George Settos took over the Sher-Ritz Theatre in 1940, as part of a deal in which he also took the Cine. He had already gotten hold of the Grand. A 1940 Boxofficeitem said that Settos planned to rename the Sher-Ritz simply the Ritz, but that never happened. Instead, the house was closed by sometime in 1942, though it continued to be listed in the FDY as late as 1947 (as the Sheritz.)
The November 4, 1916 issue of Motography said that J. H. Scherer had opened the Nicklo Theatre at Linton on October 11. Another trade journal item I’ve lost track of said that Scherer had moved his operation from another location, and a December 10, 1938 Boxoffice item about the opening of the Cine Theatre said that the Scherer brothers had entered the theater business at Linton 26 years earlier, which would be 1912.
The name Nicklo did not appear in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but there were five theaters listed at Linton: the Grand Opera House, the Crystal, the Dreamland, the Palace and the Star. One of the latter four might have been the Scherer brothers' first theater, or the Directory might simply have missed listing the Nicklo.
Boxoffice of January 6, 1940 said: “Linton— Settos’ new Grand opened for the holidays.” An October 13, 1939 item in Film Daily had noted that George Settos' Grand Theatre in Linton was one of twenty houses that had recently ordered RCA sound equipment. Settos' renovation and reopening of the Grand must have been successful, as later in 1940 he took over the Sher-Ritz and Cine theaters from the Scherer brothers.
One Boxoffice item (I’ve lost track of the date from later in 1940 said that Settos intended to change the name of the Sher-Ritz to simply the Ritz, but that never happened. The FDY was still listing the house (though styled as Sheritz) as late as 1947, but as closed. It was no longer listed in 1949, but the Grand still was, along with the Cine.
The Grand Opera House was showing movies by 1914, and was one of five theaters listed at Linton in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory.
Boxofficeof June 21, 1971 said that the new Gulf States twin theater under construction in Biloxi would seat 750, with 450 in the larger auditorium and 300 in the smaller. As an economy move, both auditoriums would be served by a single booth employing a single projectionist. Gulf States had a similar twin under construction in Vicksburg.
Boxoffice of August 6, 1973 noted the recent opening of the 224-seat Owl Theatre in the Red Owl Family Shopping Center at Coon Rapids. The February 11, 1974 issue of Boxoffice said that [t]he Owl Theatre… has closed indefinitely, due to a lack of business."
The Willmar Theatre was twinned in 1971, but it does not appear to have been a conventional twinning. The June 28 Boxoffice item about it said that “[t]he Willmar will be open nightly with two shows, one in the main theatre and one in the new mini-auditorium.” The Willmar Cinema Twins debuted on June 3.
I’ve been unable to find out when this theater closed, but it was still open in 1977, as it was one of the theaters that hosted the run of the original “Star Wars” that year, opening in this house on August 11. Since at least 2010, and probably earlier, the building has housed offices of Divine House, a privately operated social services agency which now owns the building.
The intention of Douglas Theatres to build what would become the Q Cinema 4 was announced in the June 21, 1971 issue of Boxoffice. The original plans, by Omaha architectural firm Wilscam & Mullins, called for a total of 1320 seats, with two auditoriums of 280 seats and two auditoriums of 380 seats each. The first phase of a projected 3-phase shopping center, also owned by Douglas Theatres, would be built at the same time as the cinemas. As noted in an earlier comment by rivest266, the theaters opened on June 28, 1972.
A January 16, 2009 article in the Omaha World-Herald about the demise of the theaters said that the house had become the Q Cinema 6 in 1982 and the Q Cinema 9 in 1989.
Boxoffice of June 28, 1971 said that the formal opening ceremony for Cinecom’s new Cinema 20 in Painesville had taken place on June 22, with regular public shows commencing the following day. It was the 126th location for the rapidly growing Cinecom chain, which had an additional 21 locations under construction. The chain must have expanded too rapidly, as in January of 1973 it declared bankruptcy, and the last of its theaters were shut down by a court order in July that year.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn indicate that he worked on the Odem Theatre twice, providing the original plans in 1936 and plans for a remodeling job in 1947.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the “Knob Hill” Theatre in Portland as a 1938 project. The project must have been the conversion of the Nob Hill into the Esquire, which took place that year.
