August 25, 1951 – Police yesterday raided a theater in the Pike amusement area and arrested the theater manager and projectionist on charges of exhibiting Immoral pictures, vagrancy and disorderly conduct. Booked were Chester E. Wind, 45, Los Angeles, theater manager, and James Solosky, 48, of 5442 Lemon Ave.
Det. Insp. E. H. Kennedy said he paid 50 cents to see films in the theater and that one of them, entitled “Tantalizing Teaseâ€, exhibited a comely young lady whose attire consisted mostly of a smile. The theater is at 207 E. Seaside Blvd. Kennedy was assisted by Officers F. L. Good and R.C. Deaton. Wind and Solosky were released on $300 bail each, pending court appearances.
This was the program for the grand opening in June 1950:
BRADDOCK DRIVE-IN THEATER
GRAND OPENING TONIGHT, 7 P. M.
PROGRAM
I
Cutting of Ribbon, officially opens Theater by Edwin F.
Nikirk, State’s Attorney.
II
First ticket purchased by Honorable Lloyd C. Culler, Mayor
of Frederick.
III
Band Concert by Frederick High School Band & Majorettes
Given in area in front of giant screen.
IV
Inspection of Theater and interviews by Staff Radio
Station WFMD.
V
Welcome by Harry C. Bondurant, Director of Theater.
VI
Screen Program: Color Cartoons and Feature Attraction,
Abbott and Costello in “Hold That Ghost"
Entire program recorded and broadcast by WFMD,
Tuesday, June 13, 6:30 P. M.
Drawings were released this week for the proposed 1,400-seat movie theater in the Golf-Rose Shopping Center in Hoffman Estates. Lowell Siff, vice president of F&S Construction Co., developer of the center, estimated that the theater should be open within six to nine months. He emphasized that the size of the movie house should assure
the showing of first run movies.
AT PRESENT THE nearest theater either in existence or under construction is a smaller theater in Rolling Meadows. The Golf-Rose theater will be built to the southeast of the Grant store and will face north toward the shopping center parking lot. The theater will be adjoined by 35,000 square feet of new space for new stores toward the east. Siff said that the commercial area is needed because all of the 81,000 square feet in Golf-Rose and the 42,500 square feet in the Plaza is now filled. There have been no commitments yet on the additional 35,000 square feet.
OPERATOR OF the theater will be Duncan Kennedy, described by Siff as a man with long experience in the field. Kennedy will continue to operate a movie house on Route 20 he now runs. Siff said the construction of a theater in a shopping center conforms with a country-wide trend. The parking space gets double use and many persons come to the center to shop who wouldn’t otherwise.
What was Hoffman Estates? A gated community? This article is dated 9/2/65. If the Golf-Rose theater is listed under another name, let me know:
Drawings were released this week for the proposed 1,400-seat movie theater in the Golf-Rose Shopping Center in Hoffman Estates. Lowell Siff, vice president of F&S Construction Co., developer of the center, estimated that the theater should be open within six to nine months. He emphasized that the size of the movie house should assure
the showing of first run movies.
AT PRESENT THE nearest theater either in existence or under construction is a smaller theater in Rolling Meadows. The Golf-Rose theater will be built to the southeast of the Grant store and will face north toward the shopping center parking lot. The theater will be adjoined by 35,000 square feet of new space for new stores toward the east. Siff said that the commercial area is needed because all of the 81,000 square feet in Golf-Rose and the 42,500 square feet in the Plaza is now filled. There have been no commitments yet on the additional 35,000 square feet.
OPERATOR OF the theater will be Duncan Kennedy, described by Siff as a man with long experience in the field. Kennedy will continue to operate a movie house on Route 20 he now runs. Siff said the construction of a theater in a shopping center conforms with a country-wide trend. The parking space gets double use and many persons come to the center to shop who wouldn’t otherwise.
