The Ritz was built by B.W. Birchfield and opened on January 2, 1929. The Ritz was managed by D.M. Nuttall, Jerry M. Thomas as the contractor, and Vitaphone installation by John M. Jones. Shortly after opening, it closed for a few days in connection of two motors been burned out and other minor difficulties have been detected.
Nuttall replied that “the machinery for producing the sound effects was installed without any preliminary tests having been made causing various difficulties which would have ordinarily been corrected before any public exhibition.” John left Elizabethton for New Jersey to obtain and brought back heavier motors to Elizabethton for replacement of its original installations, bringing his opinion that the presents were unsuited to carry the power load of electricity. Nuttall, Thomas and Birchfield had many compliments on the Ritz since its opening and had enjoyed capacity attendance. Nuttall formerly before the Ritz opened its doors took several trips around the Charlotte, North Carolina area where he conferred with the leading southern distributors obtaining its first rights on all of his best sound pictures being produced at the time.
Vitaphone’s installations led into a short life at the Ritz, which would later replace it with RCA Protophone on November 14, 1930.
The Ritz had a lot of ownership and operator changes since its first 7 to 8 years, with F.E. Perryman becoming the theater’s manager in 1930 followed by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Sherrill.
On October 26, 1934, J.S. Browning, who has been the operator of the dominant Bonnie Kate Theatre since 1927, later became the operator of the Ritz. Remodeling of the Ritz later took next week following the Sherrills taking ownership of another theater they owned in North Carolina. Browning operated the theater until being taking over by new ownership, Elizabethton Theatres Incorporated of 529 Elk Avenue incorporated by H.G. Fowler, J.C. Babcock, and W.C. Wilson, on April 10, 1938.
The Ritz did not receive CinemaScope at all when it arrived in town, as the Bonnie Kate Theatre was the city’s dominant first-run mainstream theater. The Ritz closed for the final time in the middle of 1956. However, later that December 17 of that year, a fire broke out at the Ritz building.
Actually, The Lyric Theatre Closed Its Doors For The Final Time On June 24, 1963 With Walt Disney’s “The Son Of Flubber” After It Failed To Gain Sufficient Boost To Continue Operating. It Was Closed For A Short Time Years Prior Before Taken Over By Mr. And Mrs. Ray Boyd Due To Lack Of Business.
The Theater Was First Known As The “Waemore Theatre” (Not “Waymore”) With An Estimate Of $25,000, Opening On June 30, 1930 With William Haines In “The Girl Said No”, Along With Many Short Subjects, Including Harry Langdon In “The King” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Thomas E. Wilhoit Was The Original Owner Of The 500-Seat Capacity Lyric Since The Waemore Became The Lyric On September 28, 1937, Reopening With “Broadway Melody Of 1938” Along With An Our Gang Comedy And A Popeye Cartoon.
Once owned by 44-year-old Harry Brey of unknown and managed by 24-year-old Anthony Pastor of Westport until around that time (but papers say that October 11, 1974 marked the day the obscenity occurred), when both Harry and Anthony were arrested and taken into custody after counts of obscenity over the showing of those two films. It was filed on a complaint from two 17-year-old girls after viewing the film.
Less than two years later on March 26, 1976, Harry was fined after sentencing 10 days in mail and 4 days of trial.
Constructed By The Cartwright Construction Company Of American Fork (Who Had Constructed Over 60 Drive-Ins), The Grand Vu Opened Its Gates On April 15, 1954 With John Wayne In “Red River” With No Extras.
In 1976, The Indoor Grand Cinema Was Built As An Adjacent To The Grand-Vu Drive-In, Which Opened That September.
The Grand-Vu Drive-In Closed For The Final Time On October 17, 1985 With “Goonies” As Its Last Film.
As On That Point, The Grand Cinema Became The Only Theater For Moab Until Closing In 1990, Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.
The Ides Theater Opened Its Doors During Christmas Week 1912 By The Ownerships Of R.J. Clark, J.L And His Brother Max Taylor. Shortly Right After The Theater Opened, A Gasoline Engine Which Furnished Power For The Light Plant Of The Ides Theater Had Broken Down. It Was Quickly Later Fixed.
