Additional history in below link, indicates B.F. Keith took over management from 1912-1922, when film then was introduced to it.
So Keith’s Hippodrome should be added to previous names.
Postcard advertising such added as well.
Originally opened and run by Associated Theatres of Kentucky.
Possibly named J-Town Dollar Theatre as the very end.
There was also a Jefferson Theatre but I can’t find any info about it.
Address is 5110 50 Street, zip code is T0B 0H0.
Opened as the Majestic Theatre in 1915 as a silent film theatre, showing films throughout the `20s.
It was used as a church in the early 1930s, and was renovated back to films as Dixy Theatre in the early 1940s until 1984.
Currently being restored to it’s 1920s interior as a dinner theatre, performing artists space and museum.
Facebook page for Friends of the Majestic Theatre below.
Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Maureen Stapleton and Jessica Tandy in Ron Howard’s “Cocoon” opens in 70 MM Six-Track Dolby Stereo on June 21, 1985 at the newly-renovated Paramount Theatre in Edmonton. To make room for all the added comforts, every second row of seats were removed, reducing the seat count from more than 1,100 to 800. (Images added)
I’ve found photos and reference to a Rex Theatre in Coffeyville. African-American chain theatre built in 1939 that is still standing, I’ll set up a page when I narrow down an address.
If anyone knows it please post here.
In 1976, the closed Center Theater was expanded on its west side, and it was renamed the Omaha Junior Theater. This organization which produced stage plays by young people was founded 1949, by Emmy Gifford who was a patroness of the arts. In 1981, the Omaha Junior Theater was renamed the Emmy Gifford Children’s Theater. The children’s theater program moved to the Astro (today, The Rose) Theater in 1993.
(Image added)
Additional history credit Stephen Leigh:
The theatre was triplexed on April 10, 1981.
Closed on July 17, 1994 with “Jurassic Park', "The Naked Gun 33⅓”, “With Honors”, “Clean Slate” and “The Crow”.
Images added.
3 photos added courtesy James Alan George.
From: www.billyjackrights.com/
Billy Jack Day, Kansas City (part 3)
written on 12/07/10 by frank laughlin in history, pictures
Leading up to the premiere in each city, was the same Billy Jack circus: karate demonstrations, live bands, and the girls holding the cards that spelled B-I-L-L-Y-J-A-C-K. Below the circus is staged out front of the Glenwood Theaters outside Kansas City, Kansas. The picture on the bottom shows some of the incredible turnout.
The end result of the advertising and promotional blitz were crowds, massive, never ending crowds.
Remember, Billy Jack had already been the second-highest grossing film of 1971 behind Fiddler on the Roof, bringing in an earth-shattering $32,500,000. This was 1972-1973, about 12 months later. And Billy Jack is on its way to earning an additional $60,000,000, which will make it the highest grossing film in history by the end of 1973 with a grand total of $92,500,000. Beating out monster hits like The Godfather ($86M), The Exorcist($89M), and The Sting ($78M).
Picture 2: The recessed front of the Crescent Theatre in the old Hubbell Brothers building at Fourth and Main, as it appeared at the end of the horse and buggy era, 1915. Cliff and Willis Robinson sold out in 1919 to Ed C Allen, who sold it to G. E. Klock in 1926. Klock also bought the Princess Theatre which was built 1912. Mr. Klock closed the Crescent Theatre in 1926.
Image may contain: sky and outdoor
Picture 1: On the northwest corner of Fourth and Main in Neodesha, Kansas, 1916 was the Crescent Theatre owned by Cliff and Willis Robinson. It was the leading theatre in it’s time, down the street 1 ½ blocks on Main was the Princess Theatre, owned by Doc Pingrey and Fred Williams. Both movie houses packed in the crowds on Saturday afternoons.
Additional history in below link, indicates B.F. Keith took over management from 1912-1922, when film then was introduced to it. So Keith’s Hippodrome should be added to previous names. Postcard advertising such added as well.
https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/25
Demolished in 1986 per two sources. November 1939 photo added credit Frank Carroll.
Originally opened and run by Associated Theatres of Kentucky. Possibly named J-Town Dollar Theatre as the very end. There was also a Jefferson Theatre but I can’t find any info about it.
Dream Theater sign case in the French Lick West Baden Museum collection. I reached out to them for the original address.
https://aable91.wixsite.com/flwbmuseum/the-town-gallery
1957 Kodachrome photo credit Chalmers Butterfield.
Circa 1938 photo courtesy Old Images of Pennsylvania.