The theater was put up for auction in November 1976:
AUCTION
MOVIE THEATER K/A CINEMA 1894
SEATS 384
FOR: ROBERT & JOAN IANNETTA
24 W. Temple Avenue
Sellersville, Pa.
FRI., NOV. 19,1976 2:00 P.M.
REAL ESTATE – MOVIE THEATER
An Old Landmark, Completely rebuilt in 1972, Cement Block Construction, 36 x 132, Seats 384 in pushback seats, 15 x 31 Technikote XR 171 Gain Screen, 2 Simplex 35 Projectors, 2 Christie Xenon Console Systems, Simplex 35 Optical bound System, All in Like New Condition. Lg. Lobby, 2 Lavatories, ticket office, 2nd flr. office & partial basement, 3 phase elec.– 1,000 Amps, W.A. Heat Oil Fired, Air Conditioned by York, fully carpeted, in operation showing A GOOD NET INCOME. Situated on a Corner Lot 56.50 x 160, ample parking in the area.
Inspection – Fri., Nov. 12th, 2-4 P.M. or by appt. & day of sale after 1 P.M. Sale Subject to Confirmation Terms -10% down day of sale; settlement within 60 days. SANFORD A. ALDERFER, INC, Real Estate Brokers And Auctioneers Harleysville, Pa.
ROXY THEATRE BUILDING-600 Seats
IN A 100% RETAIL LOCATION
11-15 E. Main Street, Maple Shade, N.J.
Motion Picture Equipment, Projection Booth,
Seats to be Sold Separately or As An Entirety
with Real Estate, Excellent as Operating Theater or other
Commercial Purpose!
INSPECT.: WED., MAR. 27-2 to 4 P.M.
SALE on Premises: TUES., APRIL 2, it 3:30 P.M.
There are two parts to the restaurant. The northern part was the theater. The high ceilings are original, I believe. The southern part was an adjacent building with low ceilings that was added on after the restaurant opened. I couldn’t tell you if the walls are original or not.
No, the Imperial is the only theater listed in Pocahontas, AR. I try not to add too many drive-ins as management prefers an emphasis on indoor theaters.
I’m not going to figure out which theater this was, but it’s a funny little story from May 1961:
POCAHONTAS. Ark. (AP)â€"“It was black and it was coming at me, so I jumped in that pickup truck and took off.” Ed Tyler, an employee of a drive-in theater here, literally took off Sunday. A windstormâ€"or tornado, as he called it, picked up the truck and spun it around several times before setting it down. “I was hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet out the doorâ€, Tyler said "I thought I was a gonerâ€. He wasn’t hurt. The storm damaged the theater but apparently hit nothing else.
The drive-in was destroyed by fire in May 1958, according to this lawsuit. Note Mrs. Brown’s possessions included a gun and a wedding dress. Texas is great. http://tinyurl.com/2y3jhu
There was a fire in the 300 block of S. Broadway the other day, on the east (even number) side. The LA Times article stated that much of the original architecture was revealed when the fake fronts were destroyed. I haven’t been downtown since the fire, but I will check it out.
Chewbacca the Wookie was arrested in front of Grauman’s the other day for abusing a tour guide. Someone from the Kimmel show across the street took video of the wookie being cuffed and put in the police car. Supposedly he (or it) said “Don’t mess with this Wookie” on the way to the hoosegow.
O tempores, o mores…
Theater Manager Held on Immoral Picture Charge
August 25, 1951 – Police yesterday raided a theater in the Pike amusement area and arrested the theater manager and projectionist on charges of exhibiting Immoral pictures, vagrancy and disorderly conduct. Booked were Chester E. Wind, 45, Los Angeles, theater manager, and James Solosky, 48, of 5442 Lemon Ave.
Det. Insp. E. H. Kennedy said he paid 50 cents to see films in the theater and that one of them, entitled “Tantalizing Teaseâ€, exhibited a comely young lady whose attire consisted mostly of a smile. The theater is at 207 E. Seaside Blvd. Kennedy was assisted by Officers F. L. Good and R.C. Deaton. Wind and Solosky were released on $300 bail each, pending court appearances.
