Allan Banks opened his 325-seat Vogue Theatre on September 17, 1937 with Stuart Erwin in “Dance, Charlie, Dance” (unclear if any short subjects were added).
During its later heyday, the Vogue was once operated by Jim Heldsech. Heldsech closed the Vogue on March 3, 1973 and the theater sat abandoned for 13 months due to renovation. The Vogue reopened on April 5, 1974, but this didn’t last long at all.
The Vogue closed for the final time on January 8, 1975 with “Wonder Of It All”, and the marquee was removed in April 1980.
The Grand Opera House opened its doors on October 30, 1911 with a special event led by the extinct Remsen Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the Grand Theatre in 1933.
Incorrect. The theater actually closed on August 30, 2000 with “Gladiator” at Screen 1, “Me, Myself, & Irene” at Screen 2, “Frequency” at Screen 3, and “Big Momma’s House” at Screen 4.
The earliest mention I can find featuring the Northwood Theatre name dates back as early as Spring 1923.
The Northwood Theatre briefly closed on December 5, 1931 because of the lack of patronage according to then-manager George W. Haight, but reopened its doors the following month on January 7, 1932. Haight decided to reopen it by changing a schedule a little and updating its seats and extending the contract for Western Electric (the sound system that was installed inside the theater).
On September 23, 1949, the Northwood Theatre was remodeled featuring an updated 100-seat balcony, and the seats of the main auditorium were relocated closer to the screen.
USA Cinemas briefly operated the Greenwich Twin Cinemas until the chain was taken over by Loews in 1988. Once known as “Loews Greenwich Cinemas”, Loews operated the theater until the Sony Theatres rebrand in 1994. It was briefly renamed “Sony Greenwich Cinema I & II”, but when Clearview Cinemas took over the theater a few years later, it went back to its “Greenwich Twin Cinemas” name.
The Pop’s Drive-In, named after the owner H.M. “Pop” Wise, opened on March 12, 1953 with “The Wild North” along with a few unnamed short subjects. It was closed in the early-1960s.
The first and old Strand Theatre was located on Main Street and opened its doors on May 20, 1937 with Francis Langford in “The Hit Parade” (unclear if any short subjects were added) featuring a total of 400 seats (with 325 in the lower level and 75 in the balcony).
In 1941, it was announced that a second, newer, and much larger Strand Theatre will be built on 1st Street with an estimate $40,000 on construction.
The newer and second Strand Theatre on 1st Street opened its doors on November 19, 1941 with Walter Pidgeon in “Blossoms In The Dust” (unclear if any short subjects were added) with a capacity of 700 seats.
Because both Strands were operational throughout portions of warfare, Mr. J.M. Heard, the manager of both Strands, decided to operate both Strands at separate days. The old Strand on Main Street operated four-days-a-week (Friday to Monday), while the new Strand on 1st Street operated three-days-a-week (Tuesday to Thursday). Unfortunately, this did not last long at all. By the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, both theaters operate seven-days-a-week.
Despite the 1st Street Strand being known as the New Strand Theatre for its first couple of years of operation, the Old Strand Theatre on Main Street closed in 1942, leaving the Strand on 1st Street the only movie house in town.
In 1974, the Strand briefly closed due to major remodeling. The Strand reopened as the “Country Strand Theatre” on August 2, 1974 with “The Scalawags”. The Strand closed for the final time in 1981.
The Grand Opera House opened its doors on January 1, 1904 with an unknown matinee, which happened two days right after the devastating Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago that killed 600 people and injuring 250 others. The original building featured a large entrance that was also used in case of an emergency. There is also two other front exits, two double doors on the ground floor at the south side, and a double exit door from the balcony. The theater would then officially became known as the Grand Theatre during World War I.
After major remodeling, the theater was renamed the Perry Theatre on May 7, 1936 with a one-day showing of Jack Oakie in “Florida Special” along with a special performance by Carlos Molina and his 22-piece broadcasting orchestra and three acts of vaudeville. It was unclear if any short subjects were added on opening.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, both the Perry Theatre and the Corral Drive-In were operated by Jack Mertz, who was associated with Pioneer Theatres Corporation in Webster City, Iowa. Mertz moved to Perry in May 1959 where he took over as manager of the Corral Drive-In from George O'Brien who was transferred by the organization to Atlantic. Mertz purchased the Perry Theatre on March 1, 1964 from the Fields Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Field Brothers were also the ones who built the nearby Corral Drive-In in 1949.
