The Skyvue Drive-In originally supposed to open on June 16, 1949, but was postponed to its actual opening date of June 28, 1949, opening with James Stewart in “Destry Rides Again” along with an unnamed Woody Woodpecker cartoon and a musical short. It was first operated by Robert Lowry.
Actual opening date is July 3, 1936, yes with Carole Lombard in “Love Before Breakfast” along with the Popeye cartoon “King Of The Mardi Gras” and a Flash Gordon serial.
Opened on May 5, 1920 with Lewis Stone in “The River’s End” alongside music by a ten-piece orchestra and the theater’s organ. Otherwise, unknown if any extras added.
The Lake Theatre originally closed on April 3, 1980 after an 8:00 PM screening of “And Justice For All”. This left the nearby West Theatre as the only first-run indoor theater in Barberton. The Lake Theatre sat abandoned for 14 years until its official announcement on relaunching in October 1993. It reopened with eight screens on May 12, 1994.
The Lyric Theatre opened as early as 1919 and closed in February 1958. The theater was then taken over by the husband-and-wife team of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Bell of Eureka, California, and the former Lyric reopened as the Maribel Theatre on July 11, 1958 with “Crash Landing” and “The Hard Man” (unknown if any extras added). It was then renamed the Ironside Theatre on June 22, 1961, and was still open in 1966.
On December 2, 1945, the Lyric Theatre suffered minor damage from a fire after its projector was jammed during a showing of “The Corn Is Green” alongside a Fox Movietone Newsreel and a few short subjects. Despite no injuries nor destruction, the fire only destroyed half of its film. The Lyric reopened the following day.
There are two movie theaters being named the Amuzu in Tazewell. The first Amuzu (named the “Amuse-U”) was short-lived, lasting from 1914 until 1915. Unfortunately I cannot find the location for the original short-lived Amuse-U.
This one started life as the New Theatre, opening on July 26, 1916 with Pauline Frederick in “The Eternal City”. It was renamed the Amuzu Theatre in early-1934, and finally the Clinch Theatre in late-1935.
The Clinch Theatre closed for the final time on April 25, 1976 with John Wayne in “Rooster Cogburn”.
The Lakeview Drive-In opened its gates on June 5, 1951, and was first managed by Jasper C. Thompson of Lancaster, Kentucky. The nearby Family Drive-In would later open a few weeks later.
There are two State Theatres in its history. The first State Theatre opened its doors on March 27, 1942 with Ralph Byrd in “Misbehaving Husbands” along with an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon and a Three Stooges short.
The first location closed on April 2, 1945 when it was relocated to 316-318 Runnels. The second State Theatre opened in its new location on April 3, 1945 with Francis Langford in “Career Girl” along with an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon, Paramount News, a Paramount Musical Parade, and an unknown Warner Brothers short.
The State Theatre was later renamed the R/70 Theatre, and was still open in the late-1970s.
And yes, the layout of the Parkwood Cinema also confused me. I looked through almost every single newspaper headline involving the opening of the Parkwood Cinema as a single-screener but it never said anything about this being a Martin operated theater rather than Jimmy Goolsby himself.
The Crown Theatre opened its doors on May 12, 1937 with Melvin Douglas in “And So They Were Married” along with the short “The Old Glory”, Pathe News, the vaudeville short “Vaut-Mats”, and a Columbia Color Rhapsody (listed as “Little Champs” but I cannot find the exact cartoon title).
Collinsville also had another theater at the time called the Nusho Theatre, which will have its own page soon.
The theater was originally planned by Jimmy Goolsby and Joe Johnson, owners of the Jim And Joe’s Photographic Center on 11th Street in Griffin. Goolsby was the original owner of the theater and started life as independently-operated. It was still independently-operated when it was twinned in June 1972 as well as its tripling in 1977. United Artists didn’t took the theater over until either the late-1970s or early-1980s.
On its grand opening on November 6, 1969 at 7:00 PM that evening, Arthur Bolton, the Georgia attorney general who is the chairman of the workshop fund raising project delivered a brief opening statement in front of the 401-seat auditorium before the start of the theater’s first film “Sweet Charity”.
Edited from my August 29, 2024 (5:49 PM) comment:
The Skyvue Drive-In originally supposed to open on June 16, 1949, but was postponed to its actual opening date of June 28, 1949, opening with James Stewart in “Destry Rides Again” along with an unnamed Woody Woodpecker cartoon and a musical short. It was first operated by Robert Lowry.
Actual opening date is July 3, 1936, yes with Carole Lombard in “Love Before Breakfast” along with the Popeye cartoon “King Of The Mardi Gras” and a Flash Gordon serial.