Couldn’t it be entercation instead of edutainment? What’s the difference? Civilization is crumbling.
This was the program for the grand opening in June 1950:
BRADDOCK DRIVE-IN THEATER
GRAND OPENING TONIGHT, 7 P. M.
PROGRAM
I
Cutting of Ribbon, officially opens Theater by Edwin F.
Nikirk, State’s Attorney.
II
First ticket purchased by Honorable Lloyd C. Culler, Mayor
of Frederick.
III
Band Concert by Frederick High School Band & Majorettes
Given in area in front of giant screen.
IV
Inspection of Theater and interviews by Staff Radio
Station WFMD.
V
Welcome by Harry C. Bondurant, Director of Theater.
VI
Screen Program: Color Cartoons and Feature Attraction,
Abbott and Costello in “Hold That Ghost"
Entire program recorded and broadcast by WFMD,
Tuesday, June 13, 6:30 P. M.
The Wisconsin opened on October 29, 1943, with a double feature of “My Friend Flicka” and “It Comes Up Love”.
Newspaper article dated 9/2/65:
Drawings were released this week for the proposed 1,400-seat movie theater in the Golf-Rose Shopping Center in Hoffman Estates. Lowell Siff, vice president of F&S Construction Co., developer of the center, estimated that the theater should be open within six to nine months. He emphasized that the size of the movie house should assure
the showing of first run movies.
AT PRESENT THE nearest theater either in existence or under construction is a smaller theater in Rolling Meadows. The Golf-Rose theater will be built to the southeast of the Grant store and will face north toward the shopping center parking lot. The theater will be adjoined by 35,000 square feet of new space for new stores toward the east. Siff said that the commercial area is needed because all of the 81,000 square feet in Golf-Rose and the 42,500 square feet in the Plaza is now filled. There have been no commitments yet on the additional 35,000 square feet.
OPERATOR OF the theater will be Duncan Kennedy, described by Siff as a man with long experience in the field. Kennedy will continue to operate a movie house on Route 20 he now runs. Siff said the construction of a theater in a shopping center conforms with a country-wide trend. The parking space gets double use and many persons come to the center to shop who wouldn’t otherwise.
Thanks. I reposted the article on the correct page.
Here is an ad from July 1949. Note the alternate spelling for Ruth Horne:
EVERGREEN DRIVE-IN THEATER
2 Miles South of Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant-Connellsville Road
(Formerly Ruthorn Drive-In Theatre)
TONIGHT and TOMORROW
“THE OTHER LOVE"
With Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven
CARTOON AND SHORT
Kind of an unfortunate name for the Candy Lady, don’t you think?
What was Hoffman Estates? A gated community? This article is dated 9/2/65. If the Golf-Rose theater is listed under another name, let me know:
Drawings were released this week for the proposed 1,400-seat movie theater in the Golf-Rose Shopping Center in Hoffman Estates. Lowell Siff, vice president of F&S Construction Co., developer of the center, estimated that the theater should be open within six to nine months. He emphasized that the size of the movie house should assure
the showing of first run movies.
AT PRESENT THE nearest theater either in existence or under construction is a smaller theater in Rolling Meadows. The Golf-Rose theater will be built to the southeast of the Grant store and will face north toward the shopping center parking lot. The theater will be adjoined by 35,000 square feet of new space for new stores toward the east. Siff said that the commercial area is needed because all of the 81,000 square feet in Golf-Rose and the 42,500 square feet in the Plaza is now filled. There have been no commitments yet on the additional 35,000 square feet.
OPERATOR OF the theater will be Duncan Kennedy, described by Siff as a man with long experience in the field. Kennedy will continue to operate a movie house on Route 20 he now runs. Siff said the construction of a theater in a shopping center conforms with a country-wide trend. The parking space gets double use and many persons come to the center to shop who wouldn’t otherwise.