In 1977, the Perry Theatre was renamed Perry Cinema, and along comes Fridley Theatres who took over the Perry Cinema the following year in 1978. Fridley briefly closed the Perry Cinema in 1979 due to poor turnouts.
The Perry Cinema was twinned on August 13, 1982, reopening that day with “Annie” at Screen 1 and the original “Star Wars” at Screen 2 after extensive remodeling. The remodeling also caused the theater’s capacity of seats to downgrade. As a single-screener it had 700 seats, but after it was twinned it was downgraded to 400 seats (with 200 seats in each auditorium). Dolby sound was also installed during twinning. Nevadan George Snakenberg was one of those who helped remodel the theater, as he was the one who painted the seats in both auditoriums.
The Perry Cinema closed in May 1989 following major renovation, leaving the Corral Drive-In the only movie house in Perry for a time, but unfortunately the Corral Drive-In was on its last legs of operation. After the Corral Drive-In closed for the final time after the 1989 season, Perry was left without a movie house throughout the remainder of 1989 and the first quarter of 1990.
After a 10-month renovation job with a third screen being added, the theater reopened back as a triplex with its original Grand Theatre name on March 2, 1990. The Grand officially became the only movie house in Perry after the closure of the Corral.
Now known as the “Grand Theatres 3”, Fridley operated the Grand until July 31, 2008 when the theater was sold to the BigTime Cinemas.
The Corral Drive-In opened its gates on June 11, 1949 with Jon Hall in “The Vigilantes Return” (unclear if any short subjects were added) featuring an original capacity of 350 cars, a 40x50ft screen constructed on 70ft poles and 25 tons worth of materials, and a Pioneer Chief miniature train set.
On April 23, 1968, the screen was partially damaged by wind gusts during severe thunderstorms, but managed to continue running movies since the damage only destroyed the northwest section of the screen.
Information about the Capitol as of 1939 goes as follows (including comparisons between the 1920 look and the 1939 look): The exterior of the Capitol building featured a yellow primrose and black vitrolite plates while mirrors of weather resisting qualities will gleam from recesses in the wall. There are poster frames located both inside and outside the theater, as well as a shadow box lighting process. The marquee was updated in the 1939 remodel featuring neon lighting supplemented with lamps that flicker far and wide the name of the then-current attractions.
The foyer, deep carpets, floor lamps, and chesterfields were dipped in the colors of blue, yellow, and white, while gold neon lighting reflected the fluorescent type spread into a soft glow over the ceiling. Until the 1939 remodel, the Capitol’s box office was located inside the theater, but was relocated placed in the edge of the sidewalk in the 1939 remodel featuring a large bluish mirror fronting the lower part of the box office. The walls are made out of acoustic celetox board with finishing shades of terra cotta with fancy design enhancing the Neo Classic scheme, which is the ideal substance for perfect acoustics.
The ventilation system is a large fan sweeping no less than 30,000 cubic feet of fresh air a minute into the auditorium and the exhaust fan sucks it out again so quickly that the auditorium has a complete change of air every three minutes. The bathrooms for both genders are also updated in the 1939 remodel featuring blue carpet gracing the women’s room where the walls featured decorations of yellow blending in with green and blue furniture as well as costmetic sets. The men’s room featured a black and white vitrous tile with a mosaic tile floor.
There were no changes in the auditorium in the 1939 remodel. The original 1920 Adam-architectural Neo Classic scheme and designs were still attached. The stage is built up in steps all across the front. However, the screen was updated and was designed to eliminate glare and give perfect vision surrounded with heavy gold tassel curtains on the sides.
Some information about the Lincoln as of 1939 goes as follows: The original marquee is semi-circular topped by the light-up “Lincoln” letters. The front of the theater featured shiny vitrolite and glassy plates of multiple colors. The lobby featured green-neon showcases and thick wine-colored carpet leading into a spacious foyer. There were single indirect lights built into the ceiling. In a large basin is a fountain, aglow with hidden lights. One of the most unusual and unique things about the Lincoln Theatre is a small pond with several goldfish swimming unconcernedly located on the opposite side of the fountain and the restrooms.
