– Sept/Oct 2005 quotes from a Grimsby Telegraph article dated 4th August 2005 that; the building has been sold and the new landlord is looking to lease the disused triple cinema. An operator from the area is said to be interested.
Ken Roe
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A photograph I took in the Summer 1993 when it was in use as a concert venue the ‘Camden Palace: View link
Here are 3 photographs I took on a gloomy rainy day in June 1980 when demolition had commenced. The last name of the building ‘Club Noreik’ is above the corner entrance. The building had been painted black and had lost its decorative features and corner dome. The roof had already been taken off and the front doors were open. I peeked in but wasn’t allowed to take photographs. View link View link View link
The only listing I have for the Temple Theatre is in the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook which lists it as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. No address or seating capacity is given. It is listed in the 1941 edition of F.D.Y. but only in the Circuits List (again under Paramount Pictures Inc) and not in the State/Town list.
Operating up to around 1942. The Film Daily Yearbook:1943 edition lists it with a seating capacity of 1,553. Operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. It is listed as Closed.
The site of the Ritzy prior to its errection and the Brixton Theatre & Opera House which stood next door: View link
Architect Frank Matcham designed the Brixton Theatre & Opera House. It was never a cinema, but worth mentioning here. It was destroyed by bombing in World War II and the site is now used by the Ritzy as their newly built bar/cafe and 4 extra screens, as shown in the bottom photo. View link
The Manhattan Theatre is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook:1943 edition as having 403 seats and operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. It is listed as Closed and does not appear in further editions of F.D.Y.
Jim;
I was only trying to convey what I know this type of signage is called collectively in our two countries. I am led to believe that in the USA it is a Blade sign, in the UK is is generally known as a Fin sign or sometimes known as a Vertical sign. What is the correct term in the USA?
If I mentioned Stalls seating or Pit seating, there are probably not many viewers of this site based in the USA who would know what I was talking about. Yet if I said Orchestra seating, all in the USA would know I mean’t what we in the UK would call the Stalls (downstairs) section of seating (The Pit seats were very cheap priced seats on long wooden benches in the rear of the orchestra stalls area in live theatres in the UK at the turn of the last Century.)
Same difference with Marquee in the USA, in the UK is Canopy.
I wont go on and bore you all. You say tomato and I say tomato…LOL
A recent close-up photograph of the facade (minus it’s blade/fin name sign) and marquee:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joereifer/56786172/
The Film Daily Yearbook; 1941 edition lists the Warner Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,300.
It’s the same, so this entry will be deleted.
lostmemory;
Just for information on theatres listed in F.D.Y. for Coolidge, AZ
1941
Coolidge…390 seats
Rex Closed
San Carlos…750 seats
1943
San Carlos…750 seats
1950
San Carlos 7th & Main Street 750 seats
Studio 6th & Main Street 400 seats
Could be the Studio Theatre is the Coolidge Theatre re-opened?
No mention of a Mauks Theatre though.
The Film Daily Yearbook:1950 edition gives an address of 7th Street and Main Street. These do not map out as they run parallel several blocks apart. The seating capacity is listed as 750. It is also listed as open in the 1941 edition of F.D.Y. with the same seating capacity.
Jared
Sorry I can’t help you any further. The Film Daily Yearbook entry’s give just the name of the theatre and the seating capacity as I stated in my 9th November posting. No further details are given. The only other info I have from these books is that the Star Theatre is the only theatre listed for Jamestown, TN.
The Derrick Theater is also listed as ‘closed’ in the 1941 and 1943 editions of F.D.Y.
The latest report in the Cinema Theatre Association ‘Bulletin’– Sept/Oct 2005 quotes from a Grimsby Telegraph article dated 4th August 2005 that; the building has been sold and the new landlord is looking to lease the disused triple cinema. An operator from the area is said to be interested.
A photograph I took in the Summer 1993 when it was in use as a concert venue the ‘Camden Palace:
View link
In the 1941 and 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook, the Palace Theatre is listed with 950 seats and ‘Closed’.
The 1950 edition lists it as open with 1,099 seats.
Film Daily Yearbooks; 1941 and 1943 editions give a seating capacity of 300. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. seating is given as 315.
Here are 3 photographs I took on a gloomy rainy day in June 1980 when demolition had commenced. The last name of the building ‘Club Noreik’ is above the corner entrance. The building had been painted black and had lost its decorative features and corner dome. The roof had already been taken off and the front doors were open. I peeked in but wasn’t allowed to take photographs.
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A photograph of the decorative exterior of the former Majestic/Gaumont Clapham in use as Southside nightclub several years ago:
View link
A photograph of the Coliseum in its current use as a pub here:
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The only listing I have for the Temple Theatre is in the 1943 edition of Film Daily Yearbook which lists it as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. No address or seating capacity is given. It is listed in the 1941 edition of F.D.Y. but only in the Circuits List (again under Paramount Pictures Inc) and not in the State/Town list.
Gone from listings by 1950.
Operating up to around 1942. The Film Daily Yearbook:1943 edition lists it with a seating capacity of 1,553. Operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. It is listed as Closed.
Some before and after photographs of the Ritzy Picturehouse and more historic details:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/ritzy.html
Close-up before and after photographs:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/ritzy2.html
The site of the Ritzy prior to its errection and the Brixton Theatre & Opera House which stood next door:
View link
Architect Frank Matcham designed the Brixton Theatre & Opera House. It was never a cinema, but worth mentioning here. It was destroyed by bombing in World War II and the site is now used by the Ritzy as their newly built bar/cafe and 4 extra screens, as shown in the bottom photo.
View link
Two more before and after photographs:
View link
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook:1930 edition with a seating capacity of 1,078.
The 1937 edition of the Kinematograph Yearbook gives a seating capacity of the Regent Cinema as 400.
Before and After photographs and historic details on the Palladium Cinema/Fridge Nightclub:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/fridge.html
and more here:
View link
The Manhattan Theatre is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook:1943 edition as having 403 seats and operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. thru their subsidiary Frank Walker. It is listed as Closed and does not appear in further editions of F.D.Y.
Listed in Film Daily Yearboks:1941 and 1943 editions with 500 seats. It has gone from listings by 1950.
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition shows a street address for the Favini Theatre, 1610 Pittston Avenue, Scranton, PA.
An October 2005 photograph of the marquee and entrance to the Avalon Theatre here:
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