In 1965 it was known as a hard tiucket run. Tickets were printed on a light cardboard for each seat for each performance. You could buy your tickets in advance or at the box office for each performance. The box office had a print of the theatre seating and you could select yours seats if they were available. They also had mail orders for reserved seats at that time. You could choose your seats and give alternate locations. There were mail order forms, sometimes in the newspapers or you could pick them up at the theatre box office.
There was a Strand Theatre located on Frederica just down from the Bleich Theatre. It housed the offices for the Strand Amusement Co. There was also the Grand, Queen and Kentucky in Owensboro.
The Wilson Theatre was listed at 1043 Wilson Avenue, with 400 Seats. So that would have been the opposite side of the street with seating for 100 more patrons.
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973 Reference number 73001684 Architectural styles Other architectural type; Federal; Federal transitional Areas of significance Architecture; Social History Level of significance National Evaluation criteria A – Event; C – Design/Construction Property type Building Historic functions Hotel; Single dwelling Current functions Museum; Multiple dwelling Period of significance 1800-1824 Significant year ca. 1809 Number of properties Contributing buildings: 5
Non-contributing buildings: 1
I believe that was the Cozy Theatre.
In 1965 it was known as a hard tiucket run. Tickets were printed on a light cardboard for each seat for each performance. You could buy your tickets in advance or at the box office for each performance. The box office had a print of the theatre seating and you could select yours seats if they were available. They also had mail orders for reserved seats at that time. You could choose your seats and give alternate locations. There were mail order forms, sometimes in the newspapers or you could pick them up at the theatre box office.
1951 Motion Picture Yearbook lists it at 110 Ludington Ave. with 755 seats
Listed as open in 1957 with 285 seats.
Listed as open in 1957.
The Eagle Theatre was listed in 1939 with 210 seats.
The theatre burned and was demolished and the Dollar General was built from the ground up.
Lacy, was that the original Esquire AKA Aztec? This Esquire was built to replace the original Esquire destroyed by fire.
Listed in 1957 as open with 385 seats.
This theatre would have had to go a long way to top Branson.
There was a Strand Theatre located on Frederica just down from the Bleich Theatre. It housed the offices for the Strand Amusement Co. There was also the Grand, Queen and Kentucky in Owensboro.
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Joe, could the Vogue have been a remodel of the Plaza? The Sentinel listed the Plaza and the Vogue both on Maple at 2nd St.
This Cinema would have closed prior to 1988 if the new building was constructed in 1988-1990.
oldguy42 the Rita Theatre has its own page on Cinema Treaures and yes it was a different theatre.Rita
website Showing current first run movies.
The four pplex opened on February 20, 1976
Opened on February 24, 1999.
Opened on February 25, 2000.
The Wilson Theatre was listed at 1043 Wilson Avenue, with 400 Seats. So that would have been the opposite side of the street with seating for 100 more patrons.
This link will take you to the Alamo Richardson.
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973 Reference number 73001684 Architectural styles Other architectural type; Federal; Federal transitional Areas of significance Architecture; Social History Level of significance National Evaluation criteria A – Event; C – Design/Construction Property type Building Historic functions Hotel; Single dwelling Current functions Museum; Multiple dwelling Period of significance 1800-1824 Significant year ca. 1809 Number of properties Contributing buildings: 5 Non-contributing buildings: 1
The Dixie Theatre is no longer showing movies. The Visulite Cinema on N. Augusta is the only movie theatre open in Staunton.
The Dixie Theatre opened in 1936 and was still listed as open in 1958.