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RalphK commented about State Theatre on Mar 5, 2012 at 7:21 am

I was working at the Time Theater (tiny 400 seat theater owned by the same company as the Paramount) when they remodeled it and renamed it “State” in 1952. I hated the fact that they covered all the beautiful marble in the lobby with cheap plasterboard or tile to “modernize” it.The place was stunning before they “fixed"it. It seemed fitting to me that they dumped a classy name like Paramount and gave a cheap generic name, “State”. Because it had originally been built for stage shows they still had all the dressing rooms in the basement.

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RalphK commented about Time Theatre on Mar 5, 2012 at 7:08 am

I worked at the Time Theater in 1952-53 and I think it was converted to a beauty parlor by 1960 and I see it is a pizza by the slice shop now. I also drove a cab in Mitchell in 1959 and I am amazed to see that the entire block which contained the cab office/garage, cafe, and some bars has been razed except for the old James Hotel (now the Navin)

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RalphK commented about Starlite Drive-In on Mar 5, 2012 at 6:58 am

There is a major problem with the map as it shows the theater as South of Mitchell but it is North of Mitchell past the lake. The last time I went to that drive-in was in 1958.