Yes, the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the two Miller Theater’s;this one on Sutter Avenue and another located on 351 Saratoga Avenue with a 600 seat capacity. This has gone from the 1927 and future editions.
The Mayflower Theater is listed in Film Daily Yearbooks; editions 1941 and 1943 with a seating capacity of 600. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 544. Sadly none of these editions give an address to verify if the Mayflower was located at 11 W. Main Street.
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The F.D.Y. gives 817 Indiana Avenue for the State Theatre, so given your better ‘local’ knowledge, this could have been a mis-print and maybe it was located at 817 Scott Avenue? This would be four numbers away from the Strand Theatre
Sorry, 1950 is as far as I go on the F.D.Y.’s and not long after that they stopped listing theatres.
You are correct about the Azteca Theatre being a Mexican house, it was showing these from 1947. Also the Roxy Theatre was screening Mexican movies from 1946.
The Isis Theatre was screening for an African-American audience through to at least 1955, but was closed during the period 1949-1951.
There was also two other African-American theatres in the town:-
Lyric Theatre operating from 1930-1933
Victory Theatre operating in 1921-1922
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition lists 11 theatres operating in Wichita Falls, TX…..
Azteca Theatre 200 seats
Gem Theatre, 713 Ohio Avenue 556 seats
Isis Theatre 776 seats
Majestic Theatre, 706 Scott Avenue 1,148 seats
Ritz Theatre 300 seats
Roxy Theatre, 1523 Monroe Street 295 seats
State Theatre, 817 Indiana Avenue 768 seats
Strand Theatre, 809 Scott Avenue 884 seats
Texan Theatre, 724 Indiana Avenue 750 seats
Tower Theatre, 702 Indiana Avenue 952 seats
Wichita Theatre, 921 Indiana Avenue 1,203 seats
Of the above, the Gem, Majestic, Ritz, Roxy, State, Strand, Texan and Wichita are listed in the 1941 edition of FDY and are joined by the Tower in the 1943 edition.
Ed Solero;I can’t find any other reference to a theatre located on Walton Street. However I have added the Gay Paree Cinema to this site and also added a seperate listing for the original 10th Street Theatre.
In the photo posted above by Ed Solero, the building next door has a sign ‘Gay Paree’. In my edition of Bob Damron’s Address Book;1977 edition, there is a gay pornographic cinema called the Gay Paree Cinema, 90 Walton Street, NW, Atlanta, GA listed.
The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the Esta Theatre with 285 seats as the only theatre in town. In the 1943 & 1950 editions of Film Daily Yearbook the only theatre in town is listed as the Broadway Theatre with 300 seats. Could these be the same theatre as this Estacada Theater?
PaulNoble; Rather than do a history here, I will add the Camelot Cinema, Newquay to the main database. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. btw, “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” was released in 1969.
A postcard view showing the Cineac, probably late 1930’s or just after the war 1945-1946:
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/428090437/
A postcard view of the Vox Cinema from the early 1950’s:
http://flickr.com/photos/pulp-o-rama/430356665/
A recent photograph of the former Ambassador/Odeon Bedminster:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/264274248/
Two photographs of the Gaumont Theatre taken in April 1974:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/256238569/
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/131326225/
A May 2007 view of the building, now in use as the Vandyck Forum pub:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/181402563/
Three recent views of the closed ABC Whiteladies, Bristol:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/264421042/
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/264434975/
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/264441162/
A recent close-up view of the entrance:
http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/275611290/
Yes, the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the two Miller Theater’s;this one on Sutter Avenue and another located on 351 Saratoga Avenue with a 600 seat capacity. This has gone from the 1927 and future editions.
The Mayflower Theater is listed in Film Daily Yearbooks; editions 1941 and 1943 with a seating capacity of 600. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 544. Sadly none of these editions give an address to verify if the Mayflower was located at 11 W. Main Street.
Some more photographs here:
Exterior
http://flickr.com/photos/nosmoking/238680124/
Foyer
http://flickr.com/photos/tuohimaa/46631540/
Auditorium
http://flickr.com/photos/miemo/235078449/
A view from one of the boxes
http://flickr.com/photos/suviko/252768903/
An interior auditorium photo can be seen here:
View link
The F.D.Y. gives 817 Indiana Avenue for the State Theatre, so given your better ‘local’ knowledge, this could have been a mis-print and maybe it was located at 817 Scott Avenue? This would be four numbers away from the Strand Theatre
Sorry, 1950 is as far as I go on the F.D.Y.’s and not long after that they stopped listing theatres.
You are correct about the Azteca Theatre being a Mexican house, it was showing these from 1947. Also the Roxy Theatre was screening Mexican movies from 1946.
The Isis Theatre was screening for an African-American audience through to at least 1955, but was closed during the period 1949-1951.
There was also two other African-American theatres in the town:-
Lyric Theatre operating from 1930-1933
Victory Theatre operating in 1921-1922
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition lists 11 theatres operating in Wichita Falls, TX…..
Azteca Theatre 200 seats
Gem Theatre, 713 Ohio Avenue 556 seats
Isis Theatre 776 seats
Majestic Theatre, 706 Scott Avenue 1,148 seats
Ritz Theatre 300 seats
Roxy Theatre, 1523 Monroe Street 295 seats
State Theatre, 817 Indiana Avenue 768 seats
Strand Theatre, 809 Scott Avenue 884 seats
Texan Theatre, 724 Indiana Avenue 750 seats
Tower Theatre, 702 Indiana Avenue 952 seats
Wichita Theatre, 921 Indiana Avenue 1,203 seats
Of the above, the Gem, Majestic, Ritz, Roxy, State, Strand, Texan and Wichita are listed in the 1941 edition of FDY and are joined by the Tower in the 1943 edition.
The Roxy Theater is listed in editions of Film Daily Yearbook from at least 1941 (300 seats) to 1950 (295 seats) and possibly beyond 1950.
The Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks building and the (then recently closed) London Planetarium that I photographed in October 2004:
http://flickr.com/photos/kencta/1414021374/
Thanks StanMalone….It is postings like yours which makes this such a wonderful site and gives an insite into what would otherwise be unknown history.
Ed Solero;I can’t find any other reference to a theatre located on Walton Street. However I have added the Gay Paree Cinema to this site and also added a seperate listing for the original 10th Street Theatre.
In the photo posted above by Ed Solero, the building next door has a sign ‘Gay Paree’. In my edition of Bob Damron’s Address Book;1977 edition, there is a gay pornographic cinema called the Gay Paree Cinema, 90 Walton Street, NW, Atlanta, GA listed.
Some recent photographs of the magnificent interior of the former Cine Teatro Grand Splendid:
http://flickr.com/photos/doamaria2/452570996/
http://flickr.com/photos/delaorden/9353706/
http://flickr.com/photos/delaorden/9353707/
http://flickr.com/photos/delaorden/9353705/
http://flickr.com/photos/81504969@N00/140966365/
The exterior:
http://flickr.com/photos/kathysouza/346792146/
As photographed in July 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/rolandkrebs/810775308/
A recent photograph:
View link
The 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook lists the Esta Theatre with 285 seats as the only theatre in town. In the 1943 & 1950 editions of Film Daily Yearbook the only theatre in town is listed as the Broadway Theatre with 300 seats. Could these be the same theatre as this Estacada Theater?
The Era Theatre opened in 1936 with a seating capacity of 428. It closed in 1950.
PaulNoble; Rather than do a history here, I will add the Camelot Cinema, Newquay to the main database. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. btw, “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” was released in 1969.
The Hermosa Theatre closed in 1917.