Ron;
I agree with you, I had a reference from a usually reliable source that it was named the ‘Towne’, but I have now found the 1978 photo of the building still known as the ‘Southern’. So please ignore the statement I made on my May 6th posting.
Originally opened as the Ugglan in 1916 it was a live theatre and cabaret space. In 1921 it became a cinema and from 6th August 1934 it had been modernised and re-named Lejonungen.
It became a repertory cinema in 1963 and was re-named Smultronstallet but this was short lived and it closed on 31st July 1966.
Ken Roe
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May 10, 2005 at 3:52 pm
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition lists the Grant Theatre, 237 seats, as the only theatre in Ulysses. I presume The Movies was originally known as the Grant Theatre?
The Cine Metro was opened by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the premier theatre for MGM films in Sao Paulo. The opening presentation was “Broadway Melody of 1938”.
It was twinned in 1977 (known as Metro 1 and 2) and in 1981 the two screens were given individual names;Metro and Paissandu.
I presume that the current church use has returned the auditorium to its original orchestra and balcony configuration.
The Michigan Theatre opened on 5th January 1928 with the movie “ Hero For a Night” starring Glenn Tryon, a stage show called ‘From Rags to Riches’ and Floyd Hoffman on the Barton 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ. The original seating capacity was for 1,829.
The State Theatre opened in 1923. It had a small Wurlitzer 2Manual theatre pipe organ which was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 28th September 1923.
The Olympia Theatre was built in 1916 and originally had a seating capacity of 2,800. It was equipped with a Hutchings 4Manual theatre pipe organ which was sold to a private party and removed from the theatre just prior to demolition in 1959.
The B.F. Keith’s 105th St. Theatre opened on 24th November 1924 with Mr E. F. Albee head of the Keith circuit in attendance. It had a capacity of 3,000 seats on two floors with a row of boxes arranged in a horse-shoe fashion at what would have been a mezanine level.
In its last years of operation it went over to screening adult porn films before final closure and demolition in 1982.
Editions of the Film Daily Yearbook that I have for years 1941 through 1950 only have one theatre listed for Collinsville, OK. and it is named the Nusho Theatre with a seating capacity given as 325. Would this be what is now the current Crown Theatre?
Charles;
I have the Roseville Theatre listed at 245 Vernon St.
The Tower Theatre is listed as having a seating capacity of 1,100 in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. It now operates as a live theatre ‘in the round’ by the Magic Circle Theatre who operate out of the former Roseville Theatre.
This theatre replaced two earlier theatres in the town that were operated by Haymond Robey from 1907 until 1911. This current theatre opened in 1911 as the Auditorium Theatre with an original seating capacity of 600.
In 1926 it was re-modeled by architects Carmichael & Millfaugh of Columbus, OH and re-opened as the Robey Theater on 8th September 1926 with the movie “Kiki” starring Norma Talmadge
The Riverside Theatre opened on 29th April 1928 with the movie “The Big Noise” starring Chester Conklin. The Wurlitzer 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ was opened by “Winkel” the Whiteman of the Wurlitzer! The names of the architects were Roger Kirchoff and Thomas Rose.
The opening movie on 28th March 1924 was “Why Men Leave Home” starring Lewis Stone. The Wisconsin Theatre was equipped with a Barton 3Manual/17Rank theatre pipe organ that had 2 consoles.
Ron;
I agree with you, I had a reference from a usually reliable source that it was named the ‘Towne’, but I have now found the 1978 photo of the building still known as the ‘Southern’. So please ignore the statement I made on my May 6th posting.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition as having 632 seats. It is still listed as operating in the 1950 edition.
Originally opened as the Ugglan in 1916 it was a live theatre and cabaret space. In 1921 it became a cinema and from 6th August 1934 it had been modernised and re-named Lejonungen.
It became a repertory cinema in 1963 and was re-named Smultronstallet but this was short lived and it closed on 31st July 1966.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition lists the Grant Theatre, 237 seats, as the only theatre in Ulysses. I presume The Movies was originally known as the Grant Theatre?
The Cine Metro was opened by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the premier theatre for MGM films in Sao Paulo. The opening presentation was “Broadway Melody of 1938”.
It was twinned in 1977 (known as Metro 1 and 2) and in 1981 the two screens were given individual names;Metro and Paissandu.
I presume that the current church use has returned the auditorium to its original orchestra and balcony configuration.
Charles;
Thank you for clarifying the correct address.
The Film Daily Yearbook,1950 edition gives the address as 3406 Madison Avenue, Granite City, IL
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s, 1949 through 1955 editions, as operating as a ‘Negro theatre’. Seating capacities vary from 400, 420 to 500.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition the seating capacity of the Orphuem Theatre is given as 1,690.
The original seating capacity of the State Theatre was 1,814. The architectural style of the theatre is Atmospheric, Spanish Colonial.
The Michigan Theatre opened on 5th January 1928 with the movie “ Hero For a Night” starring Glenn Tryon, a stage show called ‘From Rags to Riches’ and Floyd Hoffman on the Barton 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ. The original seating capacity was for 1,829.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 lists the seating capacity of the Grand Theatre as 468.
The State Theatre opened in 1923. It had a small Wurlitzer 2Manual theatre pipe organ which was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 28th September 1923.
The Olympia Theatre was built in 1916 and originally had a seating capacity of 2,800. It was equipped with a Hutchings 4Manual theatre pipe organ which was sold to a private party and removed from the theatre just prior to demolition in 1959.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 editions as the Liberty Theatre. By the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it has been re-named Rialto Theatre.
The B.F. Keith’s 105th St. Theatre opened on 24th November 1924 with Mr E. F. Albee head of the Keith circuit in attendance. It had a capacity of 3,000 seats on two floors with a row of boxes arranged in a horse-shoe fashion at what would have been a mezanine level.
In its last years of operation it went over to screening adult porn films before final closure and demolition in 1982.
Editions of the Film Daily Yearbook that I have for years 1941 through 1950 only have one theatre listed for Collinsville, OK. and it is named the Nusho Theatre with a seating capacity given as 325. Would this be what is now the current Crown Theatre?
Film Daily Yearbook’s, 1941 and 1943 editions give a seating capacity of 553. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity given is for 826.
The Alhambra had a seating capacity given as 1,435 in the 1930 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
Charles;
I have the Roseville Theatre listed at 245 Vernon St.
The Tower Theatre is listed as having a seating capacity of 1,100 in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. It now operates as a live theatre ‘in the round’ by the Magic Circle Theatre who operate out of the former Roseville Theatre.
The Ritz Theatre opened on 8th March 1926 as a movie/vaudville theatre after its transformation from the old Drake Opera House.
This theatre replaced two earlier theatres in the town that were operated by Haymond Robey from 1907 until 1911. This current theatre opened in 1911 as the Auditorium Theatre with an original seating capacity of 600.
In 1926 it was re-modeled by architects Carmichael & Millfaugh of Columbus, OH and re-opened as the Robey Theater on 8th September 1926 with the movie “Kiki” starring Norma Talmadge
The Riverside Theatre opened on 29th April 1928 with the movie “The Big Noise” starring Chester Conklin. The Wurlitzer 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ was opened by “Winkel” the Whiteman of the Wurlitzer! The names of the architects were Roger Kirchoff and Thomas Rose.
The opening movie on 28th March 1924 was “Why Men Leave Home” starring Lewis Stone. The Wisconsin Theatre was equipped with a Barton 3Manual/17Rank theatre pipe organ that had 2 consoles.
The Modjeska Theatre opened on 2nd August 1924 with a seating capacity of 2,000.