The screen tower was destroyed by severe winds on July 12, 1980 during a severe weather outbreak. The screen was later rebuilt and reopened at the start of the 1981 season.
The Masonic Hall is the oldest theater ever built in Ohio. It started life in 1808 by the Blue Lodge Masons but the theater was completely burned to the ground in October 1852.
The Masonic Hall was quickly rebuilt as a 40x100ft showhouse and it reopened to the public in April 1853. This was followed by a remodel in 1867, and was renamed the Masonic Opera House in December 1876 following an expansion of the building to 50x120ft led by contractors John W. Cook and Isreal Beideman. Another remodel took place in 1883. In 1904, A.R. Wolf bought the Masonic Opera House from the Masons as they were building a new Temple on Main Street. Mr. Wolf remodeled the theatre and enlarged the stage. He replaced all the windows in the front of the building with beautiful stained glass windows. The Masonic Opera House continued under Wolf’s excellent managerial abilities until he sold it to the Myers Brothers in 1915. They again made some improvements and repairs and installed both a screen and theater equipment. The Myers Brothers changed the name to the Majestic Theatre and occasionally had live theatre productions on the stage but finally went to motion pictures exclusively.
As of the latter half of the 19th century, the Masonic Opera House originally housed around 450 people and featured a 46.5x28ft stage under the supervision of Warren H. Girvin of Syracuse, New York. The proscenium arch was 31x26ft high, and below the stage were all the mechanics necessary to operate the several trap doors in the stage floor. There is also 8ft double doors as the main entrance/exit doors to the stage. The vestibule had a ticket booth on one side and at the other side was the stairway to the balcony and stairs continuing up to the top floor to the Masonic Lodge Rooms. Upon entering the auditorium from the vestibule you were in a horizontal aisle across the back blocked off by a screen from the seating. In front of the screen was the “Dress Circle” in a horseshoe shape. The seats were on platforms giving each adequate view of the stage. In front of the circle featured a floor with an incline of one-to-twelve inches. At the front of this was the orchestra pit. The balcony above was also horseshoe shaped and again the seats were on platforms, each 12 inches above the one in front of it. The row of seating behind this was the Gallery. They could provide a flat floor for dancing and roller skating if the seats were removed. Mr. E. B. Hough, a scenic artist from Syracuse, N.Y., was hired to decorate the interior. The main ceiling was handsomely frescoed and above the stage in the center was an allegorical representation of music. In each corner were representations of each of the seasons. The walls were painted gray. On the bottom level of the addition was six dressing rooms complete with mirrors and makeup lamps. One of the hallways also provides a convenient entrance to and from the hotel next door and backstage.
It was originally independently-owned by Larry and Pat Miller for its first 26 years of operation, then it was taken over by Towne Cinemas of Memphis. Malco began operating the theater in February 2000.
The Plaza Twin Cinema opened its doors on June 9, 1972 with “The Revengers” in Screen 1 and “Kotch” in Screen 2. It originally housed 493 seats (with 289 in Screen 1 and 204 in Screen 2). The theater was originally located right next to the city’s original Walmart, but that Walmart was relocated in 1987.
This was last known as the Malco Cinema Twin and was closed on November 24, 2005, exactly a few months after the Paragould 8 opened nearby.
The original operator of the theater is Wilhelmine Kaufmann, who was 23 at the time of the September 1908 opening of the Apollo. It originally housed 300 seats as well as a standing room when it opened with silent films accompanied by a piano player.
In 1970, Wolfram Weber, together with his brothers Eckard and Frank, opened their first movie theater in the city called the Meisengeige Cinema and would later operate the Atrium Filmpalast, Casablanca, Metropolis and the Manhattan Theatres in neighboring Erlangen during the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn’t until the early-1990s when the Cinecitta was officially planned.
After the city rejected the idea of a new building for the Nuremberg City Library with integrated theaters for cost reasons, Weber decided to build a multiplex cinema on this site. It had several phases. The first phase of the Cinecitta opened in October 1995 and the second phase opened in 1997. This was followed by an IMAX theater which took three years in construction and opened in 2001.
