Per the Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
The Warner Brothers 1936 movie “Earthworm Tractors” had a worldwide premiere at the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria, Illinois on July 24th 1936. The movie was based upon the Caterpillar Track Type Tractor and Caterpillar employees who built and sold the tractors.
Regarding photo posted by Mark 8/19/13, Per the Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
The Warner Brothers 1936 movie “Earthworm Tractors” had a worldwide premiere at the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria, Illinois on July 24th 1936.
The movie was based upon the Caterpillar Track Type Tractor and Caterpillar employees who built and sold the tractors.
Opened October 2, 1947 with “The Time, the Place and the Girl”.
Grand Opening ad and date added courtesy Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
Below story and photos added credit and courtesy of Traces of Texas Facebook page.
“Going through some of my older photos when I came across these shots of the Arcadia Theater in Temple. The folks there invited me to photograph the interior of the theater, which had been closed for almost 30 years, on Dec 2, 2007. Even though I’ve had a 35mm camera since I was 8 years old and had a working darkroom by the time I was 14, I was new to the world of digital when I took these. The Arcadia was built in 1928 and was designed with a Spanish Atmospheric style interior. Back then it featured both vaudeville and silent films. Within a couple years of its opening, it began showing talkies.
The Arcadia Theater features a large stage, and among the stars to appear on it over the years have been Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Robert Mitchum and Sandra Dee. Live performances continued to be presented at the Arcadia Theater along with movies into the 1950’s, when a larger screen was installed, greatly reducing the stage space. From at least the early-1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Hoblitzelle & O'Donnell.
The Arcadia Theater closed in 1978, on the exact day it had opened fifty years earlier. The theater soon fell into disrepair, which included a roof collapse and subsequent heavy damage to the interior.
In 2000, the Friends of the Arcadia organization was formed and purchased the theater. In 2003, the group replaced the roof and added new signage to the facade of the Arcadia.
The first photo shows the new exterior sign. The next photo shows the entryway to the theater and what was the concession stand. The next two photos show are two interior shots of the theater as it was in 2007 with the new roof but still very rough otherwise. As y'all can see, the chairs had long since been removed. The next shot of the two reels was taken in the projection booth. The last shot shows the Arcadia sign as it lay up against the wall in what was formerly the manager’s office.
I saw many movies in the Arcadia as a kid. I remember seeing Jaws there and being so frightened afterward that I wouldn’t go into any body of water for a couple of years. It was fun for me to look at photos I took more than 12 years ago and to think about all of the miles I’ve driven photographing Texas since then and all of the wonderful Texans I’ve met.“Going through some of my older photos when I came across these shots of the Arcadia Theater in Temple. The folks there invited me to photograph the interior of the theater, which had been closed for almost 30 years, on Dec 2, 2007. Even though I’ve had a 35mm camera since I was 8 years old and had a working darkroom by the time I was 14, I was new to the world of digital when I took these. The Arcadia was built in 1928 and was designed with a Spanish Atmospheric style interior. Back then it featured both vaudeville and silent films. Within a couple years of its opening, it began showing talkies.
The Arcadia Theater features a large stage, and among the stars to appear on it over the years have been Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Robert Mitchum and Sandra Dee. Live performances continued to be presented at the Arcadia Theater along with movies into the 1950’s, when a larger screen was installed, greatly reducing the stage space. From at least the early-1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Hoblitzelle & O'Donnell.
The Arcadia Theater closed in 1978, on the exact day it had opened fifty years earlier. The theater soon fell into disrepair, which included a roof collapse and subsequent heavy damage to the interior.
In 2000, the Friends of the Arcadia organization was formed and purchased the theater. In 2003, the group replaced the roof and added new signage to the facade of the Arcadia.
The first photo shows the new exterior sign. The next photo shows the entryway to the theater and what was the concession stand. The next two photos show are two interior shots of the theater as it was in 2007 with the new roof but still very rough otherwise. As y'all can see, the chairs had long since been removed. The next shot of the two reels was taken in the projection booth. The last shot shows the Arcadia sign as it lay up against the wall in what was formerly the manager’s office.
