The Loew’s Uptown theatre was closed on April 15th, 1962 due to a careless cigarette smoker and reopened on August 15th, 1962. Grand reopening ad posted.
The Royal theatre opened as “Rockford Newest and Most Beautiful Moving Picture House” on September 12th, 1914. It reopened as the Strand theatre on February 12th, 1920 and listed as owned by Balaban & Katz in 1925. It reopened as Roxy on October 2nd, 1931 and as Rex on August 18th, 1939 and closed or stopped its ads in 1958. Grand opening ads and picture posted.
Royal theatre opening Sep 12, 1914 Rockford Register Star (Rockford, Illinois) Newspapers.com
closing article:
The Valley River Twin was a separate building from the Cinema World.
Opened September 12th, 1975. Grand opening ad posted.
Closing article:
Heilig Theatre closing Jun 5, 1973 The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon) Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad:
Became the Fine Arts on June 4th, 1969. Grand opening ad and AI picture posted.
Opened on October 9th, 1947. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened September 12th, 1946.
First mention: April 30th, 1910.
First mentioned in the Register-Guard on December 15th, 1908.
The Aloha opened on January 22nd, 1909 and reopened as the Savoy on September 12th, 1912. Grand opening ads posted.
All this for an adult theatre.
2000 reopening ad posed.
Cinema 1 was showing adult movies through the 1970s.
Opened on July 23, 1969.
There were plans to reopen this cinema as the Mosaic Cinemas in 2024, but has stalled. Facebook Webshot posted.
Photographed on August 15th, 1962 on its reopening after the April 15th, 1962 fire.
The Loew’s Uptown theatre was closed on April 15th, 1962 due to a careless cigarette smoker and reopened on August 15th, 1962. Grand reopening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
This became Odeon Oshawa on August 11th, 1966 with “Born Free”. Grand opening ads posted.
Opened on September 24th, 1936, grand opening ad posted.
More about the cinema
Bloom & Fine harassment of the Cum-Bac theatre in 1931.
The Royal theatre opened as “Rockford Newest and Most Beautiful Moving Picture House” on September 12th, 1914. It reopened as the Strand theatre on February 12th, 1920 and listed as owned by Balaban & Katz in 1925. It reopened as Roxy on October 2nd, 1931 and as Rex on August 18th, 1939 and closed or stopped its ads in 1958. Grand opening ads and picture posted.
Royal theatre opening Sep 12, 1914 Rockford Register Star (Rockford, Illinois) Newspapers.com
Opened September 9th, 1906 with the Famous Bohemian Trio. Grand opening ad posted.