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KenLayton commented about Seeking Stories from Projectionists on Mar 12, 2004 at 9:08 am

Suggest buying a copy of the book, “THE REEL MOSE” by Earl Moseley (ISBN 0-9617510-0-2). It’s an excellent autobiography of projectionist Earl Moseley in the heyday of film projection in the south and being in the Projectionists union. Highly recommended.

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KenLayton commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 27, 2001 at 1:17 pm

Theater is located at 213 Main Street in downtown Morton. Projection & sound equipment are intact and operational.

Building is in need of a paint job and sections of neon tubing are broken out of the Roxy sign.

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KenLayton commented about Capitol Theater on Sep 27, 2001 at 8:20 am

Theater is located at 206 East 5th Ave. in downtown Olympia and is just around the corner from the State Theater. The Olympia Film Society is the current operators of the theater and shows a mix of current first run movies, art, foreign, and student films in both 35mm and 16mm. Theater is equipped for Dolby Digital sound playback.

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KenLayton commented about Lakewood Theatre on Sep 27, 2001 at 8:13 am

Theater is located at 6120 Motor Avenue. Built in 1937, it features separate glassed-in smoking room and cry room in the balcony.

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KenLayton commented about G Theatre on Sep 26, 2001 at 10:23 am

Theater is located at 106 East State Street.

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KenLayton commented about Roxy Theatre on Sep 26, 2001 at 10:21 am

Theater was built in the 1930’s and closed around 1984.

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KenLayton commented about Randle Theatre on Sep 26, 2001 at 10:19 am

Theater is located at the corner of McKay Street and Silverbrook Road. It was built in the 1930’s and closed around 1979.

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KenLayton commented about Fox Theatre on Sep 26, 2001 at 10:14 am

Theater is located at 119 South Tower Ave. (the one way street heading north) in downtown Centralia.

Theater opened on Sept. 5, 1930.

It was a single screen and access to the projection booth was by ladder! In 1982, Tom Moyer Luxury Theaters chopped up the theater into a triplex by walling off the balcony and making two small auditoriums.

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KenLayton commented about Admiral Theatre on Sep 26, 2001 at 9:45 am

Theater is located at 2347 California Avenue S.W. in West Seattle.

Oasis Entertainment took over operation of the theater in late 1999 from A Theatre Near You, Inc. and upgraded the sound to DTS digital. The snack bar was also upgraded and computerized ticketing system installed. In the 1940’s the exterior of the theater sported a real ship’s mast complete with Crow’s Nest!

The whole theater is built around a nautical theme and has etched glass (with Seahorses) hanging in the lobby. There is a huge mural behind the snack bar depicting sailing vessels.

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KenLayton commented about State Theater on Sep 26, 2001 at 9:36 am

Opened Nov. 22, 1949
Closed June 15, 1996
Architect: Joseph Wohleb of the firm of Wohleb & Wohleb

First operated by Evergreen Theaters, then Fox-Evergreen, then Fox West Coast Theaters, then Mann Theaters, then Tom Moyer Luxury Theaters, then T.P.M. Theaters (Thomas P. Moyer, Jr.), then finally Act 3 Theaters.

Theater was a 1,000 seat stadium seat single screen when it opened in 1949. In 1977, when it was operated as a Tom Moyer Luxury Theater, it was chopped up (quite badly) into a 3 plex. In 1983 it switched to second run and became a dollar house until closing.