The December 28, 1918 issue of Motion Picture News said that “J. B. SPARKS of the Liberty theatre at Condon, Ore. has purchased a fotoplayer for his house and intends to depend exclusively on this instrument for music.” Items in various trade journals earlier that year said that J. B. Sparks had bought the American Theatre at Condon. As I find no earlier mentions of the Liberty and no later mentions of the American, it is likely that the Liberty was the American renamed. The American Theatre was listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list unspecified work at the Liberty Theatre in Condon as a 1939 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the Columbia Theatre in Longview as a 1936 project. There’s no indication of how extensive the remodeling was.
In the late 1940s, J. C. Allmon was operating the original Canby Theatre, and in 1948 he hired architect Day Walter Hilborn to design a new theater. Later that year, Allmon sold his theater interests to Irvin Westenskow, who took over the new theater project, opening it in 1950.
There was a movie theater in Roslyn as early as 1909, but the item in the April 17 issue of Moving Picture World that mentioned it didn’t give its name. It could have been the Rose, as the theater was located on the ground floor of the Knights of Pythias lodge hall, which had been built in 1890. This web pagehas a photo of the Rose Theatre dated circa 1910, which could conceivably be accurate.
The Knights of Pythias building, still occupied by the lodge and the theater, was destroyed by a fire in 1943.
Here is an item from the August 2, 1950 issue of The Exhibitor: “Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Reneau opened a new theatre, the C. J., Bridgeport, Wash., on Aug. 28. It seats between 650 and 700, and gets its name from Chief Joseph dam, near which it is situated.”
Boxoffice of October 2, 1948 ran an item about the ninth anniversary of the Onate Theatre which also had this information about the Cortez: “Manager Jim Snelson also showed a full week’s program at the Cortez Theatre for the week of the anniversary celebration. The Cortez was to get a change in policy at a later date for the showing of Spanish language pictures on Tuesday nights and English language films on other playnights. The house will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.”
George Settos took over the Sher-Ritz Theatre in 1940, as part of a deal in which he also took the Cine. He had already gotten hold of the Grand. A 1940 Boxofficeitem said that Settos planned to rename the Sher-Ritz simply the Ritz, but that never happened. Instead, the house was closed by sometime in 1942, though it continued to be listed in the FDY as late as 1947 (as the Sheritz.)
The November 4, 1916 issue of Motography said that J. H. Scherer had opened the Nicklo Theatre at Linton on October 11. Another trade journal item I’ve lost track of said that Scherer had moved his operation from another location, and a December 10, 1938 Boxoffice item about the opening of the Cine Theatre said that the Scherer brothers had entered the theater business at Linton 26 years earlier, which would be 1912.
The name Nicklo did not appear in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but there were five theaters listed at Linton: the Grand Opera House, the Crystal, the Dreamland, the Palace and the Star. One of the latter four might have been the Scherer brothers' first theater, or the Directory might simply have missed listing the Nicklo.
Boxoffice of January 6, 1940 said: “Linton— Settos’ new Grand opened for the holidays.” An October 13, 1939 item in Film Daily had noted that George Settos' Grand Theatre in Linton was one of twenty houses that had recently ordered RCA sound equipment. Settos' renovation and reopening of the Grand must have been successful, as later in 1940 he took over the Sher-Ritz and Cine theaters from the Scherer brothers.
One Boxoffice item (I’ve lost track of the date from later in 1940 said that Settos intended to change the name of the Sher-Ritz to simply the Ritz, but that never happened. The FDY was still listing the house (though styled as Sheritz) as late as 1947, but as closed. It was no longer listed in 1949, but the Grand still was, along with the Cine.
The Grand Opera House was showing movies by 1914, and was one of five theaters listed at Linton in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory.
Boxofficeof June 21, 1971 said that the new Gulf States twin theater under construction in Biloxi would seat 750, with 450 in the larger auditorium and 300 in the smaller. As an economy move, both auditoriums would be served by a single booth employing a single projectionist. Gulf States had a similar twin under construction in Vicksburg.
Boxoffice of August 6, 1973 noted the recent opening of the 224-seat Owl Theatre in the Red Owl Family Shopping Center at Coon Rapids. The February 11, 1974 issue of Boxoffice said that [t]he Owl Theatre… has closed indefinitely, due to a lack of business."
The Willmar Theatre was twinned in 1971, but it does not appear to have been a conventional twinning. The June 28 Boxoffice item about it said that “[t]he Willmar will be open nightly with two shows, one in the main theatre and one in the new mini-auditorium.” The Willmar Cinema Twins debuted on June 3.
