The July 3, 1976, issue of the Watertown Daily Times (PDF here) says that the Victoria Theatre opened around 1912, and the building it occupied was demolished in 1958.
The July 3, 1976, issue of the Watertown Daily Times (PDF here) has a bit more information about the Wonderland Theatre. The Wonderland opened in August, 1906, and was expanded and renamed the Palace in 1917.
Schine gained control of the house in 1928, then kept it closed until 1933, when it was reopened by an independent operator under a lease. Schine took back the house in 1936, operating it until 1949, when it was sold to Richmor Enterprises, who remodeled and changed the name to the Town Theatre.
The article doesn’t say how long the house operated as the Town, but the building in which it was situated was demolished in 1976. Its site is under the footprint of a large residential building called the Henry Keep Apartments.
An article about Watertown’s theaters in the July 3, 1976, issue of the local Daily Times (PDF here) said that The Opera House was extensively remodeled in 1920 and reopened as the Avon Theatre on July 8 that year.
Vaudeville and stock companies continued as mainstays of the theater for many years, but the last vaudeville show appeared in 1932. Occasional concerts and other live performances were presented after that, but the house was primarily a movie theater until it was closed and demolished in the spring of 1967.
The Palace might have been a replacement for an earlier theater nearby which was mentioned in the May 22, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World:
“TROY, N. Y.– Fifth Avenue Amusement Co., 2328 Fifth avenue, D. A. Shea, manager, will make alterations to their moving picture theater, to cost $1,500.”
The May 22, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World said: “Extensive alterations and improvements have been made to the Theatorium on David Street. The house has been renamed the Strand.”
There was a Globe Theatre in St. Louis around 1910, but I haven’t been able to find its location. It was listed in the 1910-1911 Cahn guide as a 500 seat ground floor vaudeville house, with a very small stage only 14 feet from the footlights to the back wall. It sounds like it would have been a very good candidate for conversion to movies, though I’ve found no evidence that it was.
A house called the Globe opened in St. Louis around 1878, but it was located on Morgan Street and is unlikely to be the same Globe that was operating in 1910. The November 22, 1881, issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch referred to the Morgan Street house as a “…low variety theater….” which had recently been closed and was unlikely to be able to get a license to reopen.
The Eblon Theatre opened at 1822 Vine Street on November 4, 1923. Movies were accompanied by a live orchestra for the first few years of its operation, but an organ was installed in 1928. In 1933 the theater was closed and the building converted into a night club called the Cherry Blossom, which became the venue at which Count Basie conducted his first orchestra.
In 1984 the building, which had then been vacant for more than two decades, was seriously damaged by a fire. Attempts to save the historic structure failed, but the facade was propped up and still stands today. This weblog post covers the early history of the theater, and has a few photos of the surviving facade.
This web page briefly covers the same history, and has an ad from the Eblon Theatre’s opening. Click on the ad for a larger version, then follow the next two links (right arrow at upper left) to see two 1923 newspaper items about the house.
This was the second location opened by Hometown Cinemas. The first, in Lockhart, Texas, opened in 2008. A 2014 article about the chain said that the Terrell location had been opened “soon after” the Lockhart cinema.
This PDF offering the venue for lease prior to its conversion to offices has some photos. It says the theater opened as the Ford Opera House on October 10, 1904.
Editions of the Cahn Guide as late as 1910 erroneously claimed that the theater was on the first floor. By 1912 a new management was reporting the house as a second floor theater.
A 2014 article about Hometown Cinemas' takeover of the former MovieStar Cinema in Gun Barrel City said that Hometown had started with this six-screen house in Lockhart in 2008. A second location was added soon after in Terrell.
This web page about the murals in Terrell includes a paragraph about the movie poster mural on the back wall of the former Iris Theatre building, and includes this information about the theater’s history:
“The Iris Theatre, built by Leaman Marshall, opened in 1925 and was touted in the newspaper as ‘Terrell’s Finest Theatre’. (In the 1920’s there were three theatres operating in downtown Terrell – The Iris, The Palace, and the Lyric.) The posters include ‘The Lady’, a silent film which was the first movie shown at The Iris. The Iris operated continuously as a movie theatre from 1925 to 2001 when the modern multi-screen theatres in Mesquite drew the crowds away from the historic single screen theatre.”
The September 23, 1922, issue of The Moving Picture World ran a brief item saying “Hunt and Garland, of the Palace Theatre at Terrell, Texas, have purchased a new organ.”
The April 7, 1928, issue of Motion Picture News said that “Gus A. Doering of Southern Pipe Organ Co., has purchased controlling interest in Palace Theatre at Terrell, Texas, from Hunt & Garland.”
This multiplex was designed for Cinépolis by the Hoover, Alabama-based architectural firm CTMS Architects. The firm’s web site features this page with photos of the project.
CinéBistro Siesta Key was designed by CTSM Architects, a firm based in the Birmingham suburb Hoover, Alabama. The firm has designed several projects for Cobb Theatres, including four CinéBistro locations. Photos of the Siesta Key project can be found on this page at the firm’s web site.
The Cobb 12 Luxury Theatres was designed by CTSM Architects, a firm based in the Birmingham suburb Hoover, Alabama. A collection of photos can be found on this page of the firm’s web site.
The July 3, 1976, issue of the Watertown Daily Times (PDF here) says that the Victoria Theatre opened around 1912, and the building it occupied was demolished in 1958.
