Correction: Actual opening date is March 11, 1911 as the Chimes Theatre. It was renamed the Cedarburg Theatre in May 1934, and closed in 1945. Please fix.
Opened with “Sacco & Vanzetti” in Screen 1 and “Desperate Characters” in Screen 2. It was closed on May 22, 1986 with “Fire With Fire” in Screen 1 and “Mountain Top Motel Massacre” in Screen 2.
The Rivoli Theatre opened its doors on January 11, 1936 with Ronald Colman in “A Tale With Two Cities” along with an unnamed cartoon and a newsreel. It was first managed by Mark Morgan.
What’s very strange about its grand opening advertisement is that it opened with a one-day showing of a “surprise feature” along with two unnamed cartoons, meaning that the identity of the main feature wasn’t announced to the public at all.
Opened with Shirley Temple in “Just Around The Corner” along with the Merrie Melodies cartoon “A Feud There Was” (listed as “A Feud Cartoon” for some weird reason, but I officially confirm “A Feud There Was” is the exact cartoon), a sports reel (listed as “Pinehurst” which according to my research, I cannot find any information about any sports reels being named “Pinehurst”. The closest sports reel containing the “Pinehurst” name that I can find from around that time period is “Bow Strings” which said “made recently in Pinehurst” on other nationwide showtimes), and a “community sing novelty” (definitely not a Screen Song, but something similar).
After running “Twister” on May 23, 1996, the film immediately moved to two screens in the then-brand new Showplace 16 the following day, while the downtown single-screen Showplace 8 briefly dropped its first-run fare for independent films for only a few months. During that stunt, it was renamed the Showplace Downtown Art Theatre.
The “Art” flip failed miserably and first-run movies returned to the downtown theater three months later on August 2, 1996, and the “Art” name was dropped, renaming it just simply “Showplace Downtown Theatre”. This didn’t last long, and the downtown theater closed as a movie theater on February 17, 1997 with “One Fine Day”.
Once operated by USA Cinemas before Loews took it over in 1988. Loews closed the theater on November 6, 1993 with a sneak preview of “My Life” because of the upcoming opening of the Loews Vestal Town Square 9, which happened six days later.
The Orpheum Theatre opened its doors on September 23, 1913 with three films: “Tabeas Wants Out”, “The Hostage”, and “A Woman In The Ultimate”, along with musical performances by Frisco’s Golden Voiced Singers supported by the 14-piece Bartola Orchestra. Crawfordsville resident and former Warsaw College student Ned Smith was the Orpheum’s original manager.
Information about the Orpheum as of 1913 goes as follows: In technicolor, the original lobby and entrance was painted in dark green with the floor woodwork in mahogany finish as well as terra cotta walls. The carpet is also the same color as the walls but with a deeper shade. Starting at the base of the wall, the coloring is tan which merged into a cream finally resulting in a yellow ceiling. The panel system only adds to the attractiveness and the terra cotta raised decorations of the French renaissance cast off the high light of green from the revertible indirect system of lighting. A marble sanitary fountain also appears in the lobby, with two side entrances to the foyer are placed beside it. From the foyer, the steps to the balcony start on the left side and wind in a graceful sweep to the region above. As for the lobby and foyers, the walls are shader from dark at the base to a lighter variety towards the ceiling. All the windows and doors are draped with silk portieres and blended in the same dark green scheme.
Inside the auditorium contains a symmetrical slope of the seating arrangement. There are nine seats in a row and the rows are 26 deep, with all seats being dipped in mahogany. The two aisles on either side are carpeted with green velvet with the floor in the seating block of cork carpet. The overhead lighting system contains one large and three smaller inverted arcs which cast a soft glow. Also on the side walls contains concealed fixtures. The stage and screen resembles good view although I cannot find the measurement of both of those ingredients. The projectors in the booth were shipped from New York to Lafayette at the then-cost of $400, and the 14-piece orchestra costed the entirety of $3,000, which contains the following instruments: Piano, organ, violin, trombone, flute, base drum, snare drum, orchestra chimes, xylophone, marembaphone, symbols, autohorn, thundersheet, and a tom-tom.
This actually opened on October 6, 1972 with Jack Lemmon in “War Between Men And Women”.
Closed on June 26, 1973 with “Up The Sandbox” and “Monte Walsh”.
Closed on July 7, 1985 with “Rambo: First Blood Part II”.
Correction: Actual opening date is March 11, 1911 as the Chimes Theatre. It was renamed the Cedarburg Theatre in May 1934, and closed in 1945. Please fix.
Opened with “Sacco & Vanzetti” in Screen 1 and “Desperate Characters” in Screen 2. It was closed on May 22, 1986 with “Fire With Fire” in Screen 1 and “Mountain Top Motel Massacre” in Screen 2.