I’ve been unable to find out when this theater closed, but it was still open in 1977, as it was one of the theaters that hosted the run of the original “Star Wars” that year, opening in this house on August 11. Since at least 2010, and probably earlier, the building has housed offices of Divine House, a privately operated social services agency which now owns the building.
The intention of Douglas Theatres to build what would become the Q Cinema 4 was announced in the June 21, 1971 issue of Boxoffice. The original plans, by Omaha architectural firm Wilscam & Mullins, called for a total of 1320 seats, with two auditoriums of 280 seats and two auditoriums of 380 seats each. The first phase of a projected 3-phase shopping center, also owned by Douglas Theatres, would be built at the same time as the cinemas. As noted in an earlier comment by rivest266, the theaters opened on June 28, 1972.
A January 16, 2009 article in the Omaha World-Herald about the demise of the theaters said that the house had become the Q Cinema 6 in 1982 and the Q Cinema 9 in 1989.
Boxoffice of June 28, 1971 said that the formal opening ceremony for Cinecom’s new Cinema 20 in Painesville had taken place on June 22, with regular public shows commencing the following day. It was the 126th location for the rapidly growing Cinecom chain, which had an additional 21 locations under construction. The chain must have expanded too rapidly, as in January of 1973 it declared bankruptcy, and the last of its theaters were shut down by a court order in July that year.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn indicate that he worked on the Odem Theatre twice, providing the original plans in 1936 and plans for a remodeling job in 1947.
At some point architect Day Walter Hilborn provided the plans for a remodeling of the Star Theatre, but the records don’t include the year.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn include a project for the Estacada Theatre, but no date is given for it.
At some point, architect Day Walter Hilborn provided plans for remodeling the Avalon Theatre, but his records don’t give the date of the project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list the Roxy Theatre in Morton, Washington as a 1937 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list the Sellwood Theatre as a 1938 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the “Knob Hill” Theatre in Portland as a 1938 project. The project must have been the conversion of the Nob Hill into the Esquire, which took place that year.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the Irvington Theatre as a 1938 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the lobby of the Hollywood Theatre in Salem as a 1938 project.
The December 28, 1918 issue of Motion Picture News said that “J. B. SPARKS of the Liberty theatre at Condon, Ore. has purchased a fotoplayer for his house and intends to depend exclusively on this instrument for music.” Items in various trade journals earlier that year said that J. B. Sparks had bought the American Theatre at Condon. As I find no earlier mentions of the Liberty and no later mentions of the American, it is likely that the Liberty was the American renamed. The American Theatre was listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list unspecified work at the Liberty Theatre in Condon as a 1939 project.
The streamline modern elements of the Kelso Theatre were designed by architect Day Walter Hilborn, whose records list the house as a 1940 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a remodeling of the Columbia Theatre in Longview as a 1936 project. There’s no indication of how extensive the remodeling was.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list a lobby remodel at the Castle Theatre in Vancouver as a 1947 project.
The records of architect Day Walter Hilborn list the Broadway Theatre in Vancouver as a 1947 project.
In the late 1940s, J. C. Allmon was operating the original Canby Theatre, and in 1948 he hired architect Day Walter Hilborn to design a new theater. Later that year, Allmon sold his theater interests to Irvin Westenskow, who took over the new theater project, opening it in 1950.
There was a movie theater in Roslyn as early as 1909, but the item in the April 17 issue of Moving Picture World that mentioned it didn’t give its name. It could have been the Rose, as the theater was located on the ground floor of the Knights of Pythias lodge hall, which had been built in 1890. This web pagehas a photo of the Rose Theatre dated circa 1910, which could conceivably be accurate.
The Knights of Pythias building, still occupied by the lodge and the theater, was destroyed by a fire in 1943.
Here is an item from the August 2, 1950 issue of The Exhibitor: “Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Reneau opened a new theatre, the C. J., Bridgeport, Wash., on Aug. 28. It seats between 650 and 700, and gets its name from Chief Joseph dam, near which it is situated.”
Boxoffice of October 2, 1948 ran an item about the ninth anniversary of the Onate Theatre which also had this information about the Cortez: “Manager Jim Snelson also showed a full week’s program at the Cortez Theatre for the week of the anniversary celebration. The Cortez was to get a change in policy at a later date for the showing of Spanish language pictures on Tuesday nights and English language films on other playnights. The house will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.”