The Pioneer Drive-In opened in 1948 by owner William Patrick Moran Jr., unfortunately he was killed in an accident when his vehicle overturned on Highway 87 between Canyon and Tulia on November 20, 1952. He was also a father whose brother also operated a drive-in in Dallas.
The Gem Theatre located on South 9th Street opened its doors in mid-December 1910. It was renamed the Ritz Theatre on June 6, 1934, reopening with Janet Gaynor in “Change Of Heart” along with an unnamed Little Rascals short, a Vitaphone musical specialty, and an unnamed cartoon.
The Ramoma Theatre opened its doors on October 24, 1929 with Ann Pennington in “Gold Diggers Of Broadway” along with an unnamed talking short, a newsreel, and a Vitaphone Vaudeville (listed as “Vodvil” for some strange reason).
The Rialto Theatre opened as early as 1923 and was still open in 1965.
Throughout its history, the Rialto suffered both damage and destruction from two different fires.
The first fire happened on the afternoon of May 15, 1927 when the rear of the Ford garage owned by Otto Wray caught fire. The fire destroyed the garage as well as the businesses Gaboury’s Barber Shop and Reich’s Cafe. Several other buildings suffered major damage including the Rialto Theatre. The Rialto Theatre reopened on August 13, 1927.
The second fire happened on the early morning of April 20, 1944, which destroyed the entirety of the Rialto. It was rebuilt and reopened on August 5, 1944.
Opened in December 1914, and closed in the late-1930s following several failed management takeovers. The closure left Boynton without a movie theater for a while.
The Victory Drive-In was originally supposed to be a Georgia Theatre Company drive-in due to the fact that a September 1951 article shows that they were building the 554-car Victory Drive-In on that same exact spot. It was originally planned to be open by Thanksgiving 1951 but that was scrapped for unknown reasons.
The Victory opened its gates by H.P. Rhodes on March 28, 1952 with “Best Of The Badmen” along with three cartoons that were listed in a weird order: an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon, the Barney Bear cartoon “Goggle Fishing Bear”, and another cartoon simply named “Three Bears” (I first thought it was either “Bear Feat” or “A Bear For Punishment”, but it could be several others too; right now its currently unknown at this time).
The Victory Drive-In last operated as an adult drive-in from 1972 until closing in 1976.
The Civic Opera House opened its doors on November 4, 1929, with the live performance of “Aida”, starring Chase Baromeo and Charles Marshall, just 6 days after the Stock Market crash and the start of the Great Depression.
On November 30, 1948, the Civic Opera House was renamed the Lyric Theatre of Chicago due to Kemper Insurance buying the theater with an estimate $10,700,000. That same year, the Civic was leased to WENR-TV (now WLS-TV) as its main television studio for several local programs.
In 1956, the Lyric Theatre was renamed the Lyric Opera Of Chicago, and the Civic reopened in 1959 as an legitimate playhouse. The Lyric Opera of Chicago once closed in 1967 due to a musicians strike but reopened the following year.
In 1972, a performance by the Moiseyev Dance Company were interrupted by smoke bombs, and in 1973, a stage fire destroyed the entire stage, causing an estimate $23,000 in damages. The famous 7,000 pound hydraulically operating curtain suffered damage but survived the fire.
In May 1983, the Kemper Insurance Building was sold to Dino J. D’Angelo, and the original Civic Opera House name was reinstated. That same exact year, the Civic Center for Performing Arts was founded.
The Casino Kino opened in 1920 and it housed not only a movie theater, but it also housed orange-themed patisserie large restaurants on the ground floor decorated in black and white and a wine bar.
During the last stages of World War II, the hall was reserved for the French occupying soldiers in the evenings, and on October 2, 1945, the city stepped in as the operator at other times. In this urge, it was in keeping with the tradition of efforts after World War I, when it tried to get the entire cinema industry under its control. The reason at the time was moral concerns that the conservative, Catholic upper class of the city had in close harmony with a nearby church. Even after World War II, complaints came from this corner almost every week. Andreas Döllinger was appointed as managing director, and with the help of the French authorities, he ended the city’s paternalism.
