lostmemory;
Nice story there. ‘Multiple vandalism’ in New Hampshire…who would have thought it!
The Opera House opened in 1895, the architect was Fred T. Austin and it has a seating capacity of 463. It has also been known as the Grand Opera House and Town Hall. Its main uses being drama, musical comedy, vaudeville, opera, minstral shows and wrestling. I’m not sure if films have been shown here? The 783 seat Premier Theatre, 35 Main St. was the towns movie theatre.
Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 list the Roosevelt Theatre as having 190 seats. The theatre burnt down in January 1945 and was re-built, in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the name has been changed to New Bremen Theatre and the seating capacity is 425.
The Glenwood Theater is listed as having 565 seats in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1930. It has disappeared from listings in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
In a posting on the ‘other’ Glenwood Theatre, located on Myrtle Ave /theaters/4623/ Orlando says that ‘this’ Flatbush Ave, Glenwood Theater originally opened as the Antoinette Theatre.
When I went to take a look at it, what intrigued me was the theatre that it backs onto…This theatre building has the slightly faded sign Oxford Theatre painted on the stage house (probably dating from the 1940’s or early 1950’s). It is visible as you travel east along Santa Monica and at first I thought it was perhaps the stage tower of the Tiki Theatre, but no…..
Inspecting the ‘Oxford Theatre’ further I discovered the main facade and entrance located around the corner at 1089 N. Oxford Avenue. The auditorium is parallel to Santa Monica Blvd behind the stores and the Tiki Theatre. N. Oxford is one block west along Santa Monica Boulevard from where the 101 crosses Santa Monica Blvd. It is now home of the the MET Theatre and their website states there is a 99 seat theatre and another performance space in the building (no history on the building they occupy though)
I have no record of the Oxford Theatre operating as a movie theatre in Film Daily yearbooks that I have from 1941. Did it ever screen movies or was it always a local stage theatre?
TC;
My 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a street address of the Pix Newsreel Theatre as 319 Main Street. The Embassy Theatre at 347 Main St had 1,915 seats.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1930 gives a seating capacity of the Bunny Theatre as 450 and lists it as ‘closed’. By the 1941 edition it still has the same seating capacity, but has been re-named Plaza Theatre.
Film Daily Yearbooks, 1941 and 1943 list the seating capacity of the Palace Theatre as 1,800. It was being operated during those years by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
The F.D.Y., 1950 gives a seating capacity of 1,685.
Jim,
The Bunny Theatre pictured in “American Picture Palaces' book is the other Bunny Theatre located on Broadway in upper Manhatten. It closed about 4 years ago and is currently retail. The ‘bunny rabbit’ faces and name are still on the facade of the building today.
Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 751. In the 1943 F.D.Y. (with 800 seats) it is shown as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through a subsidiary Joe Cooper.
The Wurlitzer organ that is installed in the Civic Auditorium was originally in the Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, New York. The Albee was a Thomal Lamb designed theatre seating 3,246. It was built in 1925 and demolished 1978. The Wurlitzer (a gift from RKO Theatres) came to San Gabriel in 1971.
clvee;
Theatres on the north side of Hollywood Bld between Highland and Vine are: Vogue, Warner’s(Pacific 1-3), Holly(Studio, Music Hall, Academy), Vine(Admiral).
When it first opened as the French Casino it was affiliated with the French Casino in New York (located on the south-east corner of 7th Ave and 50th St) previously the Earl Carroll Theatre, which has now been demolished, and the London Casino Theatre, London UK (now the Prince Edward Theatre) /theaters/2497/
The Cinema Theatre is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 as the Cinema Casino Theatre, having 973 seats and was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc through the subsidiary S.H. Lynch. The 1950 F.D.Y. gives a seating capacty of 1,192.
Additional info on the London Casino Theatre’s affiliation with the two US theatres mentioned in my post dated Mar 12.