As of now, the theater has two entrance halls with 14 box offices, 14 regular auditoriums with various seating capacities (between 103 and 547 seats), a multifunctional auditorium (which features both a movie/live theater and discotheque), three DVD studio auditoriums, five so-called premium auditoriums, three restaurants, a shop, and nine bars. In total, Cinecitta' has 17 regular screens, all designed according to the same concept. They are steeply inclined and the rows of seats are arranged concavely. The screens are curved and the seven largest auditoriums in the theater are THX-certified. Some auditoriums however have special equipment. The multifunctional Arena auditorium can be converted for various events, such as theater performances. Arthouse and other, less popular films are shown in the three DVD studio auditoriums, which are very small auditoriums. In 2013, Screen 16, which had already been equipped with Dolby Atmos, was converted into the first deluxe cinema with fewer, but electrically adjustable, more comfortable seats and with drinks and snack services at your seat. This was followed by Screens 14 and 15, so that these numbers are now missing from the numbering of conventional auditoriums the remaining numbers are 1 to 13 and 17. Until 2014, there was a motion ride theater called MAD (Maximum Dose of Adrenaline). There, the individual seats move simultaneously with the film. It has since become the fourth deluxe auditorium.
The Palace Theatre closed on May 15, 1960 with “Heller In Pink Tights” and “Subway In The Sky”. The Fairfield Federal And Loan Associations Inc. purchased the Palace Theatre on January 31, 1961.
The Lancaster Cinemas became a discount second-run house in the early-1990s shortly after Hoyts opened up their nearby River Valley Mall Cinemas in December 1989.
The Lancaster Cinemas was then briefly renamed “Hollywood Extra-Saver” in March 2001, and closed around Thanksgiving that same year.
The Yurakuza Theater is a 1,572-seat single-screener and started life as a live performance house, opening on June 7, 1935 with four live performance acts (“Thirteen Strokes #3”, “Everything In The World Is Filled With Gold”, “The Blind Brother and His Sister”, and “Schubert’s Love”).
On March 5, 1944, the Yurakuza Theater closed for a year when it became a balloon bomb manufacturing factory. Unfortunately, the theater suffer minor damage during the Bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 when the stage equipment was struck by a nearby bullet. It took time to repair, and reopening on November 3, 1945. The theater partially began screening movies in 1949, but didn’t fully converted into a movie theater until January 1951.
In its later years, the Yurakuza is a Toho-operated theater that housed 70mm projection with Dolby Stereo sound. Unfortunately due to the aging of the building, the Yurakuza Theater closed for the final time on November 11, 1984 screening “Gone With The Wind”.
The Dakota Theatre opened its doors on October 12, 1951 with Dick Haynes in “St. Benny The Dip” with no extras. It originally housed 1,100 American body-form cushioned seats in a 50x150ft fireproof brick and steel building with color textures of yellow and rose in the lobby. It was twinned on January 22, 1976 and was renamed the Dakota Twin Theatres under the management of Midcontinent Theatres. As a twin, it had 950 seats.
The Dakota Twin Theatres closed on June 30, 1994 when the nearby Gateway Midco expanded to eight screens which opened the following day.
Midcontinent Theatres opened the Colony Twin on February 3, 1978 with “MacArthur” in Screen 1 and “I Never Promised A Rose Garden” in Screen 2. It originally scheduled to open on January 27, 1978 but was postponed for unknown reasons. It housed 540 seats (with 340 in Screen 1 and 200 in Screen 2).
The Plaza 1 & 2 opened its doors by Midcontinent Theatres on January 26, 1973 with “The Poseidon Adventure” in Screen 1 and “Avanti” in Screen 2. The Plaza 1 & 2 originally housed 700 seats (with 350 in each auditorium). It also originally features Xenox lamps and different color schemes in each auditorium. Screen 1 housed a blue/aqua scheme while Screen 2 housed a red scheme.
The Plaza last operated with 582 seats as a Carmike-operated theater, and Carmike closed the Plaza on September 21, 2000 with “Big Momma’s House” in Screen 1 and “Rocky And Bullwinkle” in Screen 2.
The Majestic Theatre has been a movie theater for over a century ever since the Myers Brothers era.
Correction: The theater housed 369 seats.
The screen tower was destroyed by severe winds on July 12, 1980 during a severe weather outbreak. The screen was later rebuilt and reopened at the start of the 1981 season.
The Masonic Hall is the oldest theater ever built in Ohio. It started life in 1808 by the Blue Lodge Masons but the theater was completely burned to the ground in October 1852.
