There was also a Patio Drive-In in Prineville owned by the same family. (I will set up a page for that.)
Referenced here in this 2005 response to an editorial.
2 vintage photos added.
Previous ownership noted in excerpt from the obituary for Wilma Piercy below.
She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras.
They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
From the obituary for Wilma Piercy.
She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras.
They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
From the obituary for Wilma Piercy.
She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras.
They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
Per the 1942 image added courtesy Jeanine Fontaine:
“Opened June 27, 1941.
According to local history, the Chatterbox got it’s name because a restaurant called the Chatterbox went out of business and the owners were able to buy their sign cheap.”
Marquee reads “The Chatterbox Arlington Theater”. So Chatterbox should be one word.
Demolished in 1980 per the Historic Buildings of Connecticut website.
1962 photo added credit Middlesex County Historical Society, via Charles Benson.
Circa 1954 photo added via Todd Berkun.
Became Pandora’s Box strip club in 1971. Timeline and history in below links with photos.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/timeline-imperial-theatre-pandoras-box-barrymores-music-hall
https://lindaseccaspina.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/memories-of-pandoras-box/
http://wheelehouse.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-imperial-theatre.html
5 images added.
Closed in 1958.
Photo credit City of Ottawa Archives CA025816.
Photo credit City of Ottawa Archives CA24691.
March 15, 1974 photo added credit City of Ottawa Archives CA024656.
1974 photo credit City of Ottawa Archives CA025670.
2012 DNAInfo article about a then exhibit of the theatre portion by Clark-Devon Hardware.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20121102/rogers-park/clark-devon-hardware-show-off-its-surprising-history-empty-storefront/
May 25, 1956.
14 vintage images added courtesy Vintage Bend Facebook page.
Appears to be a Jersey Mikes sub shop now.
Update, The K&D was sold to Larry & Marie Easter in the early `70s and remained open until after 1984. Per this rebuttal by Marie Easter.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136720
Thank you.
Will add it now.
Correct address is 849 NW Wall Street. Status should be changed to Open. ScaleHouse At Liberty Arts Collaborative. BendFilm HUB screens films there.
Official website and Facebook page below which has auditorium photos.
https://www.scalehouse.org/?fbclid=IwAR1aAV4XW1UNPxWCyHOwb-SOwSBV13F0mDo2T4mPztEJ9nFA-XNL4m0zeYw
https://www.facebook.com/scalehouse/
Insight into the running of the Chief Theater by one of it’s one time owners in this 2005 response to an editorial.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136720
There was also a Patio Drive-In in Prineville owned by the same family. (I will set up a page for that.) Referenced here in this 2005 response to an editorial.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136720
December 22, 2012 article about the then 5 year anniversary of the Pine Theater’s reopening.
https://www.bendbulletin.com/news/1565181-151/theater-keeps-prineville-in-movies
2 vintage photos added. Previous ownership noted in excerpt from the obituary for Wilma Piercy below.
She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras. They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136149
From the obituary for Wilma Piercy. She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras. They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136149
From the obituary for Wilma Piercy. She married Denzel M. Piercy on June 26, 1935, in Prineville. He was in partnership with his brother Kenneth in running the Lyric and Pine theaters in Prineville. Mrs. Piercy became a partner when they bought the Chief Theater and built the K & D Drive-In Theater in Madras. They enjoyed their role of providing movies for the community for many years until they retired in 1972.
https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=136149
Per the 1942 image added courtesy Jeanine Fontaine: “Opened June 27, 1941. According to local history, the Chatterbox got it’s name because a restaurant called the Chatterbox went out of business and the owners were able to buy their sign cheap.”
Marquee reads “The Chatterbox Arlington Theater”.
So Chatterbox should be one word.
Six 2019 photos added credit Society for Commercial Archeology. Lobby and auditorium.