Images added.
Additional history credit Stephen Leigh.
“Cineplex Odeon’s Eaton Place Cinema opens on July 28, 1988. Located at Eaton Centre, 3rd Floor, Phase II, 101st Street and 102 Avenue in Edmonton. With nine screens and a seating capacity of 3,400 seats, making it the largest complex of it’s kind in Canada. Lucasfilm THX Sound Systems with 70MM projection capabilities are featured in two of the largest houses. "Midnight Run”, “Die Hard” in 70 MM, “Big”, “Monkey Shines”, “License to Drive”, “The Great Outdoors”, “Lady in White” and “Bull Durham” are the opening features. January 19, 2002, theatre changes name to Edmonton City Centre, due to mall’s name change. Ownership change to Empire Theatres on September 30, 2005. Ownership change to Landmark Cinemas on November 22, 2013. Theatre is still open and showing movies."
Various images added.
Additional history credit Christine Phoenix Theriault:
“My father, Craig Phoenix managed this theater for about 15 yrs. & Mason Siler owned the Lido and the Mesa Theaters.”
Per the Dunsmore Historical Society:
“It was located on North Blakely St. Approximately across the street from the current post office. The locacation is now part of the Fidelity Bank parking lot.”
1940 photo as Midway Theatre added, and below additional history credit Historic Lubbock County.
“Lubbock theater history is sketchy, but historian Lawrence Graves said Lubbock’s first movie theater, the Orpheum, opened in 1909. It lasted only one year but more theaters followed in the 1920s and ’30s, with most in the downtown area. At one point, Lubbock had 22 walk-ins and six drive-ins. The building at 1805 Broadway opened as the Midway Theater in 1940. As the theater changed hands, so did the name. The Midway later was the Centre, the Gay 90s, the El Tejas, the Varsity and the Continental in 1964. It was renamed the Bijou in 1976 and was converted into an apartment building in 1977. The photo (added) is not dated but “Cherokee Strip” was released in 1940. Perhaps the bicycles are from kids wanting to see “The 3 Stooges” for 9 cents! The time period was during World War II as evidenced by the pile of paper. Encouraged by the government, towns had paper drives, rubber drives and scrap metal drives for the war effort. People collected scrap paper so it could be used for packing around equipment and weapons.”
Thanks. So even further proof that limited information submissions are a good thing.
You never would have discovered the wrong Orient listing, were it not for this Happy Hour submission.
I believe the CT Admins add these limited information early theatres once confirmed, as a basis for other contributors to build onto as further research is done. For instance I cross checked with the CinemaTour page for Dunsmore PA, and found an Orient Theatre at 204-14 S. Blakely St. that does not yet have a CT page. But they had no listing for the Happy Hour. I then found a Dunsmore Historical Society on Facebook, and messaged them for any info on the Happy Hour they may be able to provide. In 16 years I’ve added plenty of theatres with basic information, and then was able to add photos and additional history as I researched them in the following days. Sometimes it takes the CT Admins several days to add submissions, so we contributors have to e-mail ourselves any additional info we find in the meantime, until we can add it to an approved page. Remember even photos cannot be added to a submission, they can only be added after one is approved. Once a photo is uploaded to a “no address” theatre, I do a street view search with a generic “100 Main Street” in the given city, and miraculously have found the very building in the one photo provided. I can then add the missing address. If the CT Admins ignored every submission that had limited information, but were able to document it’s existence, then they would just have to add them at a later date anyway, if and when they were resubmitted again by someone else.
They need to get a second opinion, because that does not look like a $200K+ marquee restoration task.
It is basically just a light box with can lights on the underside.
If it wasn’t still structurally sound, it would likely have supports beneath it.
They should confirm whether the plastic panels can be replaced by LED panels. That would likely be the most expensive element.
The rest is just labor to sand, repaint and update the underside fixtures.
Additional history credit Langlade County Historical Society.