I saw many movies in the Arcadia as a kid. I remember seeing Jaws there and being so frightened afterward that I wouldn’t go into any body of water for a couple of years. It was fun for me to look at photos I took more than 12 years ago and to think about all of the miles I’ve driven photographing Texas since then and all of the wonderful Texans I’ve met."
Under construction, April 1968 photo credit Chuck Morrison Collection. Courtesy Western History Center at Casper College. Appears to show possible previous signage.
Construction sign promoting 750 Cars, which may or may not have happened.
Iris Stadium 8 was constructed in the former Yellowstone Flea Market building which appears to have originally been a garage.
Images added.
Today it is The Lyric, an event venue.
Website and Facebook page below.
Address was 114th Avenue and Groat Road, per the above August 12, 1965 reopening ad as Westmount Theatre, and the June 9, 1967 image added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Stumbled across this on the Haunted History Facebook page.
History & Haunting of
Plymouth’s Reel Cinema,Plymouth, Devon, England
Plymouth’s Reel Cinema has plenty of claims to fame.
It played host to the likes of The Beatles in the 1960s as well as many others.
And now it reportedly hosts a number of ghosts.
The building was erected on the site of the former Theatre Royal.
And ‘Emily’ is a former actress who reportedly haunts the cinema’s ‘screen two’.
Emily is said to have committed suicide in one of the dressing rooms of the old theatre.
One of the projectionists at the cinema has reportedly seen a woman sitting in one of the front rows wearing a 1940s-style dress.
During the Blitz a German bomb reportedly exploded near the front of the building killing a group of people rushing out of the theatre to get to a nearby bomb shelter.
In 2010 a woman visited the women’s toilets and locked herself in a cubicle.
She became startled when someone or something knocked on the cubicle door.
On opening the door, the woman found no-one there.
A strange young man has also been seen walking around another screen at the cinema.
The man reportedly sits behind someone – but all that can be seen is the seat go down as if someone is sitting there. ? :/
Black Cats Paranormal Channel investigation here >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc9EO_XdTU
In 1758 a theatre was built at the top of George Street in Plymouth. Originally known as the Theatre, Frankfort-Gate, it adopted the name Theatre Royal after King George III and his family visited it in 1789.
The decline in theatre-going caused by the rise in cinema attendance resulted in the building being demolished in 1937. It was replaced by the 2,400-seat Royal Cinema, which opened the following year. The cinema survived the Plymouth Blitz during the Second World War, which destroyed the adjoining hotel and assembly rooms. By 1954 the decline in cinema-going caused by the rise of television led to the cinema’s being partly converted back to a theatre and rechristened as the Theatre Royal Cinema. In 1958 it was renamed the ABC Plymouth. It is now a three-screen cinema known as the Reel Plymouth, run by Reel Cinemas.
Per the Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
The Warner Brothers 1936 movie “Earthworm Tractors” had a worldwide premiere at the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria, Illinois on July 24th 1936. The movie was based upon the Caterpillar Track Type Tractor and Caterpillar employees who built and sold the tractors.
Regarding photo posted by Mark 8/19/13, Per the Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
The Warner Brothers 1936 movie “Earthworm Tractors” had a worldwide premiere at the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria, Illinois on July 24th 1936. The movie was based upon the Caterpillar Track Type Tractor and Caterpillar employees who built and sold the tractors.
Opened October 2, 1947 with “The Time, the Place and the Girl”. Grand Opening ad and date added courtesy Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
March 17, 1937 Grand Opening ad added credit Peoria Journal Star, courtesy Steve Tarter via Local History Collection : Peoria Public Library.
Below story and photos added credit and courtesy of Traces of Texas Facebook page.
