He or she would have been born in 1834, so the person would have been about 65 before motion pictures were even exhibited. Could have been a publicity stunt.
Jimmy McNeill, manager of the Majestic in Brownsville, Texas, got a front-page photo and story in the Brownsville Herald on “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. McNeill located a 117-year-old resident who had never seen a motion picture and invited him to be his guest at the opening. The star and featured players who appear in the picture wired congratulations to the honored guest.
Here is an item in Boxoffice magazine, December 1951:
PHILADELPHIA-Albert J. Grosser, realtor, is negotiating with Warner Brothers for the purchase of five theaters here and the expectation is that the deal will be closed soon. The theaters involved are the Alhambra, Richmond, Uptown, Imperial in North Philadelphia and Imperial in West Philadelphia. Grosser said some of the theaters will be diverted to other uses. The sale would be made under the terms of the consent decree which called for 27 WB houses to be divested by January 4, 1952, another 27 by the same date in 1953 and a third 27 in one to five years from April 4, 1951.
This was in the Miami (OK) News-Record on 12/27/45:
The Mystic theater of Picher, owned by J. D. Wineland since 1918, has been purchased by the Consolidated Theaters of Oklahoma, who are also the owners of the Plaza and Roxy theaters here. The Mystic will be closed for about 15 days to be re-decorated and for the installation of new equipment.
The Mystic will be managed by Jim Worsley, who is also manager of the Plaza and the Roxy. Wineland, who has apartments over the theater, moved to Joplin yesterday. He has announced no future business plans.
This is from the Centralia Daily Chronicle dated 4/10/30:
ABERDEEN, April 10.â€"The new Roxy Theater, just completed and opened by D. Constanti, Tacoma theater man, has been sold to the Warner Brothers Picture Corporation for a sum reported in excess of $250,000. The Roxy is the first theater Warner Brothers have purchased in the state, but it is intimated they have further purchases pending. The Roxy is one of the largest and finest show houses in Southwest Washington, with a seating capacity of 1,100 persons. Ii was formally opened April 1.
It looks like they are turning the old bank building on the theater space into a nightclub. Here is a 1940 ad from the LA Times: http://tinyurl.com/lon8j6
There is a newspaper ad for “Hell is a City” at the Apollo about halfway down this site. I couldn’t figure out where most of the theaters were that they were discussing here. http://www.levyboy.com/cinema.htm
It reminds me of the German guy that flies to LA every year to take the you-are-here photos. No one really understands why he does this, regarding the particular city.
I’m not opposed to a separate page, but I can see where someone new to the site is going to see Mann Chinese and start posting items about the older theater. There’s going to be a lot of mixed up comments.
He or she would have been born in 1834, so the person would have been about 65 before motion pictures were even exhibited. Could have been a publicity stunt.
This was in Boxoffice magazine in December 1951:
Jimmy McNeill, manager of the Majestic in Brownsville, Texas, got a front-page photo and story in the Brownsville Herald on “The Day the Earth Stood Still”. McNeill located a 117-year-old resident who had never seen a motion picture and invited him to be his guest at the opening. The star and featured players who appear in the picture wired congratulations to the honored guest.
That’s it. Thanks.
That ad didn’t work for me. You might want to post it again.
Here is an item in Boxoffice magazine, December 1951:
PHILADELPHIA-Albert J. Grosser, realtor, is negotiating with Warner Brothers for the purchase of five theaters here and the expectation is that the deal will be closed soon. The theaters involved are the Alhambra, Richmond, Uptown, Imperial in North Philadelphia and Imperial in West Philadelphia. Grosser said some of the theaters will be diverted to other uses. The sale would be made under the terms of the consent decree which called for 27 WB houses to be divested by January 4, 1952, another 27 by the same date in 1953 and a third 27 in one to five years from April 4, 1951.
This was in the Miami (OK) News-Record on 12/27/45:
The Mystic theater of Picher, owned by J. D. Wineland since 1918, has been purchased by the Consolidated Theaters of Oklahoma, who are also the owners of the Plaza and Roxy theaters here. The Mystic will be closed for about 15 days to be re-decorated and for the installation of new equipment.
The Mystic will be managed by Jim Worsley, who is also manager of the Plaza and the Roxy. Wineland, who has apartments over the theater, moved to Joplin yesterday. He has announced no future business plans.
Nice shots. I am going to show there tomorrow night, so maybe I can take some interior photos.
This is from the Centralia Daily Chronicle dated 4/10/30:
ABERDEEN, April 10.â€"The new Roxy Theater, just completed and opened by D. Constanti, Tacoma theater man, has been sold to the Warner Brothers Picture Corporation for a sum reported in excess of $250,000. The Roxy is the first theater Warner Brothers have purchased in the state, but it is intimated they have further purchases pending. The Roxy is one of the largest and finest show houses in Southwest Washington, with a seating capacity of 1,100 persons. Ii was formally opened April 1.
Here is a 1943 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/mvp9a4
Here is a 1943 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/kuk3j9
Here is an October 1958 ad for “The Gun Runners” from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ncb38c
It looks like they are turning the old bank building on the theater space into a nightclub. Here is a 1940 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/lon8j6
Here is a newspaper ad, circa 1970s:
http://tinyurl.com/nyvl3m
I haven’t found the IMPA to have fabricated any theaters so far, so I will continue as I have been. Kudos on your thoroughness, though.
I did. Nothing on your favorite site, drive-ins.com. Only found info on Whalom in IMPA.
It was the 1963 IMPA.
I was in Ojai at this time last year. There was a 2 p.m. matinee at the local theater. It seemed to me that the whole town had lined up for the show.
Well, it was a reversible jacket. Comes in handy sometimes.
Crime at the Benton in February 1964, as reported by the Tri-City Herald:
A reversible jacket valued at $20 was reported stolen from the office of the Benton Theater. It was owned by Larry Nelson, 524 N. Fisher Place.
There is a newspaper ad for “Hell is a City” at the Apollo about halfway down this site. I couldn’t figure out where most of the theaters were that they were discussing here.
http://www.levyboy.com/cinema.htm
There is an interior photo on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/l6wl9w
Here is an ad for “Monster on the Campus” at the New AAA in October 1958:
http://tinyurl.com/kwplqt
Here is a photo taken this morning:
http://tinyurl.com/nuw25t
It reminds me of the German guy that flies to LA every year to take the you-are-here photos. No one really understands why he does this, regarding the particular city.
I’m not opposed to a separate page, but I can see where someone new to the site is going to see Mann Chinese and start posting items about the older theater. There’s going to be a lot of mixed up comments.