1/5/58 WILD ONE, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE 1/12/58 THE LITTLEST OUTLAW, INVISIBLE BOY 1/19/58 A MAN CALLED PETER, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING 1/26/58 THE JOKER IS WILD, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN 2/2/58 FORBIDDEN PLANET, ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE 2/9/58 CRIME IN THE STREET, MR. ROCK AND ROLL 2/16/58 MEET DANNY WILSON, ESCAPADE IN JAPAN 2/23/58 JAILHOUSE ROCK, HIRED GUN 3/2/58 APRIL LOVE, STOWAWAY GIRL 3/9/58 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, BEAST FROM 20000, SATELLITES IN SKY 3/16/58 NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED, JOHNNY TREMAINE, KISS THEM FOR ME 3/23/58 BLOOD OF DRACULA, I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN 3/30/58 LEGEND OF THE LOST, THE DELINQUENTS 4/6/58 THE UNEARTHLY, BEGINNING OF THE END, MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED 4/13/58 DOCTOR AT SEA, DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER 4/20/58 THE QUIET MAN, DUEL AT APACHE WELLS 4/27/58 FLIGHT TO MARS, WORLD WITHOUT END, CREATURE AMONG US* 5/4/58 1000 YEARS FROM NOW, INVASION U.S.A., CREATURE FROM BLACK 5/11/58 DESTINATION MOON, DAY THE WORLD ENDED, REVENGE OF CREATURE 5/18/58 MOTORCYCLE GANG, JAMBOREE 5/25/58 VOODOO ISLAND, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, X-THE UNKNOWN 6/8/58 ENEMY FROM SPACE, UNKNOWN TERROR, BACK FROM THE DEAD 6/15/58 BATTLE STRIPE, ARMORED ATTACK, PECOS BILL 6/22/58 JET ATTACK, SUICIDE BATTALLION, WETBACK HOUND 6/29/58 THE THING, TARANTULA, PHANTOM FROM 10000 LEAGUES 7/6/58 VAMPIRE’S KISS, THE PHANTOM SPEAKS, THREE STOOGES 7/13/58 ISLE OF THE DEAD, KILLERS FROM SPACE, TEENAGE WEREWOLF 7/20/58 IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, SHE CREATURE, AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN 7/27/58 DEADLY MANTIS, CULT OF THE COBRA, MONOLITH MONSTERS 8/3/58 STRANGE DOOR, BLACK CASTLE, NOT OF THIS EARTH 8/10/58 FIGHTING SEABEES, SANDS OF IWO JIMA, ARIZONA SHEEPDOG 8/17/58 THE MOLE PEOPLE, SHRINKING MAN, BEAST OF THE AMAZON 8/24/58 CREEPING UNKNOWN, THE VAMPIRE, PHARAOHS CURSE 8/31/58 INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, WORLD WITHOUT END, BLACK SCORPION 9/7/58 FLAME BARRIER, RETURN OF DRACULA, BLACK SLEEP 9/14/58 HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIEND WIHTOUT A FACE, SHE-DEVIL 9/21/58 REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN, EARTH VS. THE FLYING, CURSE OF THE DEMON 9/28/58 TARZAN’S HIDDEN JUNGLE, WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS, COWBOY 10/3/58 CYCLOPS, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNAT 10/10/58 TARGET EARTH, 27TH DAY, THE GAMMA PEOPLE 10/17/58 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, MACABRE, KING KONG 10/24/58 MACHINE GUN KELLY, BONNIE PARKER STORY, BABY FACE NELSON 10/31/58 HALF HUMAN, MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, RODAN 11/7/58 PHANTOM FROM SPACE, BEAST OF HOLLOW, HELL’S FIVE HOURS 11/14/58 ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN, WAR SATELLITES., BENEATH SEA 11/21/58 HOT ROD GANG, DRAGSTRIP RIOT, THUNDER ROAD 11/28/58 THING THAT COULDN’T DIE, HORROR OF DRACULA, CAME FROM OUTER 12/5/58 THE SPIDER, BRAIN EATERS, VAMPIRE’S GHOST 12/12/58 SHE MONSTER, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, VIKING WOMEN 12/19/58 THE WEREWOLF, CREATURE WITH ATOM BRAIN, MONSTER CHALLENGE 12/26/58 BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, MIHGTY JOE YOUNG, CATMAN OF PARIS
1959
¼/59 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS, THE THING
1/11/59 HOT ROD RUMBLE, HOT CARS, THE RACERS
1/18/59 WAR OF THE WORLDS, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1/25/59 FRANKENSTEIN 1970, SPY IN THE SKY, ATOMIC MAN
2/1/59 MAN WITH A GUN, MAN ON THE PROWL, TERROR AT MIDNIGHT
2/8/59 20,000,000 MILES TO EARTH, 1984, THE GIANT CLAW
2/15/59 HOT ROD GIRL, DRAGSTRIP GIRL, HOTTEST 500
2/22/59 CHECKPOINT HOT CAR GIRL,SHARKFIGHTERS
3/1/59 DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, GORILLA AT LARGE, ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
3/8/59 VIOLENT ROAD, PLUNDER ROAD, RIDE A VIOLENT MILE
3/15/59 COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, I MARRIED A MONSTER, FORBIDDEN PLANET
3/22/59 MEN WITH CARS, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN, REBEL WIHTOUT A CAUES
3/29/59 ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE, BRAIN MACHINE, FIEND WHO WALKED
4/5/59 BOWERY MEET MONSTER, TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, NOT OF THIS EARTH
4/12/59 A&C KEYSTONE, COMIN’ ROUND MOUNTAIN, FRANCIS HAUNTED HOUSE
4/19/59 UNKNOWN TERROR, THE FLY, HELL ON DEVIL’S ISLAND
4/26/59 CONQUEST OF SPACE, THE BLOB, ULYSSES (PURPLE PEOPLE)
5/4/59 SCARED STIFF, JUMPING JACKS, THE FAT MAN
5/11/59 LET’S GO NAVY, MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR, COVERS BIG TOWN
5/18/59 FEUDING FOOLS, HERE COME THE MARINES, FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS
5/25/59 CREATURE WALKS AMONG US, GLASS WEB, A&D MEET INVISIBLE
6/1/59 GHOST CHASERS, ATOMIC KID, GHOST SPEAKS
6/7/59 THE MAZE, DAUGHTER OF JEKYLL, A&C MARS
6/14/59 SAD SACK, BOWERY BATTALION, MACDONALD’S FARM
6/21/59 KETTLES ON VACATION, RICOCHET ROMANCE, EGG & I
6/28/59 PUBLIC PIGEON, BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE, KETTLES WAIKIKI
7/5/59 CAT GIRL, BEAST 1000000 EYES, NIGHTMARE
7/12/59 ROAR OF THE CROWD, HOT ROD RUMBLE, JALOPY
7/19/59 GIANT WOMAN OF THE AMAZON, LAND UNKOWN, THIS ISLAND EARTH
7/26/59 OKLAHOMA ANNIE, FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT, KETTLES ON THE FARM
8/2/59 BEGINNING OF THE END, THE UNEARTHLY, INVASION OF SAUCER MEN
8/9/59 BACK FROM THE DEAD, REVENGE FRANKENSTEIN, NIGHT WORLD EXPLODED
8/16/59 JAILHOUSE ROCK, THUNDER ROAD, HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
