Comments from Bruce Calvert

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Bruce Calvert commented about Carolina Theatre on Oct 23, 2012 at 6:26 pm

I have a program from the New Princess Theatre from October, 1925 at the Silent Film Still Archive.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Palomar Theatre on Sep 10, 2011 at 9:28 pm

Here is a movie program from the Pantages Theatre from April, 1929. The program is so jam-packed full of ads that it is difficult to tell which movies are actually playing.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Sam's Place One and Two on Sep 5, 2011 at 6:45 pm

I already had an Aldine program from this theater in Philadelphia, so I assumed that my 1925 program was from the same theater. I have corrected the webpage and posted the program on CT under the Pittsburgh Aldine.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Nixon Theatre (new) on Sep 5, 2011 at 6:42 pm

I have a theater program from the Loew’s Aldine for the week of March 9, 1925. They have a concert orchestra playing some music, and a couple of musical soloists. They are showing a newsreel, Felix the Cat in Felix Tries to Rest and the M-G-M feature The Great Divide.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Sam's Place One and Two on Sep 3, 2011 at 1:45 pm

No it’s not just you. Here is a corrected link to the March, 1925 theater program for the theater, now called the Loew’s Aldine.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Bluebonnet Cinema on Sep 1, 2011 at 6:26 pm

I drove by this theater today and it is now occupied by MediaTech.edu, a video and music technology school.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Loews Park Central on Sep 1, 2011 at 12:19 pm

I attended this theater in the 1970s and 1980s, and I could have sworn that the smoking section was to the left of the left aisle in each theater. I definitely remember the clouds of smoke rising from that side of the theater during a show. I believe that the fire marshal eventually forbid cigarette smoking in Dallas theaters.

The giant movie star mural on the wall was very cool. This was one of the first theaters that I went to with a really huge lobby, so that you could stay cool or dry while waiting for your film to start.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Southwood Theatre on Aug 31, 2011 at 9:02 pm

The Southwood was an AMC theater in 1981-1982. It was a dollar movie house. I worked there as an assistant manager my last year of college.

I’m sure that the auditorium was magnificent when it was a single-screen, but it was a bit awkward split down the middle.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Aquarius Theatres IV on Aug 31, 2011 at 8:53 pm

I worked as a projectionist at the Aquarius in 1980 and 1981 while I went to school at the University of Texas. It was a first-run AMC theater then. It was not in the best part of town, and the theater had ushers posted in the parking lot at night to make sure that people didn’t have their car broken into. There was also an armed robbery at the box office.

I’ll never forget one weekend, when Austin was having huge floods and rain. The water was approaching the theater, but only cut off one road leading to the theater. A lot of people had to evacuate their homes, so they spent all day at the theater. We sold out just about every show.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Gemini Drive-In on Aug 31, 2011 at 8:46 pm

I remember loving it when my parents would drive home by this drive-in in the 1960s. I would always look out the window and try to figure out which movie was playing on one of the screens.

In the 1970s, they were showing a bunch of B-movie double features. My friends and I would get a car load of people to watch the films. It is really hot in Dallas in the summer, so sometimes it was more comfortable to sit on or next to your car.

The third screen was added much later. Besides the light pollution, I’m sure that the property taxes killed the theater, because the real estate in the area is worth a lot now.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Canyon Creek I & II on Aug 30, 2011 at 1:11 pm

This theater was inexpensively built in the 1970s and had very little legroom. In the 1990s, it was demolished and converted into a wedding chapel, along with other stores next to it. The location is now the home of the Richardson Theatre Center, used for live performances.

The theater was not at the intersection of Lookout and Custer, but in the Canyon Creek shopping center at 913 Canyon Creek Square

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Bruce Calvert commented about Northwood IV on Aug 29, 2011 at 2:19 pm

I saw several films at this theater on the Richardson/Dallas city line in the mid-to-late 1970s. This was a cheaply built AMC theater with small screens. It was demolished to make way for a Tom Thumb grocery store.

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Bruce Calvert commented about New Colonial Theatre on Aug 28, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Here is a January 1921 Theater Program from the New Colonial Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Lyric Theatre on Aug 14, 2011 at 6:38 pm

And here is another program from April, 1932 for the Lyric Theatre.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Lyric Theatre on Aug 6, 2011 at 7:31 pm

Here is another program from the Lyric Theatre, from the week of May 31, 1931.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Lyric Theatre on Jul 28, 2011 at 8:32 pm

And here is another theater program from the Lyric Theatre in Rochester, this one featuring Clara Bow, for the week of February 9, 1930.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Lyric Theatre on Jul 27, 2011 at 8:40 pm

Here is a theater program from the Lyric Theatre in Rochester for the week of October 19, 1930.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Empress Theater on Jul 26, 2011 at 9:01 pm

Here’s a theater program from the Empress Theatre from April, 1932.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Liberty Theatre on Jul 25, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Here’s a program from the Liberty Theatre from 1916. Liberty Theatre Program

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Bruce Calvert commented about Regent Theatre on May 27, 2011 at 7:56 pm

Here’s a program from the week of June 18, 1917, featuring Theda Bara again. The theater had a movable roof that could convert it to an open-air theater on warm evenings.

Here’s a different program from the week of October 8, 1917.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Roxy Theatre on May 4, 2011 at 8:19 pm

Here’s the cover for a Roxy Theatre program from July 11, 1930. THE ROGUE SONG starring Laurel & Hardy was playing that week. You can see the entire program at The Silent Film Still Archive.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Sam's Place One and Two on Apr 28, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Here’s the cover for a program from Feburary, 1922 at the Aldine Theatre, where they were showing Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives (1922). You can read the entire program at The Silent Film Still Archive.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Palace Theatre on Apr 19, 2011 at 4:53 pm


Here’s the cover of a program for the Palace Theatre from the week of January 1, 1917. Actress Viola Dana is on the cover. The rest of the program can be seen at The Silent Film Still Archive.

Robert Hoch of the White Plains Historical Society provided the information above on this theater.

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Bruce Calvert commented about Carlton Theatre on Apr 12, 2011 at 8:23 pm

Here’s a program for the Keystone Theatre from May 1925, listing the address as Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets. Is that the same address of the Carlton Theatre?

The theater was showing double features of silent films in 1925. The entire program can be seen at [url]http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/new_york_keystone_may2_1925.htm[/url].

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Bruce Calvert commented about Texas Theatre on Mar 6, 2011 at 3:45 pm

I visited this theater for the first time today for an Our Gang program. The theater is pretty neat because my parents lived near there and attended it frequently when they were young. They currently can only show digital films and 16mm.

The balcony does not have any seats and the 35mm projectors in the booth may not be usable. It’s definitely a work in progress, but it still has a 1930s-1940s atmosphere. The neighborhood is a Hispanic area, but the neighborhood is still an OK place to visit. I hope that they can keep up the work with restoring the theater.