Address is 5110 50 Street, zip code is T0B 0H0. Opened as the Majestic Theatre in 1915 as a silent film theatre, showing films throughout the `20s. It was used as a church in the early 1930s, and was renovated back to films as Dixy Theatre in the early 1940s until 1984. Currently being restored to it’s 1920s interior as a dinner theatre, performing artists space and museum. Facebook page for Friends of the Majestic Theatre below.
https://www.facebook.com/majestictheatrebashaw/
Additional history in below link.
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/tn7301.htm
May 1973 photo.
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/tn7301.htm
203 N. Water Street is technically the address today.
Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Maureen Stapleton and Jessica Tandy in Ron Howard’s “Cocoon” opens in 70 MM Six-Track Dolby Stereo on June 21, 1985 at the newly-renovated Paramount Theatre in Edmonton. To make room for all the added comforts, every second row of seats were removed, reducing the seat count from more than 1,100 to 800. (Images added)
1971 image.
Address was 6400 West 95th Street per the print ads in the gallery.
I’ve found photos and reference to a Rex Theatre in Coffeyville. African-American chain theatre built in 1939 that is still standing, I’ll set up a page when I narrow down an address. If anyone knows it please post here.
Images added.
In 1976, the closed Center Theater was expanded on its west side, and it was renamed the Omaha Junior Theater. This organization which produced stage plays by young people was founded 1949, by Emmy Gifford who was a patroness of the arts. In 1981, the Omaha Junior Theater was renamed the Emmy Gifford Children’s Theater. The children’s theater program moved to the Astro (today, The Rose) Theater in 1993. (Image added)
1919 photo as Sun Theater added credit Durham Museum photo archives.
Now & then fade credit Steve Raglin.
https://www.screencast.com/t/pE63eW1BC?fbclid=IwAR27MS9uyLrlidpr-e9T4G9XH8Ns1FJrk9NfXLfhtkIZAtMXhkUxcVuIY0M
Enlargeable 1930s image in below link.
https://www.summitmemory.org/digital/collection/ABJarchives/id/1202/rec/20?fbclid=IwAR2Jo9MpzDRhni5zZgbXXP6Viw-iISjihyrVRE75q-dW0LUW4Vx9MtwR5-A
Additional history credit Stephen Leigh: The theatre was triplexed on April 10, 1981. Closed on July 17, 1994 with “Jurassic Park', "The Naked Gun 33⅓”, “With Honors”, “Clean Slate” and “The Crow”. Images added.
2014 link above is dead. Five photos added courtesy Frost Kevin. Hometown Bank branch is on the site today.
1963 image added courtesy Beverly Norton Gerrond.
3 photos added courtesy James Alan George. From: www.billyjackrights.com/ Billy Jack Day, Kansas City (part 3) written on 12/07/10 by frank laughlin in history, pictures
Leading up to the premiere in each city, was the same Billy Jack circus: karate demonstrations, live bands, and the girls holding the cards that spelled B-I-L-L-Y-J-A-C-K. Below the circus is staged out front of the Glenwood Theaters outside Kansas City, Kansas. The picture on the bottom shows some of the incredible turnout. The end result of the advertising and promotional blitz were crowds, massive, never ending crowds. Remember, Billy Jack had already been the second-highest grossing film of 1971 behind Fiddler on the Roof, bringing in an earth-shattering $32,500,000. This was 1972-1973, about 12 months later. And Billy Jack is on its way to earning an additional $60,000,000, which will make it the highest grossing film in history by the end of 1973 with a grand total of $92,500,000. Beating out monster hits like The Godfather ($86M), The Exorcist($89M), and The Sting ($78M).
Picture 2: The recessed front of the Crescent Theatre in the old Hubbell Brothers building at Fourth and Main, as it appeared at the end of the horse and buggy era, 1915. Cliff and Willis Robinson sold out in 1919 to Ed C Allen, who sold it to G. E. Klock in 1926. Klock also bought the Princess Theatre which was built 1912. Mr. Klock closed the Crescent Theatre in 1926. Image may contain: sky and outdoor
Picture 1: On the northwest corner of Fourth and Main in Neodesha, Kansas, 1916 was the Crescent Theatre owned by Cliff and Willis Robinson. It was the leading theatre in it’s time, down the street 1 ½ blocks on Main was the Princess Theatre, owned by Doc Pingrey and Fred Williams. Both movie houses packed in the crowds on Saturday afternoons.