It closed as a cinema and became a Variety Club Telebingo along with he Danforth Palace and the Runnymede. Later it became a TVstudio/theatre for Channel 47 MultiLingual Television. Then it became the Ritz Repertory theatre and later the Fine Arts on St Clair Closed and demolished mid to late 80s
When it opened it was strictly a movie house and only had a small platform in front of the screen. It was a quonset hut identical to the ones in Brampton Woodbridge Cooksville and Unionville
It was one of two locations that Famous used the reversing Cinemecanica Victoria 8 projectors that at the end of the 6000 foot reel (one hour) the changeover occured and the out going machine ran backwards so there was no need to rethread The spool boxes could hold a 36" reel that could hold a 90 min feature The Automation was Cinemation MK4
When the Roxy was built the Capitol which had been built in the 20s was operating and just taken over by Odeon as well as a drivein located just west of Shoppers World
The above Article was from a publication called “Theater Catalogue”
In the 60’s and early 70’s it was used as a furniture store
The organ (warren/woodstock) from here and another Hamilton theatre are installed at Ancaster High Scool
Sandy MacPherson was the organist for a while (from Paris Ontario) before going to Buffalo and then on to England to be the organist on the BBC
I worked there as the relief projectionist often just before it closed the booth was Simplex XL with SH1000 soundheads Peerless Magnarc Lamps and a Teco mono sound system
That wide auditorium cried out for stereo and 70mm
The landsodowne operated as Spatz burlesque in the late 70 and then became a Hindi theatre operated by a Mr Sahota he also rand hindi films at the Donlands and Paradise
It was built in approximately 1913 as what appears as an extension to the back of an existing storefront
In the late seventies and early 80’s it was called the Krishna Theatre and was operated by the same peron who ran hindi product at the parliment (ex gay theatre) on parliment and dundas he later ran the Donlands Theatre
It closed as a cinema and became a Variety Club Telebingo along with he Danforth Palace and the Runnymede. Later it became a TVstudio/theatre for Channel 47 MultiLingual Television. Then it became the Ritz Repertory theatre and later the Fine Arts on St Clair Closed and demolished mid to late 80s
what make of lamphouses?
Theatre is now closed and is being converted to a pub
This was a all new build the original single screen was located downtown
CSWalczak I notice that none of the Ontario archives links work anymore is there a new link for them?
It was also a single screen
When it opened it was strictly a movie house and only had a small platform in front of the screen. It was a quonset hut identical to the ones in Brampton Woodbridge Cooksville and Unionville
It was not the only Jerry Lewis theatre in Canada there was one in Cambridge and Peace River Alberta
The organ survives and is in storage at my house
It was built as a movie theatre by a division of Odeon Canada and had identical theatres in Brampton Cooksville Uxbridge Woordbridge
It was one of two locations that Famous used the reversing Cinemecanica Victoria 8 projectors that at the end of the 6000 foot reel (one hour) the changeover occured and the out going machine ran backwards so there was no need to rethread The spool boxes could hold a 36" reel that could hold a 90 min feature The Automation was Cinemation MK4
When the Roxy was built the Capitol which had been built in the 20s was operating and just taken over by Odeon as well as a drivein located just west of Shoppers World The above Article was from a publication called “Theater Catalogue” In the 60’s and early 70’s it was used as a furniture store
The organ (warren/woodstock) from here and another Hamilton theatre are installed at Ancaster High Scool Sandy MacPherson was the organist for a while (from Paris Ontario) before going to Buffalo and then on to England to be the organist on the BBC
I worked there as the relief projectionist often just before it closed the booth was Simplex XL with SH1000 soundheads Peerless Magnarc Lamps and a Teco mono sound system That wide auditorium cried out for stereo and 70mm
The landsodowne operated as Spatz burlesque in the late 70 and then became a Hindi theatre operated by a Mr Sahota he also rand hindi films at the Donlands and Paradise
The picture posted above is the Albany Theatre later the Roxy at Danforth and Greenwood
It was built in approximately 1913 as what appears as an extension to the back of an existing storefront In the late seventies and early 80’s it was called the Krishna Theatre and was operated by the same peron who ran hindi product at the parliment (ex gay theatre) on parliment and dundas he later ran the Donlands Theatre
The organ is made up of the Warren Organs from the Starland and Capitol in Winnipeg, the Capitol Ottawa (bits) and a Robert Morton from Glendale CA
Bits of the Warren organ are in the Obrien Theatre Renfrew Ontario organ
The Warren Organ from here is part of the installation in the Obrien Theatre Renfrew Ontario along with the Starland’s organ
The organ was a 2 manual Warren and it is now part of the organ in the obrien renfrew ontario
It had I believe a Moller Theatre organ
The HillGreen Lane organ is now in a church in Ingersol Ontario but very much altered
The HillGreene Lane organ is now in a church in Lethbridge
Does anyone know the make of organ