This theater is going to be transformed to an entertainment complex called Latitude 39 with bowling, restaurants, arcade games, sports viewing, and live entertainment, but no movies: View link.
My error: this should have been entered as the Northrock 14; please correct. Here is an article about the plans to close and convert the theater, with a picture: View link.
As noted in the introduction, Loew’s Park had a sister theater in the Loew’s Granada on Cleveland’s west side (sister in the sense that they usually played the same features at the same time; architecturally, they were were very different). The Park indeed became a losing proposition, especially given its size. When the Park opened in 1921, vaudeville was still going strong, and the large size probably would have seemed viable and appropriate. But by 1927, when the Granada opened, vaudeville was in definite decline. The Granada lasted almost twenty years longer than the Park as the surrounding neighborhood did not decline as rapidly, and with over a thousand less seats, the theater was able to remain profitable longer.
One has to remember though that there was a time in the late 1920’s and 1930’s that the 105th and Euclid area was almost a second downtown with two Lamb theaters (Keith’s 105th almost across the street) and four or five smaller theaters adjacent to upscale stores and fashionable restaurants. But by the late 1950’s and after, the area became very down at heel and even dangerous. Looking at the area today, it is hard to imagine how trendy and bustling it once was as a businesss and entertainment district as newer and bland office and hospital buildings have replaced what was once a very urban main street.
hdtv267: AGR is not re-registering as a member of CT, but making a brief comment so as to get notified when someone posts a comment on this RCMH page. There was some sort of computer glitch some months ago that removed automatic notifications of new comments on theater pages to CT members that had been receiving them previously. Right now, there apparently is no other way to get notified when someone posts to a theater page that is of interest to you.
Well, it simply could not have been the second theater in Indy to have 70mm if it opened in 1985. The Lyric had 70mm back in 1956 or 1957 for 70mm Todd-AO showings and for years afterwards. The Indianapolis Theatre, like many of the original Cinerama houses, switched over to 70mm in the 1960’s and the Eastwood had 70mm from the late 1960s on. My guess is that there may well have been some others, considering how many 70mm films were released in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
The page for the Broadway Theatre in Roland Lataille’s database of Cinerama theaters has a picture of the ground floor booths for Cinerama at the Broadway. Considering that the center booth shows only a single projection port, my guess would be that the high booth was used for the prologue. See http://cinerama.topcities.com/ctbroadway.htm
There are some pictures of this theater on its page at CinemaTour: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/6523.html. Some of the movie time websites suggest that this cinema was most recently used to show films from India.
This theater is going to be transformed to an entertainment complex called Latitude 39 with bowling, restaurants, arcade games, sports viewing, and live entertainment, but no movies: View link.
My error: this should have been entered as the Northrock 14; please correct. Here is an article about the plans to close and convert the theater, with a picture: View link.
A picture of the theatre as a Top Rank Bingo centre: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/333996478.
As noted in the introduction, Loew’s Park had a sister theater in the Loew’s Granada on Cleveland’s west side (sister in the sense that they usually played the same features at the same time; architecturally, they were were very different). The Park indeed became a losing proposition, especially given its size. When the Park opened in 1921, vaudeville was still going strong, and the large size probably would have seemed viable and appropriate. But by 1927, when the Granada opened, vaudeville was in definite decline. The Granada lasted almost twenty years longer than the Park as the surrounding neighborhood did not decline as rapidly, and with over a thousand less seats, the theater was able to remain profitable longer.
I did not mean to suggest it was your error, Mike.
One has to remember though that there was a time in the late 1920’s and 1930’s that the 105th and Euclid area was almost a second downtown with two Lamb theaters (Keith’s 105th almost across the street) and four or five smaller theaters adjacent to upscale stores and fashionable restaurants. But by the late 1950’s and after, the area became very down at heel and even dangerous. Looking at the area today, it is hard to imagine how trendy and bustling it once was as a businesss and entertainment district as newer and bland office and hospital buildings have replaced what was once a very urban main street.
hdtv267: AGR is not re-registering as a member of CT, but making a brief comment so as to get notified when someone posts a comment on this RCMH page. There was some sort of computer glitch some months ago that removed automatic notifications of new comments on theater pages to CT members that had been receiving them previously. Right now, there apparently is no other way to get notified when someone posts to a theater page that is of interest to you.
There is a picture from 1938 of the Beacon Cinema and one of the site today here: http://www.b43.co.uk/static/beacon.html.
There is a picture of the former Essoldo as the ACE Bingo Hall at the bottom of this webpage: View link.
These pages, from the restaurant’s website, have pictures of the former theater in its past and current use:View link and View link.
Sorry – I meant, of course, the Indiana Theatre, not the Indianapolis.
Well, it simply could not have been the second theater in Indy to have 70mm if it opened in 1985. The Lyric had 70mm back in 1956 or 1957 for 70mm Todd-AO showings and for years afterwards. The Indianapolis Theatre, like many of the original Cinerama houses, switched over to 70mm in the 1960’s and the Eastwood had 70mm from the late 1960s on. My guess is that there may well have been some others, considering how many 70mm films were released in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
This webpages has some pictures of the Coliseum Theatre in Cheltenham:
View link-Cheltenham-Febraury-2011).
The page for the Broadway Theatre in Roland Lataille’s database of Cinerama theaters has a picture of the ground floor booths for Cinerama at the Broadway. Considering that the center booth shows only a single projection port, my guess would be that the high booth was used for the prologue. See http://cinerama.topcities.com/ctbroadway.htm
In Cleveland, OH, film distribution was headquarted in the Film Exchange Building on Payne Ave.
Considering it was a reserved seat, Cinerama showing, actually ten weeks was a rather short run. It was the only film I ever saw there.
According to this blog item with a picture, an unconventional pastor is looking to hold church services at this theater: View link.
There isn’t a large Indian population in India? How strange.
There are some pictures of this theater on its page at CinemaTour: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/6523.html. Some of the movie time websites suggest that this cinema was most recently used to show films from India.
A color photo: View link.
Another photo of the Vistarama: View link.
A postcard view of the Willow: View link.
According to this webpage about the Willow, the theatre opened in 1947: http://www.mustangdrive-in.com/history.php?id=49
The new theater will be named the Nordica: View link.
Some additional information about the designation with pictures: View link.