A set of vintage photographs of the Odeon Hendon:
Exterior by day in September 1949 View link
A day-time close-up of the entrance in August 1950 View link
The exterior photographed at dusk in August 1950 View link
A night view in August 1950 View link
A night view from a different angle in August 1950 View link
Close-up of the entrance at night in December 1950 View link
Exterior by day in July 1951 View link
The Villard Theatre has recently been demolished. The store-fronts and lobby space have been retained and condos will be built on the site of the auditorium.
It opened on November 24 1927 with Ann Harding in “Her Private Affair”. The theatre was equipped with a Gottfried console organ. Decorative stencil decorations in the theatre were by famed sculpture Alfonso Ianelli. It was re-modeled in 1936, retaining the beamed ceiling and wood paneled wainscoting. The rest of the decoration was Art Deco with wall sconces and the cornice of the auditorium featured alternating panels with sunburst and grotesque masks.
The Imperial Theater opened in 1914 and closed in the early 1930’s. It had a stage house to accomodate vaudeville acts in the early days.
It was re-modeled and re-opened in 1937 as the Avon Theater which closed on April 18 1956. The seating capacity given in 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook is 850.
Two photographs of the copies of the ‘Flying Ladies’ which have now been restored to the side walls of the auditorium. The originals were scuptured by artist Raymond Briton Riviere in 1937 and were removed to the rubbish skip in 1967 in a ‘modernisation’ scheme. http://flickr.com/photos/klunsa/46404054/ http://flickr.com/photos/klunsa/46403902/
In the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook this is listed as the Hughes Theatre, 186th Street & Hughes Avenue (no seating capacity is given, so this could have recently opened when the F.D.Y. went to print). In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is known as the Savoy Theatre with 1,000 seats.
The Coliseum Cine opened in 1923 and was designed by architect F. de P. Nebot. The interior decoration in a Spanish Renaissance style was by J. de Casals.
If you add up the total seating capacities of all seven theatres operating in Danville in the 1950 Film Daily Yearbook, they total 4,159! The Virginia Theatre at that year is listed with a seating capacity of 629, a reduction from the 700 figure given in the 1940’s.
The Community House opened in 1911 as the Community Hall. In the 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook it is listed as the Community Theatre with 400 seats. Listed in the 1950 F.D.Y. as Community House with a seating capacity of 374, it closed as a cinema in 1987.
Photographed as the Cannon Cinema in 1986:
http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/138485813
A set of vintage photographs of the Odeon Hendon:
Exterior by day in September 1949
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A day-time close-up of the entrance in August 1950
View link
The exterior photographed at dusk in August 1950
View link
A night view in August 1950
View link
A night view from a different angle in August 1950
View link
Close-up of the entrance at night in December 1950
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Exterior by day in July 1951
View link
The Villard Theatre has recently been demolished. The store-fronts and lobby space have been retained and condos will be built on the site of the auditorium.
It opened on November 24 1927 with Ann Harding in “Her Private Affair”. The theatre was equipped with a Gottfried console organ. Decorative stencil decorations in the theatre were by famed sculpture Alfonso Ianelli. It was re-modeled in 1936, retaining the beamed ceiling and wood paneled wainscoting. The rest of the decoration was Art Deco with wall sconces and the cornice of the auditorium featured alternating panels with sunburst and grotesque masks.
The Imperial Theater opened in 1914 and closed in the early 1930’s. It had a stage house to accomodate vaudeville acts in the early days.
It was re-modeled and re-opened in 1937 as the Avon Theater which closed on April 18 1956. The seating capacity given in 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook is 850.
Film Daily Yearbook listings for Hohenwald, TN:-
1941 Strand Theatre 145 seats
1943 Strand Theatre 434 seats
1950 Strand Theatre, North 3rd 434 seats
The seating capacity of the Southern Theatre is given as 700 in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.
The Hanna Theatre is listed in the 1941 edition of Film Daily Yearbook with 1,500 seats.
Photographed as a single screen in the 1960’s. The ‘Odeon’ sign on the left of the building has been removed:
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Another view of the foyer:
http://flickr.com/photos/vjerka/117119853
Another night photograph:
http://flickr.com/photos/jedrek/104214884/
Oopps sorry here is the day view link again:
http://flickr.com/photos/marquezill/197996239/
A day view of the Kosmos disco, soon after its May 2006 opening:
http://flickr.com.photos/marquezill/197996239
Two photographs of the copies of the ‘Flying Ladies’ which have now been restored to the side walls of the auditorium. The originals were scuptured by artist Raymond Briton Riviere in 1937 and were removed to the rubbish skip in 1967 in a ‘modernisation’ scheme.
http://flickr.com/photos/klunsa/46404054/
http://flickr.com/photos/klunsa/46403902/
A night view, photographed in its new use as disco, bars & restaurant:
http://flickr.com/photos/63438388@N00/287531895/
A photograph of the foyer:
http://flickr.com/photos/potala/310201243/
A view across the Hardenbergstrasse:
http://flickr.com/photos/mr_simon/74380784/
Photographed at night:
http://flickr.com/photos/danii/23756462/
OOpps sorry here is the correct link to the ‘Lounge’ photograph:
http://flickr.com/photos/bloomblossom/221945842/
Here are a selection of photographs of the magnificent Cinema Riga:
Auditorium
http://flickr.com/photos/bloomblossom/221944028/
http://flickr.com/photos/bloomblossom/221945835/
Close-up of entrance and facade
http://flickr.com/photos/doc18/190651095/
http://flickr.com/photos/doc18/190651288/
Lounge
http://flickr.com/photos/bloomblossom/221945824/
Facade restoration
http://flickr.com/photos/simplemortel/237149353/
In the 1926 edition of Film Daily Yearbook this is listed as the Hughes Theatre, 186th Street & Hughes Avenue (no seating capacity is given, so this could have recently opened when the F.D.Y. went to print). In the 1930 edition of F.D.Y. it is known as the Savoy Theatre with 1,000 seats.
The Coliseum Cine opened in 1923 and was designed by architect F. de P. Nebot. The interior decoration in a Spanish Renaissance style was by J. de Casals.
The Ritz Theatre opened around April 1937.
If you add up the total seating capacities of all seven theatres operating in Danville in the 1950 Film Daily Yearbook, they total 4,159! The Virginia Theatre at that year is listed with a seating capacity of 629, a reduction from the 700 figure given in the 1940’s.
The Community House opened in 1911 as the Community Hall. In the 1941 & 1943 editions of Film Daily Yearbook it is listed as the Community Theatre with 400 seats. Listed in the 1950 F.D.Y. as Community House with a seating capacity of 374, it closed as a cinema in 1987.
The 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a seating capacity of 1,064.