Famous Players closed the Lincoln Theatre in January 1981, but reopened days later under independent operator. It ran a mix of various movie functions throughout the remainder of the early-1980s, but in early 1983, it was briefly renamed “Lincoln Cinema”. It closed in April 1983 and reopened in November 1983 by new ownership, and the theater’s original Lincoln Theatre returned.
The Lincoln closed for the final time on April 28, 1984 with “Strange Brew”.
It was named the Atlantic Theatre in April 1922. It reopened as the Iowa Theatre after reconstruction from the December 1929 fire. The theater was renamed back the Atlantic Theatre in 1941.
The Atlantic Theatre started life as the “Opera House” in 1885 under the management of H.E. Bacon (it was originally supposed to be an adjacent to the Bacon Stock Company next door), but the building was rebuilt in April 1922 with an estimate $45,000 led by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Steen of Seattle, Washington. It reopened that same month.
On May 24, 1922 at approximately 7:30 PM CT, original doorkeeper Frank Beckman checked around the theater until everyone started to panic inside the auditorium after a shorted circuit on the electric sign outside the theater caught on fire. When Beckman went outside and discovered that the sign was on fire, he did not used the telephone. Instead he quietly walked to the fire department and told the boys at Station 1 to bring up the wagon. The engine responded and the fire was quickly extinguished in a landslide. Only several people left the theater but were quickly re-seated on being informed that there was no danger.
On December 1, 1929 at approximately 7:30 PM CT, nearly 1,000 people attended to see Colleen Moore in “Footlights And Fools” along with Pathe’s Aesop’s Fables and a Fox Movietone Newsreel when all of the sudden, everyone immediately evacuated without a single scratch or injury after people smelled burning odor. The auditorium was destroyed, the entire roof was gone and parts of its front wall were heavily damaged, all by a massive fire. The fire was discovered from the furnace beneath the auditorium (possibly coming from a hot air plant that was installed when the building was remodeled the previous year in 1928). The fire also caused very minor damage to other places, including the Buckley Cleaning Establishment, the Eustus Insurance Office, the Lanoil Beauty Shop, the Photofinishing Company, and the Un-U-Rite Inn. Clarence Ray, the projectionist, staying inside his booth and ran out the last of his reel when the flames were licking it up, He was rescued from his booth by Halton Fox of Des Moines who was also an employee of the Fox Film Company (later 20th Century Fox). Robert A. Booth, the janitor of the theater, gave special credit to his hard work fighting the flames but gave up as it had gained too much headway. The Atlantic Fire Department witnessed too much trouble when their fire hydrants were frozen. Although nobody in the theater was injured, two firefighters were killed after a comice fell on them while fighting the flames in the west side of the building (identified as Otto Rogge and Fred Auerbach of the Atlantic Fire Department). The loss in the blaze was around $65,000 estimate.
NOTE: Boxoffice placed the December 1929 fire story in its March 4, 1950 issue on accident. And yes there was a Strand Theatre during both the silent and early sound era.
The former Atlantic Theatre was then rebuilt and reopened as the Iowa Theatre on March 28, 1930 with William Powell in “Street Of Chance” along with Our Gang in “Bear Shooters” and an unnamed cartoon (with sound installations of Bestone Sound System). The Iowa Theatre name lasted until 1941 when it went back to its original Atlantic Theatre name. CinemaScope was installed there in June 1954.
In late-October 1981, the Atlantic Theatre is twinned and was renamed “Frederick 2 Cinemas” after Fridley Theatres took over operations of the theater. On March 30, 1998, the theater was renamed Atlantic 1 & 2 after major renovation.
On November 1, 2019, the theater was renamed Atlas Atlantic Cinema, and closed in December 2022.
The Corral Drive-In opened its gates on August 19, 1949 with Abbott and Costello in “Keep ‘Em Flying” along with some unnamed cartoons and short subjects and a special appearance by then-Mayor Robert Wilburn, featuring a 1,300ft entrance and 5,000ft of lighting. The original screen measures 47x37ft mounted on a 70ft tower formed by five poles set on a concrete piers in a 20ft deep pit.
In 1969, the theater was renamed Atlantic Drive-In, and closed after the 1979 season.
Allan Banks opened his 325-seat Vogue Theatre on September 17, 1937 with Stuart Erwin in “Dance, Charlie, Dance” (unclear if any short subjects were added).
