June 6, 1972 photo & copy added courtesy of George A. Dibble III.
Crowd for the 2nd Rolling Stones show lining up in front of the Uptown Theater, across from Winterland at Steiner & Sutter. I had just come out of the first show. Stevie Wonder was the warm up.
1937 photo & copy added, credit Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle bus 36, a 1937 Ford “Transit Bus” (a front-engined design), photographed in 1937. It is at a stop westbound on University Street between 5th and 4th avenues. The lefthand portion of the building in the immediate background still stands, as part of the 1924-opened Fairmont Olympic Hotel (listed on the National Register of Historic Places), but the righthand portion – which in actuality was a separate building, the Metropolitan Theatre, opened in 1911 – was removed after the theatre’s closure in 1954, and was replaced by an entrance courtyard for the hotel. The separate building in the lefthand background was demolished many years ago and the site is now occupied by a plaza in front of the IBM Building.
Item 11818, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives
The only reference I have been able to find regarding “First Man Into Space” and New Mexico is that it was filmed there.
It was released in the U.S. February 27 1959.
The premiere photos are definitely at a different State Theatre, but it is best to leave them up until we can narrow down which State Theatre that they are from.
Which will take some time given how common the name is.
The Midway was built in 1916, and still needs to be changed in the Overview.
The link I posted in 2015 is still up, and it confirms that year and that they wanted to reopen by their 100th anniversary.
Early 20s photo added, credit UT Rio Grande Valley’s Special Collections, via the Traces Of Texas Facebook page. Note the Empire marquee is blank, but there are film posters outside of the entrance. Not knowing the years of operation, I would say the photo is more likely in the teens, given the automobiles. Which were more enclosed by the mid 20s.
June 6, 1972 photo & copy added courtesy of George A. Dibble III.
Crowd for the 2nd Rolling Stones show lining up in front of the Uptown Theater, across from Winterland at Steiner & Sutter. I had just come out of the first show. Stevie Wonder was the warm up.
1937 photo & copy added, credit Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle bus 36, a 1937 Ford “Transit Bus” (a front-engined design), photographed in 1937. It is at a stop westbound on University Street between 5th and 4th avenues. The lefthand portion of the building in the immediate background still stands, as part of the 1924-opened Fairmont Olympic Hotel (listed on the National Register of Historic Places), but the righthand portion – which in actuality was a separate building, the Metropolitan Theatre, opened in 1911 – was removed after the theatre’s closure in 1954, and was replaced by an entrance courtyard for the hotel. The separate building in the lefthand background was demolished many years ago and the site is now occupied by a plaza in front of the IBM Building. Item 11818, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives
1954 photo added courtesy of Brian Wagner.
1982 photo added credit Bill Milhoan.
1963 photo added, copyright William Ling. A tank parked in front of the Strand for “The Longest Day”.
Late `50s photo added. Oak Drive-In Theater sign above the Big Boy roof line.
Thank you stevenj. almanac1951 posted it in the comments on the Hub page in 2010. I will delete it from this page.
Circa 1956 photo added, appears to be called Sun Ray. Or the Traco marquee is hidden or gone.
1955 photo added credit Allen Ginsburg.
I believe this to be the Elite Theatre, as the jeweler’s address next door is 729 Market Street.
And the Elite was on Market Street at 7th Street.
November 27, 1947 photo in below link.
http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/digital/collection/scdpl/id/3107
May 1961 photo added credit Old Time D.C. Facebook page. The Savoy looks vastly different than it’s earlier days.
April 1937 photo added, credit John Vachon-Library Of Congress.
Easter 1966 photo added credit Old Time D.C. Facebook page.
The only reference I have been able to find regarding “First Man Into Space” and New Mexico is that it was filmed there. It was released in the U.S. February 27 1959. The premiere photos are definitely at a different State Theatre, but it is best to leave them up until we can narrow down which State Theatre that they are from. Which will take some time given how common the name is.
The Midway was built in 1916, and still needs to be changed in the Overview. The link I posted in 2015 is still up, and it confirms that year and that they wanted to reopen by their 100th anniversary.
Here is the link again.
http://www.9news.com/news/local/storytellers/storytellers-bringing-back-a-historic-theater/130801727
1954 photo as the Sanders added via Raymond Storey.
Lobby photo added credit New Britain Public Library.
Early 20s photo added, credit UT Rio Grande Valley’s Special Collections, via the Traces Of Texas Facebook page. Note the Empire marquee is blank, but there are film posters outside of the entrance. Not knowing the years of operation, I would say the photo is more likely in the teens, given the automobiles. Which were more enclosed by the mid 20s.
1949 photo added credit Mark Alford. Features original horizontal marquee.
1949 image added via Dave Lasayko.
1943 print ad & copy added courtesy of the Captain Bijou Facebook page.
Link about the upcoming Savannah Film Festival. Photo will enlarge.
http://www.wtoc.com/story/36677134/2017-scad-savannah-film-festival-set-to-kick-off-saturday
2017 photo added, credit & courtesy of Chris Cullen.
The Premiere of “Mansfield 66/67” is at the Ahrya Fine Arts Cinema tonight.
https://www.laemmle.com/films/42844
1927 photo added via Keith Sparks.