8/23/59 TEENAGE MONSTER, HOUSE OF NUMBERS, BRAIN PLANET AROUS
8/30/59 NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, SHE GODS, TEENAGE WEREWOLF
9/6/59 LOST MISSILE, ENEMY FROM SPACE, BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN
9/13/59 BLACKBOAD JUNGLE, TEENAGE CAVEMEN, HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER
9/20/59 DANCE WITH ME, HENRY, ALIAS JESSE JAMES, LOOKING FOR DANGER
9/27/59 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, CURSE OF THE DEMON, FLIGHT TO MARS
10/4/59 IT TERROR FROM BEYOND, CURSE OF FACELESS, MONSTER CHALLENGED
10/11/59 I BURY THE LIVING, INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, TEENAGERS OUTER SPACE
10/18/59 THE DISEMBODIED, GIANT BEHEMOTH, FROM HELL IT CAME
10/25/59 FLAT TOP, BATTLE ZONE, FIGHTER ATTACK
11/1/59 GIGANTIS, CRY TERROR, QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
11/8/59 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, THE MYSTERIANS, FIRST MAN INTO SPACE
11/15/59 DRAGSTRIP RIOT, HOT ROD GANG, I DIED A 1000 TIMES
11/22/59 BEAST OF HAUNTED CAVE, THE WASP WOMAN, THE BADLANDERS
11/29/59 THE MUMMY, CURSE OF THE UNDEAD, THE SILENT ENEMY
12/6/59 THE H MAN, THE WOMAN EATER, STEP DOWN TO TERROR
12/13/59 BATTLE GROUND, BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL, THE SHEEPMAN
12/20/59 HORROR OF DRACULA, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS, TARANTULA
12/27/59 OLD YELLER, 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, GEISHA BOY
1960
1/3/60 HEADLESS GHOST, HIDEOUS SUN DEMON, MAN WHO COULD CHEAT
1/10/60 THE ROAD RACERS, T BIRD GANG, GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW
1/17/60 CRAWLING EYE, FRANKENSTEIN 1970, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
1/24/60 HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL, FRANCIS JOINS NAVY, AT THE FRONT
1/31/60 MEN IN WAR, ATTACK, GUNFIGHT IN DODGE CITY
2/6/60 WHITE WILDERNESS, AT WAR WITH ARMY, HOUDINI
2/13/60 WORLD WITHOUT END, WAR OF THE WORLDS, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
2/20/60 COSMIC MONSTERS, THE BAT, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
2/27/60 LOVE ME TENDER, BERNARDINE, SING BOY SING
3/3/60 HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, 4 SKULLS OF JONATHAN, THE VAMPIRE
3/10/60 THING THAT COULDN’T DIE, GIANT CLAW, THE GAMMA PEOPLE
3/17/60 HORRORS OF BLACK MUSEUM, KILLERS FROM SPACE, DESTINATION MOON
3/24/60 RETURN OF THE FLY, ALLIGATOR PEOPLE, SPACEMAST X-7
4/3/60 JOY RIDE, HOT CARS, HOT CAR GIRL, DRAGSTRIP GIRL
4/10/60 MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, HALF HUMAN, NOT OF THIS EARTH
4/17/60 SHANE, STALAG 17, LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL
4/24/60 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, ATTACK OF THE 50’, THE CYCLOPS
5/1/60 HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIEND WIHTOUT A FACE, END OF THE WORLD
5/8/60 THE TINGLER, 30’ BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK, 20,000,000 MILES TO EARTH
5/15/60 GIDGET, MATING GAME, LONG, LONG TRAILER
5/22/60 WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, ATTACK OF PUPPET PEOPLE, THE SPIDER,
5/29/60 MONOLITH MONSTERS, DEADLY MANTIS, CREATURE FROM BLACK
6/5/60 TERROR FROM YEAR 5000, SCREAMING SKULL, BRAIN EATERS
6/12/60 ISLE OF THE DEAD, DAY THE WORLD ENDED, BEAST OF THE AMAZON
6/19/60 AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, IT CONQUERED, SHE CREATURE
6/26/60 INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, VOODOO ISLAND, INVISIBLE INVADERS
7/3/60 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, CRAB MONSTERS, FRANCIS HAUNTED
7/10/60 BLACK CASTLE, 4-D MAN, BOWERY BOYS MEET MONSTERS
7/17/60 KILLER SHREWS, GIANT LEECHES, THE TRAP
7/24/60 ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER, THE BLOB, FRANKENSTEIN 1970
7/31/60 A&C MEET INVISIBLE, ROCKABYE BABY, TONKA
8/6/60 BRIDE AND THE BEAST, MAN BEAST, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE
8/13/60 ANGRY RED PLANET, DATE WITH DEATH, COSMIC MAN
8/20/60 SHAGGY DOG, DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP, BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE
8/27/60 PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE, THEM, BEAST FROM 20000 FATHOMS
9/4/60 IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, CREATURE FROM LAGOON – 3D
9/11/60 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, THE MUMMY, HORROR OF DRACULA
9/18/60 CIRCUS OF HORRORS, THE WASP WOMAN, THE THING
9/25/60 HYPNOTIC EYE, PHANTOM FROM SPACE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
10/2/60 WILD RIDE, THUNDER ROAD, HOT ROD RUMBLE
10/9/60 BEAST OF PARADISE, CREATURES OF THE JUNGLE, TEENAGE WEREWOLF
10/16/60 VISIT TO A SMALL, MISSOURI TRAVELER, A&C KEYSTONE
10/23/60 BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, 12 TO THE MOON, 27TH DAY
10/30/60 SCREAMING SKULL, HEADLESS GHOST, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
11/6/60 BRIDES OF DRACULA, LEECH WOMAN, SPOOK CHASERS
11/13/60 13 GHOSTS, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, CULT OF THE COBRA
11/20/60 DINOSAURUS, STRANGE DOOR, ELECTRONIC MONSTER
11/27/60 TOBY TYLER, GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MARS
12/4/60 HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM, H-MAN, THE MYSTERIANS
12/11/60 MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE, ZOMBIES MORA, REVENGE OF FRANK
12/18/60 IT! TERROR, MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED, THE VAMPIRE
12/25/60 DARBY O’GILL, A&C MEET INVISIBLE, STOP, LOOK AND LAUGH
I remember going there in 1988 to see Moonstruck. There was a constant humming noise throughout the movie. The manager said certain auditoriums had screens that were kept in place by a machine that pushed out air and that was what the sound was. Never heard of this ever before or since.
