This site has the address right at the top of the page, but the poster they found looks like a different theater, on Randolph Street: http://tinyurl.com/2ns63l
This is from the Warsaw History organizations minutes of 11/13/07. They mean “marquees” instead of marquis, obviously, unless they’re going to have some noblemen stand around with billboards:
WARSAW CINEMA. Discussed Paul Penner’s possible purchase of the Warsaw Cinema. He intends to renovate for live performances and movies. The cinema renovations are expected to be completed by September of 08. Mr. Penner, however, has enthusiastically given permission to allow the July HWA festival to be advertised on the theater’s marquis.
I never made it to that neighborhood when I was a kid, although my father lived around there when he was younger. My grandmother lived on West Queen Lane, so usually we took East River Drive up to Midvale and then over to her apartment building.
Here is the LA theater lineup in 1908. It wasn’t until a few years later that they started differentiating between live theaters and movie theaters: http://tinyurl.com/2bnoph
Here is a September 2005 article regarding the owner of the Liberty Theater. The Liberty no longer appears on the Signature website. http://tinyurl.com/2kgoyk
Does anybody know if this theater ever showed films? I’ve been looking for a listing here on CT, but no luck:
http://tinyurl.com/2lqq8w
This site has the address right at the top of the page, but the poster they found looks like a different theater, on Randolph Street:
http://tinyurl.com/2ns63l
There are some photos of the old facade here:
http://tinyurl.com/2qtgxa
This was part of the Marcus Theater circuit in the early sixties.
Some additional information here:
http://tinyurl.com/3clrkw
This drive-in was part of the March Brothers circuit in the early 1960s, headquartered in Vermillion, South Dakota.
There was a March Brothers theater circuit, headquartered in Vermillion, in the 1960s. Perhaps that had something to do with the name of this theater.
This is from the Warsaw History organizations minutes of 11/13/07. They mean “marquees” instead of marquis, obviously, unless they’re going to have some noblemen stand around with billboards:
WARSAW CINEMA. Discussed Paul Penner’s possible purchase of the Warsaw Cinema. He intends to renovate for live performances and movies. The cinema renovations are expected to be completed by September of 08. Mr. Penner, however, has enthusiastically given permission to allow the July HWA festival to be advertised on the theater’s marquis.
That’s true. I hadn’t considered that.
This was a Kerasotes theater in the early Sixties.
I can’t come up with any showtimes on the internet. It looks like the theater is closed, at least for now.
Here is another recent news article:
http://tinyurl.com/26abk2
If anyone has a cross street or the name of the church, let me know. I may be in that area in a few months. Thanks.
I never made it to that neighborhood when I was a kid, although my father lived around there when he was younger. My grandmother lived on West Queen Lane, so usually we took East River Drive up to Midvale and then over to her apartment building.
The caption of this photo shows the Hollywood at 7 South Centre Street:
http://tinyurl.com/2palqv
Here is a photo taken some time after the theater closed:
http://tinyurl.com/2wdwv5
Here is a photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/347fvn
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/29ms9d
Here is the LA theater lineup in 1908. It wasn’t until a few years later that they started differentiating between live theaters and movie theaters:
http://tinyurl.com/2bnoph
Glad you enjoyed it.
Here is another view of the Shea:
http://tinyurl.com/2xcqxb
This is from forgottenbuffalo.com:
http://tinyurl.com/yqlp37
Here is some additional information about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/yu2ngb
Here is a story about the closing:
http://tinyurl.com/2ct8wx
The amount of development in Barra Tijuca in the last ten years is astounding. It used to be deserted.
Here is a September 2005 article regarding the owner of the Liberty Theater. The Liberty no longer appears on the Signature website.
http://tinyurl.com/2kgoyk