This is really not so much an art theater in the traditional sense, but a distinguished, long running film series at this college that uses the college’s auditoria as screening rooms. I would classify it more as an alternative venue for art and independent film, rather than comparable venue to the Cedar-Lee.
There are some pictures of the Alma on this webpage (scroll down about three-quarters of the way to see them): View link. Theater Style should be Quonset Hut.
There are pictures of it on its page at CinemaTour: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/3534.html I am not surprised to read there that it was previously a Cinemark house as it is very similar to a theater that company built in Willoughby Hills, OH.
The Laurier Palace was a different theater and now has its own page here on CT: View link. There is a link there to an article about the fire and the passage of the law mentioned by Davis Zornig. That particular law only applied to theatres in Quebec province (though other provinces restricted the attendance of children in movie theaters to various degrees) and was very much influenced by the powerful Catholic Church in Quebec which saw an opportunity in the tragedy to prevent children from what the Church deemed immoral influences as much as the professed interest in child safety.
It is hard though for me to believe that an incident like that would be commonplace though; the food and drink in these dine-and-view theatres is just too expensive for the average lush to tie one on. The guy had probably started imbibing before he even reached the theater. I am sure that theater managers have had to deal with belligerent drunks in theaters for decades.
An article from the Palm Beach Post: View link I am just speculating, but it seems possible that Frank Theatres was unable to come to terms with the Mizner Park center management over the Sunrise debt.
I think though the photographic evidence in the two photo galleries for both theaters on the Waymaking site you cited, Chuck, at least suggests that the two theaters listed are the same. If you expand the photos of the screen in both entries, the screen in both seems to be built on a mound and has what appears to be the same black band at the bottom. I find it hard to believe that such a relatively rural area in a Canadien province that never had very many drive-ins at all would have two named Gemini so close together, but I suppose it is possible.
This appears very likely to be the Gemini Drive-in that other sources place in nearby Medicine Hat, Alberta. The car capacity is the same and the address similar. If so, there are pictures here: View link
The New York Post is reporting that plans have been made to renovate the Times Square and use it as a special purpose venue to house a Las Vegas-style multimedia show called “Broadway 4D”: View link
There is a picture on this webpage which will enlarge if clicked upon: View link According to this webpage, the theatre was previously known as the SilverCity West Edmonton Mall.
The theater is celebrating its 78th anniversary: View link
This is really not so much an art theater in the traditional sense, but a distinguished, long running film series at this college that uses the college’s auditoria as screening rooms. I would classify it more as an alternative venue for art and independent film, rather than comparable venue to the Cedar-Lee.
A picture of the Silver Lake Cinema: View link
There are some pictures of the Alma on this webpage (scroll down about three-quarters of the way to see them): View link. Theater Style should be Quonset Hut.
A picture of the theater’s exterior: View link
I am not disagreeing with that, Chuck.
The ads occur as “Comments” on various news items, sometimes more than once; just click on his name above after “posted by: above to see the list.
Efforts have been launched by the local county arts council to acquire and then renovate the Polk as a downtown arts center: View link
There are pictures of it on its page at CinemaTour: http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/3534.html I am not surprised to read there that it was previously a Cinemark house as it is very similar to a theater that company built in Willoughby Hills, OH.
The Laurier Palace was a different theater and now has its own page here on CT: View link. There is a link there to an article about the fire and the passage of the law mentioned by Davis Zornig. That particular law only applied to theatres in Quebec province (though other provinces restricted the attendance of children in movie theaters to various degrees) and was very much influenced by the powerful Catholic Church in Quebec which saw an opportunity in the tragedy to prevent children from what the Church deemed immoral influences as much as the professed interest in child safety.
It is hard though for me to believe that an incident like that would be commonplace though; the food and drink in these dine-and-view theatres is just too expensive for the average lush to tie one on. The guy had probably started imbibing before he even reached the theater. I am sure that theater managers have had to deal with belligerent drunks in theaters for decades.
An article from the Palm Beach Post:
View link I am just speculating, but it seems possible that Frank Theatres was unable to come to terms with the Mizner Park center management over the Sunrise debt.
I think though the photographic evidence in the two photo galleries for both theaters on the Waymaking site you cited, Chuck, at least suggests that the two theaters listed are the same. If you expand the photos of the screen in both entries, the screen in both seems to be built on a mound and has what appears to be the same black band at the bottom. I find it hard to believe that such a relatively rural area in a Canadien province that never had very many drive-ins at all would have two named Gemini so close together, but I suppose it is possible.
I agree; spammers seldom get their junk removed, and now this one gets a front page spot.
There is an interior photo of the Odeon’s interior on this webpage (scroll down to see it): View link
According to the theater’s website, Wednesday evening performances are for adults only, regardless of the film’s rating.
This appears very likely to be the Gemini Drive-in that other sources place in nearby Medicine Hat, Alberta. The car capacity is the same and the address similar. If so, there are pictures here: View link
The New York Post is reporting that plans have been made to renovate the Times Square and use it as a special purpose venue to house a Las Vegas-style multimedia show called “Broadway 4D”: View link
A related article: View link
There are two pictures of the theater’s mall entry area here: View link
There is a picture on this webpage which will enlarge if clicked upon: View link According to this webpage, the theatre was previously known as the SilverCity West Edmonton Mall.
Exterior photo; appears to be clone of the North Edmonton Cinemas: View link
Also, the theater’s AKA needs to be corrected.
Exterior: View link
There are pictures here: View link