Built On April 25, 1911. There’s A Lot To Say On Its Opening Day. The Anton Opened On February 17, 1912 With A Very Shocking, Long, Interesting And Confusing Lineup. I Looked At The Photoplay Attraction Very Closely And It Actually Reads “Selig-Western”, But I’m Totally Not Sure What That Film Is Originally Titled. This Also Includes An Illustrated Song By A Name Simply Termed As “Rosenbaum”, A Musical Performance By Ola Edeburn, Comedy Routines Including Roller Skating Artists By 2 Guys Simply Named As Barry And Barton, Another Musical Performance, This Time By 2 Guys Simply Named As Morton And Hahn Including Some Other Producers, The Greater City Quartette, And Another Photoplay, Vitagraph, And A Comedy Reel.
There are a few fires that occurred at the Fine Arts Theatre, the earliest one being on November 14, 1957, caused by the projector while in a middle of one out of 3 Charlie Chaplin films. This forced an evacuation of 25 patrons, nobody injured. It caused an estimated $800 in damage.
The projection booth was once devastated by a fire for only a few seconds on December 14, 1944, caused by the projector where a brittle piece of film which was caught in one of the 2 machines and ignited from the heat of the lense. This happened during an intermission, but it didn’t close at all due to the fire being easily extinguished very quickly by Thomas P. Abbott, the projectionist for the Lucille Theatre. The fire destroyed a film, and damaged the 2 projectors, but seemed to work afterward.
The Suburbia Drive-In once had a brief stunt with X rated films throughout 1971 but stopped before 1972 came along, and returned to normal film runs including first-run. 2 more screens were added in either late 1973 or early 1974.
The Franklin Theatre’s actual opening date is November 5, 1936. Opening with Shirley Temple in “Poor Little Rich Girl” and W. C. Fields in “Poppy”, along with an unnamed cartoon and a newsreel.
The projection booth is once damaged by a fire on November 30, 1943, caused by a projector with a patched film that was jammed that caught itself on fire just as the machines were starting its last run of Eddie Quillan and Joan Woodbury in “Here Comes Kelly”, along with a “This Is America” travelogue in “Boom Town D.C.”, and a newsreel. The projector caught itself on fire and burned 2½ reels of “Here Comes Kelly” and “Boom Town D.C.”, which is a total of 8,000 feet of film. Luckily enough, only 4 out of the 400 capacity persons were in the house as they left the theater quickly enough. The theater later reopened 6 days later on December 5, 1943 with Fred Astaire in “The Sky’s The Limit” along with a special short entitled “Women At War”.
The fire caused a cancellation to the following runs: Don Barry in “West Side Kid” along with a short entitled “Girl From Monterey”; and a double feature: Charles Colburn in “My Kingdom For A Cook” and Charles Surrett in “Hail To Rangers” (unknown if subjects were included).
Opened On November 2, 1966 With “Fantastic Voyage”. A Second Screen Was Added On November 26, 1969, Reopening As A Twin With “Alice’s Restaurant” At Screen 1 And “Krakatoa East Of Java” At Screen 2.
The original Simplex projector that was used since its 1942 opening only operated for 3 years due to a fire incident inside the projection booth. On April 7, 1945, the Belle Theatre was gutted by a fire caused by a broken belt inside the projector causing a fire inside the projection booth. The fire occurred during a showing of a double feature: Bob Crosby in “The Singing Sheriff” and Joe E. Brown in “Casanova In Burlesque” along with an unnamed serial and an unnamed comedy, which was only shown for one day. Luckily enough, the audience, mostly children, had all escaped safely. The theater reopened the following day in the afternoon with Gerr Garson and Walter Pidgeon in “Mrs. Parkington” (along with a few unnamed short subjects) after a new projector was installed. The estimated loss is between $300 and $400.
The Capri also installed Cinerama later that year in 1961, reopening on November 8 of that year with their test film “This Is Cinerama” as the “Capri Cinerama”.
The actual opening date is November 5, 1938 with a double feature: Deanna Durbin in “That Certain Age” and Joe Penner in “Mr. Doodle Kicks Off”, along with the latest reel of March Of Time.
Closed On August 24, 1984 With “The Last Starfighter” And “Hard To Hold” As Its Last Films, Since Both Films Played As A Double Feature Before Its Closure. I Can’t Find Anything Else After Those Showings. It Is Now A Marathon (Former BP) Gas Station.
Opened On December 30, 1914 With “Salomy Jane” (7 Reels).
Built On April 25, 1911. There’s A Lot To Say On Its Opening Day. The Anton Opened On February 17, 1912 With A Very Shocking, Long, Interesting And Confusing Lineup. I Looked At The Photoplay Attraction Very Closely And It Actually Reads “Selig-Western”, But I’m Totally Not Sure What That Film Is Originally Titled. This Also Includes An Illustrated Song By A Name Simply Termed As “Rosenbaum”, A Musical Performance By Ola Edeburn, Comedy Routines Including Roller Skating Artists By 2 Guys Simply Named As Barry And Barton, Another Musical Performance, This Time By 2 Guys Simply Named As Morton And Hahn Including Some Other Producers, The Greater City Quartette, And Another Photoplay, Vitagraph, And A Comedy Reel.
