The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition has the Roxy Theatre listed as having a capacity of 350. It is not listed in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. (only the Columbia Theatre & Longview Theatre are in that edition).
In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the Roxy is again listed (together with the other two theatres in Longview) with a seating capacity given for the Roxy as 600.
Film Daily Yearbooks 1941-1950 show the only theatre listed in Gig Harbor as the Roxy Theatre, Highway Avenue with 400 seats. I presume this is the same theatre with a re-named street address?
Ron;
I agree with you, I had a reference from a usually reliable source that it was named the ‘Towne’, but I have now found the 1978 photo of the building still known as the ‘Southern’. So please ignore the statement I made on my May 6th posting.
Originally opened as the Ugglan in 1916 it was a live theatre and cabaret space. In 1921 it became a cinema and from 6th August 1934 it had been modernised and re-named Lejonungen.
It became a repertory cinema in 1963 and was re-named Smultronstallet but this was short lived and it closed on 31st July 1966.
Ken Roe
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May 10, 2005 at 4:52 pm
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition lists the Grant Theatre, 237 seats, as the only theatre in Ulysses. I presume The Movies was originally known as the Grant Theatre?
The Cine Metro was opened by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the premier theatre for MGM films in Sao Paulo. The opening presentation was “Broadway Melody of 1938”.
It was twinned in 1977 (known as Metro 1 and 2) and in 1981 the two screens were given individual names;Metro and Paissandu.
I presume that the current church use has returned the auditorium to its original orchestra and balcony configuration.
The Michigan Theatre opened on 5th January 1928 with the movie “ Hero For a Night” starring Glenn Tryon, a stage show called ‘From Rags to Riches’ and Floyd Hoffman on the Barton 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ. The original seating capacity was for 1,829.
The State Theatre opened in 1923. It had a small Wurlitzer 2Manual theatre pipe organ which was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 28th September 1923.
The Olympia Theatre was built in 1916 and originally had a seating capacity of 2,800. It was equipped with a Hutchings 4Manual theatre pipe organ which was sold to a private party and removed from the theatre just prior to demolition in 1959.
The B.F. Keith’s 105th St. Theatre opened on 24th November 1924 with Mr E. F. Albee head of the Keith circuit in attendance. It had a capacity of 3,000 seats on two floors with a row of boxes arranged in a horse-shoe fashion at what would have been a mezanine level.
In its last years of operation it went over to screening adult porn films before final closure and demolition in 1982.
Editions of the Film Daily Yearbook that I have for years 1941 through 1950 only have one theatre listed for Collinsville, OK. and it is named the Nusho Theatre with a seating capacity given as 325. Would this be what is now the current Crown Theatre?
The Stanley Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 and 1957 editions that I have.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition has the Roxy Theatre listed as having a capacity of 350. It is not listed in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. (only the Columbia Theatre & Longview Theatre are in that edition).
In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the Roxy is again listed (together with the other two theatres in Longview) with a seating capacity given for the Roxy as 600.
The Kent Theatre was still listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition.
Film Daily Yearbooks 1941-1950 show the only theatre listed in Gig Harbor as the Roxy Theatre, Highway Avenue with 400 seats. I presume this is the same theatre with a re-named street address?
Located on what was originally known as South K Street, hence the name of this theatre.
It was still listed as operating in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbooks, 1941 through 1950 editions as the Seaside Theatre with 500 seats (in the 1940’s) and 380 seats in the 1950 edition.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition as the Surf Theatre with a seating capacity of 650.
Ron;
I agree with you, I had a reference from a usually reliable source that it was named the ‘Towne’, but I have now found the 1978 photo of the building still known as the ‘Southern’. So please ignore the statement I made on my May 6th posting.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition as having 632 seats. It is still listed as operating in the 1950 edition.
Originally opened as the Ugglan in 1916 it was a live theatre and cabaret space. In 1921 it became a cinema and from 6th August 1934 it had been modernised and re-named Lejonungen.
It became a repertory cinema in 1963 and was re-named Smultronstallet but this was short lived and it closed on 31st July 1966.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition lists the Grant Theatre, 237 seats, as the only theatre in Ulysses. I presume The Movies was originally known as the Grant Theatre?
The Cine Metro was opened by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the premier theatre for MGM films in Sao Paulo. The opening presentation was “Broadway Melody of 1938”.
It was twinned in 1977 (known as Metro 1 and 2) and in 1981 the two screens were given individual names;Metro and Paissandu.
I presume that the current church use has returned the auditorium to its original orchestra and balcony configuration.
Charles;
Thank you for clarifying the correct address.
The Film Daily Yearbook,1950 edition gives the address as 3406 Madison Avenue, Granite City, IL
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s, 1949 through 1955 editions, as operating as a ‘Negro theatre’. Seating capacities vary from 400, 420 to 500.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 edition the seating capacity of the Orphuem Theatre is given as 1,690.
The original seating capacity of the State Theatre was 1,814. The architectural style of the theatre is Atmospheric, Spanish Colonial.
The Michigan Theatre opened on 5th January 1928 with the movie “ Hero For a Night” starring Glenn Tryon, a stage show called ‘From Rags to Riches’ and Floyd Hoffman on the Barton 3Manual/13Rank theatre pipe organ. The original seating capacity was for 1,829.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 lists the seating capacity of the Grand Theatre as 468.
The State Theatre opened in 1923. It had a small Wurlitzer 2Manual theatre pipe organ which was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 28th September 1923.
The Olympia Theatre was built in 1916 and originally had a seating capacity of 2,800. It was equipped with a Hutchings 4Manual theatre pipe organ which was sold to a private party and removed from the theatre just prior to demolition in 1959.
Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 editions as the Liberty Theatre. By the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it has been re-named Rialto Theatre.
The B.F. Keith’s 105th St. Theatre opened on 24th November 1924 with Mr E. F. Albee head of the Keith circuit in attendance. It had a capacity of 3,000 seats on two floors with a row of boxes arranged in a horse-shoe fashion at what would have been a mezanine level.
In its last years of operation it went over to screening adult porn films before final closure and demolition in 1982.
Editions of the Film Daily Yearbook that I have for years 1941 through 1950 only have one theatre listed for Collinsville, OK. and it is named the Nusho Theatre with a seating capacity given as 325. Would this be what is now the current Crown Theatre?