The incorrectly spelled address in the description needs to be changed to Beechview. If you use that address, you will see a photo of the theater. It looks like it’s being advertised for sale.
How much of this theater was “incorporated” into the Granville 7? This site shows some architectural detail from the Coronet. I would like to see a photo of the Granville as it looks today. http://tinyurl.com/7naq6o
The Cerrito opened in December 1937, according to Boxoffice magazine, at a cost of $150,000. The owner at the opening was the Blumenfield Theaters chain.
Here is a photo of Ewart Edwards, who managed the De Anza and several other theaters in the Tucson area. The photo was in a retrospective in the AZ Daily Star in October 2006, shortly after Mr. Edwards passed away. http://tinyurl.com/9kakkh
The Plaza Theater, South Philadelphia, was conveyed last week by the Spiers Theater Realty Corp. to the Stanley Company of America for $13,496, subject to a mortgage of $16,000.
The Lincoln, 1521 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, which was closed on December 19 by Benley Theaters, Inc., was opened Christmas day by the Interboro Circuit, previous operators of the theater.
The Melrose, 417 E. 161st St., is now being operated by Jacar Theaters, Inc. The Jersey City Holding Company, Inc., has acquired the Strand, East Orange, N.J.
Here is an excerpt from a Washington Post article dated 7/16/22:
COLORED THEATER REOPENS
Lincoln, Largest of Its Kind, to Be Managed by Prominent Men of Race
Crandall’s Lincoln theater, 1215 U Street Northwest, the largest playhouse in the United States for colored patrons, will be reopened tomorrow night under the management of a board of directors composed of prominent professional men of the colored race in Washington.
This is from the Newport (RI) Daily News dated 2/4/50, which incidentally was the day my parents were married. Ingrid Bergman was unpopular because she had left her husband and was having a baby with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini.
AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 4â€"The management of the Ellet Theatre in Akron decided to cancel Ingrid Bergman’s latest film, “Under Capricorn†because of possible public reaction to the birth of her baby.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 1/27/76:
The controversial Four Star Theater has resumed operations under a state Supreme Court stay of a Los Angeles Superior Court injunction which closed its doors last December 2. Superior Judge Harry Hupp had shut down the theater at the request of the Los Angeles city attorney’s office under the state’s 1913 Red Light Abatement Act, designed to combat “lewdness or prostitution”.
The theater at 5112 Wilshire Boulevard is owned by Chief U.S. District Judge Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. and two of his daughters. However, it is leased to a theater chain and subleased over the Stephens' family’s protests to a group which is showing X-rated movies.
Police chief Edward M. Davis has complained of numerous arrests for lewd conduct in the theater. Hupp emphasized his decision was based on lewd activity and not the content of the movies.
HIGHLAND PARK-The Highland Theater, picketed by residents last year when X-rated films were offered, has reopened under new management pledged to show only family-type films. Arman Akarakian, the new owner, says picketing in November and December convinced him that “Highland Park meant business” and would support the theater if non-pornographic films were shown. Akarakian, who owns another movie house in Huntington Beach, said the theater will offer Spanish-language films every Tuesday night and childrens' matinees on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 5/28/52:
Hostesses in evening dress will greet numerous actors, Mayor Bowron and throngs of theatergoers at the Paramount Theater’s reopening at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Improvements totalling $250,000 at the theater include a new marquee, lobby, foyer, new seats and rocking-chair loges. There will be new lounge rooms and a large television screen. Top motion pictures will be shown as well as stage shows when they become available, said Jerry Zigmond, United Paramount western division manager.
Two employees have been with the theater since it opened 29 years ago as Grauman’s Metropolitan. They are Earl C. Hamilton, 61, chief projectionist, and Vic Hayes, 60, doorman. The two remember the theater’s initial opening when “My American Wife"m starring Gloria Swanson and Antonio Moreno, was presented.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 5/10/47:
Reopening Thursday night as a picture theater in a blaze of glory and lights, with any number of film celebrities present, and with handsome new decorations and freshly upholstered seats, Las Palmas is showing “Nais”, adapted from Emile Zola’s “Nais Macoulin”, French-made film with English subtitles.
Stars present at the premier included Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Denise Billincord, J. Carrol Naish, Marla Montez, Robert Stack and others.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 2/11/55:
Fox West Coast Theaters yesterday announced the gala opening of its newly remodeled Iris Theater in Hollywood for next Tuesday night after refurbishing at a cost of $100,000.
The first-run show house will feature a wide “miracle mirror” screen adapted for conventional, Cinemascope, 3D or VistaVision films, Edwin F. Zabel, Fox West Coast manager reported.
Additions under the redecoration program include a new facade on the front of the building, marquee, seats, carpeting, lighting system, box office and poster display cases finished in stainless steel. William F. Katzky, Jr., 35, with 16 years experience in show business has been named manager of the theater.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 12/15/57:
Newly renovated Fox West Coast Theaters' Academy theater and building in Pasadena will be reopened next Thursday. Modernization project, which cost $192,000, includes relocation of building entrance from Catalina Street to Colorado Blvd., installation of elevator to second floor offices, renovation of facade and installation of aluminum store fronts. The theater tower was remodeled and the marquee was repainted and relighted.
The incorrectly spelled address in the description needs to be changed to Beechview. If you use that address, you will see a photo of the theater. It looks like it’s being advertised for sale.
There is a rather large building at that address now. The business is a plasma donation center:
http://tinyurl.com/7dfplf
Here is a photo of the market from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/9zjpj6
The Globe can be seen on the left in this 1941 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/9kur64
There is an opening day ad in this 1940 newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/7yzylg
Here is a photo, circa 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/a65xrg
The theater recently reopened after being closed several weeks for repairs.
