Here is an item from a May 1954 issue of Box Office magazine:
SPRINGFIELD, ILL-The Frisina Amusement Company has closed the doors of its Lyric Theater here and is now removing all equipment. Future plans for the building are indefinite.
Here is an item in the May 1954 edition of Box Office magazine:
Hutsonville, IL-The Fox Theater, 265-seater, reopened for Wednesday and Saturday showings under the direction of Jerry McCrain. He has been assisted in the booking and buying of pictures by Kenneth Lindley. Mr. Lindley operated the theater prior to 1953.
An early morning blaze in the Alcazar Theater, 4426 Gage Ave., yesterday caused damage of approximately $50,000. A lighted cigarette left in a loge is believed to have started the blaze.
The fire destroyed the entire inside of the building. In an all-night fight, the fire departments of Bell, Maywood and Huntington Park confined the blaze within the theater and saved apartments above from damage. Projection and sound equipment was saved, but the theater screen, stage, seats and other equipment were destroyed. No one was injured.
Purchase of the California Theater building at 564 Fourth Street, San Bernardino, by the California-San Bernardino Theater Corp., a subsidiary of the Fox West Coast organization, from the San Bernardino Land & Mortage Company, for $150,000 marks one of the largest realty deals there this year.
The purchaser of the property has occupied it from the time the building was constructed about ten years ago. The two-story structure has a seating capacity of 1800.
The theater’s sale in November 1920 was noted by the Washington Post:
SALE OF EMPRESS THEATER.
Office of William K. Ellis Reports Transactions Totaling $100,000.
Transactions said to Involve considerations totaling approximately $100,000 are reported from the office of William K. Ellis. The Empress Theater, 416 Ninth Street Northwest, was sold to Marcus Notes who opened this theater as one of the first moving picture houses in Washington in 1909. Arthur Jordan was the former owner.
The Aschers sold in April 1923, according to the Tribune:
THEATER, STORES SOLD BY ASCHER; PRICE, $328,000
According to the revenue stamps on the deed, Nathan Ascher, president of the Cosmopolitan Securities company, was paid $328,000, subject to an incumbrance of $90,000, for the Cosmopolitan theater, store and office building.
Here is part of an article from the Reno Evening Gazette dated 8/30/57:
HAWTHORNE â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, owner of the Cactus and Desert theaters in Hawthorne, recently purchased the Mineralite Drive-In Theater and the lease on the Babbitt Theater and will assume active management of these two theaters on Sept 1.
The sale was made by Charles Leonard who has operated the Babbitt theater since 1949 and who constructed the Mineralite Drive-In, Hawthorne’s only drive-in theater, in 1953. Mrs. Bearden has announced that her Desert theater will be closed on Sept 1 and that the Babbitt theater, which has been closed during the summer months, will re-open on Sunday, Sept 1.
Here is part of an article from the Reno Evening Gazette dated 8/30/57:
Theater Sale is Announced in Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, owner of the Cactus and Desert theaters in Hawthorne, recently purchased the Mineralite Drive-In Theater and the lease on the Babbitt Theater and will assume active management of these two theaters on Sept 1.
The sale was made by Charles Leonard who has operated the Babbitt theater since 1949 and who constructed the Mineralite Drive-In, Hawthorne’s only drive-in theater, in 1953. Mrs. Bearden has announced that her Desert theater will be closed on Sept 1 and that the Babbitt theater, which has been closed during the summer months, will re-open on Sunday, Sept 1.
Co;lumbia Broadcasting System announced sale of its CBS-Radio Theater at 1615 N. Vine Street to Huntington Hartford III, food chain heir, for a figure in excess of $200,000. It was understood that Hartford acquired the theater-scene of many radio shows since 1936-as a legitimate stage theater and theater workshop.
Formerly known as the Vine Street Theater, the house was acquired by the radio network in 1936 and was operated by the Vine Street Realty Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS.
Here is part of another Trib article dated 1/15/36:
ILLINOIS THEATER SITE LEASED FOR $21,000 PER YEAR
Dimmed lights for the Illinois Theater will mean $21,000 rental for the site it now occupies to be paid the liquidating trustees by the Loop Auto Parks, Inc. This was disclosed yesterday when the final steps in the leasing of the historic property were concluded.
The church took over the abandoned Austin Theater in 1972. The front of the building has been stuccoed over, not much to make anyone think a theater was there. http://tinyurl.com/5vtvb4
I tried to take some interior photos in the dome before the movie started, but it was too dark. Besides, the Arclight ushers are very involved in having phones turned off and the rest. No argument from me there.
Here is an item from a May 1954 issue of Box Office magazine:
SPRINGFIELD, ILL-The Frisina Amusement Company has closed the doors of its Lyric Theater here and is now removing all equipment. Future plans for the building are indefinite.
Here is an item in the May 1954 edition of Box Office magazine:
Hutsonville, IL-The Fox Theater, 265-seater, reopened for Wednesday and Saturday showings under the direction of Jerry McCrain. He has been assisted in the booking and buying of pictures by Kenneth Lindley. Mr. Lindley operated the theater prior to 1953.
The Marlow had space for 900 cars in the early 1960s.
