Norside Theater

Chris1982 on March 11, 2016 at 2:27 am

Tri City Grocers is long gone.

dallasmovietheaters on July 27, 2015 at 7:45 pm

On June 15, 1937, the Norside Theatre launched with Mickey Mouse’s “Adventures of a Camera Man” and the double feature of “Seventh Heaven” and “When’s Your Birthday.” It was curtains for the Norside Theatre on February 13, 1956 closing with “Three for the Show” and “Looters.” And it was okay to loot as the theater would begin to be demolished just eight days later by Frank J. Rowden & Son. The theater was doing poorly and likely opted for a deal with its long-standing neighboring Tri-City Grocery Store for that business to have an adjacent off-street parking lot.

The former theater’s spot would indeed become the North Alton Parking Lot and serviced the Tri-City grocer. All references to the theater after February 13, 1956 other than “demolished” are in reference to the grocer.

kencmcintyre on March 14, 2009 at 1:13 pm

Here is a November 1949 ad from the Alton Evening Telegraph:
http://tinyurl.com/bqshox