A second theater named the Astoria Kino was built nearby in the 1950s.
In 1955, the projection room for the Casino was remodeled, but this meant that the previously oblique projection at an angle of 13 degrees was no longer necessary. First, the balcony had to be closed off because the house owners in their apartment above were disturbed by the noise of the film screenings. Secondly, the entire passage from the “Astoria” to the “Casino”, where the ticket offices were also located, was equipped with arcades in the 1970s, which were operated by the operators of the house. This environment made it virtually impossible to show children’s or family films.
A porn theater called “Cinema Sexy” was added later on. During that time, the “Astoria” acquired a bad reputation that it did not get rid of in the 1990s. The theater was run by various subsidiaries of the Ufa, which at least made an effort to improve the theater’s reputation after 1990. The “Cinema Sexy” was then reopened as just simply “Cinema” and began showing normal films, although the interior design and the almost square plasterboard screen were retained. This lasted until its closure in early-1998.
The Plaza Theatre opened in the late-1920s, and was renamed the Weatherford Theatres in the 1980s. It first had a single-screener, but had four screens in the 1980s.
This closed in mid-May 2002 when the newer Weatherford Cinema 10 opened on 1000 Cinema Drive in neighboring Hudson Oaks at the same time as the Weatherford Theatres 4’s closure. It was demolished in 2021.
This first opened in mid-May 2002 with 10 screens under the name “Weatherford Cinema 10”, and was the replacement of the Weatherford Theatres 4 (formerly the Plaza Theatre) in downtown Weatherford which closed at the same time as the Cinema 10’s opening.
The Pioneer Drive-In opened in 1948 by owner William Patrick Moran Jr., unfortunately he was killed in an accident when his vehicle overturned on Highway 87 between Canyon and Tulia on November 20, 1952. He was also a father whose brother also operated a drive-in in Dallas.
Damaged by a fire on September 3, 1913.
The Gem Theatre located on South 9th Street opened its doors in mid-December 1910. It was renamed the Ritz Theatre on June 6, 1934, reopening with Janet Gaynor in “Change Of Heart” along with an unnamed Little Rascals short, a Vitaphone musical specialty, and an unnamed cartoon.
The Grand Theatre opened its doors on October 11, 1926 with Constance Talmadge in “The Duchess Of Buffalo” (unknown if extras added).
The Ramoma Theatre opened its doors on October 24, 1929 with Ann Pennington in “Gold Diggers Of Broadway” along with an unnamed talking short, a newsreel, and a Vitaphone Vaudeville (listed as “Vodvil” for some strange reason).
The Rialto Theatre opened as early as 1923 and was still open in 1965.
Throughout its history, the Rialto suffered both damage and destruction from two different fires.
The first fire happened on the afternoon of May 15, 1927 when the rear of the Ford garage owned by Otto Wray caught fire. The fire destroyed the garage as well as the businesses Gaboury’s Barber Shop and Reich’s Cafe. Several other buildings suffered major damage including the Rialto Theatre. The Rialto Theatre reopened on August 13, 1927.
The second fire happened on the early morning of April 20, 1944, which destroyed the entirety of the Rialto. It was rebuilt and reopened on August 5, 1944.
It was still open in 1983, but was already closed in the 1990s.
Closed on April 21, 1940 with Linda Darnell in “Stardust” along with an unnamed comedy, due to the opening of the Rook Theatre.
Opened in December 1914, and closed in the late-1930s following several failed management takeovers. The closure left Boynton without a movie theater for a while.
Opened as early as 1933.
Opened as the Majestic Theatre in October 1912, and was renamed the Liberty Theatre on March 13, 1925.
Opened on December 10, 1925.
The Victory Drive-In was originally supposed to be a Georgia Theatre Company drive-in due to the fact that a September 1951 article shows that they were building the 554-car Victory Drive-In on that same exact spot. It was originally planned to be open by Thanksgiving 1951 but that was scrapped for unknown reasons.
The Victory opened its gates by H.P. Rhodes on March 28, 1952 with “Best Of The Badmen” along with three cartoons that were listed in a weird order: an unnamed Bugs Bunny cartoon, the Barney Bear cartoon “Goggle Fishing Bear”, and another cartoon simply named “Three Bears” (I first thought it was either “Bear Feat” or “A Bear For Punishment”, but it could be several others too; right now its currently unknown at this time).
