This was also known as the Pearl Avenue Theater. According to a February 2003 article in the Elyria Chronicle Telegram, the theater opened as a silent in 1915. It closed in 1967 and was later used by AMVETS and also as a restaurant. It was demolished in February 2003.
This is excerpted from the Joplin Globe on 9/16/54:
CARTHAGE, Mo.. Sept. 15â€"Fire which is believed to have originated in a trash barrel this morning swept through the Center building, and a theater on the west side of the square causing damage estimated unofficially at $250.000. Destroyed was the 900-seat auditorium of the Tiger theater, 319 South Main street, where the blaze originated, the rear portion of Jaffe’s shoe store, 321 South Main street, and the Murray-Duncan drug store, 323 South Main street.
The fire erupted in an explosion at 2:55 o'clock this morning, which sent debris and flames flying from the rear of the Tiger theater across Lyon street. The explosion awakened Mrs. Jimmy Clubb, who lives in a second floor apartment over the Morton Sign Company, 340 Lyon street, about 300 yards from the rear of the theater.
The fire is now believed to have started in a trash barrel under the stage of the theater. It spread through the auditorium, causing complete destruction.
The theater was owned by Fox-Midwest corporation. Only recently new projection equipment and a CinemaScope screen were installed in the building at a cost in excess of $20,000. The fire spread from the theater to the rear roof of Jaffe’s and the Murray-Duncan drug store. Both roofs collapsed shortly after the theater roof fell in.
This was in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin on May 21, 1952:
PORTLAND, (AP) â€" Fire from a waste basket in a janitor’s supply room halted the movie at the Mayfair theater Tuesday night. When the door to the room was opened the fire blazed up and although firemen appeared quickly and put out the blaze, smoke filled the theater and the program was not resumed. Firemen estimated damage at $750.
This article was in the Centralia Daily Chronicle on 9/6/61. It appears to refer to the Parkland in Parkland, which is not listed on CT.
TACOMA (AP),â€" Fire which burned uncontrolled for half an hour partly gutted the Parkland Theater and two businesses in the same building Tuesday night. The theater was empty, and no one was injured. Damage was estimated al $80,000 to the theater, a sewing shop and an office of the State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
The Pierce County sheriff’s office said the fire was reported at 7:41 p.m. by three youths who had been looking at theater advertising. It was brought under control about 8:10. The theater is in Parkland, south of Tacoma on the Mt. Rainier highway. It normally operates Thursdays through Sundays. The sheriff’s office said the cause of the fire was not known, but the pilot light of a popcorn machine had been left on.
Munday theater owner dies on a Wednesday. From the Abilene Reporter-News on September 11, 1958:
MUNDAY (INS) – P.V. Williams, well-known Munday theater owner and Gulf distributor here, died of a liver ailment Wednesday about 3 p.m. in Bethania Hospital, Wichita Falls. He was 65. Mr. Williams, a longtime resident, had been in the hospital several weeks.
A former city councilman, he owned three Munday theatersâ€"the Roxy, the Roy, and the Sunset drive-in â€" and was consignee for Gulf petroleum products including a butane dealership here. Survivors include his wife, and five children, two boys and three girls. He belonged to the Methodist Church here. The body was taken to McCauley Funeral Home, Munday, where arrangements are pending.
MARIETTA, GA.-The Bell Theatre here, operated by Martin Theatres, has been closed, ending what Jimmy Zimmerman, city manager for the circuit, called “operation in-the-red”.
The Bell, completed by Martin in 1945, was a second-run neighborhood house. The house was built of concrete, brick and steel and seated 800 persons. All of the property, including the theatre, a radio shop, a dry cleaning establishment and a restaurant, is for sale.
WARREN, ILL.-Herman Krippendorf, who recently bought the closed Warren Theatre from the Marchesi brothers, has re-opened the house on a six nights a week policy, the theatre not operating on Tuesdays.
The Marchesi brothers had operated the Warren for 20 years prior to closing it last November when attendance dwindled. Krippendorf was encouraged to take over the theatre by local citizens assuring him of support through regular attendance. The former owners are helping Krippendorf in the booking of film and other operating procedures in the early weeks of his tenure.
ROCKFORD-The Auburn Theatre has been reopened at the request of local citizens by J.J. McFarland Theatres. Phil Zeller, city manager for the circuit, said the Auburn’s new policy would be 6 p.m. to midnight showings, seven nights weekly. The McFarland circuit also operates the Park, Family, Rex and Capitol theatres here and the State Theatre in Sycamore.
Lew Decker is now the owner and operator of the California Theater, Ontario. Lew is the brother of exchange and theater owner Sam Decker, who owns the El Miro and Majestic theaters in Santa Monica.
