Want to make a correction on the information contributed by Bryan. My parents, Ralph W. and Marie K. Lawler built and owned and operated the Peoria Drive-In Theater on Glen Avenue in Peoria. It was the first Drive-In Theater built in Central Illinois and one of the first in the Mid-West. Their managers were first Bob Hagen and then Jack Geltmaker. They sold the theater in the 1960s to the Kerasotas. Jean Lawler Bell
My father, Ralph W. Lawler was manager of the Orpheum Theater in Springfield Illinois in the early 1930s…I have memories as a small child of the theater and have a photo of the theater. In fact the Orpheum was robbed while my father was the manager and the robber didn’t want to believe that my father did not know the combination to the safe….but he was willing to wait until an employee who did have the combination arrived for work…and then the robber stole the money in the safe! Jean Lawler Bell
My father, Ralph W. Lawler was the manager of the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio from 1937 – 1943 during World War II. He also managed the Princess Theater in Toledo during that time. I have many fond memories and photos of the Paramount and the Hollywood stars that my father brought to the Paramount stage for stage shows as well as World War II War Bond Drives. Would like to be in contact with anyone who knows any information of that time period concerning the Paramount Theater.
Want to make a correction on the information contributed by Bryan. My parents, Ralph W. and Marie K. Lawler built and owned and operated the Peoria Drive-In Theater on Glen Avenue in Peoria. It was the first Drive-In Theater built in Central Illinois and one of the first in the Mid-West. Their managers were first Bob Hagen and then Jack Geltmaker. They sold the theater in the 1960s to the Kerasotas. Jean Lawler Bell
My father, Ralph W. Lawler was manager of the Orpheum Theater in Springfield Illinois in the early 1930s…I have memories as a small child of the theater and have a photo of the theater. In fact the Orpheum was robbed while my father was the manager and the robber didn’t want to believe that my father did not know the combination to the safe….but he was willing to wait until an employee who did have the combination arrived for work…and then the robber stole the money in the safe! Jean Lawler Bell
My father, Ralph W. Lawler was the manager of the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio from 1937 – 1943 during World War II. He also managed the Princess Theater in Toledo during that time. I have many fond memories and photos of the Paramount and the Hollywood stars that my father brought to the Paramount stage for stage shows as well as World War II War Bond Drives. Would like to be in contact with anyone who knows any information of that time period concerning the Paramount Theater.