For those who grew up near the Laurelhurst, what played:
1/1/55 SABRINA, SUDDENLY
1/8/55 A STAR IS BORN, HUMAN JUNGLE
1/15/55 WHITE CHRISTMAS, STORMY
1/22/55 HELD OVER
1/29/55 VANISHING PRAIRIE, LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, WILLIE THE OPER
2/5/55 DESIREE, PHFFFT
2/12/55 ATHENA, SO THIS IS PARIS
2/19/55 DEEP IN MY HEART, GOLDEN MISTRESS, KING SOLOMON’S MINES
2/26/55 THERE’S NO BUSINESS, FIRE OVER AFRICA
3/5/55 THERE’S NO BUSINESS, DESTRY
3/12/55 20000 LEAGUES, THE LITTLE KIDNAPERS
3/19/55 CARMEN JONES, BLACK KNIGHT
3/26/55 VERA CRUZ, THE DETECTIVE
4/2/55 HELD OVER
4/9/55 BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI, BOB MATHIAS STORY
4/16/55 JUPITER’S DARLING, CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT
4/23/55 HIT THE DECK, CHIEF CRAZY HORSE
4/30/55 FAR COUNTRY, ON THE WATERFRONT
5/7/55 LONG GRAY LINE, SIAM
5/14/55 BATTLE CRY, ROBINSON CRUSOE
(COUNTRY GIRL, TALL IN THE SADDLE)
5/21/55 THREE FOR THE SHOW, MAN WITHOUT A STAR
5/28/55 EAST OF EDEN, CONQUEST OF SPACE
6/4/55 A MAN CALLED PETER, ESCAPE TO BURMA
6/11/55 HELD OVER
6/18/55 THE GLASS SLIPPER, THE PURPLE PLAIN
6/25/55 DADDY LONG LEGS, THE AMERICANO
7/2/55 BLACKBOAD JUNGLE, TIGHT SPOT
7/9/55 SEA CHASE, MAGNIFICENT MATADOR
7/16/55 SON OF SINBAD, BAREFOOT CONTESSA
7/23/55 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE
7/30/55 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, PRIZE OF GOLD
8/6/55 DAVY CROCKETT, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
8/13/55 FAR HORIZONS, FOXFIRE
8/20/55 COBWEB, FRANCIS JOINS THE NAVY
8/27/55 SEVEN YEAR ITCH, WICHITA
9/3/55 HELD OVER
9/10/55 PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON, WIZARD OF OZ
9/17/55 SEVEN LITTLE FOYS, HOUSE OF BAMBOO
9/24/55 MR. ROBERTS, DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
10/1/55 HELD OVER
10/8/55 THE KENTUCKIAN, FEMALE ON THE BEACH
10/15/55 IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, PETE KELLY’S BLUES
10/22/55 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, MARTY
10/29/55 MCCONNELL STORY, WE’RE NO ANGELS
11/5/55 LEFT HAND OF GOD, TO CATCH A THIEF
11/12/55 HELD OVER
11/19/55 BLOOD ALLEY, GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES
11/26/55 TALL MEN, LIVING SWAMP
12/3/55 MY SISTER EILEEN, THE TALL MEN
12/10/55 GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING, I AM A CAMERA
12/17/55 TRIAL, INTERRUPTED MELODY
12/24/55 VIEW FROM POMPEY’S HEAD, MAN WITH THE GUN
12/31/55 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, ILLEGAL
1956
1/7/56 IT’S A DOG’S LIFE, SINCERELY YOURS 1/14/56 GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE, PHENIX CITY STORY 1/21/56 TENDER TRAP, TEXAS LADY 1/28/56 AFRICAN LION, TENDER TRAP 2/4/56 INDIAN FIGHTER, 3 STRIPES IN THE SUN 2/11/56 RAINS OF RANCHIPUR, SECOND GREATEST SEX 2/18/56 COURT MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL, SQUARE JUNGLE 2/25/56 TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE SPOILERS 3/3/56 LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS, TROUBLE WITH HARRY 3/10/56 LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS, RANSOM 3/17/56 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE 3/24/56 HELEN OF TROY, RED SUNDOWN 3/31/56 MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, AT GUNPOINT 4/7/56 THE YEARLING, NORTHWEST PASSAGE 4/14/56 LITTLEST OUTLAW, NEVER SAY GOODBYE 4/21/56 THE CONQUEROR, BACKLASH 4/28/56 COMANCHE!, OUR MISS BROOKS 5/5/56 PICNIC, ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE 5/12/56 HELD OVER 5/19/56 I’LL CRY TOMORROW, ANYTHING GOES 5/26/56 HELD OVER 6/2/56 GUYS AND DOLLS, THE SWAN 6/9/56 HELD OVER 6/16/56 MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN 6/23/56 HELD OVER 6/30/56 BIRDS AND THE BEES, FORBIDDEN PLANET 7/7/56 MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, BIRDS AND THE BEES 7/14/56 THE SEARCHERS, MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH 7/21/56 D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE, SONG OF THE SOUTH 7/28/56 BHOWANI JUNCTION, AUTUMN LEAVES 8/4/56 TOY TIGER, 23 PACES TO BAKER STREET 8/11/56 GABY, THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE 8/18/56 SANTIAGO, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS 8/25/56 TRAPEZE, FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE 9/1/56 EDDIE DUCHIN STORY, JOHNNY CONCHO 9/8/56 AWAY ALL BOATS, EDDIE DUCHIN STORY 9/15/56 RUN FOR THE SUN, AWAY ALL BOATS 9/22/56 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME, WALK THE PROUD LAND 9/29/56 KING AND I, THE LADYKILLERS 10/6/56 HELD OVER 10/13/56 AMBASSADOR’S DAUGHTER, PILLARS OF THE SKY 10/20/56 THE BURNING HILLS, THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY 10/27/56 HIGH SOCIETY, THE FIRST TEXAN 11/3/56 BUS STOP, HIGH SOCIETY 11/10/56 MOBY DICK, BANDIDO 11/17/56 TEA AND SYMPATHY, BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE 11/24/56 SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, LISBON 12/1/56 UNGUARDED MOMENT, SOLID GOLD CADILLAC 12/8/56 THE OPPOSITE SEX, TENSION AT TABLE ROCK 12/15/56 TEENAGE REBEL, OPPOSITE SEX 12/22/56 HELD OVER 12/29/56 THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, POWER AND THE PRIZE
1957
1/5/57 FRIENDLY PERSUASION, COME NEXT SPRING