Sound Was Installed On July 25, 1929, With “The Thunderbolt” With No Extras As Its First Sound Attraction Later That August 3rd (Originally Scheduled For “The Flying Fool” On August 1st, But Was Scrapped Due To The Erectors Not Making It On Time).
Later On, The Ides Was Once Managed By John T. Leaming, Who Also Managed The Moab Drug Company In The City. He Died Unexpectedly From A Heart Attack On January 23, 1937 At The Age Of 44. Formerly Enough, He Has Been Formerly Ill.
The Ides Theatre Became The Holiday Theatre On February 23, 1956 But Reopened Later That March. Shortly After The Theater Opened, The Operator Of The Holiday Theatre, 32-Year-Old Harold David Coulter, Died In A Small Plane Crash East Of Highway 160 Near The Grand County Airport On June 23, 1956. His Plane Traveled 57 Feet In The Air At An Altitude Of 150 Feet, And Then Burst Into Flames, Which Leaped 25 Feet Into The Air.
The Holiday Closed For The Final Time On March 3, 1973 With A One-Day Showing Of “The Legend Of Kootan” Before Being Purchased By Robert Dalton Later That June 21, Manager Of The First Security Bank Of Moab, And Was Razed.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal though I checked on how early the State Theatre has been operating, and the earliest information I can find about the State dates back to an attraction in Late 1926. So as on my bet, it opened around that time.
The State and the Strand were both the theaters in the city of McComb as of 1930, running films, it may be confusing however but it was just the Enterprise-Journal or some information maybe led off from.
The answer may have to be the Magnolia if any history was correct, since the Strand in McComb opened its doors on March 21, 1921 which would later become the Palace Theatre on October 20, 1939. Otherwise it was definitely overlooked. Besides, McComb had another silent picture house called the Lomo Theatre which closed in the late 1910s as latest (but the Lomo Theatre may had operated until about 1920 since it was not listed at the time the Strand opened).
The 1926 Yearbook was published right before the State Theatre had opened in McComb. The Jacob’s Theatre did not wired for sound right after dropping two-thirds of its pie pieces in 1929, and the Strand remains as the city’s movie house, still in operation in both 1932 and 1933, with that, yes the Strand was wired with sound. Maybe the yearbook was listed as “wrong info” but if you look in Page 1 of the October 19, 1939 edition of the McComb Enterprise-Journal, you get the bet on what came after the Strand.
First Opened As The Strand Theatre On March 21, 1921. It Became The Palace After Closing For Several Months By Giving Workmen Free Rein. Reopened On October 24, 1939 With “Golden Boy” along with an unnamed cartoon, a random “snapshot” program was added as well.
The Strand (later the Palace)’s only possibly enough “major” incident was back on January 19, 1931 during the showing of “Hook, Line, and Sinker” along with a cartoon, a comedy, and a newsreel, when a “woman” collapsed shortly after the film completely started. She partially enough was taking from ambulance but later reveals as a wax figure and was then taking to the Denman-Alford Department Store nearby. Confusions. Perfect for an actual scene of a movie!
I cannot find at least information back when the building was known as the Dixie. But my best guess is that since the building was built in 1908, it may had a chance that it may had opened in 1908. It continued into World War I and died before the talking era rolled along.
The Lyric was almost threatened by the Palace Theatre’s manager B.M. Poe in May 1932 in attempt to burn the Lyric Theatre by the use of his 2 younger boys using gasoline. He was arrested shortly afterwards.
NOTE: A Theater Did Open In The City Of West Point On April 14, 1930. Although It May Sound Confusing But It Was First Known As The 1,000-Capacity (Yes, 1,000 As Of 1930) “City Auditorium Theatre”. Opening with Nancy Carroll in “Honey”, along with a short entitled “Fatal Forces”, and a Grantland Rice Sportlight (which was equipped with RCA Protophone).
And Yes, This Would Later Become The Riveria Theatre On November 4, 1935 Reopening With “It’s In The Air”.
A few months prior to the launch of the Capitol Theatre, the nearby Palace Theatre closed as a movie house and literally became a 5/10¢ store simply named as J.B. Dick & Company.
The original 70ft screen that was used since its opening was used from April 2, 1953 until December 10, 1955 (Last features were “Shark River” and “Love Happy”). CinemaScope took over the Holiday and reopened on April 5, 1956 with “Glory”.