(Photos added)
“With people not being able to go to the theater and see a movie lets learn about the Palace Theater in Antigo… Harvey Hanson prominent theater owner was born in Appleton, WI in 1883, he came to Antigo around 1908 and started in the theater business. In 1909 the Hanson building was built on 5th Ave ( still stands today,the name Hanson is still on the building) and during this time Harvey Hanson showed silent movies to the people of Antigo, thus started the beginning of the Palace Theater. Then in 1915, Harvey leased the building to a well known five and ten cent store F.W. Woolworth, and across the street the “New” Palace Theater was going to be built. In 1916, the new Palace Theater ( capacity 1180 seats and at that time the only fireproof theater in central Wisconsin) opened and it was a successful venture and generations of movie goers attended the show house to be enthralled by Hollywood movies. On the stage were occasional vaudeville and talent shows. In 1928, the Palace was leased to Fox- Midwesco Theaters, Inc. who ran the theater until 1946, when Midwesco went bankrupt Harvey Hanson regained ownership and then in 1947 Harvey leased the Palace to Lucille Fowler of Merrill until 1958. The Palace Theater was one of the largest and best known motion picture house in northern Wisconsin. In 1959, the Palace Theater was purchased by James and John Suick from Agnes Hanson. In 1971, James Suick son Tim purchased the Palace Theater from his dad. Today it is still owned by Tim and Barb Suick.”
This is also North Halsted Street. There is a print ad confirming the name and address in the Photo gallery. Coincidentally I re-sanded the floor of the recording studio in the `80s, and was told then it was a former theatre.
June 2020 article about renovation.
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/06/18/business-owners-look-remodel-hanover-theater-into-multi-use-space/3191976001/?fbclid=IwAR30Lpi3qQQMzCUx1pvhEqJM0twqNlS_NxbIxuC1lvP6X4ceKcblinu7jLs
1963 photo added credit Old Ontario Series Facebook page.
Two `70s images added with then modern facade.
Images added. Additional history credit Stephen Leigh.
“Cineplex Odeon’s Eaton Place Cinema opens on July 28, 1988. Located at Eaton Centre, 3rd Floor, Phase II, 101st Street and 102 Avenue in Edmonton. With nine screens and a seating capacity of 3,400 seats, making it the largest complex of it’s kind in Canada. Lucasfilm THX Sound Systems with 70MM projection capabilities are featured in two of the largest houses. "Midnight Run”, “Die Hard” in 70 MM, “Big”, “Monkey Shines”, “License to Drive”, “The Great Outdoors”, “Lady in White” and “Bull Durham” are the opening features. January 19, 2002, theatre changes name to Edmonton City Centre, due to mall’s name change. Ownership change to Empire Theatres on September 30, 2005. Ownership change to Landmark Cinemas on November 22, 2013. Theatre is still open and showing movies."
Update, Photo credit Barry Kazmer.
Various images added. Additional history credit Christine Phoenix Theriault: “My father, Craig Phoenix managed this theater for about 15 yrs. & Mason Siler owned the Lido and the Mesa Theaters.”
1949 Grand Opening photo as Port Theatre added credit Michael Newman.
“Patio Theater Continues Restoration, Launches Membership Program While Doors Closed.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/29/patio-theater-owner-continues-restoration-efforts-rolls-out-membership-program-during-pandemic/?mc_cid=8659614506&mc_eid=173b7b99f7
Per the Dunsmore Historical Society: “It was located on North Blakely St. Approximately across the street from the current post office. The locacation is now part of the Fidelity Bank parking lot.”
1940 photo as Midway Theatre added, and below additional history credit Historic Lubbock County.
“Lubbock theater history is sketchy, but historian Lawrence Graves said Lubbock’s first movie theater, the Orpheum, opened in 1909. It lasted only one year but more theaters followed in the 1920s and ’30s, with most in the downtown area. At one point, Lubbock had 22 walk-ins and six drive-ins. The building at 1805 Broadway opened as the Midway Theater in 1940. As the theater changed hands, so did the name. The Midway later was the Centre, the Gay 90s, the El Tejas, the Varsity and the Continental in 1964. It was renamed the Bijou in 1976 and was converted into an apartment building in 1977. The photo (added) is not dated but “Cherokee Strip” was released in 1940. Perhaps the bicycles are from kids wanting to see “The 3 Stooges” for 9 cents! The time period was during World War II as evidenced by the pile of paper. Encouraged by the government, towns had paper drives, rubber drives and scrap metal drives for the war effort. People collected scrap paper so it could be used for packing around equipment and weapons.”
