What’s really funny is that I just drove by the Aut-O-Rama yesterday afternoon while driving my way to Chicago for a weekend vacation. And indeed, the screens are much larger than I-80 itself. I was so close for getting a picture.
It was visible in the 1966 aerial view, meaning that it opened around that year. It appears operational in the 1983 aerial view, but was gone by the early-1990s.
Lou Conksy operated the Molou until his death in December 2007.
Silver Screen Amusements took over the theater on April 1, 1992, followed by Cinema West in June 1995.
“W” is… what?
Opened with Walter Reed in “Big Town Scandal” (unknown if extras added).
The fire happened on May 19, 1976.
Its most likely that it originally closed in the early-1980s.
The screen was already gone by 1959. A lot of material or small buildings took over nearly half of the traces.
Once operated by USA Cinemas, later Loews, and later National Amusements. It was also once known as Loews Covedale Theatre.
What’s really funny is that I just drove by the Aut-O-Rama yesterday afternoon while driving my way to Chicago for a weekend vacation. And indeed, the screens are much larger than I-80 itself. I was so close for getting a picture.
Clearview took it over the following day on April 30, 1999.
This is also the replacement of the downtown Lyric, which closed around the same time as this theater’s opening.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985, followed by Loews in 1989, and Sony Theatres in December 1994.
Correction: USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985, not January 1986.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985, followed by Loews in 1989.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
USA Cinemas took over the theater in December 1985.
It was visible in the 1966 aerial view, meaning that it opened around that year. It appears operational in the 1983 aerial view, but was gone by the early-1990s.