Hi-Way Theatre
Deer Trail,
CO
80105
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The Hi-Way Theatre was opened by December 1947. The July 22, 1950 issue of BoxOffice reported, “Deer Trail, CO. - New Motiograph sound equipment has been installed in the Hi-Way Theatre here”. It was closed in July, 1956.
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Michael Kilgore
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Motion Picture Herald, Dec. 20, 1947: “Frank Whalen, Highway, Deertrail, Colo., owner, in Fitzsimons Hospital, Denver, for treatment, closes theatres for time being.”
Boxoffice, March 12, 1949: “Archie Goldstein, owner of the Chieftain, Strassburg, has leased the Highway, Deartrail, Colo., from Frank Whalen”
Showmen’s Trade Review, June 25, 1949: “Frank Whalen has taken back the Hiway Deertail Colo. The theatre has been operated for a few months by Archie Goldstein.”
Boxoffice, Jan. 27, 1951: “Frank Whalen, 57, owner of the Hiway at Deertail, died in a Denver hospital where he had been confined following an operation a few weeks earlier. … The Hiway has been closed temporarily.”
Boxoffice, Aug. 12, 1939: “"Union Pacific” broke the house record by a few dollars at the Trail Theatre at Deertrail, Colo."
Boxoffice, Jan. 31, 1948: “Frank Whalen has reopened his Highway, Deertrail, after closing it for some time while he was taking treatments at an army hospital.”
Boxoffice, April 3, 1948: “Frank Whalen has improved his Highway, Deertrail, Colo., with the installation of new booth and sound equipment, installed by Ted Knox”
Boxoffice, June 2, 1951: “Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bergtholdt have bought the Hi-Way, Deertrail, from Mrs. Frank Whalen. Frank Whalen, who formerly operated the theatre, died last year. The theatre will be managed by Mrs. C. L. Kinney”
Boxoffice, July 14, 1956: “The Hiway, Deertrail, has been closed.”