The Loew’s Uptown theatre was closed on April 15th, 1962 due to a careless cigarette smoker and reopened on August 15th, 1962. Grand reopening ad posted.
The Royal theatre opened as “Rockford Newest and Most Beautiful Moving Picture House” on September 12th, 1914. It reopened as the Strand theatre on February 12th, 1920 and listed as owned by Balaban & Katz in 1925. It reopened as Roxy on October 2nd, 1931 and as Rex on August 18th, 1939 and closed or stopped its ads in 1958. Grand opening ads and picture posted.
Royal theatre opening Sep 12, 1914 Rockford Register Star (Rockford, Illinois) Newspapers.com
Opened September 12th, 1946.
I fixed the blurry image: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/10589/photos/508678
First mention: April 30th, 1910.
First mentioned in the Register-Guard on December 15th, 1908.
The Aloha opened on January 22nd, 1909 and reopened as the Savoy on September 12th, 1912. Grand opening ads posted.
All this for an adult theatre.
2000 reopening ad posed.
Cinema 1 was showing adult movies through the 1970s.
Opened on July 23, 1969.
There were plans to reopen this cinema as the Mosaic Cinemas in 2024, but has stalled. Facebook Webshot posted.
Photographed on August 15th, 1962 on its reopening after the April 15th, 1962 fire.
The Loew’s Uptown theatre was closed on April 15th, 1962 due to a careless cigarette smoker and reopened on August 15th, 1962. Grand reopening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
May 21st, 2019
This became Odeon Oshawa on August 11th, 1966 with “Born Free”. Grand opening ads posted.
Opened on September 24th, 1936, grand opening ad posted.
More about the cinema
Bloom & Fine harassment of the Cum-Bac theatre in 1931.
The Royal theatre opened as “Rockford Newest and Most Beautiful Moving Picture House” on September 12th, 1914. It reopened as the Strand theatre on February 12th, 1920 and listed as owned by Balaban & Katz in 1925. It reopened as Roxy on October 2nd, 1931 and as Rex on August 18th, 1939 and closed or stopped its ads in 1958. Grand opening ads and picture posted.
Royal theatre opening Sep 12, 1914 Rockford Register Star (Rockford, Illinois) Newspapers.com
Opened September 9th, 1906 with the Famous Bohemian Trio. Grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
Opened January 18th, 1909 per:
Majestic theatre opening Jan 16, 1909 Rockford Daily Republic (Rockford, Illinois) Newspapers.com
Correction: June 17th, 1977
Closed in 1957 and reopened on February 19th, 1965 as the Capri theatre and closed and found God on January 29th, 1966. Grand opening ads posted.
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