Still open in 1922.
Opened on May 5, 1920 with Lewis Stone in “The River’s End” alongside music by a ten-piece orchestra and the theater’s organ. Otherwise, unknown if any extras added.
Originally housed 700 seats.
The Lake Theatre originally closed on April 3, 1980 after an 8:00 PM screening of “And Justice For All”. This left the nearby West Theatre as the only first-run indoor theater in Barberton. The Lake Theatre sat abandoned for 14 years until its official announcement on relaunching in October 1993. It reopened with eight screens on May 12, 1994.
The Great Lakes Science Center opened on July 20, 1996, and the Cleveland Clinic Dome Theater opened on October 15, 2016.
First operated by Litchfield Theatres.
This was first operated by Litchfield Theatres when it opened in 1984 before United Artists took over the Parkway either in or around 1986.
Once operated by Litchfield Theatres.
Once operated by Litchfield Theatres, later by United Artists.
Closed as a first-run movie house on January 5, 1985 with “Dune”.
The Lyric Theatre opened as early as 1919 and closed in February 1958. The theater was then taken over by the husband-and-wife team of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Bell of Eureka, California, and the former Lyric reopened as the Maribel Theatre on July 11, 1958 with “Crash Landing” and “The Hard Man” (unknown if any extras added). It was then renamed the Ironside Theatre on June 22, 1961, and was still open in 1966.
On December 2, 1945, the Lyric Theatre suffered minor damage from a fire after its projector was jammed during a showing of “The Corn Is Green” alongside a Fox Movietone Newsreel and a few short subjects. Despite no injuries nor destruction, the fire only destroyed half of its film. The Lyric reopened the following day.
The Norwest actually closed on September 20, 2000 with “Bait” in Screen 1 and both “Backstage” and “Turn It Up” in Screen 2.
The showing on the Bombing of the U.S.S. Panay came from Universal (or a special edition of Universal Newsreel).
There are two movie theaters being named the Amuzu in Tazewell. The first Amuzu (named the “Amuse-U”) was short-lived, lasting from 1914 until 1915. Unfortunately I cannot find the location for the original short-lived Amuse-U.
This one started life as the New Theatre, opening on July 26, 1916 with Pauline Frederick in “The Eternal City”. It was renamed the Amuzu Theatre in early-1934, and finally the Clinch Theatre in late-1935.
The Clinch Theatre closed for the final time on April 25, 1976 with John Wayne in “Rooster Cogburn”.
The Lakeview Drive-In opened its gates on June 5, 1951, and was first managed by Jasper C. Thompson of Lancaster, Kentucky. The nearby Family Drive-In would later open a few weeks later.
I cannot find its grand opening date, but the Family opened in late-June 1951.
There are two State Theatres in its history. The first State Theatre opened its doors on March 27, 1942 with Ralph Byrd in “Misbehaving Husbands” along with an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon and a Three Stooges short.
The first location closed on April 2, 1945 when it was relocated to 316-318 Runnels. The second State Theatre opened in its new location on April 3, 1945 with Francis Langford in “Career Girl” along with an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon, Paramount News, a Paramount Musical Parade, and an unknown Warner Brothers short.
The State Theatre was later renamed the R/70 Theatre, and was still open in the late-1970s.
Opened on January 1, 1947 as a Spanish movie house.
The Salem Playhouse Theatre opened its doors on July 13, 1945 with Betty Grable in “Diamond Horseshoe” (unknown if extras added).
And yes, the layout of the Parkwood Cinema also confused me. I looked through almost every single newspaper headline involving the opening of the Parkwood Cinema as a single-screener but it never said anything about this being a Martin operated theater rather than Jimmy Goolsby himself.
The Crown Theatre opened its doors on May 12, 1937 with Melvin Douglas in “And So They Were Married” along with the short “The Old Glory”, Pathe News, the vaudeville short “Vaut-Mats”, and a Columbia Color Rhapsody (listed as “Little Champs” but I cannot find the exact cartoon title).
This has to be taken after its tripling.
The theater was originally planned by Jimmy Goolsby and Joe Johnson, owners of the Jim And Joe’s Photographic Center on 11th Street in Griffin. Goolsby was the original owner of the theater and started life as independently-operated. It was still independently-operated when it was twinned in June 1972 as well as its tripling in 1977. United Artists didn’t took the theater over until either the late-1970s or early-1980s.
On its grand opening on November 6, 1969 at 7:00 PM that evening, Arthur Bolton, the Georgia attorney general who is the chairman of the workshop fund raising project delivered a brief opening statement in front of the 401-seat auditorium before the start of the theater’s first film “Sweet Charity”.