The Boothbay Harbor Comprehensive Plan includes a list of highlights in the town’s history which says that the Strand Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1982. I haven’t found an opening year for the Strand, but it’s listed in the 1932 FDY.
The Court Theatre was located on Wharf Street, a bit west of Poplar Street. I suspect, though I’m not absolutely certain, that the theater was in the (now much-altered) building that houses Annabell’s Emporium and Cafe, at 304 Wharf. I also wonder if the Court might have been a reverse theater, as the lots on that side of the block slope up toward the rear.
I attempted to do a Google Street View link, but the new Google Maps is terribly uncooperative. Here is a bird’s-eye view from Bing Maps.
The caption of this photo of the first airplane in Beeville says that it was owned by C. A. Pressey, and adds this: “Charley Pressey is also known for establishing the first moving picture theater in Beeville in 1906. The name of the business was Superba Family Theatre and the admission price was five cents.”
The Superba is also briefly mentioned in the NRHP registration form for Beeville’s Rialto Theatre, but no further information about it is included.
An extensive gallery of recent photos of the Webber Theatre, including glimpses of the attic and mechanical spaces, can be seen on the building’s LoopNet listing. The vacant theater and an adjacent empty lot are being offered at $2.7 million.
The Princess Theatre was on the ground floor of the Kiel & Warren Building, built in 1883, which originally housed on its second floor a theater listed in the 1889 Jeffery’s guide as the Del Norte Opera House, with 300 seats. The Princess Theatre was in operation by 1918. The upstairs opera house was converted into a dance hall. The building was demolished in the 1960s, according to its brief entry on this web page.
Signs above the entrance of this building read “The Opera House” and “Erected 1912.” It was apparently the second location of the Idaho Springs Opera House, as another theater of that name was in operation at least as early as 1886. This Waymarking page has a photo and text of the historic marker pertaining to the theater building and its former neighbor, a commercial block destroyed by fire in 1989 and since replaced by a small park. The earliest mention of the name Mines Theatre I’ve found dates from 1931, but the name might have been adopted earlier.
Completion of the Orpheum suffered considerable delay. A notice that construction of the theater had begun was published in the July 17, 1913, issue of Iron Trade Review, which said that the house was expected to open by December 15.
The February 2, 1940, issue of The Nebraska State Journal reported that a fire early the previous morning had done $50,000 damage to the Pace Theatre building in Gordon, leaving the town without a movie house. Only the four outside walls were left standing. The Pace Theatre had been operated under a lease by the Black Hills Amusement Company for theater owner J. W. Pace, who planed to rebuild.
A house called the Red Bud Theatre is mentioned in the theater trade journals at least as early as 1918. In the 1927 FDY it was listed with 200 seats, but in 1932 it was listed as closed, with 400 seats.
At least as early as 1911 Red Bud had a movie house called the Martin Airdome, operated by a J. H. Martin. A 1923 reference to a Martin Theatre in Red Bud names the new operator as a Sam Bradley, but makes no reference to it being an airdome, so it might have been enclosed at some point.
As Red Bud had at least two movie theaters in the 1920s, the fluctuation in the seating capacity of the Red Bud Theatre might have been the result of the name being moved from one house to the other.
The Mazza Gallery is listed on the web site of architect James Thomas Martino as one of his theater projects, though he lists it as being in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He also has it listed under projects for K-B Theatres, which makes me wonder if he actually designed the Paris Theatre, which this house replaced. He designed several projects each for both K-B and GCC.
The correct name of the architect of The Movies at Montgomery Mall is James Thomas Martino. It was one of his earliest projects, his practice having been established in 1983. The house was originally operated by K-B Theatres, opening on January 18, 1985, according to Robert K. Headley’s Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.. The K-B chain went under in January, 1994, and this house was closed, but it was reopened in March of that year by Cineplex Odeon.
The architectural firm of Goenner, Woodhouse & Associates originally designed the Congressional 5 Cinemas. The house was later renovated with plans by architect James Thomas Martino, who designed several projects for K-B Theatres.
The Bohemia Theatre’s building is currently occupied by the offices of a law firm. The building is on the east side of Ocoee Street (Lee Highway) three doors north of 1st Street.
The banner photo at the top of this web page shows the Bohemia Theatre in the distance. Scroll down through the “B” section of the page for a somewhat closer photo.
Note that although the information with the photo thumbnail gives the operating years of the Bohemia as 1911-1955, the house was clearly still in operation in 1956, per the Boxoffice article about the theater’s 50th anniversary, cited in my previous comment (scan here.)
The page needs updated with the aka Warner Theatre, per the 1930 ad rivest266 uploaded. The naming had to have been temporary, though, as we also have a photo of the house with the Strand vertical above a marquee advertising the 1945 release Of Human Bondage, and 1940s era cars in the street. Another photo has John Garfield and Shelly Winters paired on the marquee, and I believe the only movie in which they co-starred was the 1951 release He Ran All the Way.
