David, maybe it should be an adult venue with a name like that.
But, seriously, uploaded a picture with signage as the Courtyard. Since The Lone Wolf banner is also on the building this was presumably taken after the Full Moon became operational since their site said the tattoo parlor only opened after they had.
According to their website, the Courtyard closed in 2001 and remained empty until 2014 when it was purchased by Ben and Stacy Dixon and Full Moon, Inc.. After extensive renovations it reopened as the Full Moon on September 23, 2016 with six of the theaters serving as Slaughterhouse, Nashville’s longest running seasonal haunted attraction. A seventh auditorium is now The Lone Wolf tattoo parlor. The remaining auditorium has half regular theatre seats and half dinner tables and booths. Currently, movies are only shown on Fridays and Saturdays.
According to the first quarter of 1984 report of the Trans-Lux Corporation there was income of $60,000 from the sale of a lease of a theatre in Richmond, Virginia. Doesn’t take rocket science to figure this one out.
According to a comment on the site of the Fairlee Motel and Drive-In, the Sunset has now opened up a motel. A check of the Sunset web page indicates this is not correct. There is a motel at the foot of the property, however.
Rather than closing at the end of August the Sunset soldiered on thru early January when the weather became prohibitive. They plan a March reopening.
In addition to her terse reviews of films Gladys E. McArdle was not adverse to resorting to stunt advertising. When Granny Get Your Gun played she encouraged women to show up with guns, toy or real. More details on this appear in the excerpt from the biography of Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (page 41) which I have uploaded.
Also uploaded an image of an ad for the Owl which appeared in the May 31, 1921 Lebanon Times.
The information that I came upon in the Movie Theaters of Holdrege indicated that the theater opened by Mr. Hilsabeck in July 1908 was called the Sterling and was located at 315 East Avenue. I found no indication that the name was changed to Crescent. I am establishing the Sterling on CT.
On the Rex site Joe Vogel cites a September 19, 2019 article in the Opelousas Daily World indicating that sometime before 1914 the building was expanded providing a second entrance on Landry Street. Later the theatre was renamed the Princess. Then, in 1916, when a new owner took over, he closed the theatre after building a new Princess down Landry Street.
Since the Bon Ami began life as an African American theatre one can theorize that it’s status also changed when it was rebranded as the Princess.
Joe, I found a brief article, dated May, 26, 1923, in the Clarion-News stating that the renovation of the Princess which would add 100 seats, relocate the screen from the rear of the auditorium and change the front of the building would be accomplished without interrupting daily matinee and evening performances. Wow!!
According to a bit of oral history it was reported that the Star generally programmed Westerns. The flyer I uploaded confirms that. The matron would confiscate any toy guns brought in by the boys until the end of a screening.
Uploaded images of a joint flyer with the Skyline Drive-In from 1953, a page from the 1949 Tiger Roar (the yearbook of the Clay County Community High School) containing a booster ad from the Star and the current street view showing the Dragon House Chinese Restaurant.
Uploaded photo as Great Escape.
David, maybe it should be an adult venue with a name like that.
But, seriously, uploaded a picture with signage as the Courtyard. Since The Lone Wolf banner is also on the building this was presumably taken after the Full Moon became operational since their site said the tattoo parlor only opened after they had.
According to their website, the Courtyard closed in 2001 and remained empty until 2014 when it was purchased by Ben and Stacy Dixon and Full Moon, Inc.. After extensive renovations it reopened as the Full Moon on September 23, 2016 with six of the theaters serving as Slaughterhouse, Nashville’s longest running seasonal haunted attraction. A seventh auditorium is now The Lone Wolf tattoo parlor. The remaining auditorium has half regular theatre seats and half dinner tables and booths. Currently, movies are only shown on Fridays and Saturdays.
According to the first quarter of 1984 report of the Trans-Lux Corporation there was income of $60,000 from the sale of a lease of a theatre in Richmond, Virginia. Doesn’t take rocket science to figure this one out.
According to a comment on the site of the Fairlee Motel and Drive-In, the Sunset has now opened up a motel. A check of the Sunset web page indicates this is not correct. There is a motel at the foot of the property, however.
Rather than closing at the end of August the Sunset soldiered on thru early January when the weather became prohibitive. They plan a March reopening.
In addition to her terse reviews of films Gladys E. McArdle was not adverse to resorting to stunt advertising. When Granny Get Your Gun played she encouraged women to show up with guns, toy or real. More details on this appear in the excerpt from the biography of Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (page 41) which I have uploaded.
Also uploaded an image of an ad for the Owl which appeared in the May 31, 1921 Lebanon Times.
Uploaded an early Main Street photos. Roxy signage can be seen on the right.
The theatre was erected at a cost of $61,812. The heating plant cost $3,700.
A shame none of the links work anymore. If possible, it’s best to upload them to the photos section.
Uploaded a current photo. The original branding as the Towne Center is still on the building but they added a Regal Entertainment Group Awning.
Uploaded a photo of the Princess renovation that I referred to in my February 6th posting.
I saw one mention that there were two short lived theaters in Holdrege: the Gay and the Edison.
Re the Milton Borg in the photo I uploaded: according to one source, he was the manager between 1913 and 1917
The information that I came upon in the Movie Theaters of Holdrege indicated that the theater opened by Mr. Hilsabeck in July 1908 was called the Sterling and was located at 315 East Avenue. I found no indication that the name was changed to Crescent. I am establishing the Sterling on CT.
Uploaded an ad from Movie Theaters of Holdrege which I found at www.usgenwebsites.org>NEPhelps>MovieTheaters.
The article also said that there had been some sort of contest to name the theater and some people have referred to it as the Majestic.
Uploaded a photo from Movie Theaters of Holdrege which I found at www.usgenwebsites.org>NEPhelps>MovieTheaters.
Uploaded current street view.
Current street view uploaded.
Uploaded a current street view photo.
Fred, nor are any movies listed on Fandango and similar outlets. Also the phone isn’t working. Sooooooooooooooooooo.
On the Rex site Joe Vogel cites a September 19, 2019 article in the Opelousas Daily World indicating that sometime before 1914 the building was expanded providing a second entrance on Landry Street. Later the theatre was renamed the Princess. Then, in 1916, when a new owner took over, he closed the theatre after building a new Princess down Landry Street.
Since the Bon Ami began life as an African American theatre one can theorize that it’s status also changed when it was rebranded as the Princess.
Joe, I found a brief article, dated May, 26, 1923, in the Clarion-News stating that the renovation of the Princess which would add 100 seats, relocate the screen from the rear of the auditorium and change the front of the building would be accomplished without interrupting daily matinee and evening performances. Wow!!
Uploaded image of an ad which appeared in the Opelousas Daily World. Wonder what the special inducements were.
According to a bit of oral history it was reported that the Star generally programmed Westerns. The flyer I uploaded confirms that. The matron would confiscate any toy guns brought in by the boys until the end of a screening.
Uploaded images of a joint flyer with the Skyline Drive-In from 1953, a page from the 1949 Tiger Roar (the yearbook of the Clay County Community High School) containing a booster ad from the Star and the current street view showing the Dragon House Chinese Restaurant.
The theatre considers it’s address as Elkhorn on it’s website. Cinema Treasures should also.