LaFollette, Tennessee native Mr. M. H. Parrott, the president of the Hendren Amusement Company who has been operating since 1920, took a trip down to Erwin to demonstrate the opening of the Capitol Theatre. It opened on November 4, 1935 with John Boles in “Redheads On Parade” along with a Popeye cartoon in “King Of Mardi Gras”, an unknown technicolor musical, and a Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Prior to the launch of the Capitol, there were 2 other theaters in the city of Erwin, the Lyric and the Palace, both being operated by a guy simply known as Mr. Gormar since May 1934 after living in Lenior City.
As of 1935, here is some information: The stage itself is equipped with curtains and drapes in red velour and gold which veils the stage which I cannot find the size for but its normalized, and has a deep piled carpet of modernistic pattern covering the aisles, foyer, and steps from the lobby which repeats soft shades. The floating comfort seats inside contains 12 springs, and the sound equipment that was used is Western Electric’s Wide Range. The part of the air conditioning system occupies a large part of the immense space directly over the main stage. There were 800 electrical outlets all over the Capitol and contains cylindrical chandeliers in shape which were fitted with etched glass in amber tubes, and the metal on all fixtures is of power harmonizing with the chromium used in front of the building on the marquee. There is a second floor containing the steel projection room which is largely enough fireproof, and lounges/bathrooms for both genders. The projecting room also contains a heavy underwriters fire door entering, and the windows were also covered in steel shutters which close automatically in case of a fire ad those that built it declare that a fire could rage for 24 hours without effecting the outside of the building.
CinemaScope was installed on August 26, 1954 with “Knights Of The Round Table” as its first scope film, no extras, on later that September 5th.
The Ritz was built by B.W. Birchfield and opened on January 2, 1929. The Ritz was managed by D.M. Nuttall, Jerry M. Thomas as the contractor, and Vitaphone installation by John M. Jones. Shortly after opening, it closed for a few days in connection of two motors been burned out and other minor difficulties have been detected.
Nuttall replied that “the machinery for producing the sound effects was installed without any preliminary tests having been made causing various difficulties which would have ordinarily been corrected before any public exhibition.” John left Elizabethton for New Jersey to obtain and brought back heavier motors to Elizabethton for replacement of its original installations, bringing his opinion that the presents were unsuited to carry the power load of electricity. Nuttall, Thomas and Birchfield had many compliments on the Ritz since its opening and had enjoyed capacity attendance. Nuttall formerly before the Ritz opened its doors took several trips around the Charlotte, North Carolina area where he conferred with the leading southern distributors obtaining its first rights on all of his best sound pictures being produced at the time.
Vitaphone’s installations led into a short life at the Ritz, which would later replace it with RCA Protophone on November 14, 1930.
The Ritz had a lot of ownership and operator changes since its first 7 to 8 years, with F.E. Perryman becoming the theater’s manager in 1930 followed by Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Sherrill.
On October 26, 1934, J.S. Browning, who has been the operator of the dominant Bonnie Kate Theatre since 1927, later became the operator of the Ritz. Remodeling of the Ritz later took next week following the Sherrills taking ownership of another theater they owned in North Carolina. Browning operated the theater until being taking over by new ownership, Elizabethton Theatres Incorporated of 529 Elk Avenue incorporated by H.G. Fowler, J.C. Babcock, and W.C. Wilson, on April 10, 1938.
The Ritz did not receive CinemaScope at all when it arrived in town, as the Bonnie Kate Theatre was the city’s dominant first-run mainstream theater. The Ritz closed for the final time in the middle of 1956. However, later that December 17 of that year, a fire broke out at the Ritz building.
Actually, The Lyric Theatre Closed Its Doors For The Final Time On June 24, 1963 With Walt Disney’s “The Son Of Flubber” After It Failed To Gain Sufficient Boost To Continue Operating. It Was Closed For A Short Time Years Prior Before Taken Over By Mr. And Mrs. Ray Boyd Due To Lack Of Business.