The September 14, 1907, issue of The Moving Picture World had this news about the Wonderland’s near escape from disaster:
“The inflammable nature of the celluloid used in casting the motion pictures at Jennen’s Wonderland theatorium, on Main street, between Markham and Second, almost started a costly fire at Little Rock, Ark. The deck on which the lantern is operated was the only thing damaged by the blaze except three reels of films. The interior of the building was drenched by the fire department, which promptly answered the alarm, but within an hour or so the show was running as usual. Only three or four spectators were present at the time of the fire, and they had no difficulty in making their escape. The operator of the lantern had stopped the mechanism, but had neither taken away the reel nor shut off the powerful electric light, which is a part of the machine. As a consequence the highly inflammable celluloid films being exposed too long to the blaze of the light, took fire. Ordinarily when the machine is in operation and the reel is swiftly rotated, no part of the celluloid ribbon is exposed to the light long enough to be in danger of catching fire, but for some reason the reel was stopped, and as the light was not turned off, it soon was aflame.”
A September 28, 1907 New York Clipper advertisement for the O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., headquartered in the Gayety Theatre, St. Louis, listed a house called the Orpheum Theatre, at 511 S. Main Street, Little Rock, as a branch exchange.
The caption of a photo of the Stanley Theatre from the Portsmouth Library says that it was located at 5716 Gallia Street in the Sciotoville section, and was listed in city directories from 1922 to 1954.
This link might or might not work. The photo is at Pinterest, a rather boneheaded web site.
The Scenic Theatre, an expansion of which was mentioned in the October 15, 1910, issue of the trade journal The Nickelodeon, was improved and reopened following the 1913 flood, only to be severely damaged by a fire in July, 1915. I haven’t discovered if it was reopened again after the fire.
The January 12, 1926, issue of The Portsmouth Daily Times had an article about the opening of the LaRoy Theatre the previous night, and said that architect Laurence Millspaugh was among the speakers at the event. The November 19, 1924, issue of the same publication had said that Columbus architectural firm Carmichael & Millspaugh had been chosen to design the new theater to be built at Gallia and Gay Streets.
The firm was founded shortly after WWI. Martin Laurence Millspaugh retired from architecture in 1932 to take over operation of his family’s business, Baltimore silversmiths Samuel Kirk & Son. Carmichael & Millspaugh also drew the plans for the 1926 remodeling of the Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virginia. I’ve been unable to discover Mr. Carmichael’s first name or initials.
The Boothbay Harbor Comprehensive Plan includes a list of highlights in the town’s history which says that the Strand Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1982. I haven’t found an opening year for the Strand, but it’s listed in the 1932 FDY.
The Court Theatre was located on Wharf Street, a bit west of Poplar Street. I suspect, though I’m not absolutely certain, that the theater was in the (now much-altered) building that houses Annabell’s Emporium and Cafe, at 304 Wharf. I also wonder if the Court might have been a reverse theater, as the lots on that side of the block slope up toward the rear.
I attempted to do a Google Street View link, but the new Google Maps is terribly uncooperative. Here is a bird’s-eye view from Bing Maps.
The caption of this photo of the first airplane in Beeville says that it was owned by C. A. Pressey, and adds this: “Charley Pressey is also known for establishing the first moving picture theater in Beeville in 1906. The name of the business was Superba Family Theatre and the admission price was five cents.”
The Superba is also briefly mentioned in the NRHP registration form for Beeville’s Rialto Theatre, but no further information about it is included.
An extensive gallery of recent photos of the Webber Theatre, including glimpses of the attic and mechanical spaces, can be seen on the building’s LoopNet listing. The vacant theater and an adjacent empty lot are being offered at $2.7 million.
The Princess Theatre was on the ground floor of the Kiel & Warren Building, built in 1883, which originally housed on its second floor a theater listed in the 1889 Jeffery’s guide as the Del Norte Opera House, with 300 seats. The Princess Theatre was in operation by 1918. The upstairs opera house was converted into a dance hall. The building was demolished in the 1960s, according to its brief entry on this web page.
Signs above the entrance of this building read “The Opera House” and “Erected 1912.” It was apparently the second location of the Idaho Springs Opera House, as another theater of that name was in operation at least as early as 1886. This Waymarking page has a photo and text of the historic marker pertaining to the theater building and its former neighbor, a commercial block destroyed by fire in 1989 and since replaced by a small park. The earliest mention of the name Mines Theatre I’ve found dates from 1931, but the name might have been adopted earlier.
Completion of the Orpheum suffered considerable delay. A notice that construction of the theater had begun was published in the July 17, 1913, issue of Iron Trade Review, which said that the house was expected to open by December 15.