This article was in the Portsmouth Times in February 1937:
Considerable damage was caused by floodwaters at the three Warner Bros.‘ theaters here and the Garden theater. The Columbia theater lost all equipment such as seats and carpeting. Damage to the Lyric Theater was confined to the decorations. Decorations at the Garden theater were damaged end a new sound machine is replacing the one damaged by floodwaters. Some seats at the LaRoy theater were lost and the carpeting on the mezzanine floor was damaged.
Work of cleaning out and renovating the theaters was started with the recession of the high water. The Garden theater has scheduled its opening for Sunday. Work at the Lyric theater is progressing rapidly, but it will be several days before the theater will be opened to the public. J. Knox Strachan, manager of the LaRoy theater, said none of the Warner Bros:‘ theaters will be opened for several days in order that they can be renovated and completely dried out. New equipment will be bought for the Columbia theater and the damaged equipment at the LaRoy theater will be replaced.
Scaffolding was built at the Columbia theater for the seating equipment, but the water went beyond a 70-foot stage, which the scaffolding had been built to protect, and all the equipment was damaged. The scaffolding fell in the front part of the theater, water stood within a few inches of the ceiling. Equipment of the LaRoy theater was stored on the mezzanine floor and in the balcony, but water reached the mezzanine, flooding it about a foot and a half deep.
The three Warner theaters, the Garden theater and the New Westland theater recently spent considerable sums to renovate and redecorate their interiors. The Westland already has reopened.
Here is an item from the same paper in February 1952:
Highway Patrolman Has Car Towed In
The tables were turned Friday morning when Sgt. Al Sterzing of the highway patrol had his car towed in for improper parking. Sterzing is stationed at Denison and the towing was done at direction of the Harlan city policemen. Sterzing parked his patrol car in front of the Harlan Theatre, which is a no-parking zone at all time, even when a movie is not going on. Because of apartments over the theatre, it is classed the same as a hotel and parking in front of such a building is not allowed at anytime. There was also a gathering in the theatre auditorium at the time.
This was also known as the Pearl Avenue Theater. According to a February 2003 article in the Elyria Chronicle Telegram, the theater opened as a silent in 1915. It closed in 1967 and was later used by AMVETS and also as a restaurant. It was demolished in February 2003.
Here is the Glenway in the 1923 city directory:
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Definitely an improvement.
The Alhambra was listed at 146 W. Fifth in the 1923 city directory.
Here is a June 1944 ad from the Bayard News:
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Here is an April 1930 ad from the Adams County Free Press:
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Here is a January 1949 ad from the LA Times:
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Here is a January 1949 ad from the LA Times:
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Here is a February 1937 ad from the LA Times:
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Here is a January 1937 ad from the LA Times:
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Sound Electronics is at 782 E. McMillan:
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This is excerpted from the Joplin Globe on 9/16/54:
CARTHAGE, Mo.. Sept. 15â€"Fire which is believed to have originated in a trash barrel this morning swept through the Center building, and a theater on the west side of the square causing damage estimated unofficially at $250.000. Destroyed was the 900-seat auditorium of the Tiger theater, 319 South Main street, where the blaze originated, the rear portion of Jaffe’s shoe store, 321 South Main street, and the Murray-Duncan drug store, 323 South Main street.
The fire erupted in an explosion at 2:55 o'clock this morning, which sent debris and flames flying from the rear of the Tiger theater across Lyon street. The explosion awakened Mrs. Jimmy Clubb, who lives in a second floor apartment over the Morton Sign Company, 340 Lyon street, about 300 yards from the rear of the theater.
The fire is now believed to have started in a trash barrel under the stage of the theater. It spread through the auditorium, causing complete destruction.
The theater was owned by Fox-Midwest corporation. Only recently new projection equipment and a CinemaScope screen were installed in the building at a cost in excess of $20,000. The fire spread from the theater to the rear roof of Jaffe’s and the Murray-Duncan drug store. Both roofs collapsed shortly after the theater roof fell in.
I think that’s the LAPL photo from 4/20/07.
This was in the Walla Walla Union Bulletin on May 21, 1952:
PORTLAND, (AP) â€" Fire from a waste basket in a janitor’s supply room halted the movie at the Mayfair theater Tuesday night. When the door to the room was opened the fire blazed up and although firemen appeared quickly and put out the blaze, smoke filled the theater and the program was not resumed. Firemen estimated damage at $750.
This article was in the Centralia Daily Chronicle on 9/6/61. It appears to refer to the Parkland in Parkland, which is not listed on CT.
TACOMA (AP),â€" Fire which burned uncontrolled for half an hour partly gutted the Parkland Theater and two businesses in the same building Tuesday night. The theater was empty, and no one was injured. Damage was estimated al $80,000 to the theater, a sewing shop and an office of the State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
The Pierce County sheriff’s office said the fire was reported at 7:41 p.m. by three youths who had been looking at theater advertising. It was brought under control about 8:10. The theater is in Parkland, south of Tacoma on the Mt. Rainier highway. It normally operates Thursdays through Sundays. The sheriff’s office said the cause of the fire was not known, but the pilot light of a popcorn machine had been left on.
