Opened on May 28, 1996 with “Grumpier Old Men” in Screen 1 and “Goldeneye” in Screen 2. This was the first indoor movie theater to operate in Gananoque since the closure of a short-lived theater at Bell Tower Mall in 1984.
The Granada Theatre closed in 1958, leaving Napanee without an indoor movie theater until the launch of the Towne Cinema in the Spring of 1971. According to a Kingston article, the Granada Theatre closed with John Wayne in “Flying Leathernecks”.
Yes, you are right! Unfortunately the Tampa Tribune actually began showing showtimes for the JLC right after it opened, beginning with March 16, 1972 with “Summer Of “72”. Thanks for the update!
Both Haileybury’s Strand Theatre and Cobalt’s Classic Theatre share their films one day at a time right after the Strand Theatre’s launch in the late-1930s.
Floyd Theaters opened the six-screen Fairmount Cinema Square on August 22, 1986 with the following in screen order: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “The Karate Kid Part II”, “The Great Mouse Detective”, “Running Scared”, “Ruthless People”, and “Short Circuit”. It was later operated by Carmike during the 1990s. Carmike operated the theater until November 2012 when B&B took it over.
Correction: I accidentally added a duplicate page on accident. I hope someone will fix it soon.
Moyers Theatres last operated the 104th, who closed the drive-in on October 29, 1989 with “Turner & Hooch” and “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” (plus “Tummy Trouble” despite being unlisted on ad) in Screen 1 and “Black Rain” and “The Passage” in Screen 2. The 104th Street Drive-In is also the last Moyer-operated drive-in theater in Portland.
Closed on March 30, 1986 with “Jewel Of The Nile” and “The Man With One Red Shoe” in Screen 1 and “Code Name Emerald” and “Year Of The Dragon” in Screen 2. Moyer Theatres is the last operator.
The Capitol Theatre launched on October 19, 1939 with Fred MacMurray in “Honeymoon In Bali” along with an Artie Shaw musical short “Artie Shaw’s Class In Swing”, an unnamed cartoon in color, and a pictorial newsreel.
I cannot find the original amount of seats the Capitol had in its opening heyday, but it had 338 cushioned multi-colored seats on the lower floor. The original seats featured red cushions, beige easy backs, natural arm rests, and red, blue, and gold endplates, and was designed based out of the New York World’s Fair that year. The Capitol also does have an original feature of a 15x20 daylight screen.
The Penn Drive-In opened its gates on August 24, 1950 with Esther Williams in “Neptune’s Daughter” along with a fireworks show at intermission. Otherwise, no extras were added. It was closed in 1969, but briefly became a special events site in the early-1970s.
It was unknown if this was an replacement of an earlier Trion Theatre, because there was an earlier Trion Theatre that operated as early as 1917.
The Trion Community Center Theatre closed as a movie theater on May 12, 1958 with Burt Lancaster’s “Sweet Smell Of Success” but continued operating as a special events theater for another year until September 1959.
Opened on November 25, 1946 with George Raft in “Whistle Stop” along with an unnamed Disney cartoon and a newsreel. It was a short-lived house, and closed during the 1950s.
The Plaza Theatre actually closed as a first-run movie theater in either the late-1970s or early-1980s. It was already a performing arts venue during the mid-1980s.
This opened in 1933, although I cannot find its grand opening date. In 1947, it was renamed the Ace-Park Theatre. Unfortunately I cannot find its closing date, but did close during the early-1950s.
The Plaza Theatre opened as a single-screener on July 2, 1976 with Clint Eastwood in “The Outlaw Josey Wales”. Two more screens were added on October 13, 1989 as the Plaza III Theatre, followed by another three more screens in April 1998 as Plaza Theatres. It was last known as Plaza VI Theater.
On the late afternoon of July 10, 1941, a small projection booth fire destroyed the entire last reel of Robert Sterling’s “I’ll Wait For You”, which the film was part in a double feature with “Abbott and Costello In The Navy”. Then-Lyric manager Ralph Wallace replied that he narrowly escaped serious burns, saying that “If he had have been standing on the side of the booth when the 2,000ft print burst into flames, he would have been burned to death before he could take his last breath”. A newer print of the movie immediately arrived the following day.
Wallace briefly left the Lyric in 1943 to serve in the army, but a medical discharge sent him back home to Boonville, when returned as the Lyric manager in February 1944, replacing his brief replacement A.D. Gilmere. Gilmere was also notable for putting 875 free war bonds all over the then-875-seat auditorium during the same week as Wallace’s return.
The Lyric was Boonville’s CinemaScope hotspot after installations of the system on February 3, 1954, launching the format that day with “The Robe” in Stereophonic sound. Bob Rittenhouse was the manager of the Lyric at the time, who had been operating since August 1951, and before that it was Jack Golladay who operated the Lyric in the late-1940s, and would later become managers for Kirksville’s Kennedy and Princess Theatres.
Rittenhouse operated the Lyric until July 1954 when he left to become manager for the Fox Theatre in Springfield. Russell Rhyne of Brookfield immediately became the manager for the Lyric, who had been with the Fox circuit since 1941. Rhyne then left the Lyric in October 1955 to reside back in his home in Brookfield, and was replaced by Clyde Patton, an armed forces veteran and a Sedalia resident who lived in Christopher, Illinois at the time.
Twinned on December 17, 1976.
Opened on May 28, 1996 with “Grumpier Old Men” in Screen 1 and “Goldeneye” in Screen 2. This was the first indoor movie theater to operate in Gananoque since the closure of a short-lived theater at Bell Tower Mall in 1984.
The Granada Theatre closed in 1958, leaving Napanee without an indoor movie theater until the launch of the Towne Cinema in the Spring of 1971. According to a Kingston article, the Granada Theatre closed with John Wayne in “Flying Leathernecks”.