The French Casino in New York was originally the Earl Carroll Theatre located on the south-east corner of 7th Ave and 50th St. (now demolished and not listed here on Cinema Treasures as it never screened movies.
The French Casino, Miami Beach did show movies and is listed on Cinema Treasures as the Cinema Theatre /theaters/5716/
James;
The first edition of Film Daily Yearbook was 1918, It was a ‘trade’ manual published by the ‘trade’ magazine “The Film Daily”. Editor and publisher was John W. Alicoate. (went under the name Jack Alicoate as well)
Copies can occasionally be found in specialist second-hand book stores dealing with cinema subjects/theatres. Also copies do become available on the internet (do a title or author search on Amazon, Bibliofind etc in their used books section) Editions from the 1940’s and 1950’s tend to sell from $40 upwards. Earlier editions from $80 upwards. It is a VERY heavy book, (hardbound but rather fragile as they were only meant to be referenced for a year, then replaced by the next edition) usually running to about 1,000 to 1,200 pages and it deals with all aspects of the cinema industry/trade year by year.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 lists the Woodbine Theatre, but gives no seating capacity. This usually means that the theatre had just opened and details had not been passed on for publication. In the F.D.Y.1943 edition seating is given as 400 and in the F.D.Y.1950 edition it gives 740 seats.
lostmemory;
Nice story there. ‘Multiple vandalism’ in New Hampshire…who would have thought it!
The Opera House opened in 1895, the architect was Fred T. Austin and it has a seating capacity of 463. It has also been known as the Grand Opera House and Town Hall. Its main uses being drama, musical comedy, vaudeville, opera, minstral shows and wrestling. I’m not sure if films have been shown here? The 783 seat Premier Theatre, 35 Main St. was the towns movie theatre.
Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 list the Roosevelt Theatre as having 190 seats. The theatre burnt down in January 1945 and was re-built, in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the name has been changed to New Bremen Theatre and the seating capacity is 425.
The Glenwood Theater is listed as having 565 seats in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1930. It has disappeared from listings in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y.
In a posting on the ‘other’ Glenwood Theatre, located on Myrtle Ave /theaters/4623/ Orlando says that ‘this’ Flatbush Ave, Glenwood Theater originally opened as the Antoinette Theatre.
The Tiki is definately a storefront theatre.
When I went to take a look at it, what intrigued me was the theatre that it backs onto…This theatre building has the slightly faded sign Oxford Theatre painted on the stage house (probably dating from the 1940’s or early 1950’s). It is visible as you travel east along Santa Monica and at first I thought it was perhaps the stage tower of the Tiki Theatre, but no…..
Inspecting the ‘Oxford Theatre’ further I discovered the main facade and entrance located around the corner at 1089 N. Oxford Avenue. The auditorium is parallel to Santa Monica Blvd behind the stores and the Tiki Theatre. N. Oxford is one block west along Santa Monica Boulevard from where the 101 crosses Santa Monica Blvd. It is now home of the the MET Theatre and their website states there is a 99 seat theatre and another performance space in the building (no history on the building they occupy though)
I have no record of the Oxford Theatre operating as a movie theatre in Film Daily yearbooks that I have from 1941. Did it ever screen movies or was it always a local stage theatre?
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 gives a seating capacity for the Castle Theater as 312.
The Film Daily Yearbook’s, 1941 and 1943 give a seating capacity of 2,073 and the operator is Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
TC;
My 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a street address of the Pix Newsreel Theatre as 319 Main Street. The Embassy Theatre at 347 Main St had 1,915 seats.
The seating capacity for the old pre-fire Dreamland Theatre was 350 as stated in Film Daily Yearbook, 1941.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1930 gives a seating capacity of the Bunny Theatre as 450 and lists it as ‘closed’. By the 1941 edition it still has the same seating capacity, but has been re-named Plaza Theatre.
