I know the feeling. I tried to get into the long-closed Tower Theater in Compton, CA last month. The owners of the current business that has been pasted onto the front of the theater were very suspicious. No dice.
The Rio was listed in the 1963 motion picture almanac as a Detroit Theater Enterprises house, along with the Hollywood and Roxy in Detroit, the Lucon in East Lansing and the Van Dyke Drive-in in Warren, MI.
Detroit Consolidated Theaters was located on 10 E. Baltimore Street, Detroit, in the early sixties. President was Samuel Brown. Consolidated also operated the Dexter and Varsity in Detroit as well as the Grand in Highland Park at that time.
I saw “Strange Days” here in 1995. My car had been broken into in the morning, and I had to leave it at an auto body shop in Hawthorne for about five hours. It was pouring rain that day. I trudged down to Hawthorne and El Segundo to the theater to kill some time. The film wasn’t that good either.
In 1963, the Crescent Theater was operated by the Collier-Jackson chain, headquartered in Cleveland, MS. President was C.J. Collier and vice president was B.F. Jackson. Interestingly enough, Collier-Jackson ran the Booker T theater in Cleveland at the time. I was just commenting on a few Booker T theaters on another page.
In 1963, Isaac and Harry Browarsky ran the Hippodrome, along with the Beaver Theater in Pittsburgh. They also operated the Bellevue and Linden theaters in Bellevue, PA.
There was another Booker T theater in Reidsville, NC in the early sixties. The chain that ran both theaters, presumably, was Booker T Theaters, headquarted in Raleigh. Fred Levi was president and general manager. The Rocky Mount Booker T is not listed as one of the chain’s theaters in the 1963 motion picture almanac, for unknown reasons.
In 1963, the Braden was operated by Charles Brooks Theaters, headquartered in Ashland, Maine. Brooks Theaters also ran the Presque Isle Drive-In at the time, along with some other theaters in Ashland, Eagle Lake and Fort Kent.
Brothers Charles and John Blatt were still running the Jordan in 1963, according to the motion picture almanac of that year. The Blatts also operated the Mercer Square Theater in Greenville. I don’t believe that theater is listed on CT as of yet.
This was still a Brandt theater in 1963, along with the Atlantic. Harry Brandt was president and general manager. Brandt operated theaters in ten states plus DC at the time. Most of the theaters were in NY or NJ.
Here is a June 1953 ad from the LA Times:
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Here is the postcard without the caption in the middle:
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I know the feeling. I tried to get into the long-closed Tower Theater in Compton, CA last month. The owners of the current business that has been pasted onto the front of the theater were very suspicious. No dice.
The Mart was part of the Wofford Circuit in the early sixties. J.F. Wofford was the owner, headquartered in Europa, MS.
This was part of the Donald Young chain in the early sixties. The Strand Theater in Maumee was also operated by this circuit at the time.
The Hollywood was part of the Durwood Theater chain in the early sixties, along with the Skylark Drive-In in Leavenworth.
This was a Detroit Theater Enterprises house in the early sixties, along with the Hollywood and Rio in Detroit.
The Rio was listed in the 1963 motion picture almanac as a Detroit Theater Enterprises house, along with the Hollywood and Roxy in Detroit, the Lucon in East Lansing and the Van Dyke Drive-in in Warren, MI.
In 1963 this was run by Detroit Consolidated Theaters.
Detroit Consolidated Theaters was located on 10 E. Baltimore Street, Detroit, in the early sixties. President was Samuel Brown. Consolidated also operated the Dexter and Varsity in Detroit as well as the Grand in Highland Park at that time.
It’s not a church any more. Function should be unknown.
Oh come on. It’s way to early in the morning to be reading these depressing stories.
Yikes. Maybe they were putting them up in the Westminster.
I saw “Strange Days” here in 1995. My car had been broken into in the morning, and I had to leave it at an auto body shop in Hawthorne for about five hours. It was pouring rain that day. I trudged down to Hawthorne and El Segundo to the theater to kill some time. The film wasn’t that good either.
The city should be Elba, not Ozark. My mistake.
The Lamar was operated by Cobb Theaters in the early sixties.
In 1963, the Crescent Theater was operated by the Collier-Jackson chain, headquartered in Cleveland, MS. President was C.J. Collier and vice president was B.F. Jackson. Interestingly enough, Collier-Jackson ran the Booker T theater in Cleveland at the time. I was just commenting on a few Booker T theaters on another page.
The Linden was operated by the Browarsky Brothers chain in the early sixties. They also ran the Bellevue at the same time.
In 1963, Isaac and Harry Browarsky ran the Hippodrome, along with the Beaver Theater in Pittsburgh. They also operated the Bellevue and Linden theaters in Bellevue, PA.
One final note – it looks like there’s a hyphen on the marquee, so maybe it should be the Booker-T Theater.
By the way, the 2007 photo was one of the better ones I’ve seen in a while. I don’t think rehab is in this theater’s future.
There was another Booker T theater in Reidsville, NC in the early sixties. The chain that ran both theaters, presumably, was Booker T Theaters, headquarted in Raleigh. Fred Levi was president and general manager. The Rocky Mount Booker T is not listed as one of the chain’s theaters in the 1963 motion picture almanac, for unknown reasons.
In 1963, the Braden was operated by Charles Brooks Theaters, headquartered in Ashland, Maine. Brooks Theaters also ran the Presque Isle Drive-In at the time, along with some other theaters in Ashland, Eagle Lake and Fort Kent.
Brothers Charles and John Blatt were still running the Jordan in 1963, according to the motion picture almanac of that year. The Blatts also operated the Mercer Square Theater in Greenville. I don’t believe that theater is listed on CT as of yet.
This was still a Brandt theater in 1963, along with the Atlantic. Harry Brandt was president and general manager. Brandt operated theaters in ten states plus DC at the time. Most of the theaters were in NY or NJ.