Munday theater owner dies on a Wednesday. From the Abilene Reporter-News on September 11, 1958:
MUNDAY (INS) – P.V. Williams, well-known Munday theater owner and Gulf distributor here, died of a liver ailment Wednesday about 3 p.m. in Bethania Hospital, Wichita Falls. He was 65. Mr. Williams, a longtime resident, had been in the hospital several weeks.
A former city councilman, he owned three Munday theatersâ€"the Roxy, the Roy, and the Sunset drive-in â€" and was consignee for Gulf petroleum products including a butane dealership here. Survivors include his wife, and five children, two boys and three girls. He belonged to the Methodist Church here. The body was taken to McCauley Funeral Home, Munday, where arrangements are pending.
Here is a March 1958 item from the same source:
MARIETTA, GA.-The Bell Theatre here, operated by Martin Theatres, has been closed, ending what Jimmy Zimmerman, city manager for the circuit, called “operation in-the-red”.
The Bell, completed by Martin in 1945, was a second-run neighborhood house. The house was built of concrete, brick and steel and seated 800 persons. All of the property, including the theatre, a radio shop, a dry cleaning establishment and a restaurant, is for sale.
This is from Boxoffice magazine in March 1958:
WARREN, ILL.-Herman Krippendorf, who recently bought the closed Warren Theatre from the Marchesi brothers, has re-opened the house on a six nights a week policy, the theatre not operating on Tuesdays.
The Marchesi brothers had operated the Warren for 20 years prior to closing it last November when attendance dwindled. Krippendorf was encouraged to take over the theatre by local citizens assuring him of support through regular attendance. The former owners are helping Krippendorf in the booking of film and other operating procedures in the early weeks of his tenure.
Here is a February 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/lzggbv
From Boxoffice magazine in March 1958:
ROCKFORD-The Auburn Theatre has been reopened at the request of local citizens by J.J. McFarland Theatres. Phil Zeller, city manager for the circuit, said the Auburn’s new policy would be 6 p.m. to midnight showings, seven nights weekly. The McFarland circuit also operates the Park, Family, Rex and Capitol theatres here and the State Theatre in Sycamore.
From Boxoffice in March 1958:
Henry Pines closed his Towne Theater, Bell Gardens, due to lack of business. He still retains, with Dave Ross, the Uptown in Pasadena.
From Boxoffice magazine, March 1958:
Lew Decker is now the owner and operator of the California Theater, Ontario. Lew is the brother of exchange and theater owner Sam Decker, who owns the El Miro and Majestic theaters in Santa Monica.
This article was in the Portsmouth Times in February 1937:
Considerable damage was caused by floodwaters at the three Warner Bros.‘ theaters here and the Garden theater. The Columbia theater lost all equipment such as seats and carpeting. Damage to the Lyric Theater was confined to the decorations. Decorations at the Garden theater were damaged end a new sound machine is replacing the one damaged by floodwaters. Some seats at the LaRoy theater were lost and the carpeting on the mezzanine floor was damaged.
Work of cleaning out and renovating the theaters was started with the recession of the high water. The Garden theater has scheduled its opening for Sunday. Work at the Lyric theater is progressing rapidly, but it will be several days before the theater will be opened to the public. J. Knox Strachan, manager of the LaRoy theater, said none of the Warner Bros:‘ theaters will be opened for several days in order that they can be renovated and completely dried out. New equipment will be bought for the Columbia theater and the damaged equipment at the LaRoy theater will be replaced.
Scaffolding was built at the Columbia theater for the seating equipment, but the water went beyond a 70-foot stage, which the scaffolding had been built to protect, and all the equipment was damaged. The scaffolding fell in the front part of the theater, water stood within a few inches of the ceiling. Equipment of the LaRoy theater was stored on the mezzanine floor and in the balcony, but water reached the mezzanine, flooding it about a foot and a half deep.
The three Warner theaters, the Garden theater and the New Westland theater recently spent considerable sums to renovate and redecorate their interiors. The Westland already has reopened.
Here is an item from the same paper in February 1952:
Highway Patrolman Has Car Towed In
The tables were turned Friday morning when Sgt. Al Sterzing of the highway patrol had his car towed in for improper parking. Sterzing is stationed at Denison and the towing was done at direction of the Harlan city policemen. Sterzing parked his patrol car in front of the Harlan Theatre, which is a no-parking zone at all time, even when a movie is not going on. Because of apartments over the theatre, it is classed the same as a hotel and parking in front of such a building is not allowed at anytime. There was also a gathering in the theatre auditorium at the time.
First line should read Backer, not Hacker.