Opened with Norma Talmadge in “The Safety Curtain” and Harold Lloyd in “Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany” along with Universal Animated Weekly newsreel (including the latest in World War I).
Actual opening date is August 29, 1975 with “Walking Tall Part 2” in Screen 1, “Tommy” in Screen 2, and “The Drowning Pool” in Screen 3. Four more screens were added on February 11, 1983, and was closed on January 23, 2000.
Opened on August 11, 1950 with William Holden in “Father Is A Bachelor” and the full-length March Of Time film “The Golden Twenties” (unknown if extras added).
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp, and later Plitt Theatres. It last operated independently before closing on February 25, 1984 with “All The Right Moves”. It became a special events house afterward that hosted mostly performing arts and live performances.
The actual opening date is March 30, 1938, yes with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in “Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry” along with the Popeye cartoon “My Artistical Temperature”, Pete Smith Specialty “Romance Of Radium”, and Hearst Metrotone News (including a headline on the Navy Flyers graduation). It was once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
The Coronado opened its doors by the Publix Great States Theatres Corp. chain on October 9, 1927 with Bebe Daniels in “Swim Girl Swim” along with the live stage production of “Coronado Nights” starring the Syncopating Serenaders, a live musical number by Dan Garry & His Playboys, a master of ceremonies address by Johnny Perkins, a live performance by the theater’s orchestra conducted by A.H. Short, and Ralph H. Brigham playing with the Barton Grande Organ.
The Orpheum Theatre stopped showing first-run movies at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was renamed the Orpheum Community Theatre afterward and currently shows a mix of classic movies and performing arts.
Update: The Vaudette continued to operate into as late as early 1913. Unfortunately there’s not a lot of other information about the Vaudette, meaning that its closing date still remains unconfirmed at this time.
General Cinema operated the theater until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers and Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988.
Opened with Norma Talmadge in “The Safety Curtain” and Harold Lloyd in “Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany” along with Universal Animated Weekly newsreel (including the latest in World War I).
Actual opening date is August 29, 1975 with “Walking Tall Part 2” in Screen 1, “Tommy” in Screen 2, and “The Drowning Pool” in Screen 3. Four more screens were added on February 11, 1983, and was closed on January 23, 2000.
Closed on September 16, 1984 with “Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom” and “Never Say Never Again”.
Once operated by Plitt Theatres.
Taken between June 12 and 14, 1951.
Taken between June 12 and 14, 1951.
Opened on August 11, 1950 with William Holden in “Father Is A Bachelor” and the full-length March Of Time film “The Golden Twenties” (unknown if extras added).
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp, and later Plitt Theatres. It last operated independently before closing on February 25, 1984 with “All The Right Moves”. It became a special events house afterward that hosted mostly performing arts and live performances.
The actual opening date is March 30, 1938, yes with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in “Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry” along with the Popeye cartoon “My Artistical Temperature”, Pete Smith Specialty “Romance Of Radium”, and Hearst Metrotone News (including a headline on the Navy Flyers graduation). It was once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
The Coronado opened its doors by the Publix Great States Theatres Corp. chain on October 9, 1927 with Bebe Daniels in “Swim Girl Swim” along with the live stage production of “Coronado Nights” starring the Syncopating Serenaders, a live musical number by Dan Garry & His Playboys, a master of ceremonies address by Johnny Perkins, a live performance by the theater’s orchestra conducted by A.H. Short, and Ralph H. Brigham playing with the Barton Grande Organ.
Once operated by Publix Great States Theatres Corp.
The Mauch Chunk Opera House began screening movies as early as 1911.
The Orpheum Theatre stopped showing first-run movies at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was renamed the Orpheum Community Theatre afterward and currently shows a mix of classic movies and performing arts.
Last operated by National Theatre Corporation.
Once operated by National Theatre Corporation.
Last operated by GKC, closed on June 9, 1988 with “Nightfall”. This was once known as Castle Cinema.
Update: The Vaudette continued to operate into as late as early 1913. Unfortunately there’s not a lot of other information about the Vaudette, meaning that its closing date still remains unconfirmed at this time.
Opened as the Kerasotes Maple 4 Theatre on September 9, 1994.
General Cinema operated the theater until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers and Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988.