Good photo added of the Normal Theatre after closing.
Looks like it may have been a church briefly given the signage on the right.
Undated photo courtesy of Tim O'Neill.
I found the tickets image in a Facebook post in a Group called “If you grew up in Niles/SW Michigan then you remember what…..who….”. It is what led me to researching and adding the Riviera to CT. I lucked out by scrolling endlessly through the Group’s Photo Section, and finding the other photos. Which helped distinguish it from the other Riviera Theatre in nearby Three Rivers Michigan, which was also pictured in the Group with a similar marquee. The two towns are 36 miles apart. Some group members had no recollection of the Riviera in Niles. As it closed over 50 years ago.
There was no description with the tickets photo, other than this: “These may jog some memories of the Niles population….a long gone establishment from the ‘Good old Days’ in downtown. 2 tickets for the Riviera Theater.”
Here is a link to the Group. Copy & paste to view.
1984 photo added, photo credit Ghislian Bonneau. Pussycat on left.
1984 photo added, photo credit Ghislian Bonneau.
Circa 1940’s photo added, photo credit Andreas Feininger.
1953 photo added, photo credit Frank Larson.
Three 1960 images added courtesy of Monique Carboni. Her mother is pictured in the exterior photo.
Two photos added. 06/06/1944 photo copyright Howard Hollem. 1959 photo copyright Dave Gelinas.
1941 photo added credit Walter Payton.
Good photo added of the Normal Theatre after closing. Looks like it may have been a church briefly given the signage on the right. Undated photo courtesy of Tim O'Neill.
Reverend Lincoln Scott who saved the building has died. Copy & paste to view.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-lincoln-scott-obit-0902-20150902-story.html
2003 photo added credit & copyright Scott Hamilton.
Slightly clearer version of the Riviera profile photo added via Len Laurro.
Newspaper image added courtesy of Len Laurro.
Photo added credit Len Laurro.
Photo included in a collage of 4 Rochester Drive-in’s courtesy of Michael Cowley.
Photo included in a collage of 4 Rochester Drive-in’s courtesy of Michael Cowley.
Photo included in a collage of 4 Rochester Drive-in’s courtesy of Michael Cowley.
Mid `50’s street scene photo added courtesy of Joel Windmiller. Cedar Theatre on the far left.
Circa 1929 image added courtesy of Joel Windmiller.
“MASH” at the Granada. Source unknown.
Khnemu is correct. See the photo I posted on 08/25/15. Only the facade of the old Cinestage remains, with a new theater built behind it.
2015 photo added, photo credit Rick Horwitz.
Screen side photo added courtesy of the Fiftiesville Facebook page.
1965 photo added courtesy of the Fiftiesville Facebook page. Nice exterior shot with marquee.
I found the tickets image in a Facebook post in a Group called “If you grew up in Niles/SW Michigan then you remember what…..who….”. It is what led me to researching and adding the Riviera to CT. I lucked out by scrolling endlessly through the Group’s Photo Section, and finding the other photos. Which helped distinguish it from the other Riviera Theatre in nearby Three Rivers Michigan, which was also pictured in the Group with a similar marquee. The two towns are 36 miles apart. Some group members had no recollection of the Riviera in Niles. As it closed over 50 years ago.
There was no description with the tickets photo, other than this: “These may jog some memories of the Niles population….a long gone establishment from the ‘Good old Days’ in downtown. 2 tickets for the Riviera Theater.”
Here is a link to the Group. Copy & paste to view.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/263439923682065/
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