It looks like this group is using the theater for live performances. The status and function should be changed accordingly. http://www.ferndale-rep.org/
This is from the Indiana (PA) Gazette in November 1979:
PUNXSUTAWNEY – The Jefferson Theater will go under the auctioneer’s gavel in a public auction to be held here at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. The public auction will be held on the premises of the Jefferson Theater Building with Col. Larry Reed, of DuBois, as auctioneer. To be put up for sale at the auction will be the building itself and the contents of the former movie theater facility.
The Jefferson theater building is owned by a Pittsburgh entertainment chain. The movie house, located on North Findley Street in Punxsutawney, has been closed since Oct. 6, 1978, when the last regularly scheduled feature was shown. Since that time only one movie has been shown every six months to enable the owners to retain the theater zoning designation for the building.
A May 1961 article in the Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram reported that the theater had been purchased by the Black Muslims to use as a mosque. It had previously been a Christian church.
Here is part of an article in the Oakland Tribune dated 11/21/72:
They’re tearing down another part of old Oakland this week. The long-shuttered Broadway Theater at 1121 Broadway will vanish under the wrecker’s ball as part of the clearance of the fourth block of the projected 15-block $150 million City Center downtown regional shopping center. A skyscraper hotel will one day rise on the site.
The Broadway theater was new and modern Aug. 9, 1930 when it opened “for the exclusive presentation of talking motion pictures,” showing “The Texan'‘, an "all-outdoor” production, and a version of O. Henry’s story, “A Double Dyed Deceiver.” An older Broadway theater stood there for 25 years before the 1930 structure was built. Here, the word has it, Al Jolson once sang. Yesterday, renewal officials spoke glowingly of the newer Broadway to come â€" the resurgence of an urban core to draw shoppers from throughout the Eastbay.
This photo is supposed to be from 1917, so apparently there were two theaters in Benson at that time. The marquee’s front says Benson Opera House. http://tinyurl.com/ddjbnv
You can see some photos of the Belasco on the Mayan Theater page.
The Belasco was showing films in January 1949, as mentioned in the introduction. The Belasco ad is at the bottom, center of the page. Click on the ad for a better view. http://tinyurl.com/car6j4
This photo being sold on eBay shows a Bison Theater that apparently opened in 1952. I don’t find any record of a Bison Theater in McCook, although there was a Bison Drive-In. I’m wondering if this photo was miscaptioned. http://tinyurl.com/c2pyt9
It looks like this group is using the theater for live performances. The status and function should be changed accordingly.
http://www.ferndale-rep.org/
Here is a 1917 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ddjbnv
This is from the Indiana (PA) Gazette in November 1979:
PUNXSUTAWNEY – The Jefferson Theater will go under the auctioneer’s gavel in a public auction to be held here at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. The public auction will be held on the premises of the Jefferson Theater Building with Col. Larry Reed, of DuBois, as auctioneer. To be put up for sale at the auction will be the building itself and the contents of the former movie theater facility.
The Jefferson theater building is owned by a Pittsburgh entertainment chain. The movie house, located on North Findley Street in Punxsutawney, has been closed since Oct. 6, 1978, when the last regularly scheduled feature was shown. Since that time only one movie has been shown every six months to enable the owners to retain the theater zoning designation for the building.
A May 1961 article in the Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram reported that the theater had been purchased by the Black Muslims to use as a mosque. It had previously been a Christian church.
I have to go, so if you want to add the Dreamland please do so.
Here is part of an article in the Oakland Tribune dated 11/21/72:
They’re tearing down another part of old Oakland this week. The long-shuttered Broadway Theater at 1121 Broadway will vanish under the wrecker’s ball as part of the clearance of the fourth block of the projected 15-block $150 million City Center downtown regional shopping center. A skyscraper hotel will one day rise on the site.
The Broadway theater was new and modern Aug. 9, 1930 when it opened “for the exclusive presentation of talking motion pictures,” showing “The Texan'‘, an "all-outdoor” production, and a version of O. Henry’s story, “A Double Dyed Deceiver.” An older Broadway theater stood there for 25 years before the 1930 structure was built. Here, the word has it, Al Jolson once sang. Yesterday, renewal officials spoke glowingly of the newer Broadway to come â€" the resurgence of an urban core to draw shoppers from throughout the Eastbay.
The caption for the Dreamland says Pacific Avenue, while the DeMarce is on Atlantic Avenue, which might help.
These folks had their wedding at the Orpheum:
http://tinyurl.com/cscblq
This ad for the first anniversary of the Fox was in the Billings Gazette on 11/13/32:
http://tinyurl.com/cmwlsr
This photo is supposed to be from 1917, so apparently there were two theaters in Benson at that time. The marquee’s front says Benson Opera House.
http://tinyurl.com/ddjbnv
Here is a photo from a myspace page:
http://tinyurl.com/c2wzjr
Here is a 1999 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics41/00040198.jpg
Here is the Belasco, circa 1920s:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015222.jpg
Here is a 1938 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015223.jpg
You can see some photos of the Belasco on the Mayan Theater page.
The Belasco was showing films in January 1949, as mentioned in the introduction. The Belasco ad is at the bottom, center of the page. Click on the ad for a better view.
http://tinyurl.com/car6j4
This is from the LA Times in January 1949. The La Tijera ad is at the bottom of the page. Click on the ad for a better view.
http://tinyurl.com/car6j4
Here is a March 1939 ad. Click on the ad for a closer view.
http://tinyurl.com/cpw83u
Here is a 1949 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c9febh
Here is an October 1964 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/cue5rm
This is the Lynn circa 1929, from the LAPL:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014829.jpg
This is a 1975 photo of the “Cinne Arts” theater in Hollywood, somewhere. If anyone can place this one, let me know.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics31/00050068.jpg
Here is a 1930 photo from the LAPL, at the opening of the theater:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028809.jpg
Here is another LAPL photo, taken on Oscar night:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045000.jpg
Here is a photo, circa 1950s:
http://tinyurl.com/dksj4q
This photo being sold on eBay shows a Bison Theater that apparently opened in 1952. I don’t find any record of a Bison Theater in McCook, although there was a Bison Drive-In. I’m wondering if this photo was miscaptioned.
http://tinyurl.com/c2pyt9