Thanks for clearing that up lostmemory;
I will tell the webmaster’s to change the name on this posting and add the other theatres
Film Daily Yearbooks, 1941 and 1943 list the seating capacity of the Palace Theatre as 1,800. It was being operated during those years by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
The F.D.Y., 1950 gives a seating capacity of 1,685.
Details in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950;
Ohio Theater, 547 Broadway. 712 seats.
Dreamland Theatre, 1930 Broadway. 800 seats
Lorain Theatre, 3020 Pearl Street. 725 seats
G H Jackson;
Can you check out the street number on the address of the current church use of the building and let us know please.
Jim,
The Bunny Theatre pictured in “American Picture Palaces' book is the other Bunny Theatre located on Broadway in upper Manhatten. It closed about 4 years ago and is currently retail. The ‘bunny rabbit’ faces and name are still on the facade of the building today.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 962.
Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 gives a seating capacity of 751. In the 1943 F.D.Y. (with 800 seats) it is shown as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through a subsidiary Joe Cooper.
The Wurlitzer organ that is installed in the Civic Auditorium was originally in the Albee Theatre, Brooklyn, New York. The Albee was a Thomal Lamb designed theatre seating 3,246. It was built in 1925 and demolished 1978. The Wurlitzer (a gift from RKO Theatres) came to San Gabriel in 1971.
clvee;
Theatres on the north side of Hollywood Bld between Highland and Vine are: Vogue, Warner’s(Pacific 1-3), Holly(Studio, Music Hall, Academy), Vine(Admiral).
When it first opened as the French Casino it was affiliated with the French Casino in New York (located on the south-east corner of 7th Ave and 50th St) previously the Earl Carroll Theatre, which has now been demolished, and the London Casino Theatre, London UK (now the Prince Edward Theatre) /theaters/2497/
The Cinema Theatre is listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 as the Cinema Casino Theatre, having 973 seats and was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc through the subsidiary S.H. Lynch. The 1950 F.D.Y. gives a seating capacty of 1,192.
Additional info on the London Casino Theatre’s affiliation with the two US theatres mentioned in my post dated Mar 12.
The French Casino in New York was originally the Earl Carroll Theatre located on the south-east corner of 7th Ave and 50th St. (now demolished and not listed here on Cinema Treasures as it never screened movies.
The French Casino, Miami Beach did show movies and is listed on Cinema Treasures as the Cinema Theatre /theaters/5716/
I have a 1977 gay guide book which lists the Newberry Theatre operating as a gay porno cinema. It must have closed around that year.
Will;
Seems like the Gay Street location was an appropriate name! A 1977 Gay guide that I have, highlights this as a ‘cruisy area’.
Back on subject though, it’s good to see that the Bijou Theatre survived and is thriving.
James;
The first edition of Film Daily Yearbook was 1918, It was a ‘trade’ manual published by the ‘trade’ magazine “The Film Daily”. Editor and publisher was John W. Alicoate. (went under the name Jack Alicoate as well)
Copies can occasionally be found in specialist second-hand book stores dealing with cinema subjects/theatres. Also copies do become available on the internet (do a title or author search on Amazon, Bibliofind etc in their used books section) Editions from the 1940’s and 1950’s tend to sell from $40 upwards. Earlier editions from $80 upwards. It is a VERY heavy book, (hardbound but rather fragile as they were only meant to be referenced for a year, then replaced by the next edition) usually running to about 1,000 to 1,200 pages and it deals with all aspects of the cinema industry/trade year by year.
Film Daily Yearbooks give a seating capacity of 480.
The Film Daily Yearbook, 1941 lists the Woodbine Theatre, but gives no seating capacity. This usually means that the theatre had just opened and details had not been passed on for publication. In the F.D.Y.1943 edition seating is given as 400 and in the F.D.Y.1950 edition it gives 740 seats.
The Film Daily Yearbook. 1950 gives a seating capacity for the State Theatre as 420.