Here is an exceprt from an April 9, 1980 article in The Capital:
Stores To Replace Old Ritchie Drive-In
E.M. Loew’s Governor Ritchie Open-Air Theatre, one of the oldest drive-ins in the country,
is scheduled to close this year to make way for a shopping center. The news may be favorably received by residents of the nearby Glenmore community, who have for year lived-with the lights and late-night noise. But according to other north county residents, Ritchie Highway needs another shopping center like Marley Creek needs another sewage spill.
Plans call for a 208,655-square-foot shopping center with an 84,000-square-foot department
store and 40,260-square-foot food or mercantile store to act as financial anchors. More than 900 parking spaces would be provided. The drive-in, built in 1938, will be closed “for
economic reasons,” according to William G. Steele, who has managed it for 12 years. “The
land is far too valuable for a drive-in.”
Here is an excerpt from an 11/14/65 article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
The Iowa theater in Cedar Rapids will change ownership Dec. 1. It will also close that date for extensive remodeling and modernization and remain closed until Christmas day. The theater was acquired by Dubinsky Brothers Theaters from RKO Theaters several months ago, with Dec. 1 as the takeover date. The name of the theater will continue the Iowa, the RKO identification merely being dropped from it. Reopening feature at the Iowa: The new James Bond movie “Thunderball”, starring Sean Connery.
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.
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/
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
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. …
Here are some photos from my failed link above:
http://tinyurl.com/6xepmw
http://tinyurl.com/6la6l3
http://tinyurl.com/5nj8zq
http://tinyurl.com/6855qh
It looks like the Ruby was put on the National Register back in 1982.
http://tinyurl.com/5a84go
Here is an ad from the Long Beach Press-Telegram dated 1/20/78:
http://tinyurl.com/6ymskm
I’ll keep an eye out.
Here is an exceprt from an April 9, 1980 article in The Capital:
Stores To Replace Old Ritchie Drive-In
E.M. Loew’s Governor Ritchie Open-Air Theatre, one of the oldest drive-ins in the country,
is scheduled to close this year to make way for a shopping center. The news may be favorably received by residents of the nearby Glenmore community, who have for year lived-with the lights and late-night noise. But according to other north county residents, Ritchie Highway needs another shopping center like Marley Creek needs another sewage spill.
Plans call for a 208,655-square-foot shopping center with an 84,000-square-foot department
store and 40,260-square-foot food or mercantile store to act as financial anchors. More than 900 parking spaces would be provided. The drive-in, built in 1938, will be closed “for
economic reasons,” according to William G. Steele, who has managed it for 12 years. “The
land is far too valuable for a drive-in.”
Here is an excerpt from an 11/14/65 article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette:
The Iowa theater in Cedar Rapids will change ownership Dec. 1. It will also close that date for extensive remodeling and modernization and remain closed until Christmas day. The theater was acquired by Dubinsky Brothers Theaters from RKO Theaters several months ago, with Dec. 1 as the takeover date. The name of the theater will continue the Iowa, the RKO identification merely being dropped from it. Reopening feature at the Iowa: The new James Bond movie “Thunderball”, starring Sean Connery.
Apparently it wasn’t.
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.
Here is some background from the church website:
http://tinyurl.com/5pd8d3
Here is an October 10, 1948 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/5836jq
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/
Here is an October 4, 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/58ae8m
Here is an October 1960 ad from the Pasadena Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/62r2xu
Looks like it opened on 2/16/57:
http://tinyurl.com/6ey437
The Victoria opened in February 1957, according to an ad in the Victoria Advocate at that time.
Here is an article from the Hillsboro Press-Gazette dated June 1, 1956:
http://tinyurl.com/5u7vtt
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
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. …
OK, sorry about that.
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
Here is a 1942 news story from the St. Petersburg Times:
http://tinyurl.com/674tmv
There was another fire in July 1944:
http://tinyurl.com/5fmgx9
A McGuffin was a plot point that Hitchcock used to throw you off so you wouldn’t figure out the mystery.
Here is a photo taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/62k7n9
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