The Theater Was First Known As The “Waemore Theatre” (Not “Waymore”) With An Estimate Of $25,000, Opening On June 30, 1930 With William Haines In “The Girl Said No”, Along With Many Short Subjects, Including Harry Langdon In “The King” And A Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Thomas E. Wilhoit Was The Original Owner Of The 500-Seat Capacity Lyric Since The Waemore Became The Lyric On September 28, 1937, Reopening With “Broadway Melody Of 1938” Along With An Our Gang Comedy And A Popeye Cartoon.
This Marcus Theater Replaced A Longtime Sears, Operated From 1967 Until 2018.
Opened As Early As The Early 1970s.
Once owned by 44-year-old Harry Brey of unknown and managed by 24-year-old Anthony Pastor of Westport until around that time (but papers say that October 11, 1974 marked the day the obscenity occurred), when both Harry and Anthony were arrested and taken into custody after counts of obscenity over the showing of those two films. It was filed on a complaint from two 17-year-old girls after viewing the film.
Less than two years later on March 26, 1976, Harry was fined after sentencing 10 days in mail and 4 days of trial.
Closed After The 1974 Season.
Constructed By The Cartwright Construction Company Of American Fork (Who Had Constructed Over 60 Drive-Ins), The Grand Vu Opened Its Gates On April 15, 1954 With John Wayne In “Red River” With No Extras.
In 1976, The Indoor Grand Cinema Was Built As An Adjacent To The Grand-Vu Drive-In, Which Opened That September.
The Grand-Vu Drive-In Closed For The Final Time On October 17, 1985 With “Goonies” As Its Last Film.
As On That Point, The Grand Cinema Became The Only Theater For Moab Until Closing In 1990, Which Will Have Its CinemaTreasures Page Soon.
The Ides Theater Opened Its Doors During Christmas Week 1912 By The Ownerships Of R.J. Clark, J.L And His Brother Max Taylor. Shortly Right After The Theater Opened, A Gasoline Engine Which Furnished Power For The Light Plant Of The Ides Theater Had Broken Down. It Was Quickly Later Fixed.
Sound Was Installed On July 25, 1929, With “The Thunderbolt” With No Extras As Its First Sound Attraction Later That August 3rd (Originally Scheduled For “The Flying Fool” On August 1st, But Was Scrapped Due To The Erectors Not Making It On Time).
Later On, The Ides Was Once Managed By John T. Leaming, Who Also Managed The Moab Drug Company In The City. He Died Unexpectedly From A Heart Attack On January 23, 1937 At The Age Of 44. Formerly Enough, He Has Been Formerly Ill.
The Ides Theatre Became The Holiday Theatre On February 23, 1956 But Reopened Later That March. Shortly After The Theater Opened, The Operator Of The Holiday Theatre, 32-Year-Old Harold David Coulter, Died In A Small Plane Crash East Of Highway 160 Near The Grand County Airport On June 23, 1956. His Plane Traveled 57 Feet In The Air At An Altitude Of 150 Feet, And Then Burst Into Flames, Which Leaped 25 Feet Into The Air.
The Holiday Closed For The Final Time On March 3, 1973 With A One-Day Showing Of “The Legend Of Kootan” Before Being Purchased By Robert Dalton Later That June 21, Manager Of The First Security Bank Of Moab, And Was Razed.
First opened as the New Center Theatre in 1927, but became the White Theatre one year later in 1928. It was closed in 1959.
Once known as the Cinema 1-2-3 in the 1980s.
The McComb Enterprise-Journal though I checked on how early the State Theatre has been operating, and the earliest information I can find about the State dates back to an attraction in Late 1926. So as on my bet, it opened around that time.
The State and the Strand were both the theaters in the city of McComb as of 1930, running films, it may be confusing however but it was just the Enterprise-Journal or some information maybe led off from.
Oh, now I get it, thanks!
The answer may have to be the Magnolia if any history was correct, since the Strand in McComb opened its doors on March 21, 1921 which would later become the Palace Theatre on October 20, 1939. Otherwise it was definitely overlooked. Besides, McComb had another silent picture house called the Lomo Theatre which closed in the late 1910s as latest (but the Lomo Theatre may had operated until about 1920 since it was not listed at the time the Strand opened).
The 1926 Yearbook was published right before the State Theatre had opened in McComb. The Jacob’s Theatre did not wired for sound right after dropping two-thirds of its pie pieces in 1929, and the Strand remains as the city’s movie house, still in operation in both 1932 and 1933, with that, yes the Strand was wired with sound. Maybe the yearbook was listed as “wrong info” but if you look in Page 1 of the October 19, 1939 edition of the McComb Enterprise-Journal, you get the bet on what came after the Strand.