“Going through some of my older photos when I came across these shots of the Arcadia Theater in Temple. The folks there invited me to photograph the interior of the theater, which had been closed for almost 30 years, on Dec 2, 2007. Even though I’ve had a 35mm camera since I was 8 years old and had a working darkroom by the time I was 14, I was new to the world of digital when I took these. The Arcadia was built in 1928 and was designed with a Spanish Atmospheric style interior. Back then it featured both vaudeville and silent films. Within a couple years of its opening, it began showing talkies.
The Arcadia Theater features a large stage, and among the stars to appear on it over the years have been Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Robert Mitchum and Sandra Dee. Live performances continued to be presented at the Arcadia Theater along with movies into the 1950’s, when a larger screen was installed, greatly reducing the stage space. From at least the early-1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Hoblitzelle & O'Donnell.
The Arcadia Theater closed in 1978, on the exact day it had opened fifty years earlier. The theater soon fell into disrepair, which included a roof collapse and subsequent heavy damage to the interior.
In 2000, the Friends of the Arcadia organization was formed and purchased the theater. In 2003, the group replaced the roof and added new signage to the facade of the Arcadia.
The first photo shows the new exterior sign. The next photo shows the entryway to the theater and what was the concession stand. The next two photos show are two interior shots of the theater as it was in 2007 with the new roof but still very rough otherwise. As y'all can see, the chairs had long since been removed. The next shot of the two reels was taken in the projection booth. The last shot shows the Arcadia sign as it lay up against the wall in what was formerly the manager’s office.
I saw many movies in the Arcadia as a kid. I remember seeing Jaws there and being so frightened afterward that I wouldn’t go into any body of water for a couple of years. It was fun for me to look at photos I took more than 12 years ago and to think about all of the miles I’ve driven photographing Texas since then and all of the wonderful Texans I’ve met.“Going through some of my older photos when I came across these shots of the Arcadia Theater in Temple. The folks there invited me to photograph the interior of the theater, which had been closed for almost 30 years, on Dec 2, 2007. Even though I’ve had a 35mm camera since I was 8 years old and had a working darkroom by the time I was 14, I was new to the world of digital when I took these. The Arcadia was built in 1928 and was designed with a Spanish Atmospheric style interior. Back then it featured both vaudeville and silent films. Within a couple years of its opening, it began showing talkies.
The Arcadia Theater features a large stage, and among the stars to appear on it over the years have been Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Robert Mitchum and Sandra Dee. Live performances continued to be presented at the Arcadia Theater along with movies into the 1950’s, when a larger screen was installed, greatly reducing the stage space. From at least the early-1940’s it was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Hoblitzelle & O'Donnell.
The Arcadia Theater closed in 1978, on the exact day it had opened fifty years earlier. The theater soon fell into disrepair, which included a roof collapse and subsequent heavy damage to the interior.
In 2000, the Friends of the Arcadia organization was formed and purchased the theater. In 2003, the group replaced the roof and added new signage to the facade of the Arcadia.
The first photo shows the new exterior sign. The next photo shows the entryway to the theater and what was the concession stand. The next two photos show are two interior shots of the theater as it was in 2007 with the new roof but still very rough otherwise. As y'all can see, the chairs had long since been removed. The next shot of the two reels was taken in the projection booth. The last shot shows the Arcadia sign as it lay up against the wall in what was formerly the manager’s office.
I saw many movies in the Arcadia as a kid. I remember seeing Jaws there and being so frightened afterward that I wouldn’t go into any body of water for a couple of years. It was fun for me to look at photos I took more than 12 years ago and to think about all of the miles I’ve driven photographing Texas since then and all of the wonderful Texans I’ve met."
January 1969 photo added credit Springfield Rewind.
January 1949.
Facade still in jeopardy.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/06/09/city-lifts-hold-on-tearing-down-jeffery-theater-but-developer-doesnt-plan-to-demolish-immediately/?mc_cid=b758d79e01&mc_eid=173b7b99f7
The Lyric Theater opened in 1917. It became the Wyoming Theater in 1920. Images added with additional history.
