This was in the Casa Grande Dispatch on May 1, 1942:
“Sing to Win.”
With that slogan as a shibboleth to bolster the morale of the nation, Music Clubs throughout the United States will launch their annual Music Week program, starting May 3 and continuing through the week to May 8. Not since World War Number One has there been such significant need for special observance of music, “which hath charms to soothe the savage breast.” For those who trod the paths of hatred in that conflict will remember how much music meant to them â€" how it softened the callousness created by their training to kill; yet spurred them on to greater valor by martial strains. They will remember how their weary feet were made to forget that “last, long mile” as the simple, and sometimes ridiculous songs, were sung to the marching strides of men going to the front.
One of the features of the week will be the concert by the Mothersingers at the High School auditorium. On May 6, the Junior Women’s club will feature music on their program. The Chief Theater will present a special music feature May 6 and 7, “Blues in the Nightâ€.
This is the caption to a photo in the Oil City Derrick on 10/10/74:
Ray L. Way and son, Richard L. Way, peer at a remnant of the old Lyric Theater which once occupied the site where a clothing store is now located. The elaborate design which Ray is touching borders the old stage which now serves as a storage and tailoring area in back of the sales section. The store moved into the former Lyric Theater building in 1955. Prior to the Lyric, this site was occupied by the Cameo Theater, before that the Princess Theater and before that the Orpheum Theater. Actually, the Lyric started housing audiences in 1917 at 106-108 Seneca St., moving to 216 Seneca St. in 1927.
Here is part of an article in June 2005 from the Miami Herald. A church is listed at the theater’s address now, but it’s unclear if this theater was in a mall which encompasses several different businesses, or was a stand-alone theater.
THE LANGUAGE OF FILM
In an age when multiplexes and chain cinemas dominate the silver screens, Valentino Cinema is an anomaly. The Westchester theater is family owned, has three screens – and is one of the only places in Miami-Dade County to solely show movies with Spanish subtitles. New releases, too. When Batman Begins rolled out this week in theaters nationwide, Valentino had it – and owner Andres del Campo was there to greet theater-goers, sell them tickets and even flip the switch to get the film…
Here is part of an article dated 9/22/53 from the Tucson Daily Citizen:
The State Theater, known long before the days of motion pictures as the Tucson Opera House, will play its last show tonight. A new commercial building will soon take its place on Congress Street. There will be no fanfare, no closing ceremony for the aged theater where any performance was once a major social event and seats were reserved on a permanent basis. The leading Shakespearean actors played at the old Opera House. There were traveling minstrel shows, too, and operas. Occasionally, a local group put on a play.
In 1929, the theater was taken over by the Paramount chain. The old landmark closes on a modern note for one of the features tonight is “When Worlds Collideâ€.
Here is an item from the Tucson Daily Citizen dated 2/17/69:
City officials have a relocation problem in connection with the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project, that has them scratching their heads.
It involves a new site for the Plaza Theater, 132 W. Congress St. The Plaza is the only movie house showing strictly Spanish language films. Urban renewal Director Donald Laidlaw said there has been “no positive results to date” in relocating the theater. He asked today that owners of suitable property, particularly in the downtown area, contact him if they will build or remodel to suit the tenant The theater requires a building of 7,000-8,000 square feet. It also would need 150 off-street parking spaces.
This is part of a July 2002 article in the Arkansas Business Journal:
No movie theaters in central Arkansas played the type of movies Matt Smith prefers.
So in March, Smith, 32, opened Market Street Cinema in Little Rock to showcase the thought-provoking independent and foreign films that rarely show up at the multiplex.
Smith’s move was the first indication that the movie theater business is making a comeback in Arkansas after a wave of bankruptcies by national chains a couple of years ago.
Smith is being followed by Rave Motion Pictures of Dallas, which plans to open in December an 18-screen theater on 15 acres on the south side of Col. Glenn Road, just west of Interstate 430.
