I can’t say on the other theaters. I know on this one it confirms Joe’s note that Statewide was the operator in the latter period of the theater’s existence. It also tells us which other theaters were controlled by Statewide in 1964, which is a good reference point if that question is raised.
I’ll bet people would turn off their cellphones in the theater if the manager was armed. This is from the Madison (WI) Capital Times in February 1931:
CHICAGOâ€"Three Negro bandits held up the Granada theater at 6247 Sheridan Road Friday night and fled before the revolver fire of J.J. Katz, the manager, who gave chase after he had been notified of the robbery by a girl cashier. One of the holdup men was believed to have been wounded.
The chase and shooting were witnessed by hundreds of motorists and pedestrians, as it occurred about 10 o'clock, while the crowds from the first performance were still leaving the theater.
Here is a short clip around the time of the closing:
http://tinyurl.com/np6z2y
That’s a good one.
No, but it shows some of the Statewide theaters at that time. Plus it was Pia Zadora’s first film. Can’t beat that.
I can’t say on the other theaters. I know on this one it confirms Joe’s note that Statewide was the operator in the latter period of the theater’s existence. It also tells us which other theaters were controlled by Statewide in 1964, which is a good reference point if that question is raised.
Here is a 1932 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/n4aqa2
Here is a 1964 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/nane32
Here is a 1960 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/nb93uv
Works for me.
There is a circa 1960s ad for the Auto-See on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/lbojo8
Here is a December 1964 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ndnarb
Here is a 1967 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/lmdxg3
Here is a 1963 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ktpp26
Here is a photo circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/m92qc4
Here is a 1973 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/neylxg
Here are some 1928 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/nh3sx4
http://tinyurl.com/lgmrlw
Here is a photo from around the time of the opening:
http://tinyurl.com/nxravg
Here are some 1961 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/nf5zlp
http://tinyurl.com/kv93mm
Here is a photo circa 1951:
http://tinyurl.com/konmzx
Here is another 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/newrdu
Which I’m sure was minimal to begin with.
Here is a 1959 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/lydr85
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/kwca5s
Here is a February 1959 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/lbmoq3
There is an older photo of the Ritz on this August 2009 blog:
http://tinyurl.com/ltfgn3
I’ll bet people would turn off their cellphones in the theater if the manager was armed. This is from the Madison (WI) Capital Times in February 1931:
CHICAGOâ€"Three Negro bandits held up the Granada theater at 6247 Sheridan Road Friday night and fled before the revolver fire of J.J. Katz, the manager, who gave chase after he had been notified of the robbery by a girl cashier. One of the holdup men was believed to have been wounded.
The chase and shooting were witnessed by hundreds of motorists and pedestrians, as it occurred about 10 o'clock, while the crowds from the first performance were still leaving the theater.