Homepage – not designed too well. You need to right click on each of the photos and open each in a new window to view them: http://www.hutchinsonfox.com/
The Orpheum is located on Van Houten Street. It was built by Billy Watson who broke from his partnership with Ben Leavitt as operators of the West Street Bijou. At the Orpheum, Watson conducted a burlesque and picture theatre.
FDY – Film Daily Yearbook. Among other things, it contains a listing of every operating movie theater in the US, by city and state, for a particular year.
Photos at this link:
http://www.rinestock.com/allen.html
Recent news article:
View link
Interesting link showing the intricate restoration work on this theater:
http://www.birch.net/~bthomas/gallery.html
Note: Puts the opening date as 1929.
History of the theater and its Wurlitzer organ along with a great exterior photo:
http://theatreorgans.com/miami.ok/
Here is a brief history & photo from the synagogue’s homepage:
http://www.bnaidavid.com/about_history.html
City of Albuquerque link to the history. Be sure to also click on the link in the first sentence for even more information:
http://www.cabq.gov/planning/histpres/kimo.html
Homepage – not designed too well. You need to right click on each of the photos and open each in a new window to view them:
http://www.hutchinsonfox.com/
Homepage for the nightclub (not much on the history tab):
http://www.tabunightclub.com/tabu/
Read the 1/18/05 comments under the Lee theater in Fort Lee, NJ for clarification on the Grant-Lee (aka Sharon).
Walter Sibley was the proprietor of the Lyric.
The Orpheum is located on Van Houten Street. It was built by Billy Watson who broke from his partnership with Ben Leavitt as operators of the West Street Bijou. At the Orpheum, Watson conducted a burlesque and picture theatre.
FDY – Film Daily Yearbook. Among other things, it contains a listing of every operating movie theater in the US, by city and state, for a particular year.
Listed in the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger as part of “Cinema Services”.
Listed in the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger as a “Nathan” theater.
In the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger, this theater is listed under the “Nathan” chain.
Listed in the 1951 FDY as the Atlantic, same address, with 550 seats.
In the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger, this theater is listed as the Atlantic Twin.
Listed in the 1/17/91 editon of the Star Ledger as a twin under the Cineplex Odeon banner.
In the 1/17/91 issue of the Star Ledger, this theater is still a single screen.
In the 1/17/91 issue of the Star Ledger, this theater has already been converted to a quad.
The Closter is still listed as a single screen in the 1/17/91 edition of the Star Ledger.
Listed in the 1/17/91 editon of the Star Ledger as a twin theater under the Cineplex Odeon group.
Listed as part of “Creative Entertainment”.
Any theater opened by James Bond is ok with me.
Listed in the 1951 FDY at 1212 Summit Avenue with 834 seats.
Listed in the 1951 FDY as having 700 seats.