The Masonic Hall was quickly rebuilt as a 40x100ft showhouse and it reopened to the public in April 1853. This was followed by a remodel in 1867, and was renamed the Masonic Opera House in December 1876 following an expansion of the building to 50x120ft led by contractors John W. Cook and Isreal Beideman. Another remodel took place in 1883. In 1904, A.R. Wolf bought the Masonic Opera House from the Masons as they were building a new Temple on Main Street. Mr. Wolf remodeled the theatre and enlarged the stage. He replaced all the windows in the front of the building with beautiful stained glass windows. The Masonic Opera House continued under Wolf’s excellent managerial abilities until he sold it to the Myers Brothers in 1915. They again made some improvements and repairs and installed both a screen and theater equipment. The Myers Brothers changed the name to the Majestic Theatre and occasionally had live theatre productions on the stage but finally went to motion pictures exclusively.
As of the latter half of the 19th century, the Masonic Opera House originally housed around 450 people and featured a 46.5x28ft stage under the supervision of Warren H. Girvin of Syracuse, New York. The proscenium arch was 31x26ft high, and below the stage were all the mechanics necessary to operate the several trap doors in the stage floor. There is also 8ft double doors as the main entrance/exit doors to the stage. The vestibule had a ticket booth on one side and at the other side was the stairway to the balcony and stairs continuing up to the top floor to the Masonic Lodge Rooms. Upon entering the auditorium from the vestibule you were in a horizontal aisle across the back blocked off by a screen from the seating. In front of the screen was the “Dress Circle” in a horseshoe shape. The seats were on platforms giving each adequate view of the stage. In front of the circle featured a floor with an incline of one-to-twelve inches. At the front of this was the orchestra pit. The balcony above was also horseshoe shaped and again the seats were on platforms, each 12 inches above the one in front of it. The row of seating behind this was the Gallery. They could provide a flat floor for dancing and roller skating if the seats were removed. Mr. E. B. Hough, a scenic artist from Syracuse, N.Y., was hired to decorate the interior. The main ceiling was handsomely frescoed and above the stage in the center was an allegorical representation of music. In each corner were representations of each of the seasons. The walls were painted gray. On the bottom level of the addition was six dressing rooms complete with mirrors and makeup lamps. One of the hallways also provides a convenient entrance to and from the hotel next door and backstage.
It was originally independently-owned by Larry and Pat Miller for its first 26 years of operation, then it was taken over by Towne Cinemas of Memphis. Malco began operating the theater in February 2000.
Closed on September 1, 1985 with “Fletch” and “All Of Me”.
Opened on August 19, 2005.
The Plaza Twin Cinema opened its doors on June 9, 1972 with “The Revengers” in Screen 1 and “Kotch” in Screen 2. It originally housed 493 seats (with 289 in Screen 1 and 204 in Screen 2). The theater was originally located right next to the city’s original Walmart, but that Walmart was relocated in 1987.
This was last known as the Malco Cinema Twin and was closed on November 24, 2005, exactly a few months after the Paragould 8 opened nearby.
The actual opening date is December 9, 1998.
The actual opening date is June 21, 1995.
The original operator of the theater is Wilhelmine Kaufmann, who was 23 at the time of the September 1908 opening of the Apollo. It originally housed 300 seats as well as a standing room when it opened with silent films accompanied by a piano player.
In 1970, Wolfram Weber, together with his brothers Eckard and Frank, opened their first movie theater in the city called the Meisengeige Cinema and would later operate the Atrium Filmpalast, Casablanca, Metropolis and the Manhattan Theatres in neighboring Erlangen during the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn’t until the early-1990s when the Cinecitta was officially planned.
After the city rejected the idea of a new building for the Nuremberg City Library with integrated theaters for cost reasons, Weber decided to build a multiplex cinema on this site. It had several phases. The first phase of the Cinecitta opened in October 1995 and the second phase opened in 1997. This was followed by an IMAX theater which took three years in construction and opened in 2001.