Rave officials won’t say what the cost of the project will be, but the company spent $3.7 million to buy the land, and the building permit filed with the City of Little Rock shows the building will be 95,000 SF and cost about $8.2 million.
Fueling the resurgence of movie screens were record box office receipts in 2001, when ticket sales in the United States reached $8.4 billion. With hits such as “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” and “Spiderman” in theaters now, the record could be broken again this year.
Don Burchett, president of the Arkansas chapter of the National Association of Theater Owners, said he didn’t know of any theaters other than Rave’s under construction in the state.
Gust A. Stathis, theater operator, was one of the buyers of the Fox Theater, 3161 Elston Avenue, recently reported purchased by Dr. Ansel H. Tulupan, for $35,500, through the Mark Levy Realty Company. Stathis is operating the theater.
Zion’s only movie theater, which opened in 1948 after a stiff fight against community blue laws, has closed its doors.
The city’s first theater opened in 1913 but was raided by police and ordered closed by the mayor. Most of the blue laws were repealed at a referendum in 1949.
Onnie Bridges, president of the Zion Theater corporation since it was formed, said the closing was dictated by his desire to retire rather than by failing audiences.
Here is part of a Chicago Tribune article dated 11/24/53:
A half million dollar building program covering 220 feet of frontage from 326 to 356 S. State St. at the northwest corner of State and Van Buren Sts. was announced yesterday. The project includes demolition of the Rialto Theater, now operated as Minsky’s burlesque house, which will ring down its curtains for the last time on Dec. 9.
Joseph Rosenberg, owner of the property, said it will be replaced by a one story building of shops, all air conditioned. The new structure will front 100 feet on State St. with a depth of 100 feet. Edward Steinborn, Inc. is architect. Completion is set for May 1.
The Rialto Theater was built in 1916 by Jones, Linick and Schaefer and operated as a movie house. It has 1,500 seats. Marshall & Fox was architect. After various changes in management and policies it was leased several years ago for occupancy by Minsky’s burlesque. Rosenberg bought it from Yale University and others in 1949 for $500,000 through Louis Manierre of Dibblee and Manierre.
Here is an item from the Chicago Tribune dated 1/16/32:
Benjamin Sacks of the Lakeside Fish and Oyster Company, one of the largest wholesale firms in the country, is remodeling the Lyda Theater property, 315 North Cicero Avenue, which he owns, into a modern food market. The general contract has been awarded to J. Taff & Co. R. Bernard Kurzon is architect. Work is under way, with the expectation of having it open around April 15.
The 925 seat playhouse has been dismantled and the entire building is being remodeled. A new front is to be built. Concessions will be leased for the sale of groceries, fruits, vegetables, fish, bakery goods, etc. There will be a delicatessen and soda fountain. The building occupies a site 60x100 feet. Renting and management will be handled by Mr. Sacks. He states he plans to erect other markets in various locations.
HYDE PARK TO HAVE ITS FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Syndicate Buys Beach Theater: $100,000.
Hyde Park is to have its first national bank. The Beach Theater building at the northeast corner of Harper avenue and Hyde Park boulevard, directly across from the Hyde Park hotel, was sold yesterday.
The address should be changed to 105 S. Lamar. The Majestic is up the street on North Lamar.
There is a sign on the Lyric that says something about a community theater. I couldn’t read the first word.
This was in the Casa Grande Dispatch on May 1, 1942:
“Sing to Win.”
With that slogan as a shibboleth to bolster the morale of the nation, Music Clubs throughout the United States will launch their annual Music Week program, starting May 3 and continuing through the week to May 8. Not since World War Number One has there been such significant need for special observance of music, “which hath charms to soothe the savage breast.” For those who trod the paths of hatred in that conflict will remember how much music meant to them â€" how it softened the callousness created by their training to kill; yet spurred them on to greater valor by martial strains. They will remember how their weary feet were made to forget that “last, long mile” as the simple, and sometimes ridiculous songs, were sung to the marching strides of men going to the front.