1/12/57 THE MOUNTAIN, EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH
1/19/57 JULIE, THE SHARKFIGHTERS
1/29/57 LUST FOR LIFE, YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM IT
2/2/57 GIANT
2/9/57 HELD OVER
2/16/57 KING & FOUR QUEENS, GREAT AMERICAN PASTTIME
3/2/57 TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, DON’T KNOCK THE ROCK
3/9/57 WRITTEN ON THE WIND, 4 GIRLS IN TOWN
3/16/57 THE IRON PETTICOAT, ZARAK
3/23/57 BUNDLE OF JOY, THE WRONG MAN
3/30/57 TOP SECRET AFFAIR, SILENT WORLD
4/6/57 THE WINGS OF EAGLES, THE RAINMAKER
4/13/57 BATTLE HYMN, OH MEN OH WOMEN
4/20/57 FULL OF LIFE, MEN IN WAR
4/27/57 THE BIG LAND, A COWBOY NEEDS A HORSE
5/4/57 CINDERELLA, THE BRAVE ONE
5/11/57 MISTER CORY, THE TATTERED DRESS
5/18/57 HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON, KELLEY AND ME
5/25/57 DESIGNING WOMAN, HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON
6/1/57 FUNNY FACE, 10000 BEDROOMS
6/8/57 BOY ON A DOLPHIN, FUNNY FACE
6/15/57 SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, BOY ON A DOLPHIN
6/22/57 BACHELOR PARTY, ABANDON SHIP
6/29/57 DESK SET, THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT
7/6/57 WAYWARD BUS, HELLCATS OF THE NAVY
7/13/57 OKLAHOMA, DEEP ADVENTURE
7/20/57 GUNFIGHT AT O.K. CORRAL, PUBLIC PIGEON # 1
7/27/57 JOE BUTTERFLY, GUNFIGHT AT O.K. CORRAL
8/3/57 TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR, THE LONELY MAN
8/10/57 ISLAND IN THE SUN, TWO GROOMS FOR A BRIDE
8/17/57 DELICATE DELINQUENT, ISLAND IN THE SUN
8/24/57 BERNARDINE, DELICATE DELINQUENT
8/31/57 NIGHT PASSAGE, BEAU JAMES
9/7/57 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, MIDNIGHT STORY
9/14/57 LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, MAN ON FIRE
9/21/57 SILK STOCKINGS, OMAR KHYYAM
9/28/57 BAND OF ANGELS, TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI
10/5/57 JEANNE EAGLES, OKLAHOMAN
10/12/57 PRIDE & THE PASSION, FUZZY PINK NIGHTGOWN
10/19/57 PAJAMA GAME, THE GREEN MAN
10/26/57 HAPPY ROAD, 3:10 TO YUMA
11/2/57 JET PILOT, SEA WIFE
11/9/57 UNTIL THEY SAIL, JET PILOT
11/16/57 TENDER TRAP, COURAGE OF BLACK BEAUTY
11/23/57 HELEN MORGAN STORY, LOSER TAKES ALL
11/30/57 JOKER IS WILD, THREE FACES OF EVE
12/7/57 40 GUNS, JOKER IS WILD
12/14/57 STOPOVER TOKYO, PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE
12/21/57 TIME LIMIT, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN
12/28/57 JAILHOUSE ROCK, ESCAPADE IN JAPAN
A unique aspect of the theatre was that the men’s rest room was right off the projection room, so movie-crazy kids like me could see the projection equipment and the reels turning.
I worked at this theatre briefly while going to college. They were showing Polanski’s Macbeth at the time. I must have seen portions of it a hundred times. When the late show would start and no one was there we’d signal the projectionist and he’d turn it off so we could all go home. One night I couldn’t remember if I’d turned off the hot butter machine. Not driving at the time, I walked back at 3am just to make sure. Of course, I’d already turned it off.
Steven Wells is right. It was gay 76 – 79. The early 80s it was a revival house. Mid to late 80s it was a second run double feature house…and a great place to go!
It has been a long time since the error and confusion here has been identified. This is not the later Music Box Theatre, as corroborated by many above. Is there a way that another entry can be made for the later Music Box?
A classic neighborhood theatre. It was remodeled in 1953. The entrance used to be around the block on the east side of the building. When they reopened with the new facade there was quite a celebration. That the entrance was moved around the block is the reason the lobby is so long.
A wonderful theatre. First run films, they showed a lot of classic sci-fi and horror when it opened. It was open all night! It closed in 1958. The last film was, ironically, “I Want to Live.”
A great place. Three movies shown continuously for about sixty cents, I believe. The theatre also had a huge cat that likely patrolled the place for rodents, an irony, given the theatre’s name. Fortunately, I never saw one.
My mom and I went to see Ben-Hur at the Ames in 1960. The theatre was packed and they put us in the “crying room,” a sealed-off area by the balcony for parents with screaming kids. The sound was piped in on a little speaker. What an idea! Wish they’d put people who check their Blackberries during movies in a place like that now!
Memories of this theatre are overwhelming. In the late 50s and early 60s they usually showed three sci-fi-horror films along with a 3 Stooges short and cartoon. Popcorn was cheap. Is there a more convincing portrait of heaven? On the downside, the place was a madhouse, operated for kids and staffed by teenagers. In one case, the projectionist got complaints about low sound levels so he purposely cranked it up full in spite. Teenagers would dance to rock music in the aisle during intermission. It was a glorious, crazy place. In the 70s it became more respectable, usually showing first runs, then it split up into several auditoriums, eventually becoming the combo game board theatre that it is now.
I went to this theatre almost every weekend toward the end of its life. Always enjoyed it. Big auditoriums.