The Victory Drive-In last operated as an adult drive-in from 1972 until closing in 1976.
The Civic Opera House opened its doors on November 4, 1929, with the live performance of “Aida”, starring Chase Baromeo and Charles Marshall, just 6 days after the Stock Market crash and the start of the Great Depression.
On November 30, 1948, the Civic Opera House was renamed the Lyric Theatre of Chicago due to Kemper Insurance buying the theater with an estimate $10,700,000. That same year, the Civic was leased to WENR-TV (now WLS-TV) as its main television studio for several local programs.
In 1956, the Lyric Theatre was renamed the Lyric Opera Of Chicago, and the Civic reopened in 1959 as an legitimate playhouse. The Lyric Opera of Chicago once closed in 1967 due to a musicians strike but reopened the following year.
In 1972, a performance by the Moiseyev Dance Company were interrupted by smoke bombs, and in 1973, a stage fire destroyed the entire stage, causing an estimate $23,000 in damages. The famous 7,000 pound hydraulically operating curtain suffered damage but survived the fire.
In May 1983, the Kemper Insurance Building was sold to Dino J. D’Angelo, and the original Civic Opera House name was reinstated. That same exact year, the Civic Center for Performing Arts was founded.
The curtain once survived a stage fire in 1973 during a run of “Lorelei” starring Carol Channing.
This was the original capacity when it opened in 1929.
The Casino Kino opened in 1920 and it housed not only a movie theater, but it also housed orange-themed patisserie large restaurants on the ground floor decorated in black and white and a wine bar.
During the last stages of World War II, the hall was reserved for the French occupying soldiers in the evenings, and on October 2, 1945, the city stepped in as the operator at other times. In this urge, it was in keeping with the tradition of efforts after World War I, when it tried to get the entire cinema industry under its control. The reason at the time was moral concerns that the conservative, Catholic upper class of the city had in close harmony with a nearby church. Even after World War II, complaints came from this corner almost every week. Andreas Döllinger was appointed as managing director, and with the help of the French authorities, he ended the city’s paternalism.
A second theater named the Astoria Kino was built nearby in the 1950s.
In 1955, the projection room for the Casino was remodeled, but this meant that the previously oblique projection at an angle of 13 degrees was no longer necessary. First, the balcony had to be closed off because the house owners in their apartment above were disturbed by the noise of the film screenings. Secondly, the entire passage from the “Astoria” to the “Casino”, where the ticket offices were also located, was equipped with arcades in the 1970s, which were operated by the operators of the house. This environment made it virtually impossible to show children’s or family films.
A porn theater called “Cinema Sexy” was added later on. During that time, the “Astoria” acquired a bad reputation that it did not get rid of in the 1990s. The theater was run by various subsidiaries of the Ufa, which at least made an effort to improve the theater’s reputation after 1990. The “Cinema Sexy” was then reopened as just simply “Cinema” and began showing normal films, although the interior design and the almost square plasterboard screen were retained. This lasted until its closure in early-1998.
The Kurbel opened first on January 31, 1952, followed by the Kamera in July 1953.
Opened on October 23, 1997 with 9 screens and 2,210 seats.
The actual opening date is November 20, 1998.
The Plaza Theatre opened in the late-1920s, and was renamed the Weatherford Theatres in the 1980s. It first had a single-screener, but had four screens in the 1980s.
This closed in mid-May 2002 when the newer Weatherford Cinema 10 opened on 1000 Cinema Drive in neighboring Hudson Oaks at the same time as the Weatherford Theatres 4’s closure. It was demolished in 2021.
This first opened in mid-May 2002 with 10 screens under the name “Weatherford Cinema 10”, and was the replacement of the Weatherford Theatres 4 (formerly the Plaza Theatre) in downtown Weatherford which closed at the same time as the Cinema 10’s opening.
Last operated as a twin.
The exact address is 108 Dallas Ave, Weatherford, TX 76085.
This is the largest multiplex theater in all of Japan.