During its later heyday, the Vogue was once operated by Jim Heldsech. Heldsech closed the Vogue on March 3, 1973 and the theater sat abandoned for 13 months due to renovation. The Vogue reopened on April 5, 1974, but this didn’t last long at all.
The Vogue closed for the final time on January 8, 1975 with “Wonder Of It All”, and the marquee was removed in April 1980.
The Grand Opera House opened its doors on October 30, 1911 with a special event led by the extinct Remsen Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the Grand Theatre in 1933.
Closed on March 22, 1981 with “Tundra”.
Incorrect. The theater actually closed on August 30, 2000 with “Gladiator” at Screen 1, “Me, Myself, & Irene” at Screen 2, “Frequency” at Screen 3, and “Big Momma’s House” at Screen 4.
Last operated by Kerasotes.
Kerasotes closed the Avon as a first-run house on April 17, 1986 after the chain’s lease of the Avon building expired.
The earliest mention I can find featuring the Northwood Theatre name dates back as early as Spring 1923.
The Northwood Theatre briefly closed on December 5, 1931 because of the lack of patronage according to then-manager George W. Haight, but reopened its doors the following month on January 7, 1932. Haight decided to reopen it by changing a schedule a little and updating its seats and extending the contract for Western Electric (the sound system that was installed inside the theater).
On September 23, 1949, the Northwood Theatre was remodeled featuring an updated 100-seat balcony, and the seats of the main auditorium were relocated closer to the screen.
This started life as the RKO Pickwick Theatre. The RKO name was dropped in 1934 and officially became known as the Pickwick Theatre.
The Pickwick Theatre closed in 1959.
USA Cinemas briefly operated the Greenwich Twin Cinemas until the chain was taken over by Loews in 1988. Once known as “Loews Greenwich Cinemas”, Loews operated the theater until the Sony Theatres rebrand in 1994. It was briefly renamed “Sony Greenwich Cinema I & II”, but when Clearview Cinemas took over the theater a few years later, it went back to its “Greenwich Twin Cinemas” name.
The Pop’s Drive-In, named after the owner H.M. “Pop” Wise, opened on March 12, 1953 with “The Wild North” along with a few unnamed short subjects. It was closed in the early-1960s.
Expanded to six screens in June 1983. The Yorktown would later become Illinois’s first THX theater in 1984.
There are two Strand Theatres in Jena.
The first and old Strand Theatre was located on Main Street and opened its doors on May 20, 1937 with Francis Langford in “The Hit Parade” (unclear if any short subjects were added) featuring a total of 400 seats (with 325 in the lower level and 75 in the balcony).
In 1941, it was announced that a second, newer, and much larger Strand Theatre will be built on 1st Street with an estimate $40,000 on construction.
The newer and second Strand Theatre on 1st Street opened its doors on November 19, 1941 with Walter Pidgeon in “Blossoms In The Dust” (unclear if any short subjects were added) with a capacity of 700 seats.
Because both Strands were operational throughout portions of warfare, Mr. J.M. Heard, the manager of both Strands, decided to operate both Strands at separate days. The old Strand on Main Street operated four-days-a-week (Friday to Monday), while the new Strand on 1st Street operated three-days-a-week (Tuesday to Thursday). Unfortunately, this did not last long at all. By the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, both theaters operate seven-days-a-week.
Despite the 1st Street Strand being known as the New Strand Theatre for its first couple of years of operation, the Old Strand Theatre on Main Street closed in 1942, leaving the Strand on 1st Street the only movie house in town.
In 1974, the Strand briefly closed due to major remodeling. The Strand reopened as the “Country Strand Theatre” on August 2, 1974 with “The Scalawags”. The Strand closed for the final time in 1981.
Closed in the early-1980s.
It briefly closed in 1979 but reopened a short time later that same year.
Closed on May 28, 1973 with “Slither”.
The Grand Opera House opened its doors on January 1, 1904 with an unknown matinee, which happened two days right after the devastating Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago that killed 600 people and injuring 250 others. The original building featured a large entrance that was also used in case of an emergency. There is also two other front exits, two double doors on the ground floor at the south side, and a double exit door from the balcony. The theater would then officially became known as the Grand Theatre during World War I.