Postcard, circa 1950s:
http://tinyurl.com/a5gwt4
This postcard shows the Telenews on the left:
http://tinyurl.com/9qh8r9
How much of this theater was “incorporated” into the Granville 7? This site shows some architectural detail from the Coronet. I would like to see a photo of the Granville as it looks today.
http://tinyurl.com/7naq6o
The Cerrito opened in December 1937, according to Boxoffice magazine, at a cost of $150,000. The owner at the opening was the Blumenfield Theaters chain.
Here is a photo of Ewart Edwards, who managed the De Anza and several other theaters in the Tucson area. The photo was in a retrospective in the AZ Daily Star in October 2006, shortly after Mr. Edwards passed away.
http://tinyurl.com/9kakkh
From Boxoffice magazine, 1/9/38:
The Plaza Theater, South Philadelphia, was conveyed last week by the Spiers Theater Realty Corp. to the Stanley Company of America for $13,496, subject to a mortgage of $16,000.
From Boxoffice magazine, 1/9/38:
The Lincoln, 1521 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, which was closed on December 19 by Benley Theaters, Inc., was opened Christmas day by the Interboro Circuit, previous operators of the theater.
From Boxoffice magazine, 1/9/38:
The Melrose, 417 E. 161st St., is now being operated by Jacar Theaters, Inc. The Jersey City Holding Company, Inc., has acquired the Strand, East Orange, N.J.
Here is an excerpt from a Washington Post article dated 7/16/22:
COLORED THEATER REOPENS
Lincoln, Largest of Its Kind, to Be Managed by Prominent Men of Race
Crandall’s Lincoln theater, 1215 U Street Northwest, the largest playhouse in the United States for colored patrons, will be reopened tomorrow night under the management of a board of directors composed of prominent professional men of the colored race in Washington.
Some photos are here:
http://tinyurl.com/a25726
This is from the Newport (RI) Daily News dated 2/4/50, which incidentally was the day my parents were married. Ingrid Bergman was unpopular because she had left her husband and was having a baby with Italian film director Roberto Rossellini.
AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 4â€"The management of the Ellet Theatre in Akron decided to cancel Ingrid Bergman’s latest film, “Under Capricorn†because of possible public reaction to the birth of her baby.
News about reopening on 12/5/08:
http://tinyurl.com/79trj5
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 1/27/76:
The controversial Four Star Theater has resumed operations under a state Supreme Court stay of a Los Angeles Superior Court injunction which closed its doors last December 2. Superior Judge Harry Hupp had shut down the theater at the request of the Los Angeles city attorney’s office under the state’s 1913 Red Light Abatement Act, designed to combat “lewdness or prostitution”.
The theater at 5112 Wilshire Boulevard is owned by Chief U.S. District Judge Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. and two of his daughters. However, it is leased to a theater chain and subleased over the Stephens' family’s protests to a group which is showing X-rated movies.
Police chief Edward M. Davis has complained of numerous arrests for lewd conduct in the theater. Hupp emphasized his decision was based on lewd activity and not the content of the movies.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 9/7/75:
Ex-Porno Theater Reopens
HIGHLAND PARK-The Highland Theater, picketed by residents last year when X-rated films were offered, has reopened under new management pledged to show only family-type films. Arman Akarakian, the new owner, says picketing in November and December convinced him that “Highland Park meant business” and would support the theater if non-pornographic films were shown. Akarakian, who owns another movie house in Huntington Beach, said the theater will offer Spanish-language films every Tuesday night and childrens' matinees on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 5/28/52:
Hostesses in evening dress will greet numerous actors, Mayor Bowron and throngs of theatergoers at the Paramount Theater’s reopening at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Improvements totalling $250,000 at the theater include a new marquee, lobby, foyer, new seats and rocking-chair loges. There will be new lounge rooms and a large television screen. Top motion pictures will be shown as well as stage shows when they become available, said Jerry Zigmond, United Paramount western division manager.
Two employees have been with the theater since it opened 29 years ago as Grauman’s Metropolitan. They are Earl C. Hamilton, 61, chief projectionist, and Vic Hayes, 60, doorman. The two remember the theater’s initial opening when “My American Wife"m starring Gloria Swanson and Antonio Moreno, was presented.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 5/10/47:
Reopening Thursday night as a picture theater in a blaze of glory and lights, with any number of film celebrities present, and with handsome new decorations and freshly upholstered seats, Las Palmas is showing “Nais”, adapted from Emile Zola’s “Nais Macoulin”, French-made film with English subtitles.
Stars present at the premier included Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Denise Billincord, J. Carrol Naish, Marla Montez, Robert Stack and others.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 2/11/55:
Fox West Coast Theaters yesterday announced the gala opening of its newly remodeled Iris Theater in Hollywood for next Tuesday night after refurbishing at a cost of $100,000.
The first-run show house will feature a wide “miracle mirror” screen adapted for conventional, Cinemascope, 3D or VistaVision films, Edwin F. Zabel, Fox West Coast manager reported.
Additions under the redecoration program include a new facade on the front of the building, marquee, seats, carpeting, lighting system, box office and poster display cases finished in stainless steel. William F. Katzky, Jr., 35, with 16 years experience in show business has been named manager of the theater.
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 12/15/57:
Newly renovated Fox West Coast Theaters' Academy theater and building in Pasadena will be reopened next Thursday. Modernization project, which cost $192,000, includes relocation of building entrance from Catalina Street to Colorado Blvd., installation of elevator to second floor offices, renovation of facade and installation of aluminum store fronts. The theater tower was remodeled and the marquee was repainted and relighted.