I remember hearing about this when it happened - in this photo, it looks more like I’m looking at a furniture store than at the inside of a movie theatre here (which, in a way, is also fitting of the original Star Theatre’s outward appearance, looking more like a retail building than an actual theatre on the outside).
According to this article in the Alberni Valley News, the Port Alberni branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will be taking over management of the Paramount on October 1 and will be renaming the theatre as the Savoy Theatre:
As part of the change in management with Landmark pulling out of Port Alberni after running the Paramount (the soon-to-be Savoy) since August 1986, the new management is introducing a new website for the theatre:
This Odeon Theatre was located at 1558 Queen Street West and is not the later Odeon which was at 1473 Queen Street West. The Odeon building at 1558 Queen West still stands today and currently houses a fitness gym.
The AI “enhancement” didn’t work out quite as planned with this photo - the sign on the other side of the theatre looks like it reads “Avcadie”. Unfortunately, some AI programs don’t do very good jobs with reproductions, especially with spelling.
It seems ironic that a theatre called the Odeon, which one would think would naturally be part of the Odeon circuit (even though this one wasn’t), instead was associated with a circuit (i.e. 20th Century Theatres) that had ties to the Odeon Circuit’s main rival Famous Players.
That’s the original Cinema de Paris further down St. Catherine Street located next door to the Palace Theatre, not the Cinema de Paris that opened in 1968 between the Capitol and the Strand/Pigalle.
Yep, just as I figured after checking the photo section - not only were the space-consuming luxury recliners put in (the reason for the seating being reduced), the auditoriums also got black-boxed. And the theatre chains wonder why attendance is going down (among other reasons).
Major mistake in the Capitol 6’s description section - the original Capitol Theatre was demolished in 1980 (see link below - it was never multiplexed) and the Capitol 6 was built new on the original theatre’s site prior to its June 26, 1981 opening; the Capitol 6 that opened in 1981 has not been demolished.
The cartoon from the opening night on June 1, 1951 (listed on the opening night ad in the photo section) was the Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Every Monday.
TravisCape - Up in Canada, Famous Players and Odeon (historically), and currently Cineplex and Landmark, did the same thing in attaching restrictive covenants in the sale of their movie theatres after closing them to keep them from being used for movies (mainly because of concerns about competition from rivals when they open newer theatres). Ethically, it’s wrong and it shouldn’t be allowed because it denies moviegoers a choice and it also ruins the memories the affected theatres' patrons had of their movie experiences at those theatres (e.g. what movies they saw there, etc.) - not that the chains' CEOs care, because to them, it’s all about the $$$ at day’s end.
According to the link below (showing a recent Google Street view as of September 2023), the Totem Theatre building is still standing but has long since been boarded up and allowed to deteriorate.
According to the article below, the Caprice nightclub (in the old Dominion/Downtown/Caprice theatre space) closed in January 2018 and following renovations, was replaced in June 2019 with the space’s current tenant, a bar and restaurant called the Colony:
Since converted to a brewpub called Bitter Sisters Brew Company.
I remember hearing about this when it happened - in this photo, it looks more like I’m looking at a furniture store than at the inside of a movie theatre here (which, in a way, is also fitting of the original Star Theatre’s outward appearance, looking more like a retail building than an actual theatre on the outside).
According to this article in the Alberni Valley News, the Port Alberni branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will be taking over management of the Paramount on October 1 and will be renaming the theatre as the Savoy Theatre:
CMHA taking over management of Alberni’s Landmark Cinema
As part of the change in management with Landmark pulling out of Port Alberni after running the Paramount (the soon-to-be Savoy) since August 1986, the new management is introducing a new website for the theatre:
Savoy Theatre Port Alberni
This Odeon Theatre was located at 1558 Queen Street West and is not the later Odeon which was at 1473 Queen Street West. The Odeon building at 1558 Queen West still stands today and currently houses a fitness gym.
Amazing work with the colorization.
The AI “enhancement” didn’t work out quite as planned with this photo - the sign on the other side of the theatre looks like it reads “Avcadie”. Unfortunately, some AI programs don’t do very good jobs with reproductions, especially with spelling.
Looks more like the front of a high school or community college to me, but I agree that’s definitely not the Roxy.
It seems ironic that a theatre called the Odeon, which one would think would naturally be part of the Odeon circuit (even though this one wasn’t), instead was associated with a circuit (i.e. 20th Century Theatres) that had ties to the Odeon Circuit’s main rival Famous Players.
Appears to have been taken c. 1953, the year the two films on the marquee, The Vanquished and Mission Over Korea, were released.
Wrong theatre - this is an ad for the Elgin, not the Eastview.
To judge from the photo angle and the building’s size, it looks like the Eastview had room only for a lobby and that was it.
That’s the original Cinema de Paris further down St. Catherine Street located next door to the Palace Theatre, not the Cinema de Paris that opened in 1968 between the Capitol and the Strand/Pigalle.
Yep, just as I figured after checking the photo section - not only were the space-consuming luxury recliners put in (the reason for the seating being reduced), the auditoriums also got black-boxed. And the theatre chains wonder why attendance is going down (among other reasons).
Major mistake in the Capitol 6’s description section - the original Capitol Theatre was demolished in 1980 (see link below - it was never multiplexed) and the Capitol 6 was built new on the original theatre’s site prior to its June 26, 1981 opening; the Capitol 6 that opened in 1981 has not been demolished.
Capitol Theatre description at Wikimapia
Not actually a balcony, but a raised semi-stadium style rear section.
For MLutthans: Yes, the original Capitol was demolished and the Capitol 6 was built on the same site.
With the new name, Duncan Cinemas, it also has a new website:
Duncan Cinemas
The New Hope Cinema officially closed as of August 27, 2024, per this article from the Hope Standard:
New Hope Cinema fades to black
So, time to change this theatre’s status to Closed.
The cartoon from the opening night on June 1, 1951 (listed on the opening night ad in the photo section) was the Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Every Monday.
Not the same theatre as the one profiled in this article.
TravisCape - Up in Canada, Famous Players and Odeon (historically), and currently Cineplex and Landmark, did the same thing in attaching restrictive covenants in the sale of their movie theatres after closing them to keep them from being used for movies (mainly because of concerns about competition from rivals when they open newer theatres). Ethically, it’s wrong and it shouldn’t be allowed because it denies moviegoers a choice and it also ruins the memories the affected theatres' patrons had of their movie experiences at those theatres (e.g. what movies they saw there, etc.) - not that the chains' CEOs care, because to them, it’s all about the $$$ at day’s end.
According to the link below (showing a recent Google Street view as of September 2023), the Totem Theatre building is still standing but has long since been boarded up and allowed to deteriorate.
Totem Theatre building in September 2023
The address listed above for the former Broadway Theatre (now the location of the Broadway Diner) is correct and the postal code is P4N 1C2.
According to the PDF article supplied by Mike Rivest (on page 5), the Prince Rupert Cinemas opened on April 8, 1982.
According to the article below, the Caprice nightclub (in the old Dominion/Downtown/Caprice theatre space) closed in January 2018 and following renovations, was replaced in June 2019 with the space’s current tenant, a bar and restaurant called the Colony:
Inside the massive new Colony Granville Strip location before it opens