July 1, 1986 photo credit Western History Center at Casper College.
Images added, including 1950 with original facade and marquee.
Under construction, April 1968 photo credit Chuck Morrison Collection. Courtesy Western History Center at Casper College. Appears to show possible previous signage. Construction sign promoting 750 Cars, which may or may not have happened.
Undated auditorium photo added credit Fredric Schulte Family Collection, courtesy Western History Center at Casper College.
Iris Stadium 8 was constructed in the former Yellowstone Flea Market building which appears to have originally been a garage. Images added. Today it is The Lyric, an event venue. Website and Facebook page below.
http://www.casperlyric.com/?fbclid=IwAR1WBIYKMGUwLOCoAOQR6nFnT1EW-fq3Zt874GFxrr2yXcjbAiymyhK_Rko
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/The-Lyric-1781413678747155/
History page from the Southern Theater website.
https://southerntheater.org/page/history?fbclid=IwAR3TgzucO_fvodqw2_B195w_pK7SvDfmRh515gD2WN6oFzx-fiS_TojVhKY
1952 photo credit Minnesota Historical Society.
March 1939.
Images added credit Minnesota Historical Society, via link below with additional history and photos.
http://twincitiesmusichighlights.net/venues/bijou/?fbclid=IwAR0WwJMrAPgn-hsuaP6jJnqOIleUytxWQrPg20KpECq75qBEtHpuyVo6YSI
Last film at the Lyric Theatre was John Wayne in “Rio Lobo” in January 1971. Image added courtesy Philip Wagner.
November 8, 1972 photo credit Regene Radniecki/Star Tribune via Getty Images.
North Front Street Looking East.
Address was 114th Avenue and Groat Road, per the above August 12, 1965 reopening ad as Westmount Theatre, and the June 9, 1967 image added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
1964 photo credit William Reagh.
Stumbled across this on the Haunted History Facebook page.
History & Haunting of Plymouth’s Reel Cinema,Plymouth, Devon, England Plymouth’s Reel Cinema has plenty of claims to fame. It played host to the likes of The Beatles in the 1960s as well as many others. And now it reportedly hosts a number of ghosts. The building was erected on the site of the former Theatre Royal. And ‘Emily’ is a former actress who reportedly haunts the cinema’s ‘screen two’. Emily is said to have committed suicide in one of the dressing rooms of the old theatre. One of the projectionists at the cinema has reportedly seen a woman sitting in one of the front rows wearing a 1940s-style dress. During the Blitz a German bomb reportedly exploded near the front of the building killing a group of people rushing out of the theatre to get to a nearby bomb shelter. In 2010 a woman visited the women’s toilets and locked herself in a cubicle. She became startled when someone or something knocked on the cubicle door. On opening the door, the woman found no-one there. A strange young man has also been seen walking around another screen at the cinema. The man reportedly sits behind someone – but all that can be seen is the seat go down as if someone is sitting there. ? :/
Black Cats Paranormal Channel investigation here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuc9EO_XdTU In 1758 a theatre was built at the top of George Street in Plymouth. Originally known as the Theatre, Frankfort-Gate, it adopted the name Theatre Royal after King George III and his family visited it in 1789. The decline in theatre-going caused by the rise in cinema attendance resulted in the building being demolished in 1937. It was replaced by the 2,400-seat Royal Cinema, which opened the following year. The cinema survived the Plymouth Blitz during the Second World War, which destroyed the adjoining hotel and assembly rooms. By 1954 the decline in cinema-going caused by the rise of television led to the cinema’s being partly converted back to a theatre and rechristened as the Theatre Royal Cinema. In 1958 it was renamed the ABC Plymouth. It is now a three-screen cinema known as the Reel Plymouth, run by Reel Cinemas.
October 2019 street view shows the facade still standing, semi trailers stacked in front.