Hyattsville Theatre
5612 Baltimore Boulevard,
Hyattsville,
MD
20781
5612 Baltimore Boulevard,
Hyattsville,
MD
20781
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Previously operated by: Sidney B. Lust Theaters
Architects: John Adolph Emil Eberson
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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- Mar 11, 2012 — Looking back at the Hyattsville Theatre
The Hyattsville Theatre opened on November 21, 1939 with a matinee performance of “The Roaring Twenties” and showing in the evening Jackie Cooper in “What a Life” and Grant Mitchell in “The Monroe Doctrine. It was designed by John Eberson in elegant Art Moderne style for the Globe Amusement Co. under the direction of Sydney B. Lust. Interior decorations were by the Rambusch Decorating Company and included a white statuette in the illuminated coves on each side of the proscenium. All seating was on a single level.
The Hyattsville Theatre closed in 1965, and has since been torn down.
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Bryan Krefft
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I believe that I saw “Tarzan’s Savage Fury” (1952) at a Saturday matinee there on 6/23/56.
The Hyattsville closed on Tuesday 2/16/65. The last program was a double bill of “Your Cheating Heart” (1964) and “Go, Johnny Go” (1959).
I recall a frozen custard place with a plaster polar bear near the Hyattsville theater, and a Howard Johnson’s near it, too. We always walked to the theater from Calvert Holmes ERCO ? aircraft housing. On a recent trip to Maryland, I tried to pinpoint where it had been, and got frustrated by all the drastic changes along US # one. It’s a heavy lost feeling, sometimes.
The photo link didn’t work. I am amazed that Hyattsville images remain so illusive. It was such a cool theater, and torn down waaaay too soon. I vaguely recall being inside.
Bryan, I clicked your link, and I went to the site. I typed in “Hyattsville Theater” and found nothing. However, when I typed in Hyattsville TheatRE" the image came up, and there were my statues !!!
I don’t recall them being so large, but there they are. I have to figure out the lighting. Thanks so much. Thank you all for helping.
Opened with a matinee showing of “Roaring Twenties” on November 21, 1939. Opening picture in photos.