HONOLULU, HAWAII-Edwin Silver is manager of the newly rebuilt Cinerama Theater which Consolidated Amusement Co. opened here last month. Silver has been in public relations in local sporting and entertainment ventures, having served as publicity director for the Hawaii Chiefs professional basketball team when it played in the American Basketball League in 1961-62.
Silver, who was appointed by John H. Traut, Consolidated president, is a native of Indianapolis. He has made his home here since 1959. The Cinerama Theater opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”.
DOWNEY, CALIF-The Avenue Theater in Downey is now undergoing a $50,000 remodeling program in preparation for a policy of long-run pictures. The reconstruction job will include a new marquee and front, increased seating capacity and new restrooms. E.R. Cummings Theater Corp., owner and operator of the Avenue Theater, has also scheduled the immediate remodeling of the Norwalk Theater in Norwalk, Calif. The firm recently remodeled the Meralda in Downey, at a cost in excess of $100,000.
LOS ANGELES-Metropolitan Theaters is taking over the lease on the State Theater, as of January 14. United Artists is dropping the theater, which it has operated since 1949. The house is owned by Loew’s Theaters. The UA lease had until May to run, but arrangements were worked out for the earlier takeover. This gives Sherrill C. Corwin’s Metropolitan circuit most of the downtown first-runs.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Audubon Films has expanded its activities to include exhibition. The company has taken over the Charles Theater in Greenwich Village and will reopen it on January 16, following redecoration and installation of new seats.
Radley H. Metzger, director of Audubon, said the theater would operate on a policy of selected foreign and American films. Opening program will consist of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “A Coming-Out Party”, followed by “Phaedra” and “Lolita”.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Arthur Marks, assistant manager of the Plaza Theater, Manhattan art house playing “David and Lisa”, has leased the 600-seat Hobart Theater, Woodside, L.I. (sic) starting January 6. The theater will continue a policy of playing art and foreign films.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
ST. LOUIS-The Southway Theater in the Lemay section was reopened Friday under the management of Lloyd G. Weston, who leased the house from the Lau family. The Southway, dark for many months, was formerly operated under a lease by the Fred Wehrenberg circuit.
SUMNER, WASH-Mike Barovic has closed the local Riviera Theater because of lack of attendance. According to his son Don, the house may be reopened in the summer.
The building housing the Uclan Theater in Westwood has been bought by Morris Lehrmand and Paul Raful from the estate of Frances Seymour Fonda, late wife of actor Henry Fonda. The Uclan, operated on lease from the Dietrich and Feldstein circuit, is unaffected by the sale.
The U.S. Naval Air Reserve Station in Hartford, Conn., aided manager Ray McNamara during the premiere of “The Bridges at Toko-Ri” at the Allyn Theater by providing a helicopter to fly a banner spelling “Bridges” from the theater to a downtown destination point. Newspaper photographers were on hand to record the unique publicity stunt.
Dorothea Abbott, cashier at the Arcade Theater, south side, at a police standup, identified Thomas Murray, 45, as the gunman who held up the theater January 29 and made off with $45. He was held on a charge of armed robbery despite his denials that he was the bespectacled gunman.
PHILADELPHIA-Arthur Kerns, manager of the Randolph Theater, died at the age of 45. He had been with William Goldman Theaters for 11 years, and before that was with Warners.
PHILADELPHIA-Jay Wren, film buyer and city manager of AB-Paramount’s Philadelphia theaters, has been named general manager and film buyer of the Viking, the city’s new first-run house, and the suburban Locust Theater, according to Harry Sley, president of the Viking Theater Corp. Wren will assume his new duties March 1.
O.F. Sullivan, Wichita theaterman, has leased the Regent Theater in Winfield, Kas. Remodeling plans are under discussion. The Regent is a 750-seat house.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
HONOLULU, HAWAII-Edwin Silver is manager of the newly rebuilt Cinerama Theater which Consolidated Amusement Co. opened here last month. Silver has been in public relations in local sporting and entertainment ventures, having served as publicity director for the Hawaii Chiefs professional basketball team when it played in the American Basketball League in 1961-62.
