This type of info would have been a welcome addition. In my theatre research I also stumbled upon another Miami weirdness. The 1926 telephone book had a section for “Colored people”. This odd bit of segregation would surely have made it easier to find black friends and family.
The first Paramount opened in 1916 and ran until at least 1928 at 26 East First Street.
The Fairfax was opened in 1922 by the Leach family and Publix Theates and was renamed Paramount in 1931 when Publix gained major interest in the theatre due to the depression woes of the Leach family. At this time the Sparks chain was created and named after Publix' Florida General Manager Edward Sparks.
It was given a major Art Deco treatment in 1938. By 1940 when the courts forced the Paramount-Publix Monopoly to split up, regional company Florida State Theatres was formed.
The Leach family, major local owner/partners of the Fairfax prior to 1931 also had interests in the Airdome and Strand and half-interest in the Fotosho.
I did some research on old Miami Heralds and found out the Strand opened at this address in 1918. It changed name to the SEVENTH AVENUE in 1926 and back to STRAND in 1938 after being taken over by Wometco.
Also known as the SUNSET ART, this location may have opened as the SOUTH MIAMI in 1946 and then changed names to the HIWAY in 1950. It became the SUNSET in 1952 and was taken over by Wometco shortly after.
This issue of Boxoffice flagged by HowardBHaas on the Beekman page features a rare shot of the Arcadia just before it became the Baronet. Go to page 160.
Kirk, if you think “DOUBT” was about bad priests then you either badly misunderstood the film or never saw it. “FROST/NIXON” is fascinating piece of American history and as close as we will get to an American president going on trial. Old politician “MILK” is the Martin Luther King of the Gay Rights movement and “CHE” may be the most misunderstood politician in recent history and even this latest film fails to show many aspects of him after four and half hours. “VALKYRIE” was about Hitler’s henchmen trying to do away with him. I cannot recall a single previous film on that subject.
I think you will find most movies are about “old subjects”, I mean that JONAS BROTHERS concert SO already happened. As for that great movie, “ENCHANTED”, it was released in 2007 but I have my DOUBTS it was a true story.
VHS saved a dieing industry by providing a new audience for ailing franchises and allowing for sequel after sequel of hit movies and discovery of new stars by older home viewers. It may have created an artistic vacuum but it allowed for the economic windfall which increased the product flow that also allowed multiplexes to blossom.
There are even some indications that piracy may help sequels such as when modest VHS hit “FIRST BLOOD” lead to blockbuster world wide openings for its sequel “RAMBO”.
Thanks for the insight MayfairMan!
I recently visited Historical Museum of South Florida where they currently have an exhibit on the African Diaspora in Miami.
http://www.hmsf.org/
This type of info would have been a welcome addition. In my theatre research I also stumbled upon another Miami weirdness. The 1926 telephone book had a section for “Colored people”. This odd bit of segregation would surely have made it easier to find black friends and family.
They will need to invest in digital projection so print cost won’t be an issue.
This may have opened as the Palms theatre in 1963.
As the Premier, this location was open by 1964 and was closed by 1976. The address a that time was 22 N. Krome Avenue.
I suspect that since these 42nd street businesses all share exits and in some cases some are inside others, they may a share a main postal office.
Oddly enough Modell’s next door and the old Liberty Theatre are both also 234 West 42nd Street.
This was operating as the SKYDOME in 1931.
The first Paramount opened in 1916 and ran until at least 1928 at 26 East First Street.
The Fairfax was opened in 1922 by the Leach family and Publix Theates and was renamed Paramount in 1931 when Publix gained major interest in the theatre due to the depression woes of the Leach family. At this time the Sparks chain was created and named after Publix' Florida General Manager Edward Sparks.
It was given a major Art Deco treatment in 1938. By 1940 when the courts forced the Paramount-Publix Monopoly to split up, regional company Florida State Theatres was formed.
The Leach family, major local owner/partners of the Fairfax prior to 1931 also had interests in the Airdome and Strand and half-interest in the Fotosho.
I did some research on old Miami Heralds and found out the Strand opened at this address in 1918. It changed name to the SEVENTH AVENUE in 1926 and back to STRAND in 1938 after being taken over by Wometco.
The Sunset address was 5970 S. Dixie Highway.
Also known as the SUNSET ART, this location may have opened as the SOUTH MIAMI in 1946 and then changed names to the HIWAY in 1950. It became the SUNSET in 1952 and was taken over by Wometco shortly after.
The Roxy opened in 1932 and closed in 1943. It was a Sparks/Paramount theatre.
The Ritz was opened as a “negro house” servicing the mixed nationality black residents of Overtown, once known as Coloredtown.
The architect was Roy F. France who also helped designed the Miami Beach Carib.
The architect was Robert E. Collins.
The Dixie opened in 1948 and the architect was Robert E. Collins.
Good to have you back, Denpiano!
This issue of Boxoffice flagged by HowardBHaas on the Beekman page features a rare shot of the Arcadia just before it became the Baronet. Go to page 160.
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A good guess would be 5,963.
Congratulations Mike! Well done.
Kirk, if you think “DOUBT” was about bad priests then you either badly misunderstood the film or never saw it. “FROST/NIXON” is fascinating piece of American history and as close as we will get to an American president going on trial. Old politician “MILK” is the Martin Luther King of the Gay Rights movement and “CHE” may be the most misunderstood politician in recent history and even this latest film fails to show many aspects of him after four and half hours. “VALKYRIE” was about Hitler’s henchmen trying to do away with him. I cannot recall a single previous film on that subject.
I think you will find most movies are about “old subjects”, I mean that JONAS BROTHERS concert SO already happened. As for that great movie, “ENCHANTED”, it was released in 2007 but I have my DOUBTS it was a true story.
VHS saved a dieing industry by providing a new audience for ailing franchises and allowing for sequel after sequel of hit movies and discovery of new stars by older home viewers. It may have created an artistic vacuum but it allowed for the economic windfall which increased the product flow that also allowed multiplexes to blossom.
There are even some indications that piracy may help sequels such as when modest VHS hit “FIRST BLOOD” lead to blockbuster world wide openings for its sequel “RAMBO”.
Since this technology has been in place for over three years now, it will have little effect.
I show it still advertised in the Miami Herald in 1962, but not beyond that.
This is now the Teatro Area Stage en el Riviera Theatre featuring Spanish language live theatre.
http://www.teatroareastage.com/
Unfortunately, if you adjust for inflation on that same site you will find HOUSE OF WAX is still as good as it gets.