3 photos added credit Judy Hulsey.
2 are of the original Ford Theatre in 1949.
The 3rd is of the rebuilt Ford Theatre after the early `50s fire.
The building that today houses Masonic Lodge No. 241.
Per Diane Haley Toney about the Franklin Theatre:
“This is the theatre that Covey Covington ran when I was a little girl.
In my book, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS, I tell a story of running away from home to go to see a movie there.
Covey called my parents to come get me.”
The Franklin Theatre was located at 157 West Main Street.
Per Judy Hulsey:
Later years it would become a Bowling Alley, Zack Daniel’s department store, and today it houses an Antique/Home Design Store. (Lavonia Antiques 2)
The Masonic Lodge is in the former Ford Theatre, located on Vickery Street.
I am creating a CT page for it now, and will add 3 photos once it is up.
June 2018 photo added credit Hector Acuna. Courtesy of the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page.
Cinerama Dome transformed into what it would have looked like in 1969, for a recent film production.
1942 photo added.
GONE WITH THE RAIN – A crowd gathers in front of the Loew’s State Theatre in Houston on a rainy day in February, 1942 to see GONE WITH THE WIND.
The film, which was originally premiered on December 15, 1939, was the top grossing film of thye year and won eight Academy Awards. In 1942, the producer, Davis O. Selznick liquidated his company for tax reasons, and sold his share in Gone with the Wind to his business partner, John Whitney, for $500,000. In turn, Whitney sold it on to MGM for $2.8 million, so that the studio owned the film outright. MGM immediately re-released the film.“
Photo credit: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Here is the CT page for the Ford Theatre, which today houses the Masonic Lodge.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/58034
3 photos added credit Judy Hulsey. 2 are of the original Ford Theatre in 1949. The 3rd is of the rebuilt Ford Theatre after the early `50s fire. The building that today houses Masonic Lodge No. 241.
5 images added.
2 photos added.
Per Diane Haley Toney about the Franklin Theatre: “This is the theatre that Covey Covington ran when I was a little girl. In my book, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS, I tell a story of running away from home to go to see a movie there. Covey called my parents to come get me.”
The Franklin Theatre was located at 157 West Main Street. Per Judy Hulsey: Later years it would become a Bowling Alley, Zack Daniel’s department store, and today it houses an Antique/Home Design Store. (Lavonia Antiques 2)
The Masonic Lodge is in the former Ford Theatre, located on Vickery Street. I am creating a CT page for it now, and will add 3 photos once it is up.
Update: Screen grab from the 1964 film “Goldstein”.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144947/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
1950 marquee photo added via Jerrytt Mon.
1928 photo.
10/21/53 photo added via Jerrytt Mon.
1955 postcard added via Jan Burrow Qualls.
Circa 1930 photo added via Raymond Storey.
Construction photo added courtesy of Dave Votau. It was apparently a strip club in it’s final years.
DePaul Blackstone Theatre ghost sign added, 2018 photo credit Irmela Levin.
2018 photo as Big Brothers Meat Market added credit Mark Honey.
Circa 1954 photo added credit Frances Palmer, pictured.
1954 photo added credit Frances Palmer, pictured.
“Enter the Dragon” ran 8/24/1973 – 10/4/1973.
1953 photo added via Bill Kelder. Lyric Theatre sign on the right.
June 2018 photo added credit Hector Acuna. Courtesy of the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page. Cinerama Dome transformed into what it would have looked like in 1969, for a recent film production.
1942 photo added. GONE WITH THE RAIN – A crowd gathers in front of the Loew’s State Theatre in Houston on a rainy day in February, 1942 to see GONE WITH THE WIND.
The film, which was originally premiered on December 15, 1939, was the top grossing film of thye year and won eight Academy Awards. In 1942, the producer, Davis O. Selznick liquidated his company for tax reasons, and sold his share in Gone with the Wind to his business partner, John Whitney, for $500,000. In turn, Whitney sold it on to MGM for $2.8 million, so that the studio owned the film outright. MGM immediately re-released the film.“ Photo credit: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
1958 photo added via Bill Kelder.
New sign going up, May 2018 photo added credit Retro Quad Cities Facebook page.
Circa 1972 photo added credit Steve Perille, UNC-Charlotte Archives.
1948 and 2018 photos posted. Newer facade is being removed and original facade is exposed.