Photos added of one time Biograph owner Jack Cooney. Below is Roger Ebert’s July 13, 1967 interview with Cooney. Via Tim O'Neill.
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-jack-cooney?fbclid=IwAR0RGZYQYWS0bS3Ywq1y88Psn7fTCaItf2iyjBsuSFHtvlTvOQItXKi-7MU
Thanks. So even further proof that limited information submissions are a good thing. You never would have discovered the wrong Orient listing, were it not for this Happy Hour submission.
I believe the CT Admins add these limited information early theatres once confirmed, as a basis for other contributors to build onto as further research is done. For instance I cross checked with the CinemaTour page for Dunsmore PA, and found an Orient Theatre at 204-14 S. Blakely St. that does not yet have a CT page. But they had no listing for the Happy Hour. I then found a Dunsmore Historical Society on Facebook, and messaged them for any info on the Happy Hour they may be able to provide. In 16 years I’ve added plenty of theatres with basic information, and then was able to add photos and additional history as I researched them in the following days. Sometimes it takes the CT Admins several days to add submissions, so we contributors have to e-mail ourselves any additional info we find in the meantime, until we can add it to an approved page. Remember even photos cannot be added to a submission, they can only be added after one is approved. Once a photo is uploaded to a “no address” theatre, I do a street view search with a generic “100 Main Street” in the given city, and miraculously have found the very building in the one photo provided. I can then add the missing address. If the CT Admins ignored every submission that had limited information, but were able to document it’s existence, then they would just have to add them at a later date anyway, if and when they were resubmitted again by someone else.
Address was 681 George Street. July 1980 print ad added credit The Sun, courtesy Ron Pettersson.
They need to get a second opinion, because that does not look like a $200K+ marquee restoration task. It is basically just a light box with can lights on the underside. If it wasn’t still structurally sound, it would likely have supports beneath it. They should confirm whether the plastic panels can be replaced by LED panels. That would likely be the most expensive element. The rest is just labor to sand, repaint and update the underside fixtures.
Additional history credit Langlade County Historical Society. (Photos added)
“With people not being able to go to the theater and see a movie lets learn about the Palace Theater in Antigo… Harvey Hanson prominent theater owner was born in Appleton, WI in 1883, he came to Antigo around 1908 and started in the theater business. In 1909 the Hanson building was built on 5th Ave ( still stands today,the name Hanson is still on the building) and during this time Harvey Hanson showed silent movies to the people of Antigo, thus started the beginning of the Palace Theater. Then in 1915, Harvey leased the building to a well known five and ten cent store F.W. Woolworth, and across the street the “New” Palace Theater was going to be built. In 1916, the new Palace Theater ( capacity 1180 seats and at that time the only fireproof theater in central Wisconsin) opened and it was a successful venture and generations of movie goers attended the show house to be enthralled by Hollywood movies. On the stage were occasional vaudeville and talent shows. In 1928, the Palace was leased to Fox- Midwesco Theaters, Inc. who ran the theater until 1946, when Midwesco went bankrupt Harvey Hanson regained ownership and then in 1947 Harvey leased the Palace to Lucille Fowler of Merrill until 1958. The Palace Theater was one of the largest and best known motion picture house in northern Wisconsin. In 1959, the Palace Theater was purchased by James and John Suick from Agnes Hanson. In 1971, James Suick son Tim purchased the Palace Theater from his dad. Today it is still owned by Tim and Barb Suick.”
RKO Keith’s Theatre in Flushing page is below.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/834
This is also North Halsted Street. There is a print ad confirming the name and address in the Photo gallery. Coincidentally I re-sanded the floor of the recording studio in the `80s, and was told then it was a former theatre.
Read the comments on the Capitol page below. One mentions an Oddfellows Lodge at 6th & Church.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17007
Flickr page with Adelphi album.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adelphitheater/
Multiple Vancouver theatre images in below Flickr link.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99915476@N04/sets/72157636305761336/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99915476@N04/sets/72157636305761336/
Miniature of the New Beverly Cinema and other Los Angeles landmarks.
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/miniatures-smallscalela-kieran-wright/
Couldn’t find much on the history of this one, without using Gazette pay sites. CinemaTour however has 2003 as an opening date.
1961 Dodge Dart Seneca squad car, 1960 Valiant V100 Suburban wagon far left.