Film Daily Yearbook;1941 & 1943 editions list two theatres in Dallastown, PA: Auditorium Theatre seating 350 and the Lyric Theatre seating 300. Which one of these was the current Dallas Theatre?
The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists the Dallas Theatre, Main Street, Dallastown, PA with 500 seats.
James;Best Wishes on the future of the Dallas Theatre, I wish you every success with this venture.
A recent auditorium view in its current use as a church, showing the recent restoration nearing completion (seats are now installed in the stalls area): View link
The Grand Theatre is still listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition with a seating capacity given as 500. Maybe it closed and re-opened for a while?
An October 2005 photograph of the exterior of the former Futurist Cinema, now in use as a ‘Gentleman’s’ Club with lap-dancing as the entertainment: View link
A close-up view of the former Pavilion (Odeon) Shepherds Bush as seen in October 2005. On the immediate left of the shot is part of the facade of the former Pykes Cinematograph Theatre (latterly known as Odeon 2 Shepherds Bush): View link
Original lettering dating from 1910 is still to be seen on the side-wall of the former Pykes Cinematograph Theatre in this October 2005 photograph: View link
The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA is always quoted as America’s largest theatre. Opened on 23rd January 1926 its original seating capacity was for 6,717, current seating capacity 6,308, it was designed in a Moorish style by architects John C. Austin and A.M. Edelman with the interior designed by noted theatre archichect G. Albert Lansburgh. It is still equipped with its Moeller 4Manual/67Ranks theatre organ and is Designated an Historic-Cultural Monument.
I know that some believe that it is/was never a theatre and merely an ‘auditorium’ for special events. But it has served as a full time movie theatre for a short period from 25th August 1928 with a silent double-bill;Marion Davies in “The Fair Co-Ed” and Edmund Lowe in “Dressed to Kill”. It also has a place in movie history as a location for sequences of the original 1933 version of “King Kong” and the 1954 version of “A Star is Born” among many others. It was also the ‘home’ for the Academy Award’s Oscar’s ceremony for many years. It is also used for concerts, dance shows, just like the current use of Radio City Music Hall today.
It has been submitted several times by different people for inclusion on Cinema Treasures, but has always been rejected as ‘not being suitable’ for inclusion on the site.
What do other poster’s on this site think about including the Shrine Auditorium as a Cinema Treasure?
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition has a Liberty Theatre, Main Street, Liberty, NY. with a seating capacity of 1,060. Could this be the Liberty Twin before twinning?
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition gives the Apex Theatre a seating capacity of 672.
The Apex Theatre marquee, neon lit at night:
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A September 2003 photograph of the Variety Theatre. Twenty months later it would be gone!
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A May 2005 photo of the exterior of the Mayfair Theatre:
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A July 2005 photograph here:
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Two recent October 2005 photographs taken as the end is neigh:
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Listed in Film Daily Yearbook:1941 thru 1955 editions as being a Negro theatre. Seating initially given for 600, later reduced to 500.
Film Daily Yearbook;1941 & 1943 editions list two theatres in Dallastown, PA: Auditorium Theatre seating 350 and the Lyric Theatre seating 300. Which one of these was the current Dallas Theatre?
The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists the Dallas Theatre, Main Street, Dallastown, PA with 500 seats.
James;Best Wishes on the future of the Dallas Theatre, I wish you every success with this venture.
Great photo Ken mc, but the Tumbleweed Theatre was not a Drive-In.
Listed as operating in Film Daily Yearbook’s that I have from at least 1941 thru 1952 and beyond….
A recent auditorium view in its current use as a church, showing the recent restoration nearing completion (seats are now installed in the stalls area):
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The beautiful Baroque style auditorium of the Edwardian era Gate Picturehouse:
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A view across the stalls of the New Victoria Theatre at opening in 1930:
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Another view from the rear circle of England’s only Grade I Listed cinema building:
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The Grand Theatre is still listed in the Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition with a seating capacity given as 500. Maybe it closed and re-opened for a while?
The original seating capacity for the Sutter Theatre was 916, as given in Film Daily Yearbook;1952 edition (It’s not in the 1950 edition).
The Wiltern Road facade of the Apollo Victoria Theatre with “Saturday Night Fever” on stage in October 2005:
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A nice exterior photograph of the recently restored Electric Cinema taken in October 2005:
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An October 2005 photograph of the exterior of the former Futurist Cinema, now in use as a ‘Gentleman’s’ Club with lap-dancing as the entertainment:
View link
An October 2005 photograph of the exterior of the former Cameo Victoria with the fomer foyer in use as a Bella Italia Restaurant:
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A close-up view of the former Pavilion (Odeon) Shepherds Bush as seen in October 2005. On the immediate left of the shot is part of the facade of the former Pykes Cinematograph Theatre (latterly known as Odeon 2 Shepherds Bush):
View link
Original lettering dating from 1910 is still to be seen on the side-wall of the former Pykes Cinematograph Theatre in this October 2005 photograph:
View link
An interior view of the stripped-out auditorium, looks in good condition considering it closed 28 years ago:
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The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA is always quoted as America’s largest theatre. Opened on 23rd January 1926 its original seating capacity was for 6,717, current seating capacity 6,308, it was designed in a Moorish style by architects John C. Austin and A.M. Edelman with the interior designed by noted theatre archichect G. Albert Lansburgh. It is still equipped with its Moeller 4Manual/67Ranks theatre organ and is Designated an Historic-Cultural Monument.
I know that some believe that it is/was never a theatre and merely an ‘auditorium’ for special events. But it has served as a full time movie theatre for a short period from 25th August 1928 with a silent double-bill;Marion Davies in “The Fair Co-Ed” and Edmund Lowe in “Dressed to Kill”. It also has a place in movie history as a location for sequences of the original 1933 version of “King Kong” and the 1954 version of “A Star is Born” among many others. It was also the ‘home’ for the Academy Award’s Oscar’s ceremony for many years. It is also used for concerts, dance shows, just like the current use of Radio City Music Hall today.
It has been submitted several times by different people for inclusion on Cinema Treasures, but has always been rejected as ‘not being suitable’ for inclusion on the site.
What do other poster’s on this site think about including the Shrine Auditorium as a Cinema Treasure?
The Film Daily Yearbook;1950 edition has a Liberty Theatre, Main Street, Liberty, NY. with a seating capacity of 1,060. Could this be the Liberty Twin before twinning?