The February 2, 1940, issue of The Nebraska State Journal reported that a fire early the previous morning had done $50,000 damage to the Pace Theatre building in Gordon, leaving the town without a movie house. Only the four outside walls were left standing. The Pace Theatre had been operated under a lease by the Black Hills Amusement Company for theater owner J. W. Pace, who planed to rebuild.
A house called the Red Bud Theatre is mentioned in the theater trade journals at least as early as 1918. In the 1927 FDY it was listed with 200 seats, but in 1932 it was listed as closed, with 400 seats.
At least as early as 1911 Red Bud had a movie house called the Martin Airdome, operated by a J. H. Martin. A 1923 reference to a Martin Theatre in Red Bud names the new operator as a Sam Bradley, but makes no reference to it being an airdome, so it might have been enclosed at some point.
As Red Bud had at least two movie theaters in the 1920s, the fluctuation in the seating capacity of the Red Bud Theatre might have been the result of the name being moved from one house to the other.
The Calvert Village Movies is another of the several projects designed for K-B Theatres by architect James Thomas Martino.
The Burlington Cinema 10 was designed for General Cinema Corporation by architect James Thomas Martino.
The Bridgewater Commons 7 was designed for GCC by architect James Thomas Martino.
The Mazza Gallery is listed on the web site of architect James Thomas Martino as one of his theater projects, though he lists it as being in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He also has it listed under projects for K-B Theatres, which makes me wonder if he actually designed the Paris Theatre, which this house replaced. He designed several projects each for both K-B and GCC.
The Foundry 7 Cinemas was designed for K-B Theatres by architect James Thomas Martino.
The correct name of the architect of The Movies at Montgomery Mall is James Thomas Martino. It was one of his earliest projects, his practice having been established in 1983. The house was originally operated by K-B Theatres, opening on January 18, 1985, according to Robert K. Headley’s Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.. The K-B chain went under in January, 1994, and this house was closed, but it was reopened in March of that year by Cineplex Odeon.
The architectural firm of Goenner, Woodhouse & Associates originally designed the Congressional 5 Cinemas. The house was later renovated with plans by architect James Thomas Martino, who designed several projects for K-B Theatres.
Like the other multiplex in Annapolis, the Harbour 9 was designed by architect James Thomas Martino.
The Village Crossing 18 was designed for Crown Cinemas by architect James Thomas Martino.
The Bohemia Theatre’s building is currently occupied by the offices of a law firm. The building is on the east side of Ocoee Street (Lee Highway) three doors north of 1st Street.
The banner photo at the top of this web page shows the Bohemia Theatre in the distance. Scroll down through the “B” section of the page for a somewhat closer photo.
Note that although the information with the photo thumbnail gives the operating years of the Bohemia as 1911-1955, the house was clearly still in operation in 1956, per the Boxoffice article about the theater’s 50th anniversary, cited in my previous comment (scan here.)
The page needs updated with the aka Warner Theatre, per the 1930 ad rivest266 uploaded. The naming had to have been temporary, though, as we also have a photo of the house with the Strand vertical above a marquee advertising the 1945 release Of Human Bondage, and 1940s era cars in the street. Another photo has John Garfield and Shelly Winters paired on the marquee, and I believe the only movie in which they co-starred was the 1951 release He Ran All the Way.
The September 14, 1907, issue of The Moving Picture World had this news about the Wonderland’s near escape from disaster:
A September 28, 1907 New York Clipper advertisement for the O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., headquartered in the Gayety Theatre, St. Louis, listed a house called the Orpheum Theatre, at 511 S. Main Street, Little Rock, as a branch exchange.
The caption of a photo of the Stanley Theatre from the Portsmouth Library says that it was located at 5716 Gallia Street in the Sciotoville section, and was listed in city directories from 1922 to 1954.
This link might or might not work. The photo is at Pinterest, a rather boneheaded web site.
The Scenic Theatre, an expansion of which was mentioned in the October 15, 1910, issue of the trade journal The Nickelodeon, was improved and reopened following the 1913 flood, only to be severely damaged by a fire in July, 1915. I haven’t discovered if it was reopened again after the fire.
The January 12, 1926, issue of The Portsmouth Daily Times had an article about the opening of the LaRoy Theatre the previous night, and said that architect Laurence Millspaugh was among the speakers at the event. The November 19, 1924, issue of the same publication had said that Columbus architectural firm Carmichael & Millspaugh had been chosen to design the new theater to be built at Gallia and Gay Streets.
The firm was founded shortly after WWI. Martin Laurence Millspaugh retired from architecture in 1932 to take over operation of his family’s business, Baltimore silversmiths Samuel Kirk & Son. Carmichael & Millspaugh also drew the plans for the 1926 remodeling of the Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virginia. I’ve been unable to discover Mr. Carmichael’s first name or initials.