The original building opened in 1883 as the Music Hall, a concert venue which burn’t down in 1885. It was re-built became first the Teck Theatre, then taken over by the Shubert’s in 1908. They operated it as a live theatre until 1933 when it was shuttered.
It remained closed until 1945 when it was gutted internally and most of the front facade was removed and rebuilt and it re-opened as a movie theatre known as Shea’s Teck Theatre from 1945. The seating was all on one level and the decorative scheme was described as ‘Pompeian Moderne’.
In 1950 it became Loew’s Teck and in 1952 Stanley Warner took control and it was converted into a Cinerama theatre from 1956. It reverted to the name Loews Teck for its final years.
Opened on 17th October 1921 as Loew’s State Theater, the opening was attended by Marcus Loew. There were two entrances, the Main Street entrance brought one in at the main floor and loge level, the other entrance was on Mowhawk Street. The configeration of the stage was unusual as an adjacent building (dating from at least 1895) had its wall hollowed out and the stage house was fitted into the space.
Loew’s dropped the house in 1928 and by 1930 it was under the control of Shea’s who moved their RKO vaudville shows into the what had now become the Century Theatre. In late 1939 Shea’s moved on and it it is listed as the Twentieth Century Theatre, or 20th Century with 2,911 seats in Film Daily Yearbooks under different managements.
In 1953 United Artists Theatres took out a 10 year lease and converted the theatre into a Cinerama theatre which resulted in a massive loss of the seating capacity to 1,200. It was also at this time that the 4Manual/33Rank De-Luxe Moeller theatre organ was junked. The pipes remained in the building.
The Century Theatre closed as a movie theatre in 1970 to become a rock concert venue. Later demolished.
The Capitol Theatre was built for the Ascher Bros. and opened in 1921. It had the first Wurlitzer Style 260 Special theatre organ ever built.
It became the twelfth theatre in the USA to be converted to a Cinerama theatre and it finally closed in 1967, remaining shuttered until it was demolished in 1970.
Seating 1,956, the Miller Theater was a project of Publix Theatres and the opening on 1st May 1922 was attended by Adolph Zukor himself.
It closed its doors for the last time on 18th March 1970, with a gala farewell show sponsored by the Wichita Art Museum; Robert Foley played the Wurlitzer organ as a special selection of silent movies flickered onto the screen for the last time.
The 1930 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook has it listed as the U.S. Theater with 1,400 seats.
In the 1941 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook it has been re-named Decatur Theater with 950 seats (900 in the 1943 edition). It is not listed in 1950 or 1957 editions of F.D.Y. that I have.
In the Film Daily Yearbook,1943 the Ritz Theater is shown as being operated by the Fox Wisconsin Circuit under a subsidiary Fox City Theatres Corp. A seating capacity of 800. It was equipped with a Kilgen theatre organ. It closed as the Villa Theatre in 1986
In the Film Daily Yearbook,1941 a seating capacity is given as 880. In the 1943 edition it lists the Luna as being managed/operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary John Balaban and it is listed as being closed.
The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives a seating capacity of 906.
The Film Daily Yearbook,1950 lists this theatre as the Art Movie Theatre, with a seating capacity of 1,239. Obviously seating has been reduced due to fire code enforcements and closing an upper balcony.
TJ;
The B.F.Keith Theatre, Cincinnati is not listed on this site at the moment. Do you know anything about it so that you can list it? or shall I post it as a new listing with just the basic details that I have? Is it still there?
Film Daily Yearbook’s in the 1940’s show that the Wuerth Theater was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary W.S. Butterfield Theaters Inc and Butterfield Michigan Theaters Co.
The RKO Palace closed on 2nd August 1965 and demolition of the building was completed four months later.
The Russell Theatre opened on 4th December 1930 with the movie “Whoopie” starring Eddie Cantor
The RKO Royal Theatre had two other architects helping out Thomas Lamb (on one of his first projects), they were Buchanan & Fox.
This Scott Theatre opened in 1959.
The Alhambra Theatre opened on 23rd September 1927 with the movie “The Fighting Eagle” starring Rod LaRocque.
Loew’s American Theater opened in December 1940.
The Plaza opened on 28th November 1927. It was demolished in August 1971
The original building opened in 1883 as the Music Hall, a concert venue which burn’t down in 1885. It was re-built became first the Teck Theatre, then taken over by the Shubert’s in 1908. They operated it as a live theatre until 1933 when it was shuttered.