First operated by Loews, later Sony Theatres, and finally Loews Cineplex. It was closed on August 9, 1999.
It appears to be a mix of first-run, second-run, classic, and film festivals.
Actual opening date is November 16, 1990.
Early August 1948
The Rivoli Theatre opened its doors on January 11, 1936 with Ronald Colman in “A Tale With Two Cities” along with an unnamed cartoon and a newsreel. It was first managed by Mark Morgan.
Anytime!
What’s very strange about its grand opening advertisement is that it opened with a one-day showing of a “surprise feature” along with two unnamed cartoons, meaning that the identity of the main feature wasn’t announced to the public at all.
Actually, reopened as the Florida Theatre on August 19, 1948.
Opened with Shirley Temple in “Just Around The Corner” along with the Merrie Melodies cartoon “A Feud There Was” (listed as “A Feud Cartoon” for some weird reason, but I officially confirm “A Feud There Was” is the exact cartoon), a sports reel (listed as “Pinehurst” which according to my research, I cannot find any information about any sports reels being named “Pinehurst”. The closest sports reel containing the “Pinehurst” name that I can find from around that time period is “Bow Strings” which said “made recently in Pinehurst” on other nationwide showtimes), and a “community sing novelty” (definitely not a Screen Song, but something similar).
After running “Twister” on May 23, 1996, the film immediately moved to two screens in the then-brand new Showplace 16 the following day, while the downtown single-screen Showplace 8 briefly dropped its first-run fare for independent films for only a few months. During that stunt, it was renamed the Showplace Downtown Art Theatre.
The “Art” flip failed miserably and first-run movies returned to the downtown theater three months later on August 2, 1996, and the “Art” name was dropped, renaming it just simply “Showplace Downtown Theatre”. This didn’t last long, and the downtown theater closed as a movie theater on February 17, 1997 with “One Fine Day”.
Opened on December 15, 1989 with ten screens as the Star John-R 1-10.
Once operated by USA Cinemas before Loews took it over in 1988. Loews closed the theater on November 6, 1993 with a sneak preview of “My Life” because of the upcoming opening of the Loews Vestal Town Square 9, which happened six days later.
Once operated by USA Cinemas before Loews took it over. Loews closed the theater with “Rising Sun” and “Cliffhanger” on September 19, 1993.
Closed on September 7, 1987 with “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Outrageous Fortune”. USA Cinemas was its last operator.
Actual closing date as a movie theater is October 31, 1993 with “The Beverly Hillbillies”.
This opened as the Loews Vestal Town Square 9.
United Artists last operated the Mars Theatre before closing as a movie house on August 8, 1978 with “The Norseman”.
The Orpheum Theatre opened its doors on September 23, 1913 with three films: “Tabeas Wants Out”, “The Hostage”, and “A Woman In The Ultimate”, along with musical performances by Frisco’s Golden Voiced Singers supported by the 14-piece Bartola Orchestra. Crawfordsville resident and former Warsaw College student Ned Smith was the Orpheum’s original manager.
Information about the Orpheum as of 1913 goes as follows: In technicolor, the original lobby and entrance was painted in dark green with the floor woodwork in mahogany finish as well as terra cotta walls. The carpet is also the same color as the walls but with a deeper shade. Starting at the base of the wall, the coloring is tan which merged into a cream finally resulting in a yellow ceiling. The panel system only adds to the attractiveness and the terra cotta raised decorations of the French renaissance cast off the high light of green from the revertible indirect system of lighting. A marble sanitary fountain also appears in the lobby, with two side entrances to the foyer are placed beside it. From the foyer, the steps to the balcony start on the left side and wind in a graceful sweep to the region above. As for the lobby and foyers, the walls are shader from dark at the base to a lighter variety towards the ceiling. All the windows and doors are draped with silk portieres and blended in the same dark green scheme.
Inside the auditorium contains a symmetrical slope of the seating arrangement. There are nine seats in a row and the rows are 26 deep, with all seats being dipped in mahogany. The two aisles on either side are carpeted with green velvet with the floor in the seating block of cork carpet. The overhead lighting system contains one large and three smaller inverted arcs which cast a soft glow. Also on the side walls contains concealed fixtures. The stage and screen resembles good view although I cannot find the measurement of both of those ingredients. The projectors in the booth were shipped from New York to Lafayette at the then-cost of $400, and the 14-piece orchestra costed the entirety of $3,000, which contains the following instruments: Piano, organ, violin, trombone, flute, base drum, snare drum, orchestra chimes, xylophone, marembaphone, symbols, autohorn, thundersheet, and a tom-tom.
Destroyed by an early morning fire on April 10, 1914, costing an estimate $70,000 in damages.
Now permanently closed according to Google.