Like Nicholas i saw films here as a child. It was fun going back 20 years later and reliving some of that. I saw Back to the Future 2, ninja turtles 2 and jarassic park. Another theater killed by digital.
Taken from loews kings facebook “I stopped by the other day and was able to see scaffolding in both the lobby and the auditorium. All the seating was gone thanks to mildew but the standards have been saved for re-use.”
Closing because they can’t afford the switch to digital. They will have special screenings of classic films. Too bad after gutting it a few years ago and making a great place to see movies.
I saw a CL ad for 35mm projectors for sale. I emailed the guy and he said the theatre is out of business and they don’t know what the building will be remodeled for. He said it will not be a theatre or church.
Breaking News: Vandals cut most of the speaker wires at the South drive-in.
good stuff. watched both videos.
Like Nicholas i saw films here as a child. It was fun going back 20 years later and reliving some of that. I saw Back to the Future 2, ninja turtles 2 and jarassic park. Another theater killed by digital.
cool!
Taken from loews kings facebook “I stopped by the other day and was able to see scaffolding in both the lobby and the auditorium. All the seating was gone thanks to mildew but the standards have been saved for re-use.”
cool!
cool find.
Featured on the discovery channel show “fast and loud”. Vertical sign has the word carnival on it now.
news from Facebook that The south drive-in is starting its digital switch soon. Good to hear.
where are these from?
The movie on the marquee (party crashers) was released in 1958.
amc is buying the grove city 14 not polaris.
Everything eles looks nice. You think they could give the screen a coat of paint.
cool stuff!
Closing because they can’t afford the switch to digital. They will have special screenings of classic films. Too bad after gutting it a few years ago and making a great place to see movies.
Ron I drove passed the Cleve yesterday and nothing has changed.
Public access 21 filmmaker Walt Peterson shot a sci-fi movie here because of its futuristic spaceship looking chrome wall.
the Strand Theatre installed hearing-impaired/visually-impaired (HI/VI) technology.
Nov 10 2012 a show what held at the theater to help raise funds to restore it. Good to hear.
I pull up to the drexel today and see the 35mm projectors in the back of a pick-up truck headed to the scrap yard. End of an era.
First digital 3D screening last night with “creature from the black lagoon”.
I saw a CL ad for 35mm projectors for sale. I emailed the guy and he said the theatre is out of business and they don’t know what the building will be remodeled for. He said it will not be a theatre or church.
The former gift shop is now Capa’s ticket office.
Beautiful!
music, radio and theater all in one photo.