I don’t understand why Cinema Treasures invites someone to submit a theater described “in ones own words”, as I did with the ARCADIA, and then takes it upon themselves to dump a good description in favor of a news flash describing its demise in a fire.
Can’t we all read about that in the comments!?
(Not the only submission of mine that has had the description altered)
Yeah,Yeah,Yeah. Now that it is gone, the Arcadia has become an 80 year old landmark!? It is the same old story with Dallas and will be missed for about 15 minutes.
Hey Bryan. Just wanted to say thanks for your posting of the Granada in Alpine. Because of that I visited the Texas Escapes website and was able to place towns with eleven separate theater photographs that I had all but given up on the locations.
By the way, the Granada was one of them along with the Texas in Kingsville.
Hello Cinema Treasures. This is my posting, however the wording is not all mine. I do not have and have never seen any Film Dailey Year books and never make reference to them.
I submitted this as the RITZ after having researched information from the Hobbs library. I found reference from two separate authors saying the RITZ was the first Hobbs theater. Neither author called the Roosevelt a theater.
One article made mention of the Roosevelt as having burned down, but did not call it a theater.
I did not see any information saying the RITZ name was changed to the Roosevelt.
Would it be possible to change the wording and name back to the RITZ unless someone can present more reliabe info?
Hey Bryan. The Hobbs library info says “ the Ritz was built on the site of the Roosevelt, which was destroyed by fire several years ago.” The info is somewhat conflicting, because it also says the Ritz was the first movie theater built in Hobbs. It doesn’t call the Roosevelt a theater so I am at a loss on this. From what I have read, I gather that the Rig and Roosevelt were not one and the same. I visited Hobbs about 11 years ago and don’t think any of these buildings have survived with the exception of the old Frontier Theater building.
My photograph of the LINDSEY View link
My 2004 photograph of the PARAMOUNT in Casa Grande View link
MY RIG PHOTOGRAPH View link
My December 2004 photograph of the FOX View link
My photograph of the UPTOWN View link
My 2005 photograph of the GLOBE View link
My photograph of the LIBERTY THEATER View link
Hey Chuck!! Good to hear from you. Please give it another try.
Don
Thanks for the tip sarider…it is now public.
Don
Hello Lost. Am hoping you might share with me how you are able to show a picture “here” without displaying the entire url.
Thanks in advance!!
Don
My photograph of the ORPHEUM View link
oops…make that View link
My pix of the ALAMEDA …http://static.flickr.com/44/190982631_be62bea3dc_b.jpg
Unsure as to who you are adressing your question to Lost, but closed or demolished is something else that I did not enter in my description……………….
Don Lewis……….
I don’t understand why Cinema Treasures invites someone to submit a theater described “in ones own words”, as I did with the ARCADIA, and then takes it upon themselves to dump a good description in favor of a news flash describing its demise in a fire.
Can’t we all read about that in the comments!?
(Not the only submission of mine that has had the description altered)
Don Lewis
Yeah,Yeah,Yeah. Now that it is gone, the Arcadia has become an 80 year old landmark!? It is the same old story with Dallas and will be missed for about 15 minutes.
See picture and description @ Cinema Tour.
Don……
Hello Mark Sain. I am in touch with a Mr. John Ross who would very much like to exchange some info with you about the RIG.
You may reach him at
Thanks……
Hey Steve…..Cinema Tour has the Yucca in Roswell listed at 124 W. 3rd. Unfortunately there is no other info except that it has been demolished.
Hey Bryan. Just wanted to say thanks for your posting of the Granada in Alpine. Because of that I visited the Texas Escapes website and was able to place towns with eleven separate theater photographs that I had all but given up on the locations.
By the way, the Granada was one of them along with the Texas in Kingsville.
Hello Cinema Treasures. This is my posting, however the wording is not all mine. I do not have and have never seen any Film Dailey Year books and never make reference to them.
I submitted this as the RITZ after having researched information from the Hobbs library. I found reference from two separate authors saying the RITZ was the first Hobbs theater. Neither author called the Roosevelt a theater.
One article made mention of the Roosevelt as having burned down, but did not call it a theater.
I did not see any information saying the RITZ name was changed to the Roosevelt.
Would it be possible to change the wording and name back to the RITZ unless someone can present more reliabe info?
Thanks
-Don
See my photo taken about 1985 of the RIG here:
View link
See a vintage 1966 movie advertisment flyer from the Rig Theater here.
With thanks to Mark Sain for the flyer.
View link
Hey Bryan. The Hobbs library info says “ the Ritz was built on the site of the Roosevelt, which was destroyed by fire several years ago.” The info is somewhat conflicting, because it also says the Ritz was the first movie theater built in Hobbs. It doesn’t call the Roosevelt a theater so I am at a loss on this. From what I have read, I gather that the Rig and Roosevelt were not one and the same. I visited Hobbs about 11 years ago and don’t think any of these buildings have survived with the exception of the old Frontier Theater building.
With thanks to the Hobbs public library for information on the Derrick.
-Don