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kencmcintyre commented about Burnside Theatre on Nov 7, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Here is an excerpt from a NYT article dated 9/2/61:

BRONX LANDMARK TO BE DEMOLISHED; Burnside Theatre Site to Get Apartment House

September 2, 1961, Saturday

The property at the northeast corner of East Burnside and Walton Avenues, the Bronx, which contains Loew’s Burnside Theatre and five stores, has been sold by the theatre chain. Title has been taken by the buyer in the name of the Burnside Realty Company, representing Joseph S. Rosenblum, a realty investor and builder, and Fechter, Schneider and Spector.

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kencmcintyre commented about McNair Theatre on Nov 7, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Here is some background from the church website:
http://tinyurl.com/5pd8d3

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kencmcintyre commented about El Cerrito Motor Movies on Nov 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Here is an October 10, 1948 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/5836jq

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kencmcintyre commented about State Theater on Nov 7, 2008 at 10:44 am

Here is the church site. As you can see, the marquee says “On Stage”, which may have been the last incarnation before the church:
http://www.cornerstonelebanon.com/

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kencmcintyre commented about United Artists Theatre on Nov 7, 2008 at 9:59 am

Here is an October 4, 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/58ae8m

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kencmcintyre commented about Big Sky Drive-In on Nov 7, 2008 at 9:51 am

Here is an October 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/62r2xu

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kencmcintyre commented about Lone Tree Drive-In on Nov 6, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Looks like it opened on 2/16/57:
http://tinyurl.com/6ey437

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kencmcintyre commented about Lone Tree Drive-In on Nov 6, 2008 at 7:19 pm

The Victoria opened in February 1957, according to an ad in the Victoria Advocate at that time.

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kencmcintyre commented about Ranch Drive-In on Nov 6, 2008 at 7:06 pm

Here is an article from the Hillsboro Press-Gazette dated June 1, 1956:
http://tinyurl.com/5u7vtt

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kencmcintyre commented about Fulton Theatre on Nov 6, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Here are about sixty photos of a fire in July, but it wasn’t clear to me if the fire was in 2007 or 2008. In any event, the current status of the building is in question.
http://tinyurl.com/6j3rdv

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kencmcintyre commented about Starlite Drive-In on Nov 6, 2008 at 5:07 pm

This is the entry on Google archive:

New Drive – In Theatre Opens
Daily Collegian (1940 – 1987) – Penn State University – Apr 29, 1950
Opening of the new $75000 Starlite Drive – in Theatre on the Bellefonte – State College road is scheduled for tonight, according to owner Phillip Schleit. …

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kencmcintyre commented about Palace Theater on Nov 6, 2008 at 4:55 pm

OK, sorry about that.

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kencmcintyre commented about Starlite Drive-In on Nov 6, 2008 at 4:53 pm

There is an April 1950 article from the Daily Collegian on this site that discusses the opening of the drive-in:
http://tinyurl.com/5km28a

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kencmcintyre commented about Palace Theater on Nov 6, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Here is a 1942 news story from the St. Petersburg Times:
http://tinyurl.com/674tmv

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kencmcintyre commented about Apollo Theatre on Nov 6, 2008 at 4:42 pm

There was another fire in July 1944:
http://tinyurl.com/5fmgx9

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kencmcintyre commented about AMC opens Fork & Screen concept in KC on Nov 6, 2008 at 1:54 pm

A McGuffin was a plot point that Hitchcock used to throw you off so you wouldn’t figure out the mystery.

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kencmcintyre commented about ArcLight Beach Cities on Nov 6, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Here is a photo taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/62k7n9

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kencmcintyre commented about Hillside Theater on Nov 5, 2008 at 7:09 pm

If you flip around the view on Google, you can see an old 5 cents sign on the side of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/5kcwux

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kencmcintyre commented about Teatro del Lago on Nov 5, 2008 at 6:58 pm

From a Chicago Tribune article dated 11/1/64:

The Teatro theater in Wilmette will be razed in February, said its new owner Plato Foufas.

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kencmcintyre commented about Mat-Su Cinema on Nov 5, 2008 at 3:37 pm

Here is the church website:
http://www.crosscountrychurch.com/

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kencmcintyre commented about Alabama Theatre on Nov 5, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Landmark designation report from May 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5ssjg3

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kencmcintyre commented about Mat-Su Cinema on Nov 5, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Wasilla is of course best known because of its former mayor, Sarah Palin.

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kencmcintyre commented about United Artists Inglewood Theatre on Nov 4, 2008 at 9:28 pm

The LA Times reported in September 1933 that the United Artists had been sold for $85,000 cash to Albert Jones, a San Diego theater owner and investor. The seller was Mrs. Nora M. Brown.

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kencmcintyre commented about Montrose Theatre on Nov 4, 2008 at 9:23 pm

Here is an excerpt from the LA Times dated 3/24/31:

MONTROSE THEATER SOLD

Announcement is made here of the sale of the Montrose Theater to B.G. Meyers, formerly of St Cloud, Minn. Meyers is the son of M.P. Meyers, pioneer property owner in the Montrose area.

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kencmcintyre commented about Lindsay Community Theater on Nov 4, 2008 at 9:16 pm

The theater that burned may have been the Glade. An article in the LA Times dated 9/7/30 discussed the sale of the Glade to the Wobber Brothers of San Francisco, who had been renting the theater for some time.