After major remodeling, the theater was renamed the Perry Theatre on May 7, 1936 with a one-day showing of Jack Oakie in “Florida Special” along with a special performance by Carlos Molina and his 22-piece broadcasting orchestra and three acts of vaudeville. It was unclear if any short subjects were added on opening.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, both the Perry Theatre and the Corral Drive-In were operated by Jack Mertz, who was associated with Pioneer Theatres Corporation in Webster City, Iowa. Mertz moved to Perry in May 1959 where he took over as manager of the Corral Drive-In from George O'Brien who was transferred by the organization to Atlantic. Mertz purchased the Perry Theatre on March 1, 1964 from the Fields Brothers of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Field Brothers were also the ones who built the nearby Corral Drive-In in 1949.
In 1977, the Perry Theatre was renamed Perry Cinema, and along comes Fridley Theatres who took over the Perry Cinema the following year in 1978. Fridley briefly closed the Perry Cinema in 1979 due to poor turnouts.
The Perry Cinema was twinned on August 13, 1982, reopening that day with “Annie” at Screen 1 and the original “Star Wars” at Screen 2 after extensive remodeling. The remodeling also caused the theater’s capacity of seats to downgrade. As a single-screener it had 700 seats, but after it was twinned it was downgraded to 400 seats (with 200 seats in each auditorium). Dolby sound was also installed during twinning. Nevadan George Snakenberg was one of those who helped remodel the theater, as he was the one who painted the seats in both auditoriums.
The Perry Cinema closed in May 1989 following major renovation, leaving the Corral Drive-In the only movie house in Perry for a time, but unfortunately the Corral Drive-In was on its last legs of operation. After the Corral Drive-In closed for the final time after the 1989 season, Perry was left without a movie house throughout the remainder of 1989 and the first quarter of 1990.
After a 10-month renovation job with a third screen being added, the theater reopened back as a triplex with its original Grand Theatre name on March 2, 1990. The Grand officially became the only movie house in Perry after the closure of the Corral.
Now known as the “Grand Theatres 3”, Fridley operated the Grand until July 31, 2008 when the theater was sold to the BigTime Cinemas.
Edited from my August 28, 2023 (9:53 pm) comment:
The Corral Drive-In opened its gates on June 11, 1949 with Jon Hall in “The Vigilantes Return” (unclear if any short subjects were added) featuring an original capacity of 350 cars, a 40x50ft screen constructed on 70ft poles and 25 tons worth of materials, and a Pioneer Chief miniature train set.
On April 23, 1968, the screen was partially damaged by wind gusts during severe thunderstorms, but managed to continue running movies since the damage only destroyed the northwest section of the screen.
The Corral Drive-In closed after the 1989 season.
Information about the Capitol as of 1939 goes as follows (including comparisons between the 1920 look and the 1939 look): The exterior of the Capitol building featured a yellow primrose and black vitrolite plates while mirrors of weather resisting qualities will gleam from recesses in the wall. There are poster frames located both inside and outside the theater, as well as a shadow box lighting process. The marquee was updated in the 1939 remodel featuring neon lighting supplemented with lamps that flicker far and wide the name of the then-current attractions.
The foyer, deep carpets, floor lamps, and chesterfields were dipped in the colors of blue, yellow, and white, while gold neon lighting reflected the fluorescent type spread into a soft glow over the ceiling. Until the 1939 remodel, the Capitol’s box office was located inside the theater, but was relocated placed in the edge of the sidewalk in the 1939 remodel featuring a large bluish mirror fronting the lower part of the box office. The walls are made out of acoustic celetox board with finishing shades of terra cotta with fancy design enhancing the Neo Classic scheme, which is the ideal substance for perfect acoustics.
The ventilation system is a large fan sweeping no less than 30,000 cubic feet of fresh air a minute into the auditorium and the exhaust fan sucks it out again so quickly that the auditorium has a complete change of air every three minutes. The bathrooms for both genders are also updated in the 1939 remodel featuring blue carpet gracing the women’s room where the walls featured decorations of yellow blending in with green and blue furniture as well as costmetic sets. The men’s room featured a black and white vitrous tile with a mosaic tile floor.
There were no changes in the auditorium in the 1939 remodel. The original 1920 Adam-architectural Neo Classic scheme and designs were still attached. The stage is built up in steps all across the front. However, the screen was updated and was designed to eliminate glare and give perfect vision surrounded with heavy gold tassel curtains on the sides.