THE AVALON PROGRAMS 1958 – 1960
1958
1/5/58 WILD ONE, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
1/12/58 THE LITTLEST OUTLAW, INVISIBLE BOY
1/19/58 A MAN CALLED PETER, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
1/26/58 THE JOKER IS WILD, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN
2/2/58 FORBIDDEN PLANET, ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE
2/9/58 CRIME IN THE STREET, MR. ROCK AND ROLL
2/16/58 MEET DANNY WILSON, ESCAPADE IN JAPAN
2/23/58 JAILHOUSE ROCK, HIRED GUN
3/2/58 APRIL LOVE, STOWAWAY GIRL
3/9/58 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, BEAST FROM 20000, SATELLITES IN SKY
3/16/58 NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED, JOHNNY TREMAINE, KISS THEM FOR ME
3/23/58 BLOOD OF DRACULA, I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN
3/30/58 LEGEND OF THE LOST, THE DELINQUENTS
4/6/58 THE UNEARTHLY, BEGINNING OF THE END, MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED
4/13/58 DOCTOR AT SEA, DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER
4/20/58 THE QUIET MAN, DUEL AT APACHE WELLS
4/27/58 FLIGHT TO MARS, WORLD WITHOUT END, CREATURE AMONG US*
5/4/58 1000 YEARS FROM NOW, INVASION U.S.A., CREATURE FROM BLACK
5/11/58 DESTINATION MOON, DAY THE WORLD ENDED, REVENGE OF CREATURE
5/18/58 MOTORCYCLE GANG, JAMBOREE
5/25/58 VOODOO ISLAND, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, X-THE UNKNOWN
6/8/58 ENEMY FROM SPACE, UNKNOWN TERROR, BACK FROM THE DEAD
6/15/58 BATTLE STRIPE, ARMORED ATTACK, PECOS BILL
6/22/58 JET ATTACK, SUICIDE BATTALLION, WETBACK HOUND
6/29/58 THE THING, TARANTULA, PHANTOM FROM 10000 LEAGUES
7/6/58 VAMPIRE’S KISS, THE PHANTOM SPEAKS, THREE STOOGES
7/13/58 ISLE OF THE DEAD, KILLERS FROM SPACE, TEENAGE WEREWOLF
7/20/58 IT CONQUERED THE WORLD, SHE CREATURE, AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN
7/27/58 DEADLY MANTIS, CULT OF THE COBRA, MONOLITH MONSTERS
8/3/58 STRANGE DOOR, BLACK CASTLE, NOT OF THIS EARTH
8/10/58 FIGHTING SEABEES, SANDS OF IWO JIMA, ARIZONA SHEEPDOG
8/17/58 THE MOLE PEOPLE, SHRINKING MAN, BEAST OF THE AMAZON
8/24/58 CREEPING UNKNOWN, THE VAMPIRE, PHARAOHS CURSE
8/31/58 INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, WORLD WITHOUT END, BLACK SCORPION
9/7/58 FLAME BARRIER, RETURN OF DRACULA, BLACK SLEEP
9/14/58 HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIEND WIHTOUT A FACE, SHE-DEVIL
9/21/58 REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN, EARTH VS. THE FLYING, CURSE OF THE DEMON
9/28/58 TARZAN’S HIDDEN JUNGLE, WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS, COWBOY
10/3/58 CYCLOPS, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNAT
10/10/58 TARGET EARTH, 27TH DAY, THE GAMMA PEOPLE
10/17/58 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, MACABRE, KING KONG
10/24/58 MACHINE GUN KELLY, BONNIE PARKER STORY, BABY FACE NELSON
10/31/58 HALF HUMAN, MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, RODAN
11/7/58 PHANTOM FROM SPACE, BEAST OF HOLLOW, HELL’S FIVE HOURS
11/14/58 ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN, WAR SATELLITES., BENEATH SEA
11/21/58 HOT ROD GANG, DRAGSTRIP RIOT, THUNDER ROAD
11/28/58 THING THAT COULDN’T DIE, HORROR OF DRACULA, CAME FROM OUTER
12/5/58 THE SPIDER, BRAIN EATERS, VAMPIRE’S GHOST
12/12/58 SHE MONSTER, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, VIKING WOMEN
12/19/58 THE WEREWOLF, CREATURE WITH ATOM BRAIN, MONSTER CHALLENGE
12/26/58 BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, MIHGTY JOE YOUNG, CATMAN OF PARIS
1959
¼/59 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS, THE THING 1/11/59 HOT ROD RUMBLE, HOT CARS, THE RACERS 1/18/59 WAR OF THE WORLDS, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN 1/25/59 FRANKENSTEIN 1970, SPY IN THE SKY, ATOMIC MAN 2/1/59 MAN WITH A GUN, MAN ON THE PROWL, TERROR AT MIDNIGHT 2/8/59 20,000,000 MILES TO EARTH, 1984, THE GIANT CLAW 2/15/59 HOT ROD GIRL, DRAGSTRIP GIRL, HOTTEST 500 2/22/59 CHECKPOINT HOT CAR GIRL,SHARKFIGHTERS 3/1/59 DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS, GORILLA AT LARGE, ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN 3/8/59 VIOLENT ROAD, PLUNDER ROAD, RIDE A VIOLENT MILE 3/15/59 COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, I MARRIED A MONSTER, FORBIDDEN PLANET 3/22/59 MEN WITH CARS, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN, REBEL WIHTOUT A CAUES 3/29/59 ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE, BRAIN MACHINE, FIEND WHO WALKED 4/5/59 BOWERY MEET MONSTER, TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, NOT OF THIS EARTH 4/12/59 A&C KEYSTONE, COMIN’ ROUND MOUNTAIN, FRANCIS HAUNTED HOUSE 4/19/59 UNKNOWN TERROR, THE FLY, HELL ON DEVIL’S ISLAND 4/26/59 CONQUEST OF SPACE, THE BLOB, ULYSSES (PURPLE PEOPLE) 5/4/59 SCARED STIFF, JUMPING JACKS, THE FAT MAN 5/11/59 LET’S GO NAVY, MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR, COVERS BIG TOWN 5/18/59 FEUDING FOOLS, HERE COME THE MARINES, FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS 5/25/59 CREATURE WALKS AMONG US, GLASS WEB, A&D MEET INVISIBLE 6/1/59 GHOST CHASERS, ATOMIC KID, GHOST SPEAKS 6/7/59 THE MAZE, DAUGHTER OF JEKYLL, A&C MARS 6/14/59 SAD SACK, BOWERY BATTALION, MACDONALD’S FARM 6/21/59 KETTLES ON VACATION, RICOCHET ROMANCE, EGG & I 6/28/59 PUBLIC PIGEON, BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE, KETTLES WAIKIKI 7/5/59 CAT GIRL, BEAST 1000000 EYES, NIGHTMARE 7/12/59 ROAR OF THE CROWD, HOT ROD RUMBLE, JALOPY 7/19/59 GIANT WOMAN OF THE AMAZON, LAND UNKOWN, THIS ISLAND EARTH 7/26/59 OKLAHOMA ANNIE, FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT, KETTLES ON THE FARM 8/2/59 BEGINNING OF THE END, THE UNEARTHLY, INVASION OF SAUCER MEN 8/9/59 BACK FROM THE DEAD, REVENGE FRANKENSTEIN, NIGHT WORLD EXPLODED 8/16/59 JAILHOUSE ROCK, THUNDER