The July 3, 1976, issue of the Watertown Daily Times (PDF here) has a bit more information about the Wonderland Theatre. The Wonderland opened in August, 1906, and was expanded and renamed the Palace in 1917.
Schine gained control of the house in 1928, then kept it closed until 1933, when it was reopened by an independent operator under a lease. Schine took back the house in 1936, operating it until 1949, when it was sold to Richmor Enterprises, who remodeled and changed the name to the Town Theatre.
The article doesn’t say how long the house operated as the Town, but the building in which it was situated was demolished in 1976. Its site is under the footprint of a large residential building called the Henry Keep Apartments.
An article about Watertown’s theaters in the July 3, 1976, issue of the local Daily Times (PDF here) said that The Opera House was extensively remodeled in 1920 and reopened as the Avon Theatre on July 8 that year.
Vaudeville and stock companies continued as mainstays of the theater for many years, but the last vaudeville show appeared in 1932. Occasional concerts and other live performances were presented after that, but the house was primarily a movie theater until it was closed and demolished in the spring of 1967.
The Palace might have been a replacement for an earlier theater nearby which was mentioned in the May 22, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World:
The May 22, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World said: “Extensive alterations and improvements have been made to the Theatorium on David Street. The house has been renamed the Strand.”
There was a Globe Theatre in St. Louis around 1910, but I haven’t been able to find its location. It was listed in the 1910-1911 Cahn guide as a 500 seat ground floor vaudeville house, with a very small stage only 14 feet from the footlights to the back wall. It sounds like it would have been a very good candidate for conversion to movies, though I’ve found no evidence that it was.
A house called the Globe opened in St. Louis around 1878, but it was located on Morgan Street and is unlikely to be the same Globe that was operating in 1910. The November 22, 1881, issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch referred to the Morgan Street house as a “…low variety theater….” which had recently been closed and was unlikely to be able to get a license to reopen.
Ah, I see the newspaper items have already been uploaded to the photo page.
The Eblon Theatre opened at 1822 Vine Street on November 4, 1923. Movies were accompanied by a live orchestra for the first few years of its operation, but an organ was installed in 1928. In 1933 the theater was closed and the building converted into a night club called the Cherry Blossom, which became the venue at which Count Basie conducted his first orchestra.
In 1984 the building, which had then been vacant for more than two decades, was seriously damaged by a fire. Attempts to save the historic structure failed, but the facade was propped up and still stands today. This weblog post covers the early history of the theater, and has a few photos of the surviving facade.
This web page briefly covers the same history, and has an ad from the Eblon Theatre’s opening. Click on the ad for a larger version, then follow the next two links (right arrow at upper left) to see two 1923 newspaper items about the house.
This was the second location opened by Hometown Cinemas. The first, in Lockhart, Texas, opened in 2008. A 2014 article about the chain said that the Terrell location had been opened “soon after” the Lockhart cinema.
The event center that formerly occupied the second-floor Los Gatos Opera House closed in early 2013. The space was converted into an office in late 2014.
This PDF offering the venue for lease prior to its conversion to offices has some photos. It says the theater opened as the Ford Opera House on October 10, 1904.
Editions of the Cahn Guide as late as 1910 erroneously claimed that the theater was on the first floor. By 1912 a new management was reporting the house as a second floor theater.
A 2014 article about Hometown Cinemas' takeover of the former MovieStar Cinema in Gun Barrel City said that Hometown had started with this six-screen house in Lockhart in 2008. A second location was added soon after in Terrell.
This web page about the murals in Terrell includes a paragraph about the movie poster mural on the back wall of the former Iris Theatre building, and includes this information about the theater’s history:
The September 23, 1922, issue of The Moving Picture World ran a brief item saying “Hunt and Garland, of the Palace Theatre at Terrell, Texas, have purchased a new organ.”
The April 7, 1928, issue of Motion Picture News said that “Gus A. Doering of Southern Pipe Organ Co., has purchased controlling interest in Palace Theatre at Terrell, Texas, from Hunt & Garland.”
The Shapiro Theatre still needs to be marked as demolished. The building was on the parking lot to the left in the current street view.
CTSM Architects provides this web page with photos of this multiplex. There are several night shots of the delightfully gaudy marquee.
This multiplex was designed for Cinépolis by the Hoover, Alabama-based architectural firm CTMS Architects. The firm’s web site features this page with photos of the project.
Photos of the most recent configuration of Cinépolis Jupiter can be seen on this page of the web site of CTMS Architects, designers of the renovation.
Four photos of the Merritt Square Cinemas can be seen on this page of the web site of CTSM Architects.
Nine photos of Southland Mall Cinemas can be seen on this page of the web site of CTSM Architects.
A collection of photos of Cobb’s Tyrone Luxury 10 can be seen on this page of the web site of CTSM Architects.
Photos of Cobb’s CinéBistro Grove can be seen on this page of the web site of CTSM Architects.
Photos of the CinéBistro Dolphn Mall can be seen on this page of the web site of CTMS Architects.
Photos of Cobb’s CinéBistro Stony Point can be seen on this page of the web site of CTMS Architects.
CinéBistro Siesta Key was designed by CTSM Architects, a firm based in the Birmingham suburb Hoover, Alabama. The firm has designed several projects for Cobb Theatres, including four CinéBistro locations. Photos of the Siesta Key project can be found on this page at the firm’s web site.
The Cobb 12 Luxury Theatres was designed by CTSM Architects, a firm based in the Birmingham suburb Hoover, Alabama. A collection of photos can be found on this page of the firm’s web site.