There are a few fires that occurred at the Fine Arts Theatre, the earliest one being on November 14, 1957, caused by the projector while in a middle of one out of 3 Charlie Chaplin films. This forced an evacuation of 25 patrons, nobody injured. It caused an estimated $800 in damage.
The projection booth was once devastated by a fire for only a few seconds on December 14, 1944, caused by the projector where a brittle piece of film which was caught in one of the 2 machines and ignited from the heat of the lense. This happened during an intermission, but it didn’t close at all due to the fire being easily extinguished very quickly by Thomas P. Abbott, the projectionist for the Lucille Theatre. The fire destroyed a film, and damaged the 2 projectors, but seemed to work afterward.
The actual closing date is March 11, 1986.
Opened In November 1965.
The Suburbia Drive-In once had a brief stunt with X rated films throughout 1971 but stopped before 1972 came along, and returned to normal film runs including first-run. 2 more screens were added in either late 1973 or early 1974.
Remodeled On August 20, 1936, reopening with “High Tension” along with a comedy entitled “Wife Of A Party”, and a Fox Movietone newsreel.
The Franklin Theatre’s actual opening date is November 5, 1936. Opening with Shirley Temple in “Poor Little Rich Girl” and W. C. Fields in “Poppy”, along with an unnamed cartoon and a newsreel.
1,600 Seats In Total.
Opened as a special events/live-venue theater as early as October 1938, and became a movie house in early 1940.
The projection booth is once damaged by a fire on November 30, 1943, caused by a projector with a patched film that was jammed that caught itself on fire just as the machines were starting its last run of Eddie Quillan and Joan Woodbury in “Here Comes Kelly”, along with a “This Is America” travelogue in “Boom Town D.C.”, and a newsreel. The projector caught itself on fire and burned 2½ reels of “Here Comes Kelly” and “Boom Town D.C.”, which is a total of 8,000 feet of film. Luckily enough, only 4 out of the 400 capacity persons were in the house as they left the theater quickly enough. The theater later reopened 6 days later on December 5, 1943 with Fred Astaire in “The Sky’s The Limit” along with a special short entitled “Women At War”.
The fire caused a cancellation to the following runs: Don Barry in “West Side Kid” along with a short entitled “Girl From Monterey”; and a double feature: Charles Colburn in “My Kingdom For A Cook” and Charles Surrett in “Hail To Rangers” (unknown if subjects were included).
Opened With “The Big Cat” Along With An Unnamed Cartoon And A Film Entitled “Red Angels And His Natural Seven”.
Opened On November 2, 1966 With “Fantastic Voyage”. A Second Screen Was Added On November 26, 1969, Reopening As A Twin With “Alice’s Restaurant” At Screen 1 And “Krakatoa East Of Java” At Screen 2.
Opened on October 21, 1966 with “The Idol” and “Boy Did I Get A Wrong Number”.
Opened With Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in “On Moonlight Bay”, along with a Tom and Jerry cartoon, a Pete Smith speciality, and a newsreel.
The original Simplex projector that was used since its 1942 opening only operated for 3 years due to a fire incident inside the projection booth. On April 7, 1945, the Belle Theatre was gutted by a fire caused by a broken belt inside the projector causing a fire inside the projection booth. The fire occurred during a showing of a double feature: Bob Crosby in “The Singing Sheriff” and Joe E. Brown in “Casanova In Burlesque” along with an unnamed serial and an unnamed comedy, which was only shown for one day. Luckily enough, the audience, mostly children, had all escaped safely. The theater reopened the following day in the afternoon with Gerr Garson and Walter Pidgeon in “Mrs. Parkington” (along with a few unnamed short subjects) after a new projector was installed. The estimated loss is between $300 and $400.
The Capri also installed Cinerama later that year in 1961, reopening on November 8 of that year with their test film “This Is Cinerama” as the “Capri Cinerama”.
The theater opened with a double feature: Don Ameche in “You Can’t Have Everything”, and Russell Gleason in “The Higgins Family”.
CinemaScope was later installed. Still in operation since 1960.
The actual opening date is November 5, 1938 with a double feature: Deanna Durbin in “That Certain Age” and Joe Penner in “Mr. Doodle Kicks Off”, along with the latest reel of March Of Time.
It became the Cinema III on August 1, 1973, not around 1959. The Palace Theater name continued to last throughout the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
The Palace Theater was built and opened in 1918 by a husband-and-wife team of Lou and Elizabeth Galster of Petoskey.
On March 5, 1945, the Palace Theater was completely destroyed by a fire. It was later rebuilt and reopened later that year.
The Palace Theater name continued to last until August 1, 1973 when it reopened as the Cinema III with “Hell Upside Down” as its first film.
Closed On August 24, 1984 With “The Last Starfighter” And “Hard To Hold” As Its Last Films, Since Both Films Played As A Double Feature Before Its Closure. I Can’t Find Anything Else After Those Showings. It Is Now A Marathon (Former BP) Gas Station.
Found It, Opened On August 8, 1927 With Karl Dane In “Rockies”, Along With A Newsreel And An Unknown Comedy.