From the LA Times on 9/14/44:
Fire Sweeps Bell Theater
An early morning blaze in the Alcazar Theater, 4426 Gage Ave., yesterday caused damage of approximately $50,000. A lighted cigarette left in a loge is believed to have started the blaze.
The fire destroyed the entire inside of the building. In an all-night fight, the fire departments of Bell, Maywood and Huntington Park confined the blaze within the theater and saved apartments above from damage. Projection and sound equipment was saved, but the theater screen, stage, seats and other equipment were destroyed. No one was injured.
Here is part of an LA Times story dated 11/27/38:
Purchase of the California Theater building at 564 Fourth Street, San Bernardino, by the California-San Bernardino Theater Corp., a subsidiary of the Fox West Coast organization, from the San Bernardino Land & Mortage Company, for $150,000 marks one of the largest realty deals there this year.
The purchaser of the property has occupied it from the time the building was constructed about ten years ago. The two-story structure has a seating capacity of 1800.
Executive producer of “Slipper & the Rose” was David Frost.
Lou Dobbs from CNN?
The theater’s sale in November 1920 was noted by the Washington Post:
SALE OF EMPRESS THEATER.
Office of William K. Ellis Reports Transactions Totaling $100,000.
Transactions said to Involve considerations totaling approximately $100,000 are reported from the office of William K. Ellis. The Empress Theater, 416 Ninth Street Northwest, was sold to Marcus Notes who opened this theater as one of the first moving picture houses in Washington in 1909. Arthur Jordan was the former owner.
The Aschers sold in April 1923, according to the Tribune:
THEATER, STORES SOLD BY ASCHER; PRICE, $328,000
According to the revenue stamps on the deed, Nathan Ascher, president of the Cosmopolitan Securities company, was paid $328,000, subject to an incumbrance of $90,000, for the Cosmopolitan theater, store and office building.
Here is a February 1927 ad from the Englewood Register:
http://tinyurl.com/5pmv2q
The bakery can be seen at the bottom of this page:
http://tinyurl.com/6syw93
Here is part of an article from the Reno Evening Gazette dated 8/30/57:
HAWTHORNE â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, owner of the Cactus and Desert theaters in Hawthorne, recently purchased the Mineralite Drive-In Theater and the lease on the Babbitt Theater and will assume active management of these two theaters on Sept 1.
The sale was made by Charles Leonard who has operated the Babbitt theater since 1949 and who constructed the Mineralite Drive-In, Hawthorne’s only drive-in theater, in 1953. Mrs. Bearden has announced that her Desert theater will be closed on Sept 1 and that the Babbitt theater, which has been closed during the summer months, will re-open on Sunday, Sept 1.
Here is part of an article from the Reno Evening Gazette dated 8/30/57:
Theater Sale is Announced in Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE â€" Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, owner of the Cactus and Desert theaters in Hawthorne, recently purchased the Mineralite Drive-In Theater and the lease on the Babbitt Theater and will assume active management of these two theaters on Sept 1.
The sale was made by Charles Leonard who has operated the Babbitt theater since 1949 and who constructed the Mineralite Drive-In, Hawthorne’s only drive-in theater, in 1953. Mrs. Bearden has announced that her Desert theater will be closed on Sept 1 and that the Babbitt theater, which has been closed during the summer months, will re-open on Sunday, Sept 1.
Here is part of an LA Times story dated 7/10/53:
CBS-RADIO THEATER SOLD TO HARTFORD
Co;lumbia Broadcasting System announced sale of its CBS-Radio Theater at 1615 N. Vine Street to Huntington Hartford III, food chain heir, for a figure in excess of $200,000. It was understood that Hartford acquired the theater-scene of many radio shows since 1936-as a legitimate stage theater and theater workshop.
Formerly known as the Vine Street Theater, the house was acquired by the radio network in 1936 and was operated by the Vine Street Realty Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS.
Here is part of another Trib article dated 1/15/36:
ILLINOIS THEATER SITE LEASED FOR $21,000 PER YEAR
Dimmed lights for the Illinois Theater will mean $21,000 rental for the site it now occupies to be paid the liquidating trustees by the Loop Auto Parks, Inc. This was disclosed yesterday when the final steps in the leasing of the historic property were concluded.
The church took over the abandoned Austin Theater in 1972. The front of the building has been stuccoed over, not much to make anyone think a theater was there.
http://tinyurl.com/5vtvb4
I am indeed. Quaker education, in fact.
Here is a 2004 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6m35du
Is this just a parking lot now? Did they replace the theater with another building? Atlantic Avenue today is pretty dismal.
Here is the theater website:
http://grahamdrivein.com/
Here is a 2001 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5hr4xq
I tried to take some interior photos in the dome before the movie started, but it was too dark. Besides, the Arclight ushers are very involved in having phones turned off and the rest. No argument from me there.
Undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6haupn
Also, the chain should be unknown, and not AMC Theaters.
I agree, but Blazer Tag is also what you see when you google the address, map-wise.
This one is at 1701 W. Ben White. Are there a bunch of laser tag places on this street?
http://www.blazertag.com/tour/tour.html