ROAD, HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL 8/23/59 TEENAGE MONSTER, HOUSE OF NUMBERS, BRAIN PLANET AROUS 8/30/59 NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST, SHE GODS, TEENAGE WEREWOLF 9/6/59 LOST MISSILE, ENEMY FROM SPACE, BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN 9/13/59 BLACKBOAD JUNGLE, TEENAGE CAVEMEN, HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER 9/20/59 DANCE WITH ME, HENRY, ALIAS JESSE JAMES, LOOKING FOR DANGER 9/27/59 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, CURSE OF THE DEMON, FLIGHT TO MARS 10/4/59 IT TERROR FROM BEYOND, CURSE OF FACELESS, MONSTER CHALLENGED 10/11/59 I BURY THE LIVING, INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, TEENAGERS OUTER SPACE 10/18/59 THE DISEMBODIED, GIANT BEHEMOTH, FROM HELL IT CAME 10/25/59 FLAT TOP, BATTLE ZONE, FIGHTER ATTACK 11/1/59 GIGANTIS, CRY TERROR, QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE 11/8/59 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, THE MYSTERIANS, FIRST MAN INTO SPACE 11/15/59 DRAGSTRIP RIOT, HOT ROD GANG, I DIED A 1000 TIMES 11/22/59 BEAST OF HAUNTED CAVE, THE WASP WOMAN, THE BADLANDERS 11/29/59 THE MUMMY, CURSE OF THE UNDEAD, THE SILENT ENEMY 12/6/59 THE H MAN, THE WOMAN EATER, STEP DOWN TO TERROR 12/13/59 BATTLE GROUND, BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL, THE SHEEPMAN 12/20/59 HORROR OF DRACULA, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS, TARANTULA 12/27/59 OLD YELLER, 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, GEISHA BOY
1960
1/3/60 HEADLESS GHOST, HIDEOUS SUN DEMON, MAN WHO COULD CHEAT 1/10/60 THE ROAD RACERS, T BIRD GANG, GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW 1/17/60 CRAWLING EYE, FRANKENSTEIN 1970, ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS 1/24/60 HAVE ROCKET, WILL TRAVEL, FRANCIS JOINS NAVY, AT THE FRONT 1/31/60 MEN IN WAR, ATTACK, GUNFIGHT IN DODGE CITY 2/6/60 WHITE WILDERNESS, AT WAR WITH ARMY, HOUDINI 2/13/60 WORLD WITHOUT END, WAR OF THE WORLDS, WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE 2/20/60 COSMIC MONSTERS, THE BAT, CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN 2/27/60 LOVE ME TENDER, BERNARDINE, SING BOY SING 3/3/60 HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, 4 SKULLS OF JONATHAN, THE VAMPIRE 3/10/60 THING THAT COULDN’T DIE, GIANT CLAW, THE GAMMA PEOPLE 3/17/60 HORRORS OF BLACK MUSEUM, KILLERS FROM SPACE, DESTINATION MOON 3/24/60 RETURN OF THE FLY, ALLIGATOR PEOPLE, SPACEMAST X-7 4/3/60 JOY RIDE, HOT CARS, HOT CAR GIRL, DRAGSTRIP GIRL 4/10/60 MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL, HALF HUMAN, NOT OF THIS EARTH 4/17/60 SHANE, STALAG 17, LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL 4/24/60 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, ATTACK OF THE 50’, THE CYCLOPS 5/1/60 HAUNTED STRANGLER, FIEND WIHTOUT A FACE, END OF THE WORLD 5/8/60 THE TINGLER, 30’ BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK, 20,000,000 MILES TO EARTH 5/15/60 GIDGET, MATING GAME, LONG, LONG TRAILER 5/22/60 WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, ATTACK OF PUPPET PEOPLE, THE SPIDER, 5/29/60 MONOLITH MONSTERS, DEADLY MANTIS, CREATURE FROM BLACK 6/5/60 TERROR FROM YEAR 5000, SCREAMING SKULL, BRAIN EATERS 6/12/60 ISLE OF THE DEAD, DAY THE WORLD ENDED, BEAST OF THE AMAZON 6/19/60 AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, IT CONQUERED, SHE CREATURE 6/26/60 INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, VOODOO ISLAND, INVISIBLE INVADERS 7/3/60 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, CRAB MONSTERS, FRANCIS HAUNTED 7/10/60 BLACK CASTLE, 4-D MAN, BOWERY BOYS MEET MONSTERS 7/17/60 KILLER SHREWS, GIANT LEECHES, THE TRAP 7/24/60 ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER, THE BLOB, FRANKENSTEIN 1970 7/31/60 A&C MEET INVISIBLE, ROCKABYE BABY, TONKA 8/6/60 BRIDE AND THE BEAST, MAN BEAST, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE 8/13/60 ANGRY RED PLANET, DATE WITH DEATH, COSMIC MAN 8/20/60 SHAGGY DOG, DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP, BONZO GOES TO COLLEGE 8/27/60 PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE, THEM, BEAST FROM 20000 FATHOMS 9/4/60 IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, CREATURE FROM LAGOON – 3D 9/11/60 BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE, THE MUMMY, HORROR OF DRACULA 9/18/60 CIRCUS OF HORRORS, THE WASP WOMAN, THE THING 9/25/60 HYPNOTIC EYE, PHANTOM FROM SPACE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 10/2/60 WILD RIDE, THUNDER ROAD, HOT ROD RUMBLE 10/9/60 BEAST OF PARADISE, CREATURES OF THE JUNGLE, TEENAGE WEREWOLF 10/16/60 VISIT TO A SMALL, MISSOURI TRAVELER, A&C KEYSTONE 10/23/60 BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, 12 TO THE MOON, 27TH DAY 10/30/60 SCREAMING SKULL, HEADLESS GHOST, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL 11/6/60 BRIDES OF DRACULA, LEECH WOMAN, SPOOK CHASERS 11/13/60 13 GHOSTS, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS, CULT OF THE COBRA 11/20/60 DINOSAURUS, STRANGE DOOR, ELECTRONIC MONSTER 11/27/60 TOBY TYLER, GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY, ABBOTT & COSTELLO MARS 12/4/60 HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM, H-MAN, THE MYSTERIANS 12/11/60 MAN WHO TURNED TO STONE, ZOMBIES MORA, REVENGE OF FRANK 12/18/60 IT! TERROR, MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED, THE VAMPIRE 12/25/60 DARBY O’GILL, A&C MEET INVISIBLE, STOP, LOOK AND LAUGH
I remember going there in 1988 to see Moonstruck. There was a constant humming noise throughout the movie. The manager said certain auditoriums had screens that were kept in place by a machine that pushed out air and that was what the sound was. Never heard of this ever before or since.