One of the features of the week will be the concert by the Mothersingers at the High School auditorium. On May 6, the Junior Women’s club will feature music on their program. The Chief Theater will present a special music feature May 6 and 7, “Blues in the Nightâ€.
This is the caption to a photo in the Oil City Derrick on 10/10/74:
Ray L. Way and son, Richard L. Way, peer at a remnant of the old Lyric Theater which once occupied the site where a clothing store is now located. The elaborate design which Ray is touching borders the old stage which now serves as a storage and tailoring area in back of the sales section. The store moved into the former Lyric Theater building in 1955. Prior to the Lyric, this site was occupied by the Cameo Theater, before that the Princess Theater and before that the Orpheum Theater. Actually, the Lyric started housing audiences in 1917 at 106-108 Seneca St., moving to 216 Seneca St. in 1927.
Here is part of an article in June 2005 from the Miami Herald. A church is listed at the theater’s address now, but it’s unclear if this theater was in a mall which encompasses several different businesses, or was a stand-alone theater.
THE LANGUAGE OF FILM
In an age when multiplexes and chain cinemas dominate the silver screens, Valentino Cinema is an anomaly. The Westchester theater is family owned, has three screens – and is one of the only places in Miami-Dade County to solely show movies with Spanish subtitles. New releases, too. When Batman Begins rolled out this week in theaters nationwide, Valentino had it – and owner Andres del Campo was there to greet theater-goers, sell them tickets and even flip the switch to get the film…
Interior photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/cg4tz3
Here is some historical background:
http://tinyurl.com/dcftrz
The theater is open and has a full schedule of performances.
Here is a June 2008 article from the AZ Daily Star:
http://tinyurl.com/dack3o
Here is part of an article dated 9/22/53 from the Tucson Daily Citizen:
The State Theater, known long before the days of motion pictures as the Tucson Opera House, will play its last show tonight. A new commercial building will soon take its place on Congress Street. There will be no fanfare, no closing ceremony for the aged theater where any performance was once a major social event and seats were reserved on a permanent basis. The leading Shakespearean actors played at the old Opera House. There were traveling minstrel shows, too, and operas. Occasionally, a local group put on a play.
In 1929, the theater was taken over by the Paramount chain. The old landmark closes on a modern note for one of the features tonight is “When Worlds Collideâ€.
Here is an item from the Tucson Daily Citizen dated 2/17/69:
City officials have a relocation problem in connection with the Pueblo Center Redevelopment Project, that has them scratching their heads.
It involves a new site for the Plaza Theater, 132 W. Congress St. The Plaza is the only movie house showing strictly Spanish language films. Urban renewal Director Donald Laidlaw said there has been “no positive results to date” in relocating the theater. He asked today that owners of suitable property, particularly in the downtown area, contact him if they will build or remodel to suit the tenant The theater requires a building of 7,000-8,000 square feet. It also would need 150 off-street parking spaces.
This is part of a July 2002 article in the Arkansas Business Journal:
No movie theaters in central Arkansas played the type of movies Matt Smith prefers.
So in March, Smith, 32, opened Market Street Cinema in Little Rock to showcase the thought-provoking independent and foreign films that rarely show up at the multiplex.
Smith’s move was the first indication that the movie theater business is making a comeback in Arkansas after a wave of bankruptcies by national chains a couple of years ago.
Smith is being followed by Rave Motion Pictures of Dallas, which plans to open in December an 18-screen theater on 15 acres on the south side of Col. Glenn Road, just west of Interstate 430.
Rave officials won’t say what the cost of the project will be, but the company spent $3.7 million to buy the land, and the building permit filed with the City of Little Rock shows the building will be 95,000 SF and cost about $8.2 million.
