A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including Mann’s Hibbing Cinema 8.
This page at Reed Construction Data attributes the design of Century’s Deer Park multiplex to the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. The firm designed many multiplexes for Century during the chain’s last years. This web page from Reed has a partial list of them.
The Summit Sierra 16 multiplex was designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. In its last years, Century had several projects designed by this firm. The firm itself closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
From Scott Neff’s description this sounds like a bit of a Frankentheater. Part of the oddness is probably the result of Century’s addition of three screens to the original 12-screen multiplex. The addition was designed by Century’s favored architects of the period, the San Diego firm Fehlman LaBarre.
Fehlman LaBarre closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. The domain name of their web site was allowed to lapse and now belongs to a spam site, so avoid it. While information about the theaters the firm designed is no longer available there, Reed Construction Data provides this web page with a very brief description of the project.
The Century Olympia 14 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Redwood Downtown 20 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century San Francisco Center was also the last of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data. The page for this project mistakenly gives the address as 1835 Market Street.)
The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and it’s now a spam site, so avoid it. Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century 16 Santa Fe Station is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century 20 in Daly City is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.)
I’ve removed my earlier comment with a link to the Fehlman LaBarre web site, which used to have information about the project. The domain name was allowed to lapse and now belongs to an Asian spam site, so avoid it. Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
Harkins Chandler Fashion Center 20 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Gateway Pavillions 18 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Norterra 14 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins SanTan Village 16 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Utlrastar’s Surprise Pointe 14 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The same firm designed Ultrastar’s 10-screen multiplex at Lake Havasu, opened the same year, and several multiplexes for the Harkins chain (list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
The Village Theatre opened about 1965. It was owned by Ed Rabb’s Acme Amusement Corporation, which also operated the Ascot and Starlight Drive-In Theatres.
The Palace Theatre was taken over by Herman Schoenstadt in 1908, according to an article about him in the February 23, 1918, issue of The Moving Picture World. This 250-300 seat house was the first theater Schoenstadt operated. He and his two sons would go on to build an extensive chain of neighborhood theaters in Chicago.
The caption of a photo on page 40 of Cleveland County People and Places, by Barry E. Hambright and U. L. Patterson (Google Books preview) says that the Princess Theatre was built in 1917 and was later known as the Carolina Theatre. It was closed in 1960 and the building converted into a Woolworth store.
The aerial photo shows that the theater was in the block south of the town square, which is now the 200 block, so Shelby must have renumbered its blocks at some point. I can’t tell from satellite view if any part of the building is still there or not, but there’s certainly no sign of the fly tower.
There is a photo depicting part of the lobby of either the Rialto Theatre or the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, published in 1926 in a trade journal for the marble industry called Through the Ages. The magazine used the same photo twice, one caption identifying it as the Rialto and the other as the Orpheum. This is the photo, as scanned and displayed by the web site Quarries and Beyond, which has copyrighted the scan (so don’t upload it to the photos section here.)
I think the photo probably depicts the Rialto, though. The lighting fixtures have an Art Nouveau look, which doesn’t match the French Renaissance style of the Orpheum (1926) but might well have been used in the older Rialto (1918.)
A March, 1914, item in The Moving Picture World has a different address for a Bijou Theatre that was still upstairs:
“Three upstairs theaters — the Jewel, 30 Michigan avenue; the Bijou, 24 Monroe avenue; and the Avenue, 996 Michigan avenue — in Detroit were ordered closed by the state fire marshal.”
This house was called the Princess before it was called the Liberty. The February 21, 1914, issue of The Moving Picture World said that the Princess Theatre in Roswell had been opened on July 28, 1913. The house had 725 seats. The building was 35x155 feet, and the projector had a throw of 92 feet to a screen which was 13x18 feet. The house employed a three-piece orchestra, and could present live events on a stage that was 23 feet wide and 18 feet deep. The owner of the Princess was James Halper, and the manager was G. W. Morgan.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including Mann’s Hibbing Cinema 8.
This page at Reed Construction Data attributes the design of Century’s Deer Park multiplex to the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. The firm designed many multiplexes for Century during the chain’s last years. This web page from Reed has a partial list of them.