For those who grew up near the Laurelhurst, what played: 1/1/55 SABRINA, SUDDENLY 1/8/55 A STAR IS BORN, HUMAN JUNGLE 1/15/55 WHITE CHRISTMAS, STORMY 1/22/55 HELD OVER 1/29/55 VANISHING PRAIRIE, LAST TIME I SAW PARIS, WILLIE THE OPER 2/5/55 DESIREE, PHFFFT 2/12/55 ATHENA, SO THIS IS PARIS 2/19/55 DEEP IN MY HEART, GOLDEN MISTRESS, KING SOLOMON’S MINES 2/26/55 THERE’S NO BUSINESS, FIRE OVER AFRICA 3/5/55 THERE’S NO BUSINESS, DESTRY 3/12/55 20000 LEAGUES, THE LITTLE KIDNAPERS 3/19/55 CARMEN JONES, BLACK KNIGHT 3/26/55 VERA CRUZ, THE DETECTIVE 4/2/55 HELD OVER 4/9/55 BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI, BOB MATHIAS STORY 4/16/55 JUPITER’S DARLING, CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT 4/23/55 HIT THE DECK, CHIEF CRAZY HORSE 4/30/55 FAR COUNTRY, ON THE WATERFRONT 5/7/55 LONG GRAY LINE, SIAM 5/14/55 BATTLE CRY, ROBINSON CRUSOE (COUNTRY GIRL, TALL IN THE SADDLE) 5/21/55 THREE FOR THE SHOW, MAN WITHOUT A STAR 5/28/55 EAST OF EDEN, CONQUEST OF SPACE 6/4/55 A MAN CALLED PETER, ESCAPE TO BURMA 6/11/55 HELD OVER 6/18/55 THE GLASS SLIPPER, THE PURPLE PLAIN 6/25/55 DADDY LONG LEGS, THE AMERICANO 7/2/55 BLACKBOAD JUNGLE, TIGHT SPOT 7/9/55 SEA CHASE, MAGNIFICENT MATADOR 7/16/55 SON OF SINBAD, BAREFOOT CONTESSA 7/23/55 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE 7/30/55 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, PRIZE OF GOLD 8/6/55 DAVY CROCKETT, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 8/13/55 FAR HORIZONS, FOXFIRE 8/20/55 COBWEB, FRANCIS JOINS THE NAVY 8/27/55 SEVEN YEAR ITCH, WICHITA 9/3/55 HELD OVER 9/10/55 PRIVATE WAR OF MAJOR BENSON, WIZARD OF OZ 9/17/55 SEVEN LITTLE FOYS, HOUSE OF BAMBOO 9/24/55 MR. ROBERTS, DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE 10/1/55 HELD OVER 10/8/55 THE KENTUCKIAN, FEMALE ON THE BEACH 10/15/55 IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, PETE KELLY’S BLUES 10/22/55 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, MARTY 10/29/55 MCCONNELL STORY, WE’RE NO ANGELS 11/5/55 LEFT HAND OF GOD, TO CATCH A THIEF 11/12/55 HELD OVER 11/19/55 BLOOD ALLEY, GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES 11/26/55 TALL MEN, LIVING SWAMP 12/3/55 MY SISTER EILEEN, THE TALL MEN 12/10/55 GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING, I AM A CAMERA 12/17/55 TRIAL, INTERRUPTED MELODY 12/24/55 VIEW FROM POMPEY’S HEAD, MAN WITH THE GUN 12/31/55 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, ILLEGAL
1956
1/7/56 IT’S A DOG’S LIFE, SINCERELY YOURS
1/14/56 GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE, PHENIX CITY STORY
1/21/56 TENDER TRAP, TEXAS LADY
1/28/56 AFRICAN LION, TENDER TRAP
2/4/56 INDIAN FIGHTER, 3 STRIPES IN THE SUN
2/11/56 RAINS OF RANCHIPUR, SECOND GREATEST SEX
2/18/56 COURT MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL, SQUARE JUNGLE
2/25/56 TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE SPOILERS
3/3/56 LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS, TROUBLE WITH HARRY
3/10/56 LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS, RANSOM
3/17/56 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE
3/24/56 HELEN OF TROY, RED SUNDOWN
3/31/56 MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, AT GUNPOINT
4/7/56 THE YEARLING, NORTHWEST PASSAGE
4/14/56 LITTLEST OUTLAW, NEVER SAY GOODBYE
4/21/56 THE CONQUEROR, BACKLASH
4/28/56 COMANCHE!, OUR MISS BROOKS
5/5/56 PICNIC, ON THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE
5/12/56 HELD OVER
5/19/56 I’LL CRY TOMORROW, ANYTHING GOES
5/26/56 HELD OVER
6/2/56 GUYS AND DOLLS, THE SWAN
6/9/56 HELD OVER
6/16/56 MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN
6/23/56 HELD OVER
6/30/56 BIRDS AND THE BEES, FORBIDDEN PLANET
7/7/56 MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, BIRDS AND THE BEES
7/14/56 THE SEARCHERS, MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
7/21/56 D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE, SONG OF THE SOUTH
7/28/56 BHOWANI JUNCTION, AUTUMN LEAVES
8/4/56 TOY TIGER, 23 PACES TO BAKER STREET
8/11/56 GABY, THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE
8/18/56 SANTIAGO, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS
8/25/56 TRAPEZE, FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE
9/1/56 EDDIE DUCHIN STORY, JOHNNY CONCHO
9/8/56 AWAY ALL BOATS, EDDIE DUCHIN STORY
9/15/56 RUN FOR THE SUN, AWAY ALL BOATS
9/22/56 SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME, WALK THE PROUD LAND
9/29/56 KING AND I, THE LADYKILLERS
10/6/56 HELD OVER
10/13/56 AMBASSADOR’S DAUGHTER, PILLARS OF THE SKY
10/20/56 THE BURNING HILLS, THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY
10/27/56 HIGH SOCIETY, THE FIRST TEXAN
11/3/56 BUS STOP, HIGH SOCIETY
11/10/56 MOBY DICK, BANDIDO
11/17/56 TEA AND SYMPATHY, BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
11/24/56 SOLID GOLD CADILLAC, LISBON
12/1/56 UNGUARDED MOMENT, SOLID GOLD CADILLAC
12/8/56 THE OPPOSITE SEX, TENSION AT TABLE ROCK
12/15/56 TEENAGE REBEL, OPPOSITE SEX
12/22/56 HELD OVER
12/29/56 THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND, POWER AND THE PRIZE
1957
