Images added.
Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in Randall Kleiser’s “The Blue Lagoon” opens on July 18, 1980 at the Rialto 1 Theatre and the Meadowlark Cinema in Edmonton… and the controversy follows.
Courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Images added.
Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in Randall Kleiser’s “The Blue Lagoon” opens on July 18, 1980 at the Rialto 1 Theatre and the Meadowlark Cinema in Edmonton… and the controversy follows.
Courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Opened as the single screen Towne Cinema March 19, 1965 with Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” and Judy Cannon in “A Comedy Tale of Fanny Hill”.
“The Cinema Park Drive-In Theatre, located on Bowness Road in Calgary, opens on July 16, 1953 with Dan Dailey in "Meet Me at the Fair”. Owned by Western Drive-In Theatres Limited and managed by Ken McGregor. The theatre site occupies 45 acres and can accommodate 1,100 cars. The huge screen has a picture size of 65 feet wide. Becomes a Famous Players Theatre on April 24, 1958, with “Teacher’s Pet” as the opening feature. Drive-In closes on November 14, 1976 with “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Gator”."
Demolition photos added credit New Hanover County Public Library.
Circa 1914 photo credit Chicago History Museum. David Higgins in “His Last Dollar” on the marquee. Released October 29, 1914.
2018 link with images.
http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2018/12/29/the-paradise-theatre-becomes-westchesters-second-theater-on-sepulveda/
Links to the Getty Images photos of the Beverly Theatre.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/exterior-view-of-the-beverly-theater-located-at-95th-and-news-photo/99252539?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/exterior-view-of-the-beverly-theater-showing-the-ticket-news-photo/99252692?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/interior-view-of-the-beverly-theater-showing-seating-in-the-news-photo/99254722?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/interior-view-of-the-beverly-theater-showing-seating-in-the-news-photo/101596485?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
1953 photo, Bryant Theatre marquee in the background. Scroll down.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7027827/Newly-discovered-color-images-offer-rare-glimpse-1950s-America-boom-years.html
Reopened in 2020. Website and Facebook page below.
https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/santa-barbara-di
https://www.facebook.com/SantaBarbaraDI/?tn=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARAF1EyhEjsA87CKBiaQZQF1vt9Xah4TpBgrqq1IMrWEsMKWhIoyT09bEItUiuR2OElFT-1qvKCKpv-D
1968 print ad as The New Plaza, added courtesy David Ayers. Russ Meyer’s “Vixen” Rated X.
Images added. Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in Randall Kleiser’s “The Blue Lagoon” opens on July 18, 1980 at the Rialto 1 Theatre and the Meadowlark Cinema in Edmonton… and the controversy follows. Courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Images added. Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins in Randall Kleiser’s “The Blue Lagoon” opens on July 18, 1980 at the Rialto 1 Theatre and the Meadowlark Cinema in Edmonton… and the controversy follows. Courtesy Stephen Leigh.
Grand Opening, newly built as a twin. Was never a single screen.
Grand Opening, newly built as a twin. Was never a single screen.
Grand Opening, newly built as a twin. Was never a single screen.
Opened as the single screen Towne Cinema March 19, 1965 with Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” and Judy Cannon in “A Comedy Tale of Fanny Hill”.
Article about the Wonder Morton Organ at the Arlington.
https://www.independent.com/2012/08/22/arlington-theatre-organ/?fbclid=IwAR1SZckLviPlL9yxjv8FTloFcW8OdictWlJUUtNhEOekCbO9ScaE4PEic6E
1970 photo added courtesy Dennis Parker.
Circa July 2006.
June 1920 photo added courtesy Dennis Parker.
Opened circa 1910.
Facebook page for the Lido Theatre.
https://www.facebook.com/thelidofsj/
Additional history courtesy Stephen Leigh.
“The Cinema Park Drive-In Theatre, located on Bowness Road in Calgary, opens on July 16, 1953 with Dan Dailey in "Meet Me at the Fair”. Owned by Western Drive-In Theatres Limited and managed by Ken McGregor. The theatre site occupies 45 acres and can accommodate 1,100 cars. The huge screen has a picture size of 65 feet wide. Becomes a Famous Players Theatre on April 24, 1958, with “Teacher’s Pet” as the opening feature. Drive-In closes on November 14, 1976 with “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Gator”."
April 16, 1942 “Crash Victim.” Image: Weegee/International Center of Photography, Courtesy: Daniel Blau, Munich
The Ashton had 650 seats after the 1939, $21,000 renovation.
Reference Facts added to Photo gallery.
September 2019 street view shows boarded up front with part of the upper facade removed on the right.
1911 rendering and 1919 photo added.
2017 article with photos.
https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/local/detroit-city/2017/12/06/the-national-theatre-building-designed-by-albert-kahn-in-1911/108367584/?fbclid=IwAR30VKlFCqtwMsiDxqne7HS2gdivpTi7A-vrJcZm3oShSocVeY_zagm5KW8