The Summit Sierra 16 multiplex was designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. In its last years, Century had several projects designed by this firm. The firm itself closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
From Scott Neff’s description this sounds like a bit of a Frankentheater. Part of the oddness is probably the result of Century’s addition of three screens to the original 12-screen multiplex. The addition was designed by Century’s favored architects of the period, the San Diego firm Fehlman LaBarre.
Fehlman LaBarre closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. The domain name of their web site was allowed to lapse and now belongs to a spam site, so avoid it. While information about the theaters the firm designed is no longer available there, Reed Construction Data provides this web page with a very brief description of the project.
The Century Olympia 14 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Redwood Downtown 20 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century San Francisco Center was also the last of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data. The page for this project mistakenly gives the address as 1835 Market Street.)
The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and it’s now a spam site, so avoid it. Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century 16 Santa Fe Station is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Century 20 in Daly City is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.)
I’ve removed my earlier comment with a link to the Fehlman LaBarre web site, which used to have information about the project. The domain name was allowed to lapse and now belongs to an Asian spam site, so avoid it. Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
Harkins Chandler Fashion Center 20 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Arrowhead Fountains 18 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Gateway Pavillions 18 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins Norterra 14 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (partial list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Harkins SanTan Village 16 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The firm has desgined several multiplexes for the Harkins chain, as well as two projects for Ultrastar (list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
Utlrastar’s Surprise Pointe 14 was designed by the Phoenix architectural firm Level 4 Studio. The same firm designed Ultrastar’s 10-screen multiplex at Lake Havasu, opened the same year, and several multiplexes for the Harkins chain (list.) Tim S. Ward and Nik E. Perkovich are the principals of Level 4 Studio.
The modern address of the Carolina Theatre’s location would be 230-232 Lafayette Street.
The Village Theatre opened about 1965. It was owned by Ed Rabb’s Acme Amusement Corporation, which also operated the Ascot and Starlight Drive-In Theatres.
The Palace Theatre was taken over by Herman Schoenstadt in 1908, according to an article about him in the February 23, 1918, issue of The Moving Picture World. This 250-300 seat house was the first theater Schoenstadt operated. He and his two sons would go on to build an extensive chain of neighborhood theaters in Chicago.
The caption of a photo on page 40 of Cleveland County People and Places, by Barry E. Hambright and U. L. Patterson (Google Books preview) says that the Princess Theatre was built in 1917 and was later known as the Carolina Theatre. It was closed in 1960 and the building converted into a Woolworth store.
The aerial photo shows that the theater was in the block south of the town square, which is now the 200 block, so Shelby must have renumbered its blocks at some point. I can’t tell from satellite view if any part of the building is still there or not, but there’s certainly no sign of the fly tower.
There is a photo depicting part of the lobby of either the Rialto Theatre or the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, published in 1926 in a trade journal for the marble industry called Through the Ages. The magazine used the same photo twice, one caption identifying it as the Rialto and the other as the Orpheum. This is the photo, as scanned and displayed by the web site Quarries and Beyond, which has copyrighted the scan (so don’t upload it to the photos section here.)
I think the photo probably depicts the Rialto, though. The lighting fixtures have an Art Nouveau look, which doesn’t match the French Renaissance style of the Orpheum (1926) but might well have been used in the older Rialto (1918.)
This house was called the Victory Theatre at least as early as 1943, when it was mentioned in the December 25 issue of The Billboard.
Just for the record, Chuck1231 originally uploaded the photo of the New Theatre, not me.
This item is from the September 9, 1936, issue of The Film Daily:
The house must have opened before the end of 1936, but I haven’t found it mentioned in later issues of the magazine that year.A March, 1914, item in The Moving Picture World has a different address for a Bijou Theatre that was still upstairs:
This house was called the Princess before it was called the Liberty. The February 21, 1914, issue of The Moving Picture World said that the Princess Theatre in Roswell had been opened on July 28, 1913. The house had 725 seats. The building was 35x155 feet, and the projector had a throw of 92 feet to a screen which was 13x18 feet. The house employed a three-piece orchestra, and could present live events on a stage that was 23 feet wide and 18 feet deep. The owner of the Princess was James Halper, and the manager was G. W. Morgan.