Comments from kencmcintyre - Cinema Treasures

kencmcintyre commented about Blue Fox Drive-In on Oct 8, 2008 at 3:21 am

Here is a September 2008 article about a Girl Scout invasion:
http://tinyurl.com/4zp48e

kencmcintyre commented about Blackhawk Theatre on Oct 8, 2008 at 2:47 am

Here is a July 2007 article about the opening of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/5xqs73

kencmcintyre commented about Saban Theatre on Oct 8, 2008 at 2:04 am

Sorry, the LAPL captioned that for the Wilshire. Thanks for the correction.

kencmcintyre commented about Laguna South Coast Cinemas on Oct 8, 2008 at 2:03 am

Here is a 1948 photo from the LA Public Library:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics49/00074140.jpg

kencmcintyre commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct 8, 2008 at 2:00 am

Protest in front of the Chinese in 1983, from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00077/00077889.jpg

kencmcintyre commented about Saban Theatre on Oct 8, 2008 at 1:41 am

kencmcintyre commented about Tom & Cat Theatre on Oct 8, 2008 at 12:01 am

I wonder what the color was when it was a porn house? Not that bright green, I assume.

kencmcintyre commented about Huntridge Performing Arts Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:39 am

You’re assuming we all live in Nevada and can vote in your election.

kencmcintyre commented about Beale Street Cinema on Oct 7, 2008 at 7:27 am

I recall from reading Thomas Hauser’s 1990 biography that Ali signed deals for restaurants, clothing lines, even a Muhammad Ali car. This might have been one of those deals.

kencmcintyre commented about Tracy Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 4:17 am

I looked for the May 1967 article but didn’t see it in the Press-Telegram archives. I did see an October 1948 article describing how manager Harold Simpson was bound and gagged while a bandit looted the theater safe and escaped with $7,000 in cash, bonds and jewelry. The jewelry belonged to Catherine V. Tracy, 1043 Locust Avenue, wife of Eugene V. Tracy, owner of the theater.

kencmcintyre commented about Grand Theater on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:42 am

If the 1946 photo was taken shortly before demolition, then the Grand would have been its last incarnation, and should rightly be the name under which the theater is listed.

kencmcintyre commented about Roxy Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:27 am

No, actually I was basing my comment on the fact that the Cameo in Anniston had an aka of Theato. My assumption was that Jack posted his photo on the wrong page.
/theaters/15587/

kencmcintyre commented about Roxy Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:12 am

This site places the Roxy at 720 Bank Street. There are also some photos.
http://tinyurl.com/3vjpud

kencmcintyre commented about Roxy Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:09 am

I think Jack was referring to the Roxy in his comment above. I don’t believe there is an aka of Theato.

kencmcintyre commented about Park Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:05 am

President of Rockwood Amusements in 1963 was W.R. Holder. The Park was part of the circuit, as it still was in 1970. Rockwood Amusements was headquartered in Nashville. The circuit operated theaters in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama.

kencmcintyre commented about Rogers Theatre on Oct 7, 2008 at 1:38 am

Here is a June 1948 blurb from Time. We only have one theater in Shelby that would have been around in 1948, other than the drive-in, so it goes here by process of elimination.

In a Shelby, N.C. movie theater, Veteran Arbuth Bumgarner, 26, who was bombed while a patient in a Normandy hospital, suddenly went berserk, stabbed his wife and then himself with his pocketknife. The movie “drove him nuts,” he explained. It showed the bombing of a Normandy hospital.

kencmcintyre commented about Regent Showcase Theater on Oct 6, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Here is a 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/52m3st

kencmcintyre commented about Sante Fe Springs Swap Meet & Drive-In on Oct 6, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Thanks for the update, Ed. There are some photos on this page:
http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/catsan3

kencmcintyre commented about 4 Star Theatre on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Here are some October 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/46m7tl
http://tinyurl.com/3z33ka

kencmcintyre commented about Fairfax Cinemas on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:47 pm

Here are some October 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/5485fk
http://tinyurl.com/464f4o

kencmcintyre commented about Wiltern Theatre on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:42 pm

Here is an October 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4va444

kencmcintyre commented about Orpheum Theatre on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:37 pm

No, it was actually just decorative. There are ads for Grauman’s Chinese, El Capitan and others. The theme of the mall is movies, Oscar night and so on.

kencmcintyre commented about Orpheum Theatre on Oct 6, 2008 at 5:47 pm

I think all the ads were for Los Angeles theaters, so it is probably for the Palace/Orpheum.

kencmcintyre commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:34 am

I waded through the tourists and the lame celebrity impersonators today to take these photos. One tourist was overheard complaining that “I didn’t see one famous person here today”. I didn’t want to tell him that celebrities don’t generally spend their Sunday afternoons hanging out at the Chinese.
http://tinyurl.com/3vjk5b
http://tinyurl.com/4d54jc
http://tinyurl.com/3sdoqr
http://tinyurl.com/4q4mt4
http://tinyurl.com/4tbfak
http://tinyurl.com/4pdhge

I’ll throw in a few shots from the mall next door:
http://tinyurl.com/4c8gls
http://tinyurl.com/4mlbgf
http://tinyurl.com/3efodk

kencmcintyre commented about Pacific 1-2-3 on Oct 6, 2008 at 6:14 am

Here are some October 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/4rb492
http://tinyurl.com/4pe725
http://tinyurl.com/4d5c3k
http://tinyurl.com/53qt4m
http://tinyurl.com/45jheu
http://tinyurl.com/43g7k7
http://tinyurl.com/4xd3hk