As of now, the theater has two entrance halls with 14 box offices, 14 regular auditoriums with various seating capacities (between 103 and 547 seats), a multifunctional auditorium (which features both a movie/live theater and discotheque), three DVD studio auditoriums, five so-called premium auditoriums, three restaurants, a shop, and nine bars. In total, Cinecitta' has 17 regular screens, all designed according to the same concept. They are steeply inclined and the rows of seats are arranged concavely. The screens are curved and the seven largest auditoriums in the theater are THX-certified. Some auditoriums however have special equipment. The multifunctional Arena auditorium can be converted for various events, such as theater performances. Arthouse and other, less popular films are shown in the three DVD studio auditoriums, which are very small auditoriums. In 2013, Screen 16, which had already been equipped with Dolby Atmos, was converted into the first deluxe cinema with fewer, but electrically adjustable, more comfortable seats and with drinks and snack services at your seat. This was followed by Screens 14 and 15, so that these numbers are now missing from the numbering of conventional auditoriums the remaining numbers are 1 to 13 and 17. Until 2014, there was a motion ride theater called MAD (Maximum Dose of Adrenaline). There, the individual seats move simultaneously with the film. It has since become the fourth deluxe auditorium.
Now that’s a better view. My photo I uploaded years ago came from someone’s home movie on YouTube also dated that same year.
Closed on September 2, 1979 with “The Concorde… Airport ‘79” in Screen 1 and “More American Graffiti” in Screen 2.
The Palace Theatre closed on May 15, 1960 with “Heller In Pink Tights” and “Subway In The Sky”. The Fairfield Federal And Loan Associations Inc. purchased the Palace Theatre on January 31, 1961.
The Lancaster Cinemas became a discount second-run house in the early-1990s shortly after Hoyts opened up their nearby River Valley Mall Cinemas in December 1989.
The Lancaster Cinemas was then briefly renamed “Hollywood Extra-Saver” in March 2001, and closed around Thanksgiving that same year.
The Yurakuza Theater is a 1,572-seat single-screener and started life as a live performance house, opening on June 7, 1935 with four live performance acts (“Thirteen Strokes #3”, “Everything In The World Is Filled With Gold”, “The Blind Brother and His Sister”, and “Schubert’s Love”).
On March 5, 1944, the Yurakuza Theater closed for a year when it became a balloon bomb manufacturing factory. Unfortunately, the theater suffer minor damage during the Bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 when the stage equipment was struck by a nearby bullet. It took time to repair, and reopening on November 3, 1945. The theater partially began screening movies in 1949, but didn’t fully converted into a movie theater until January 1951.
In its later years, the Yurakuza is a Toho-operated theater that housed 70mm projection with Dolby Stereo sound. Unfortunately due to the aging of the building, the Yurakuza Theater closed for the final time on November 11, 1984 screening “Gone With The Wind”.
The Bonn Theater opened as early as 1948 and closed on May 20, 1979 with Sean Connery in “The Great Train Robbery”.
In November 2024, it was announced that the entire town of Bonnieville will be dissolved into Hart County.
Opened with Robert Young in “Relentless” along with two unnamed cartoons.
The Dakota Theatre opened its doors on October 12, 1951 with Dick Haynes in “St. Benny The Dip” with no extras. It originally housed 1,100 American body-form cushioned seats in a 50x150ft fireproof brick and steel building with color textures of yellow and rose in the lobby. It was twinned on January 22, 1976 and was renamed the Dakota Twin Theatres under the management of Midcontinent Theatres. As a twin, it had 950 seats.
The Dakota Twin Theatres closed on June 30, 1994 when the nearby Gateway Midco expanded to eight screens which opened the following day.
First operated by Midcontinent Theatres, later Midco, and finally Carmike. The Plaza closed on November 18, 2001.
Closed by Midcontinent Theatres on January 25, 1978 with “Across The Great Divine”.
Midcontinent Theatres opened the Colony Twin on February 3, 1978 with “MacArthur” in Screen 1 and “I Never Promised A Rose Garden” in Screen 2. It originally scheduled to open on January 27, 1978 but was postponed for unknown reasons. It housed 540 seats (with 340 in Screen 1 and 200 in Screen 2).
The Plaza 1 & 2 opened its doors by Midcontinent Theatres on January 26, 1973 with “The Poseidon Adventure” in Screen 1 and “Avanti” in Screen 2. The Plaza 1 & 2 originally housed 700 seats (with 350 in each auditorium). It also originally features Xenox lamps and different color schemes in each auditorium. Screen 1 housed a blue/aqua scheme while Screen 2 housed a red scheme.
The Plaza last operated with 582 seats as a Carmike-operated theater, and Carmike closed the Plaza on September 21, 2000 with “Big Momma’s House” in Screen 1 and “Rocky And Bullwinkle” in Screen 2.
Opened with “Fiddler On The Roof” and closed with “Spring Fever”.