1/5/57 FRIENDLY PERSUASION, COME NEXT SPRING 1/12/57 THE MOUNTAIN, EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH 1/19/57 JULIE, THE SHARKFIGHTERS 1/29/57 LUST FOR LIFE, YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM IT 2/2/57 GIANT 2/9/57 HELD OVER 2/16/57 KING & FOUR QUEENS, GREAT AMERICAN PASTTIME 3/2/57 TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, DON’T KNOCK THE ROCK 3/9/57 WRITTEN ON THE WIND, 4 GIRLS IN TOWN 3/16/57 THE IRON PETTICOAT, ZARAK 3/23/57 BUNDLE OF JOY, THE WRONG MAN 3/30/57 TOP SECRET AFFAIR, SILENT WORLD 4/6/57 THE WINGS OF EAGLES, THE RAINMAKER 4/13/57 BATTLE HYMN, OH MEN OH WOMEN 4/20/57 FULL OF LIFE, MEN IN WAR 4/27/57 THE BIG LAND, A COWBOY NEEDS A HORSE 5/4/57 CINDERELLA, THE BRAVE ONE 5/11/57 MISTER CORY, THE TATTERED DRESS 5/18/57 HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON, KELLEY AND ME 5/25/57 DESIGNING WOMAN, HEAVEN KNOWS MR. ALLISON 6/1/57 FUNNY FACE, 10000 BEDROOMS 6/8/57 BOY ON A DOLPHIN, FUNNY FACE 6/15/57 SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, BOY ON A DOLPHIN 6/22/57 BACHELOR PARTY, ABANDON SHIP 6/29/57 DESK SET, THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT 7/6/57 WAYWARD BUS, HELLCATS OF THE NAVY 7/13/57 OKLAHOMA, DEEP ADVENTURE 7/20/57 GUNFIGHT AT O.K. CORRAL, PUBLIC PIGEON # 1 7/27/57 JOE BUTTERFLY, GUNFIGHT AT O.K. CORRAL 8/3/57 TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR, THE LONELY MAN 8/10/57 ISLAND IN THE SUN, TWO GROOMS FOR A BRIDE 8/17/57 DELICATE DELINQUENT, ISLAND IN THE SUN 8/24/57 BERNARDINE, DELICATE DELINQUENT 8/31/57 NIGHT PASSAGE, BEAU JAMES 9/7/57 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, MIDNIGHT STORY 9/14/57 LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, MAN ON FIRE 9/21/57 SILK STOCKINGS, OMAR KHYYAM 9/28/57 BAND OF ANGELS, TARZAN AND THE LOST SAFARI 10/5/57 JEANNE EAGLES, OKLAHOMAN 10/12/57 PRIDE & THE PASSION, FUZZY PINK NIGHTGOWN 10/19/57 PAJAMA GAME, THE GREEN MAN 10/26/57 HAPPY ROAD, 3:10 TO YUMA 11/2/57 JET PILOT, SEA WIFE 11/9/57 UNTIL THEY SAIL, JET PILOT 11/16/57 TENDER TRAP, COURAGE OF BLACK BEAUTY 11/23/57 HELEN MORGAN STORY, LOSER TAKES ALL 11/30/57 JOKER IS WILD, THREE FACES OF EVE 12/7/57 40 GUNS, JOKER IS WILD 12/14/57 STOPOVER TOKYO, PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE 12/21/57 TIME LIMIT, DEVIL’S HAIRPIN 12/28/57 JAILHOUSE ROCK, ESCAPADE IN JAPAN
I seem to remember in the 70s they also ran offbeat art films. I’m certain I saw Polanski’s REPULSION there one Friday night, circa ‘71.
A unique aspect of the theatre was that the men’s rest room was right off the projection room, so movie-crazy kids like me could see the projection equipment and the reels turning.
I worked at this theatre briefly while going to college. They were showing Polanski’s Macbeth at the time. I must have seen portions of it a hundred times. When the late show would start and no one was there we’d signal the projectionist and he’d turn it off so we could all go home. One night I couldn’t remember if I’d turned off the hot butter machine. Not driving at the time, I walked back at 3am just to make sure. Of course, I’d already turned it off.
A great theatre in its day. “Psycho” opened there first run in August, 1960.
Steven Wells is right. It was gay 76 – 79. The early 80s it was a revival house. Mid to late 80s it was a second run double feature house…and a great place to go!
It has been a long time since the error and confusion here has been identified. This is not the later Music Box Theatre, as corroborated by many above. Is there a way that another entry can be made for the later Music Box?
A classic neighborhood theatre. It was remodeled in 1953. The entrance used to be around the block on the east side of the building. When they reopened with the new facade there was quite a celebration. That the entrance was moved around the block is the reason the lobby is so long.
A wonderful theatre. First run films, they showed a lot of classic sci-fi and horror when it opened. It was open all night! It closed in 1958. The last film was, ironically, “I Want to Live.”
A great place. Three movies shown continuously for about sixty cents, I believe. The theatre also had a huge cat that likely patrolled the place for rodents, an irony, given the theatre’s name. Fortunately, I never saw one.
My mom and I went to see Ben-Hur at the Ames in 1960. The theatre was packed and they put us in the “crying room,” a sealed-off area by the balcony for parents with screaming kids. The sound was piped in on a little speaker. What an idea! Wish they’d put people who check their Blackberries during movies in a place like that now!
Memories of this theatre are overwhelming. In the late 50s and early 60s they usually showed three sci-fi-horror films along with a 3 Stooges short and cartoon. Popcorn was cheap. Is there a more convincing portrait of heaven? On the downside, the place was a madhouse, operated for kids and staffed by teenagers. In one case, the projectionist got complaints about low sound levels so he purposely cranked it up full in spite. Teenagers would dance to rock music in the aisle during intermission. It was a glorious, crazy place. In the 70s it became more respectable, usually showing first runs, then it split up into several auditoriums, eventually becoming the combo game board theatre that it is now.