Some information about the Lincoln as of 1939 goes as follows: The original marquee is semi-circular topped by the light-up “Lincoln” letters. The front of the theater featured shiny vitrolite and glassy plates of multiple colors. The lobby featured green-neon showcases and thick wine-colored carpet leading into a spacious foyer. There were single indirect lights built into the ceiling. In a large basin is a fountain, aglow with hidden lights. One of the most unusual and unique things about the Lincoln Theatre is a small pond with several goldfish swimming unconcernedly located on the opposite side of the fountain and the restrooms.
Famous Players closed the Lincoln Theatre in January 1981, but reopened days later under independent operator. It ran a mix of various movie functions throughout the remainder of the early-1980s, but in early 1983, it was briefly renamed “Lincoln Cinema”. It closed in April 1983 and reopened in November 1983 by new ownership, and the theater’s original Lincoln Theatre returned.
The Lincoln closed for the final time on April 28, 1984 with “Strange Brew”.
Closed on July 17, 1978 with “The Greek Tycoon” and “The Other Side Of The Mountain Part 2”.
The Capitol Theatre closed with “The Love-Ins” and “Frontier Hellcat” as a double feature.
The Keck Theatre opened as early as January 1920 and was first operated by W.E. Herrick. The theater was renamed the Wapello Theatre in 1941.
Its closing date has not yet to be found.
It was named the Atlantic Theatre in April 1922. It reopened as the Iowa Theatre after reconstruction from the December 1929 fire. The theater was renamed back the Atlantic Theatre in 1941.
The Atlantic Theatre started life as the “Opera House” in 1885 under the management of H.E. Bacon (it was originally supposed to be an adjacent to the Bacon Stock Company next door), but the building was rebuilt in April 1922 with an estimate $45,000 led by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Steen of Seattle, Washington. It reopened that same month.
On December 1, 1929 at approximately 7:30 PM CT, nearly 1,000 people attended to see Colleen Moore in “Footlights And Fools” along with Pathe’s Aesop’s Fables and a Fox Movietone Newsreel when all of the sudden, everyone immediately evacuated without a single scratch or injury after people smelled burning odor. The auditorium was destroyed, the entire roof was gone and parts of its front wall were heavily damaged, all by a massive fire. The fire was discovered from the furnace beneath the auditorium (possibly coming from a hot air plant that was installed when the building was remodeled the previous year in 1928). The fire also caused very minor damage to other places, including the Buckley Cleaning Establishment, the Eustus Insurance Office, the Lanoil Beauty Shop, the Photofinishing Company, and the Un-U-Rite Inn. Clarence Ray, the projectionist, staying inside his booth and ran out the last of his reel when the flames were licking it up, He was rescued from his booth by Halton Fox of Des Moines who was also an employee of the Fox Film Company (later 20th Century Fox). Robert A. Booth, the janitor of the theater, gave special credit to his hard work fighting the flames but gave up as it had gained too much headway. The Atlantic Fire Department witnessed too much trouble when their fire hydrants were frozen. Although nobody in the theater was injured, two firefighters were killed after a comice fell on them while fighting the flames in the west side of the building (identified as Otto Rogge and Fred Auerbach of the Atlantic Fire Department). The loss in the blaze was around $65,000 estimate.
The former Atlantic Theatre was then rebuilt and reopened as the Iowa Theatre on March 28, 1930 with William Powell in “Street Of Chance” along with Our Gang in “Bear Shooters” and an unnamed cartoon (with sound installations of Bestone Sound System). The Iowa Theatre name lasted until 1941 when it went back to its original Atlantic Theatre name. CinemaScope was installed there in June 1954.
In late-October 1981, the Atlantic Theatre is twinned and was renamed “Frederick 2 Cinemas” after Fridley Theatres took over operations of the theater. On March 30, 1998, the theater was renamed Atlantic 1 & 2 after major renovation.
On November 1, 2019, the theater was renamed Atlas Atlantic Cinema, and closed in December 2022.
The Corral Drive-In opened its gates on August 19, 1949 with Abbott and Costello in “Keep ‘Em Flying” along with some unnamed cartoons and short subjects and a special appearance by then-Mayor Robert Wilburn, featuring a 1,300ft entrance and 5,000ft of lighting. The original screen measures 47x37ft mounted on a 70ft tower formed by five poles set on a concrete piers in a 20ft deep pit.
In 1969, the theater was renamed Atlantic Drive-In, and closed after the 1979 season.