It’s odd that I can’t figure out what happened to this theater, unless it had some other name later on. It seems like kind of an imposing structure just to fade away.
Here is a photo from the Mansfield Collection at the University of Montana. The date is given as 1949, which may or may not be correct. The first version of “The Ten Commandments” was released in 1923, while the second was released in 1956. The car in the photo looks more like mid fifties than late forties, so my hunch is that the photo is circa 1956: http://tinyurl.com/2wgxpg
There are some photos of the theater towards the bottom of this page. An internet search shows Paramount Furniture at this address, but I can’t confirm that the furniture store has replaced the army-navy store: http://tinyurl.com/2h4tw7
Here is an article about the church dated 12/23/07 from the Statesville Record & Landmark:
http://tinyurl.com/2emtl3
There are some photos on drive-ins.com:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catnimi
It’s odd that I can’t figure out what happened to this theater, unless it had some other name later on. It seems like kind of an imposing structure just to fade away.
Here is a photo from the Mansfield Collection at the University of Montana. The date is given as 1949, which may or may not be correct. The first version of “The Ten Commandments” was released in 1923, while the second was released in 1956. The car in the photo looks more like mid fifties than late forties, so my hunch is that the photo is circa 1956:
http://tinyurl.com/2wgxpg
I think the street is Solano, not Soland.
Here is another site that discusses the event held on 2/15/08:
http://www.cstheatre.org/paramount.shtml
Here is a postcard, circa 1910, from the Missouri State Library:
http://tinyurl.com/2t846a
Here is a 1912 postcard from the Missouri State Library, showing the theater on the right:
http://tinyurl.com/3bpzp9
Here are some photos from February 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/36r8xf
http://tinyurl.com/34zfkv
http://tinyurl.com/3yfbzb
http://tinyurl.com/2skyfp
http://tinyurl.com/3d9lfu
http://tinyurl.com/2vc8t9
http://tinyurl.com/2mopqo
http://tinyurl.com/32ob3g
http://tinyurl.com/2rb4on
http://tinyurl.com/38cbfa
http://tinyurl.com/2qeypn
http://tinyurl.com/32ddxs
There are some photos of the theater towards the bottom of this page. An internet search shows Paramount Furniture at this address, but I can’t confirm that the furniture store has replaced the army-navy store:
http://tinyurl.com/2h4tw7
Here is a blog about the opening dated 10/29/07:
http://tinyurl.com/227lk7
Someone is selling programs from the Embassy on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/24zbuq
Here is another LOC photo, no date given:
http://tinyurl.com/2mrqwe
Here is a larger version of the LOC photo at the top of the page:
http://tinyurl.com/2kz4gv
Here is a 1942 photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/yq23gb
OK, thanks.
Here is a 1959 photo from the University of Montana archives:
http://tinyurl.com/23qdb4
Here is a 2005 photo, courtesy of the Harlowton Chamber of Commerce:
http://tinyurl.com/32eplq
Thursday Night Fights are still going on at the Babcock. Status should be open. Function would be…live performances?
Here is a December 29, 2007 article concerning restoration:
http://tinyurl.com/2dwopr
This was listed in the 1963 motion picture almanac as the Pitts Culpeper Drive-In Theatre. Kind of covers all the bases.
Are Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia the same city? Why the discrepancy?
Many photos on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2s7uss
The B film is “The Toy Tiger”.
No, if the building was still standing in 2002, it’s probably still around. I can’t confirm, but it’s a reasonable assumption.