1940 photo added credit Russell Lee.
Palace Theatre building as Gresham & Co. Dry-Goods.
Current street view confirms it is the same building.
So it must have opened as the Palace in 1941 at the earliest.
Russell Lee did a lot of Farm Security Administration photos at that time.
Address was 58 W. Church Street. Confirmed Demolished by the Fayette County Historical Society/Abel Colley Tavern & Museum. Shop n' Save is now on the former theatre site.
“Imp” was reportedly the local nickname for the Imperial Theatre.
1918 auditorium photo added credit Fayette County Historical Society/Abel Colley Tavern & Museum.
2010 article with circa 1929 photo.
Eddie Darling in “The Rainbow Man”, which was a pre-code musical drama film.
Added to gallery with credit in case link goes dead.
Facebook album with 51 photos of the Glenwood Theatre’s final days in 2000, and 10 November 2000 demolition photos in the 2nd album. Credit Brad Moore.
2015 piece with the history of the Hopkins Theatre with images.
https://theanalogage.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-destruction-of-hopkins-theater.html?fbclid=IwAR24yKnRhshD0_hsbLSy5AHX2Dn6qyUL3zsl3gDorB-mxTvtoe_8extxAXE
1964 seasonal opening, not the grand opening which was 1963.
Images added.
Former drive-in site is all homes now.
CinemaTour link with two photos.
https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/22863.html
Photo credit Lee Balterman.
1940 photo added credit Russell Lee. Palace Theatre building as Gresham & Co. Dry-Goods. Current street view confirms it is the same building. So it must have opened as the Palace in 1941 at the earliest. Russell Lee did a lot of Farm Security Administration photos at that time.
Mid `30s postcard added courtesy Alexandra Rankin, via Traces of Texas Facebook page.
April 1941 photo credit Russell Lee, Library of Cogress Collection link. Click on image within link to enlarge for greater detail.
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017788764/
Address was 58 W. Church Street. Confirmed Demolished by the Fayette County Historical Society/Abel Colley Tavern & Museum. Shop n' Save is now on the former theatre site.
So Forest Theatre name should be removed, and Showcase Theatre should replace it as the last name it operated as a theatre as.
“Imp” was reportedly the local nickname for the Imperial Theatre. 1918 auditorium photo added credit Fayette County Historical Society/Abel Colley Tavern & Museum.
Circa 1954 beachside marquee photo added, credit & courtesy Lauren Jaeger Mikalov.
1915 photo.
1924 photo added courtesy David Crowell.
2010 article with circa 1929 photo. Eddie Darling in “The Rainbow Man”, which was a pre-code musical drama film. Added to gallery with credit in case link goes dead.
https://alextimes.com/2010/03/out-of-the-attic-richmond-theater/
Circa December 1973 photo added credit Brad Moore.
Facebook album with 51 photos of the Glenwood Theatre’s final days in 2000, and 10 November 2000 demolition photos in the 2nd album. Credit Brad Moore.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.163294887092839&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.163298607092467&type=3
History of the Pollard from it’s official website includes 3 photos.
http://www.thepollard.org/secondary.php?section=2&catid=2
October 10, 1960 closing notice as Morse Theatre added courtesy William Wyllie.
Wendy L. Paradise owned it as Franklin Cinema 123 in the `80s.
1936 IDOT Collection photo. Can be enlarged within the link.
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uic_idot/id/552
Official website and Facebook page for The Ritz of Shawnee.
https://ritzshawnee.com/?fbclid=IwAR3pNPfqzS91pavueihQocGRcfThEb-cVoafit-1zXiPS4VEe3xYuc1H35A
https://www.facebook.com/theritzofshawnee/?tn-str=k*F
Address was 205 E. Main Street.
No current street view available.
Additional images added.
Multiple images added.
1937 photo added credit Ron Henderson Collection.
Multiple images added.