The theater was put up for auction in November 1976:
AUCTION
MOVIE THEATER K/A CINEMA 1894
SEATS 384
FOR: ROBERT & JOAN IANNETTA
24 W. Temple Avenue
Sellersville, Pa.
FRI., NOV. 19,1976 2:00 P.M.
REAL ESTATE – MOVIE THEATER
An Old Landmark, Completely rebuilt in 1972, Cement Block Construction, 36 x 132, Seats 384 in pushback seats, 15 x 31 Technikote XR 171 Gain Screen, 2 Simplex 35 Projectors, 2 Christie Xenon Console Systems, Simplex 35 Optical bound System, All in Like New Condition. Lg. Lobby, 2 Lavatories, ticket office, 2nd flr. office & partial basement, 3 phase elec.– 1,000 Amps, W.A. Heat Oil Fired, Air Conditioned by York, fully carpeted, in operation showing A GOOD NET INCOME. Situated on a Corner Lot 56.50 x 160, ample parking in the area.
Inspection – Fri., Nov. 12th, 2-4 P.M. or by appt. & day of sale after 1 P.M. Sale Subject to Confirmation Terms -10% down day of sale; settlement within 60 days. SANFORD A. ALDERFER, INC, Real Estate Brokers And Auctioneers Harleysville, Pa.
The theater was sold to the Vineyard Church in November 2005:
http://tinyurl.com/37ofl2
The property was auctioned off in April 1963:
ROXY THEATRE BUILDING-600 Seats
IN A 100% RETAIL LOCATION
11-15 E. Main Street, Maple Shade, N.J.
Motion Picture Equipment, Projection Booth,
Seats to be Sold Separately or As An Entirety
with Real Estate, Excellent as Operating Theater or other
Commercial Purpose!
INSPECT.: WED., MAR. 27-2 to 4 P.M.
SALE on Premises: TUES., APRIL 2, it 3:30 P.M.
There are two parts to the restaurant. The northern part was the theater. The high ceilings are original, I believe. The southern part was an adjacent building with low ceilings that was added on after the restaurant opened. I couldn’t tell you if the walls are original or not.
Bring along some brownies for later.
No, the Imperial is the only theater listed in Pocahontas, AR. I try not to add too many drive-ins as management prefers an emphasis on indoor theaters.
I think you’re pointing out the misspelling at the top of the page. I concur.
I figured the town, just not the name of the theater. You may have answered the question.
I’m not going to figure out which theater this was, but it’s a funny little story from May 1961:
POCAHONTAS. Ark. (AP)â€"“It was black and it was coming at me, so I jumped in that pickup truck and took off.” Ed Tyler, an employee of a drive-in theater here, literally took off Sunday. A windstormâ€"or tornado, as he called it, picked up the truck and spun it around several times before setting it down. “I was hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet out the doorâ€, Tyler said "I thought I was a gonerâ€. He wasn’t hurt. The storm damaged the theater but apparently hit nothing else.
The drive-in was destroyed by fire in May 1958, according to this lawsuit. Note Mrs. Brown’s possessions included a gun and a wedding dress. Texas is great.
http://tinyurl.com/2y3jhu
Here is a page with photos of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2mogjl
There was a fire in the 300 block of S. Broadway the other day, on the east (even number) side. The LA Times article stated that much of the original architecture was revealed when the fake fronts were destroyed. I haven’t been downtown since the fire, but I will check it out.
Here are proceedings against one William Weaver, who allegedly torched the Erie in May 1933:
http://tinyurl.com/2atbtv
Chewbacca the Wookie was arrested in front of Grauman’s the other day for abusing a tour guide. Someone from the Kimmel show across the street took video of the wookie being cuffed and put in the police car. Supposedly he (or it) said “Don’t mess with this Wookie” on the way to the hoosegow.
Here is a February 2000 article that discusses renovation plans:
http://tinyurl.com/33h2cb
Very prominent is an understatement. Wasn’t the guy in the commercial standing on the marquee?