I think this would be around Sixth and Race, if my memory serves me well so many years later. Isn’t that where they built that large freeway extension about twenty years ago? I wonder if anything is left on this block.
I read a diary a few years ago written by a woman who lived in South Jersey in the thirties. It was amazing to see how many movies this lady and her husband went to in a week. Probably a dozen if not more. They pretty much went to the movies every night.
It looks like the letters on the building spell “Newman”. I think the building was named first and the theater was added later, by the appearance in the photo.
In 1963, the Wayne was part of Iowa United Theaters, a Des Moines-based chain. Chief officers were A.E. Thiele and E.M. Garbett. This chain ran houses in numerous Iowa cities at that time.
I saw “An Unmarried Woman” on a blind date in 1978. This was not a good blind date movie. Jill Clayburgh vomiting on the street after her husband cheated on her didn’t set the most romantic mood for the rest of the evening.
There was a Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum on the Atlantic City boardwalk in the seventies. I did’t know there was more than one.
Here is a 1948 ad from the San Antonio Light:
http://tinyurl.com/ypkfkd
Here is a 1948 ad from the San Antoio Light:
http://tinyurl.com/ypkfkd
Here is a 1948 ad from the San Antonio Light:
http://tinyurl.com/2mambr
Here is a 1948 ad from the San Antonio Light:
http://tinyurl.com/39z47l
Here is a 1948 ad from the San Antonio Light:
http://tinyurl.com/3aywtj
Here is a 1948 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2yc23a
Here is a 1949 ad from the Portland Sunday Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2pn9zh
I think this would be around Sixth and Race, if my memory serves me well so many years later. Isn’t that where they built that large freeway extension about twenty years ago? I wonder if anything is left on this block.
I read a diary a few years ago written by a woman who lived in South Jersey in the thirties. It was amazing to see how many movies this lady and her husband went to in a week. Probably a dozen if not more. They pretty much went to the movies every night.
It looks like the letters on the building spell “Newman”. I think the building was named first and the theater was added later, by the appearance in the photo.
The Sparta was part of the Turner-Farrar theater chain in the early sixties.
This was part of the Turner-Farrar chain in 1963.
In 1963, the Hollywood was run by Turner-Farrar Theaters of Harrisburg, IL. General manager was O.L. Turner.
Can I come out of my bomb shelter now?
In 1963, the Wayne was part of Iowa United Theaters, a Des Moines-based chain. Chief officers were A.E. Thiele and E.M. Garbett. This chain ran houses in numerous Iowa cities at that time.
I think the drug ads are going to be eliminated.
The Amy Lou should be deleted and added as an aka for the Princess.
Here is a June 1950 ad from the Charlesto Gazette:
http://tinyurl.com/2c5rgw
Here is a June 1950 ad from the Charleston Gazette:
http://tinyurl.com/yqgemf
Here is a June 1954 ad from the Brainerd Daily Dispatch:
http://tinyurl.com/yqkazj
Here is a June 1954 ad from the Brainerd Daily Dispatch:
http://tinyurl.com/yvqoft
I think the status on this one is closed.
I saw “An Unmarried Woman” on a blind date in 1978. This was not a good blind date movie. Jill Clayburgh vomiting on the street after her husband cheated on her didn’t set the most romantic mood for the rest of the evening.
This drive-in was part of Elmer Bills' chain in the early sixties.
This was part of the Frels chain in the early sixties.
This drive-in was part of the Frels Theaters chain in the early sixties, along with the Floyd and the Normana in El Campo.