Yes, you are right! Unfortunately the Tampa Tribune actually began showing showtimes for the JLC right after it opened, beginning with March 16, 1972 with “Summer Of “72”. Thanks for the update!
The address is right but Apple Maps placed it WAY out of location.
Both Haileybury’s Strand Theatre and Cobalt’s Classic Theatre share their films one day at a time right after the Strand Theatre’s launch in the late-1930s.
The Centre Theatre has reopened on March 28, 2025 as the Centre Cinemas, bringing back first-run films in Trenton after several months of closure.
Floyd Theaters opened the six-screen Fairmount Cinema Square on August 22, 1986 with the following in screen order: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “The Karate Kid Part II”, “The Great Mouse Detective”, “Running Scared”, “Ruthless People”, and “Short Circuit”. It was later operated by Carmike during the 1990s. Carmike operated the theater until November 2012 when B&B took it over.
The Lakeshore Mall Cinema 8 opened its doors by Floyd Theaters on January 31, 1992. It was later taken over by Carmike Cinemas a few years later.
Closed on June 12, 1977 with “Murder By Death” and “Harry And Walter Go To New York”.
Moyers Theatres last operated the 104th, who closed the drive-in on October 29, 1989 with “Turner & Hooch” and “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” (plus “Tummy Trouble” despite being unlisted on ad) in Screen 1 and “Black Rain” and “The Passage” in Screen 2. The 104th Street Drive-In is also the last Moyer-operated drive-in theater in Portland.
Closed on March 30, 1986 with “Jewel Of The Nile” and “The Man With One Red Shoe” in Screen 1 and “Code Name Emerald” and “Year Of The Dragon” in Screen 2. Moyer Theatres is the last operator.
The Capitol Theatre launched on October 19, 1939 with Fred MacMurray in “Honeymoon In Bali” along with an Artie Shaw musical short “Artie Shaw’s Class In Swing”, an unnamed cartoon in color, and a pictorial newsreel.
I cannot find the original amount of seats the Capitol had in its opening heyday, but it had 338 cushioned multi-colored seats on the lower floor. The original seats featured red cushions, beige easy backs, natural arm rests, and red, blue, and gold endplates, and was designed based out of the New York World’s Fair that year. The Capitol also does have an original feature of a 15x20 daylight screen.
On September 18, 1978, the concession stand was gutted by a grease fire.
The Penn Drive-In opened its gates on August 24, 1950 with Esther Williams in “Neptune’s Daughter” along with a fireworks show at intermission. Otherwise, no extras were added. It was closed in 1969, but briefly became a special events site in the early-1970s.
It was unknown if this was an replacement of an earlier Trion Theatre, because there was an earlier Trion Theatre that operated as early as 1917.
The Trion Community Center Theatre closed as a movie theater on May 12, 1958 with Burt Lancaster’s “Sweet Smell Of Success” but continued operating as a special events theater for another year until September 1959.
Opened on November 25, 1946 with George Raft in “Whistle Stop” along with an unnamed Disney cartoon and a newsreel. It was a short-lived house, and closed during the 1950s.
The Plaza Theatre actually closed as a first-run movie theater in either the late-1970s or early-1980s. It was already a performing arts venue during the mid-1980s.
This opened in 1933, although I cannot find its grand opening date. In 1947, it was renamed the Ace-Park Theatre. Unfortunately I cannot find its closing date, but did close during the early-1950s.
Opened with Dick Powell in “Hollywood Hotel” (unknown if extras added). It was closed in 1957 and demolished in January 1974.
This opened as simply Drive-In Theatre on June 22, 1947. It was renamed the Bolero Drive-In on July 8, 1948.
Closed on January 14, 1988 with “Throw Mamma From The Train”.
The Plaza Theatre opened as a single-screener on July 2, 1976 with Clint Eastwood in “The Outlaw Josey Wales”. Two more screens were added on October 13, 1989 as the Plaza III Theatre, followed by another three more screens in April 1998 as Plaza Theatres. It was last known as Plaza VI Theater.
This was also known as the Gem Theatre, but only lasted for a few years during the early-1910s.
On the late afternoon of July 10, 1941, a small projection booth fire destroyed the entire last reel of Robert Sterling’s “I’ll Wait For You”, which the film was part in a double feature with “Abbott and Costello In The Navy”. Then-Lyric manager Ralph Wallace replied that he narrowly escaped serious burns, saying that “If he had have been standing on the side of the booth when the 2,000ft print burst into flames, he would have been burned to death before he could take his last breath”. A newer print of the movie immediately arrived the following day.
Wallace briefly left the Lyric in 1943 to serve in the army, but a medical discharge sent him back home to Boonville, when returned as the Lyric manager in February 1944, replacing his brief replacement A.D. Gilmere. Gilmere was also notable for putting 875 free war bonds all over the then-875-seat auditorium during the same week as Wallace’s return.
The Lyric was Boonville’s CinemaScope hotspot after installations of the system on February 3, 1954, launching the format that day with “The Robe” in Stereophonic sound. Bob Rittenhouse was the manager of the Lyric at the time, who had been operating since August 1951, and before that it was Jack Golladay who operated the Lyric in the late-1940s, and would later become managers for Kirksville’s Kennedy and Princess Theatres.
Rittenhouse operated the Lyric until July 1954 when he left to become manager for the Fox Theatre in Springfield. Russell Rhyne of Brookfield immediately became the manager for the Lyric, who had been with the Fox circuit since 1941. Rhyne then left the Lyric in October 1955 to reside back in his home in Brookfield, and was replaced by Clyde Patton, an armed forces veteran and a Sedalia resident who lived in Christopher, Illinois at the time.