Closed on September 28, 1991 with “City Slickers”. The Cinema East originally housed 1,200 seats but was downgraded to 800 seats later in its operations and remained like that until its closure.
The Cinema North was last operated by the Danlin Corporation, who had been operating since December 1988. During its last few months of operation in late-1989, the management downgraded its format from first-run to second-run due to lack of attendance and falling victim to suburban multiplex theaters. “Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” became the last big hit for the Cinema North, otherwise the rest afterward had attendance lack.
The Cinema North closed on January 11, 1990 with “Look Who’s Talking”, and had a capacity of 902 seats before closure.
Actual closing date is September 28, 1980 with “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” and “Foxes”. The screen remained standing for a little longer, but was already gone in the mid-1990s.
It was renamed the Islein Theatre in June 1980, and closed on June 6, 1982 with “Chariots Of Fire”. Florin-Creative last operated the theater as a dollar house.
The Brandenburg Theatre opened as early as 1935 although I cannot find its opening date. It was renamed the New Ace Theatre in 1941, and was remodeled several times throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
The Ace Theatre closed as a movie house in September 1965 due to the manager diagnosed with an illness, but reopened later on as a special events house.
The Mosinee Theatre became an X-rated house in 1979, and would later flip back to mainstream first-run movies when new management took over the theater in January 1983. This didn’t last long, and the Mosinee Theatre closed on February 17, 1983 with “Airplane II”.
The Commerce Drive-In was actually built in 1955, although I cannot find the opening date.
However, I tried researching the drive-in’s closing date, and I did recently see a Q&A section from the April 18, 2004 edition of the Atlanta Constitution that talks about the remaining drive-ins in Georgia. Dan Cowles from Cumming, Georgia, asked a question about the amount of drive-ins in Georgia as of 2004, and the answer stated that the Commerce Drive-In in Commerce was closed. So its unknown if the drive-in actually closed after the 2003 season or later reopened for a brief time until 2006.
In September 1954, manager Robert Retzer became understandably perturbed at the remarks on a Cliff’s Dwelling section of the Daily Republic page that resembles the safeness of littering. After Solano Drive-In employees immediately gathered more than 400 discarded beer cans in 1/8th of a mile from Highway 40 to the County Hospital in a single day alongside crates of broken glass, cartons, and paper, Retzer received an idea by flashing a homemade slide on the theater screen reading “Don’t Be A Litterbug” as an appeal for discontinuance of the nuisance. He immediately rushed down at the board of directors meeting of the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture seeking action on the problem which he points out in his letter is not confined to the highway’s adjacent to the theater. Retzer angrily read a statement while pointing the finger in front of the Daily Republic’s Cliff’s Dwelling section from the previous week.
The “Litterbug” idea that he came up became very helpful for his theater. It became so helpful that in October 1954, Retzer received a letter from the Filmack Trailer Company in Chicago saying that the staff at Filmack really liked his Litterbug idea and asking if they want to steal his idea without any objection. Retzer accepted the deal and Filmack immediately started creating snipes that came through his idea.
Closed on September 28, 1991 with “City Slickers”. The Cinema East originally housed 1,200 seats but was downgraded to 800 seats later in its operations and remained like that until its closure.
The Cinema North was last operated by the Danlin Corporation, who had been operating since December 1988. During its last few months of operation in late-1989, the management downgraded its format from first-run to second-run due to lack of attendance and falling victim to suburban multiplex theaters. “Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade” became the last big hit for the Cinema North, otherwise the rest afterward had attendance lack.
The Cinema North closed on January 11, 1990 with “Look Who’s Talking”, and had a capacity of 902 seats before closure.
Actual closing date is September 7, 1989 with “Ghostbusters II” and “The Karate Kid Part III”.
Actual closing date is September 28, 1980 with “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” and “Foxes”. The screen remained standing for a little longer, but was already gone in the mid-1990s.
It was renamed the Islein Theatre in June 1980, and closed on June 6, 1982 with “Chariots Of Fire”. Florin-Creative last operated the theater as a dollar house.
Closed on September 1, 2003. It was last operated by Clearview Cinemas and was last known as “Woodbridge Cinemas 5”.
Closed on February 10, 1997 with “The Funeral” and “Breaking The Waves” (both Hawaii engagements) in Screen 1 and “The Relic” in Screen 2.
The Brandenburg Theatre opened as early as 1935 although I cannot find its opening date. It was renamed the New Ace Theatre in 1941, and was remodeled several times throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
The Ace Theatre closed as a movie house in September 1965 due to the manager diagnosed with an illness, but reopened later on as a special events house.
The actual opening date is December 17, 1980. Screen 1 opened that day while the two other screens opened two days later.
This opened on April 16, 1982, not February 17, 1982. It closed on January 7, 1999.
October 1936.
Definitely looks like Intermission during the first week of July 1947.
The Mosinee Theatre became an X-rated house in 1979, and would later flip back to mainstream first-run movies when new management took over the theater in January 1983. This didn’t last long, and the Mosinee Theatre closed on February 17, 1983 with “Airplane II”.
Still open in 1962.
Opened as early as April 1978.
Actual opening date is August 15, 1957 with Pat Boone in “Bernardine” (unknown if extras added).
Still open in 1982, but appears that it may’ve closed later in the decade.
The Montecito Theatre opened in August 1970, and closed on January 15, 1989 with “A Cry In The Dark” and “Crossing Delancey”.
Closed on January 31, 1982 with Walt Disney’s “Cinderella” and “The Small One”.
Closed on November 27, 1977 with “Orca” and “King Kong”.
The Commerce Drive-In was actually built in 1955, although I cannot find the opening date.
However, I tried researching the drive-in’s closing date, and I did recently see a Q&A section from the April 18, 2004 edition of the Atlanta Constitution that talks about the remaining drive-ins in Georgia. Dan Cowles from Cumming, Georgia, asked a question about the amount of drive-ins in Georgia as of 2004, and the answer stated that the Commerce Drive-In in Commerce was closed. So its unknown if the drive-in actually closed after the 2003 season or later reopened for a brief time until 2006.
Renamed Chief Auto Movies in September 1975.
Taken between October 24 and 26, 1957.
In September 1954, manager Robert Retzer became understandably perturbed at the remarks on a Cliff’s Dwelling section of the Daily Republic page that resembles the safeness of littering. After Solano Drive-In employees immediately gathered more than 400 discarded beer cans in 1/8th of a mile from Highway 40 to the County Hospital in a single day alongside crates of broken glass, cartons, and paper, Retzer received an idea by flashing a homemade slide on the theater screen reading “Don’t Be A Litterbug” as an appeal for discontinuance of the nuisance. He immediately rushed down at the board of directors meeting of the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture seeking action on the problem which he points out in his letter is not confined to the highway’s adjacent to the theater. Retzer angrily read a statement while pointing the finger in front of the Daily Republic’s Cliff’s Dwelling section from the previous week.
The “Litterbug” idea that he came up became very helpful for his theater. It became so helpful that in October 1954, Retzer received a letter from the Filmack Trailer Company in Chicago saying that the staff at Filmack really liked his Litterbug idea and asking if they want to steal his idea without any objection. Retzer accepted the deal and Filmack immediately started creating snipes that came through his idea.
Opened on January 26, 1979 with “Superman” on both screens, closed on June 23, 2000.