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moviejs1944 commented about Paris - Portland, OR on Feb 15, 2022 at 6:22 am

In 2022.

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moviejs1944 commented about Loew's Victory - Evansville, IN on Jul 2, 2021 at 8:52 pm

Evansville Sunday Courier and Press, 9/25/55.

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moviejs1944 commented about The last ad, 3/1/79. on Mar 16, 2021 at 12:32 pm

The last ad: 3/1/79.

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moviejs1944 commented about Showplace Cinemas South on Oct 26, 2020 at 4:49 am

According to the Evansville Courier of 10/25/2020: “Several months after it was placed on the market, the Showplace South has a new owner. Showplace management says the building will not reopen as a theatre and the location is closed. We’re told the location had been losing money, and with the pandemic, it was closed. All other Showplace locations will remain open – although Showplace East is the only operating theatre right now during the pandemic.”

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moviejs1944 commented about Springs - French Lick, IN on Jun 26, 2020 at 1:25 pm

January 8, 1988.

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moviejs1944 commented about Oakland Drive-In on May 16, 2020 at 7:07 am

It opened 5/6/49 and closed 10/20/85 – per the area newspaper ads. A nice long run. Only saw one movie there, and remember the place as a very plain and basic operation – no frills at all.

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moviejs1944 commented about Starlite Drive In on May 16, 2020 at 5:59 am

It opened in 1949 as the Highway 41, then became the Princeton, and finally to the end was the Starlite.

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moviejs1944 commented about Milentz - Liberty, TX on Apr 28, 2020 at 2:56 pm

August 3, 1950.

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moviejs1944 commented about Milentz - Liberty, TX on Apr 28, 2020 at 2:54 pm

July 27, 1950.

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moviejs1944 commented about Oriental - Indianapolis, IN on Apr 27, 2020 at 5:59 am

“The Pearl of Death” is showing.

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moviejs1944 commented about Melbourne Outdoor Theatre on Feb 8, 2020 at 8:28 am

It actually opened on 3/8/55 and closed in February 1976. At least that’s when the ads stopped. I visited the site the other day, on 2/2/2020, and it’s behind the Autozone on Highway 192, just east of the Mall. Take the side road that runs north by the autoparts store, and you’ll find…condos! What else? Nothing remains that I could see.

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moviejs1944 commented about Logan, Logansport, IN on Jan 25, 2020 at 8:17 am

Saw “The Robe,” my first in CinemaScope, at the Logan in 1953.

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moviejs1944 commented about Swiss, Tell City, IN on Jan 25, 2020 at 3:35 am

Grand opening, 1948.

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moviejs1944 commented about Woodlawn, Evansville, IN, showing upright sign. on Jan 24, 2020 at 10:01 am

A picture of the Woodlawn with a vertical sign.

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moviejs1944 commented about The last Sunset ad: 10/2/83. on Dec 22, 2019 at 11:58 am

Closed 10/2/83.

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moviejs1944 commented about Opening night at the Sunset: 10/4/50. on Dec 22, 2019 at 11:56 am

October 4, 1950.

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moviejs1944 commented about After about 56 years in business, this wasn't much of an obit. on Nov 11, 2019 at 5:41 pm

Closed 3/1/79. Nobody wanted to go downtown to see movies anymore.

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moviejs1944 commented about Silver Theatre on May 16, 2018 at 7:42 pm

A better address for the Silver is 225 E. 3rd Street.

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moviejs1944 commented about 66 Drive-In on Apr 14, 2018 at 5:48 am

One gray day in 1988, I asked the operator of the 66 “Auto Graveyard” in Carthage, MO, if I could walk around and take pictures. He agreed, and those pictures show a pre-restoration 66. It was a thrill to revisit the 66 many years later and actually see a movie with throngs of other happy drive-in fans, just like the old days.

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moviejs1944 commented about American Theatre on Apr 10, 2018 at 6:08 am

After the “adult” policy failed in October 1956, the place went back to third-run double features and closed for good on 11/26/56.

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moviejs1944 commented about North Park - Evansville, IN on Apr 7, 2018 at 3:40 pm

In 1991.

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moviejs1944 commented about Showplace East - Evansville, IN on Apr 6, 2018 at 4:21 pm

The original street sign in 1985.

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moviejs1944 commented about November 6th, 1974 grand opening ad with 3 screens on Apr 6, 2018 at 4:16 pm

I was there that night in 1974 to see “Gold,” and three weeks ago in 2018 I was there to see “Coco.” The place has just kept chugging along as a bargain cinema for many years now. It had a major renovation a couple years ago – new sound, projection, screens, seats, a new sign, removed the individual small letterboards on the front of the building, etc.

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moviejs1944 commented about Jewell - Springfield, MO on Apr 6, 2018 at 8:27 am

From 1953.

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moviejs1944 commented about Kickapoo Theatre on Apr 6, 2018 at 6:59 am

A better address for the Princess/Kickapoo/4 Star is 307 E. Commercial.