Comments from Ken Roe

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe commented about Uptown Theater on Dec 23, 2004 at 3:16 pm

The Film Daily Yearsbook 1940 gives a seating capacity of the Uptown Theater as 435. In the 1951 F.D.Y it is given as 850.

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Ken Roe commented about Globe Theater on Dec 23, 2004 at 3:13 pm

The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 and 1950 give a seating capacity of what was known as then as the Fox Globe Theatre as 648.

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Ken Roe commented about Jackson Heights Cinema on Dec 23, 2004 at 6:44 am

The Jackson Theatre is given as having a seating capacity of 1,839 in Film Daily Yearbook for 1941, and 1,821 in the F.D.Y for 1950.

I have photographs of the auditorium and foyer taken at its opening which illustrate an article by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of the magazine “The Architectural Forum”.

Charles A. Sandblom is credited as the architect of the Jackson Theatre.

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Ken Roe commented about Stadium Theatre on Dec 23, 2004 at 6:08 am

Film Daily Yearbooks for 1930 and 1941 give a seating capacity of the Stadium Theatre as 1,761. In the 1950 and 1957 F.D.Y’s seating is given as 1,756.

I have a couple of photographs of the auditorium taken in 1923 that accompany an article written by Charles Sandblom in the June 1925 edition of The Architectural Forum magazine.

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Ken Roe commented about Gala Hispanic Theatre on Dec 22, 2004 at 7:23 am

The original opening date of the Tivoli Theater was 5th April 1924 with the movie “Painted People” starring Colleen Moore on the screen and Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians on stage.

The opening seating capacity claimed to be 2,500, later reduced to 1,975.

It closed in 1976 and has remained empty and boarded up…….until now, December 2004.

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Ken Roe commented about Vista Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 5:53 pm

Opened as Bard’s Hollywood Theatre on 9th October 1923, the opening movie was “Tips” starring Baby Peggy plus vaudeville on the stage.

The original seating capacity was given as 838, which today has been much reduced due to larger seats and the removal of alternate rows of seats throughout the length of the auditorium.

The exterior of the building is in a pretty Spanish Revival style of architecture, which was to be the theme for the entire building. However during its 1922 construction, King Tutankhamen’s Tomb was discovered in Egypt and from the entrance lobby into the auditorium the building is decorated in an Egyptian style, that became the ‘in’ style of the time.

The theatre was re-named Vista in the late 1920’s.

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Ken Roe commented about Gateway Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 5:19 pm

The seating capacity of the Gateway Theatre is given as 912 in Film Daily Yearbooks.

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Ken Roe commented about Shattuck Cinemas on Dec 21, 2004 at 5:13 pm

The opening date of the Shattuck Cinemas was 25th May 1988.

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Ken Roe commented about Peery's Egyptian Theater on Dec 21, 2004 at 5:01 pm

The Architectural Firm; Hodgson and McClenahan are given as the designers of the Egyptian Theatre.

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Ken Roe commented about Egyptian Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:57 pm

Jack Liebenberg was the architect of the Egyptian Theatre and it had a seating capacity of 825.

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Ken Roe commented about Egyptian Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:54 pm

The Egyptian Theatre opened on 25th December 1925.

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Ken Roe commented about SIFF Cinema Egyptian on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:52 pm

The Egyptian Theatre opened on 14th November 1980.

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Ken Roe commented about Egyptian Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:48 pm

The Egyptian Theatre opened on 10th December 1929 with a given seating capacity of 1,200.

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Ken Roe commented about Egyptian Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:40 pm

The Egyptian Theatre opened on 19th November 1925. It was designed by architect Lee Arden Thomas and had a seating capacity of 1,450.

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Ken Roe commented about Loew's Kameo Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:35 pm

The architectural style of the Loew’s Kameo Theatre is Egyptian.

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Ken Roe commented about Park Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 4:12 pm

The seating capacity of the Park Theatre was given as 819.

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Ken Roe commented about UCLA Nimoy Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 2:56 pm

The seating capacity of the Crest Theatre is 500.

The first operators when it became the Uclan Theatre were the independent circuit Dietrich and Feldstein.

Theatre interior designer Joe Musil was responsible for the current renovation carried out in conjunction with the Disney Organisation. He was also responsible for the 1993 restoration of the Cecchi Gori Fine Arts /theaters/212/ and the El Capitan Theater /theaters/17/

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Ken Roe commented about Dewey Theater on Dec 21, 2004 at 12:57 pm

In the Film Daily Yearbook 1930, the theatre at this address is named the Sunshine Theatre with a seating capacity of 372.

It had been re-named Dewey Theatre by 1941 with a seating capacity of 350.

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Ken Roe commented about People's Cinema on Dec 21, 2004 at 12:46 pm

This was listed as Bluebird Theatre with 560 seats in 1930.

The street address is given as 731 Saratoga Ave.

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Ken Roe commented about Orpheum Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 12:10 pm

The street address of the Orpheum Theatre is listed as 511 Main Street, Clarion, PA

The Film Daily Yearbook for 1941 gives a seating capacity of 442, by 1950 it had 350 seats.

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Ken Roe commented about Hawaii Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 11:45 am

The seating capacity of the Hawaii Theatre was given as 1,106, all on one level.

In the late 1940’s/early 1950’s it was listed under the name; Hawaii Music Hall.

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Ken Roe commented about St. Clair Theater on Dec 21, 2004 at 10:42 am

The book ‘Show Houses-Twin Cities Style’ by Kirk J. Besse (published 1997) gives the St Clair Theatre at the address given above by lostmemory. It operated as a movie theatre from 1924-1977 and became tennis courts (presumably indoor ones).

The Film Daily Yearbook 1941 lists the seating capacity as 838 and in 1950 it is given as 830 seats.

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Ken Roe commented about Jordan Theatre on Dec 21, 2004 at 6:11 am

Patsy,
The town of Titusville, PA had 3 theatres listed in 1941.

Grand, 624 seats (closed)
Orpheum, 122 W. Central Ave. 606 seats
Penn, 119 W. Spring St. 938 seats (newly opened)

None of these are currently listed on Cinema Treasures.

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Ken Roe commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Dec 19, 2004 at 4:03 pm

There is a very nice shot of the De Mille Theatre (“War and Peace”–“Vojna i mir” Russia 1968 on the marquee) in the opening credits of “Sweet Charity” (1969). You can pause it on the dvd-Chapter 2 after the overture-3.01-3.04 minutes in.

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Ken Roe commented about Apollo Victoria Theatre on Dec 19, 2004 at 11:31 am

Ian Grundy’s exterior view photo above, shows the slightly less ornate entrance on Vauxhall Bridge Road.