It remained closed until 1945 when it was gutted internally and most of the front facade was removed and rebuilt and it re-opened as a movie theatre known as Shea’s Teck Theatre from 1945. The seating was all on one level and the decorative scheme was described as ‘Pompeian Moderne’.
In 1950 it became Loew’s Teck and in 1952 Stanley Warner took control and it was converted into a Cinerama theatre from 1956. It reverted to the name Loews Teck for its final years.
Opened on 17th October 1921 as Loew’s State Theater, the opening was attended by Marcus Loew. There were two entrances, the Main Street entrance brought one in at the main floor and loge level, the other entrance was on Mowhawk Street. The configeration of the stage was unusual as an adjacent building (dating from at least 1895) had its wall hollowed out and the stage house was fitted into the space.
Loew’s dropped the house in 1928 and by 1930 it was under the control of Shea’s who moved their RKO vaudville shows into the what had now become the Century Theatre. In late 1939 Shea’s moved on and it it is listed as the Twentieth Century Theatre, or 20th Century with 2,911 seats in Film Daily Yearbooks under different managements.
In 1953 United Artists Theatres took out a 10 year lease and converted the theatre into a Cinerama theatre which resulted in a massive loss of the seating capacity to 1,200. It was also at this time that the 4Manual/33Rank De-Luxe Moeller theatre organ was junked. The pipes remained in the building.
The Century Theatre closed as a movie theatre in 1970 to become a rock concert venue. Later demolished.
I have an opening date of 10th November 1902 for the Keith’s Theatre.
It was re-named Randolph Theatre and re-opened on 24th December 1949.
The Capitol Theatre was built for the Ascher Bros. and opened in 1921. It had the first Wurlitzer Style 260 Special theatre organ ever built.
It became the twelfth theatre in the USA to be converted to a Cinerama theatre and it finally closed in 1967, remaining shuttered until it was demolished in 1970.
Seating 1,956, the Miller Theater was a project of Publix Theatres and the opening on 1st May 1922 was attended by Adolph Zukor himself.
It closed its doors for the last time on 18th March 1970, with a gala farewell show sponsored by the Wichita Art Museum; Robert Foley played the Wurlitzer organ as a special selection of silent movies flickered onto the screen for the last time.
The 1930 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook has it listed as the U.S. Theater with 1,400 seats.
In the 1941 edition of the Film Daily Yearbook it has been re-named Decatur Theater with 950 seats (900 in the 1943 edition). It is not listed in 1950 or 1957 editions of F.D.Y. that I have.
In the Film Daily Yearbook,1943 the Ritz Theater is shown as being operated by the Fox Wisconsin Circuit under a subsidiary Fox City Theatres Corp. A seating capacity of 800. It was equipped with a Kilgen theatre organ. It closed as the Villa Theatre in 1986
The Film Daily Yearbook’s 1930, 1941 give a seating capacity of 544. The 1943 edition of F.D.Y. has a capacity given as 548.
It is not listed in the 1950 F.D.Y.
In the Film Daily Yearbook,1941 a seating capacity is given as 880. In the 1943 edition it lists the Luna as being managed/operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary John Balaban and it is listed as being closed.
The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives a seating capacity of 906.
The Film Daily Yearbook,1950 lists this theatre as the Art Movie Theatre, with a seating capacity of 1,239. Obviously seating has been reduced due to fire code enforcements and closing an upper balcony.
I will add it with the details that I have.
TJ;
The B.F.Keith Theatre, Cincinnati is not listed on this site at the moment. Do you know anything about it so that you can list it? or shall I post it as a new listing with just the basic details that I have? Is it still there?
The Film Daily Yearbook,1941 gives a seating capacity of 907 for the State Theatre. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. seating is given as 997.
Film Daily Yearbook’s in the 1940’s show that the Wuerth Theater was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary W.S. Butterfield Theaters Inc and Butterfield Michigan Theaters Co.
The architect of the Penn Theatre is given as James E. Casale.
The Film Daily Yearbook,1943 has the Majestic Theatre operated by Paramount Pictures Inc through their subsidiary John Balaban.
The Regent Theatre is shown in the Film Daily Yearbook,1943 as being owned and operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
The 1943 Film Daily Yearbook, has the Penn Theatre as being operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through the subsidiary A.N. Notopoulos.