Silver, who was appointed by John H. Traut, Consolidated president, is a native of Indianapolis. He has made his home here since 1959. The Cinerama Theater opened with “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
DOWNEY, CALIF-The Avenue Theater in Downey is now undergoing a $50,000 remodeling program in preparation for a policy of long-run pictures. The reconstruction job will include a new marquee and front, increased seating capacity and new restrooms. E.R. Cummings Theater Corp., owner and operator of the Avenue Theater, has also scheduled the immediate remodeling of the Norwalk Theater in Norwalk, Calif. The firm recently remodeled the Meralda in Downey, at a cost in excess of $100,000.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
LOS ANGELES-Metropolitan Theaters is taking over the lease on the State Theater, as of January 14. United Artists is dropping the theater, which it has operated since 1949. The house is owned by Loew’s Theaters. The UA lease had until May to run, but arrangements were worked out for the earlier takeover. This gives Sherrill C. Corwin’s Metropolitan circuit most of the downtown first-runs.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
Clarence and George McBride, who operate the McBride Theater, have been in exhibition at Trafford for 42 years.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Audubon Films has expanded its activities to include exhibition. The company has taken over the Charles Theater in Greenwich Village and will reopen it on January 16, following redecoration and installation of new seats.
Radley H. Metzger, director of Audubon, said the theater would operate on a policy of selected foreign and American films. Opening program will consist of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “A Coming-Out Party”, followed by “Phaedra” and “Lolita”.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, January 1963:
NEW YORK-Arthur Marks, assistant manager of the Plaza Theater, Manhattan art house playing “David and Lisa”, has leased the 600-seat Hobart Theater, Woodside, L.I. (sic) starting January 6. The theater will continue a policy of playing art and foreign films.
This is the current occupant:
http://www.plasti-tek.com/
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
ST. LOUIS-The Southway Theater in the Lemay section was reopened Friday under the management of Lloyd G. Weston, who leased the house from the Lau family. The Southway, dark for many months, was formerly operated under a lease by the Fred Wehrenberg circuit.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
SUMNER, WASH-Mike Barovic has closed the local Riviera Theater because of lack of attendance. According to his son Don, the house may be reopened in the summer.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The building housing the Uclan Theater in Westwood has been bought by Morris Lehrmand and Paul Raful from the estate of Frances Seymour Fonda, late wife of actor Henry Fonda. The Uclan, operated on lease from the Dietrich and Feldstein circuit, is unaffected by the sale.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The U.S. Naval Air Reserve Station in Hartford, Conn., aided manager Ray McNamara during the premiere of “The Bridges at Toko-Ri” at the Allyn Theater by providing a helicopter to fly a banner spelling “Bridges” from the theater to a downtown destination point. Newspaper photographers were on hand to record the unique publicity stunt.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
The Metropolitan Theater, in the Bloomfield district, is being converted into a storeroom.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Dorothea Abbott, cashier at the Arcade Theater, south side, at a police standup, identified Thomas Murray, 45, as the gunman who held up the theater January 29 and made off with $45. He was held on a charge of armed robbery despite his denials that he was the bespectacled gunman.
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Nicholas Capone and Michael Fonde are now operating the Center in Trenton.
I wonder if they print those a year ahead, like almanacs.
Maybe that was the suburbs back then. Wasn’t that in Center City somewhere?
From Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
PHILADELPHIA-Arthur Kerns, manager of the Randolph Theater, died at the age of 45. He had been with William Goldman Theaters for 11 years, and before that was with Warners.
Boxoffice magazine, February 1955 issue.
This is from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
PHILADELPHIA-Jay Wren, film buyer and city manager of AB-Paramount’s Philadelphia theaters, has been named general manager and film buyer of the Viking, the city’s new first-run house, and the suburban Locust Theater, according to Harry Sley, president of the Viking Theater Corp. Wren will assume his new duties March 1.
The name of the theater was changed from Fox to Sharon in February 1955.
The dance hall is discussed here:
http://tinyurl.com/56udk5
You can still see the Bingo sign on Google. Status should be closed.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Harold Eskin is not going to operate the Bromley after April, and the theater is scheduled for conversion to a dance hall.
This was part of an ad in the May 1950 issue of Boxoffice magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/6ajme8
From Boxoffice magazine, May 1950:
O.F. Sullivan, Wichita theaterman, has leased the Regent Theater in Winfield, Kas. Remodeling plans are under discussion. The Regent is a 750-seat house.
Status should be closed, function unknown.
The Paramount has a full schedule of events. Status should be open, and function should be performing arts or live performances.