First Opened As The Strand Theatre On March 21, 1921. It Became The Palace After Closing For Several Months By Giving Workmen Free Rein. Reopened On October 24, 1939 With “Golden Boy” along with an unnamed cartoon, a random “snapshot” program was added as well.
The Strand (later the Palace)’s only possibly enough “major” incident was back on January 19, 1931 during the showing of “Hook, Line, and Sinker” along with a cartoon, a comedy, and a newsreel, when a “woman” collapsed shortly after the film completely started. She partially enough was taking from ambulance but later reveals as a wax figure and was then taking to the Denman-Alford Department Store nearby. Confusions. Perfect for an actual scene of a movie!
I cannot find at least information back when the building was known as the Dixie. But my best guess is that since the building was built in 1908, it may had a chance that it may had opened in 1908. It continued into World War I and died before the talking era rolled along.
All I see is a random garage prior to opening, so I’ll say that this opened way later than 2016.
With the launch of the Paramount, this was Publix’s 1,500th theater to be opened.
The Lyric was almost threatened by the Palace Theatre’s manager B.M. Poe in May 1932 in attempt to burn the Lyric Theatre by the use of his 2 younger boys using gasoline. He was arrested shortly afterwards.
NOTE: A Theater Did Open In The City Of West Point On April 14, 1930. Although It May Sound Confusing But It Was First Known As The 1,000-Capacity (Yes, 1,000 As Of 1930) “City Auditorium Theatre”. Opening with Nancy Carroll in “Honey”, along with a short entitled “Fatal Forces”, and a Grantland Rice Sportlight (which was equipped with RCA Protophone).
And Yes, This Would Later Become The Riveria Theatre On November 4, 1935 Reopening With “It’s In The Air”.
A few months prior to the launch of the Capitol Theatre, the nearby Palace Theatre closed as a movie house and literally became a 5/10¢ store simply named as J.B. Dick & Company.
The original 70ft screen that was used since its opening was used from April 2, 1953 until December 10, 1955 (Last features were “Shark River” and “Love Happy”). CinemaScope took over the Holiday and reopened on April 5, 1956 with “Glory”.
LaFollette, Tennessee native Mr. M. H. Parrott, the president of the Hendren Amusement Company who has been operating since 1920, took a trip down to Erwin to demonstrate the opening of the Capitol Theatre. It opened on November 4, 1935 with John Boles in “Redheads On Parade” along with a Popeye cartoon in “King Of Mardi Gras”, an unknown technicolor musical, and a Fox Movietone Newsreel.
Prior to the launch of the Capitol, there were 2 other theaters in the city of Erwin, the Lyric and the Palace, both being operated by a guy simply known as Mr. Gormar since May 1934 after living in Lenior City.
As of 1935, here is some information: The stage itself is equipped with curtains and drapes in red velour and gold which veils the stage which I cannot find the size for but its normalized, and has a deep piled carpet of modernistic pattern covering the aisles, foyer, and steps from the lobby which repeats soft shades. The floating comfort seats inside contains 12 springs, and the sound equipment that was used is Western Electric’s Wide Range. The part of the air conditioning system occupies a large part of the immense space directly over the main stage. There were 800 electrical outlets all over the Capitol and contains cylindrical chandeliers in shape which were fitted with etched glass in amber tubes, and the metal on all fixtures is of power harmonizing with the chromium used in front of the building on the marquee. There is a second floor containing the steel projection room which is largely enough fireproof, and lounges/bathrooms for both genders. The projecting room also contains a heavy underwriters fire door entering, and the windows were also covered in steel shutters which close automatically in case of a fire ad those that built it declare that a fire could rage for 24 hours without effecting the outside of the building.
CinemaScope was installed on August 26, 1954 with “Knights Of The Round Table” as its first scope film, no extras, on later that September 5th.
Closed In 1957.
Demolished In The Late 1990s.
Opened On May 12, 1949 With “Abies Irish Rose”. It Was Demolished On May 8, 1973 To Make Way For Jamesway Shopping Center.