Fueling the resurgence of movie screens were record box office receipts in 2001, when ticket sales in the United States reached $8.4 billion. With hits such as “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” and “Spiderman” in theaters now, the record could be broken again this year.
Don Burchett, president of the Arkansas chapter of the National Association of Theater Owners, said he didn’t know of any theaters other than Rave’s under construction in the state.
If you put in 310 W. Texas and then rotate the photo you will see the Brunson.
This is from the Chicago Tribune, dated 8/12/45:
Gust A. Stathis, theater operator, was one of the buyers of the Fox Theater, 3161 Elston Avenue, recently reported purchased by Dr. Ansel H. Tulupan, for $35,500, through the Mark Levy Realty Company. Stathis is operating the theater.
The Chicago Tribune announced in October 1958 that the Bugg was going to be razed in favor of a parking lot.
This was in the Chicago Tribune on 5/31/59:
Zion’s only movie theater, which opened in 1948 after a stiff fight against community blue laws, has closed its doors.
The city’s first theater opened in 1913 but was raided by police and ordered closed by the mayor. Most of the blue laws were repealed at a referendum in 1949.
Onnie Bridges, president of the Zion Theater corporation since it was formed, said the closing was dictated by his desire to retire rather than by failing audiences.
Here is part of a Chicago Tribune article dated 11/24/53:
A half million dollar building program covering 220 feet of frontage from 326 to 356 S. State St. at the northwest corner of State and Van Buren Sts. was announced yesterday. The project includes demolition of the Rialto Theater, now operated as Minsky’s burlesque house, which will ring down its curtains for the last time on Dec. 9.
Joseph Rosenberg, owner of the property, said it will be replaced by a one story building of shops, all air conditioned. The new structure will front 100 feet on State St. with a depth of 100 feet. Edward Steinborn, Inc. is architect. Completion is set for May 1.
The Rialto Theater was built in 1916 by Jones, Linick and Schaefer and operated as a movie house. It has 1,500 seats. Marshall & Fox was architect. After various changes in management and policies it was leased several years ago for occupancy by Minsky’s burlesque. Rosenberg bought it from Yale University and others in 1949 for $500,000 through Louis Manierre of Dibblee and Manierre.
Here is an item from the Chicago Tribune dated 1/16/32:
Benjamin Sacks of the Lakeside Fish and Oyster Company, one of the largest wholesale firms in the country, is remodeling the Lyda Theater property, 315 North Cicero Avenue, which he owns, into a modern food market. The general contract has been awarded to J. Taff & Co. R. Bernard Kurzon is architect. Work is under way, with the expectation of having it open around April 15.
The 925 seat playhouse has been dismantled and the entire building is being remodeled. A new front is to be built. Concessions will be leased for the sale of groceries, fruits, vegetables, fish, bakery goods, etc. There will be a delicatessen and soda fountain. The building occupies a site 60x100 feet. Renting and management will be handled by Mr. Sacks. He states he plans to erect other markets in various locations.
Here is a March 2009 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/d9yyh9
That’s what was noted earlier. I was wondering if any part of the drive-in remains.
This site mentions that the Avaloe had a Barton organ.
http://tinyurl.com/ddcdbk
I think that building is too narrow to be a former theater. It may have been built after the old theater building was razed.
From the Chicago Tribune, 12/17/22:
HYDE PARK TO HAVE ITS FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Syndicate Buys Beach Theater: $100,000.
Hyde Park is to have its first national bank. The Beach Theater building at the northeast corner of Harper avenue and Hyde Park boulevard, directly across from the Hyde Park hotel, was sold yesterday.
Here are some additional photos. That’s a griffin on the roof.
http://tinyurl.com/dcmvco
Here is a 1951 photo from the U of Chicago library. I’m not sure if this has already been posted:
http://tinyurl.com/c3xldy
Here is a small ad from a 1919 issue of the Chicago Defender:
http://tinyurl.com/bhouu2