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Roosevelt Theatre
770 Arthur Godfrey Road,
Miami Beach,
FL
33140
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Previously operated by: Brandt Theaters, B.S. Moss Enterprises, Stanley-Warner Theatres
Architects: Albert Anis
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Roosevelt Playhouse
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- Oct 24, 2010 — "The Alamo"...Happy 50th!
- Apr 16, 2009 — Remembering Cinerama (Part 27: Miami)
The Roosevelt Theatre was opened on December 27, 1949 with Van Johnson in “Battleground”. A rather small theatre, it usually played what first run films it could get. All I can recall from the 1950’s is that it has a lot of mirrors in the lobby. At times this theatre converted to live stage plays, but then switched back to movies. I saw the Russian “War and Peace” there.
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Well, I’d hope to it could show whatever you wouldn’t get there!
@davidL A Performing arts company i work for is interested in this old Roosevelt theater in turning it into a performing arts venue. if your interested on helping us restore this ancient email me @
In its early days it was mostly an art house and Cinemascope was not an issue but by 1956 this was South Florida’s first Cinerama house that proscenium obsolete.
I found this from a 2012 piece in the SunPost. A few photos of the interior as it sits today.
http://www.sunpostweekly.com/2012/02/02/history-time-capsule-the-roosevelt-theater/
Remember seeing Never on Sunday Fitzwilly and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner on late runs … a decent neighbourhood house
The Sun Post Weekly site appears to be defunct but incinerama archived some of the 2012 indoor/interior photos at their site. (see below) Additionally, a large mural has now been painted on the side of the Roosevelt by muralist Lebo.
http://incinerama.com/roosevelt.htm
The Roosevelt theatre opened on December 27th, 1949 by Brandt theatres of New York City starting the trend of northern theatre chains setting shop in Florida (Brandt, K-B, Century, Budco, etc.).
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Roosevelt theatre opening Sun, Dec 25, 1949 – 13 · The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) · Newspapers.com
Does anyone know who the original architect was for the Roosevelt?
The architect was Albert Anis.