The Cinemette chain, which also operated the Court and Coronet Theatres in downtown Wheeling, received permission to remodel a former trading stamp redemption center in the Warwood Shopping Center for use as a movie theater on March 25, 1976, according to the May 3 issue of Boxoffice. The 600-seat, twin-screen project was expected to be completed within three months, an estimate that turned out to be overly optimistic.
The Gresham Theatre made its first appearance in the FDY in the 1927 edition. Gresham was not listed in the 1926 FDY, so it’s likely that the house opened that year, after the FDY was compiled. The photos of the theater clearly show a style characteristic of the mid to late 1930s, so it must have been either remodeled or moved to a new building during that era. The obituary of Rose Moyer in the May 3, 1976 issue of Boxoffice said that she and her husband Larry opened the Gresham in 1938, so they might have been responsible for any remodeling or rebuilding that took place then.
News from the March 1, 1913 issue of Motography: “W. F. Smith, formerly located in De Soto as a furniture dealer, opened the Colonial moving picture and vaudeville house at Clarion, Iowa, which is apparently a credit to its proprietors' enterprise and thrift. Mr. Smith’s new theater is of colonial design, furnished throughout in mission furniture. It will be used for occasional vaudeville attractions and for continuous picture shows.”
An item datelined Algona in Moving Picture World of December 30, 1911 said that “C. M. Stevens and Roscoe Call will open a moving picture theater in the Call Opera House in a few days.” An item in the December 23 issue of the same journal had noted that “M. Stevens” was planning to build a movie theater at Algona. This was probably the same Stevens, but I’ve been unable to discover if his venture with Mr. Call was in lieu of or in addition to his new theater project.
In any case, the conversion of the opera house in 1912 was undoubtedly temporary. The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory lists only the Broadway and Magic theaters at Algona. It was not until September 23, 1916 that MPW announced that the recently remodeled Call Opera House had reopened as a movie theater and would continue to operate as such except when theatrical attractions were available.
The Cahn Guide was listing this as the Iowa Theatre by 1906, so probably its opening name. Although Emmetsburg does not appear in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, the Iowa Theatre was being mentioned in Moving Picture World at least as early as mid-1917.
The Fraser is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but I wonder if it’s origin could have been just a couple of years earlier in a house called the Unique Theatre? This item is from the August 17, 1912 issue of Moving Picture World:
“Spencer, Iowa.—The new Unique Theater Building is now completed and ready for business. It will seat 450 people, 410 on the first floor and forty in the balcony.”
Incidentally, the August 6, 1921 Moving Picture World has this item: “SPENCER, IA.— G. M. Solon has leased a building which he will convert into moving picture house” so Barton’s design was indeed for a remodeling of an existing building.
The NRHP Registration Form for the Grand Avenue Historic Commercial District says that “[d]uring 1920-21…a new theater, the Solon at 504 Main, was to be built, designed by W.C. Barton. It was to be red brick with terra cotta trim.” The form also notes that the façade survived the 1931 fire and was used in the new Spencer Theatre.
“Hartford—Frank Walters and M. H. Scheidler have started work on their new 1,000 seat house, to be named the Hartford. Facade will be of granite and the house will be air conditioned. The pair own the Orpheum and Jefferson theaters, in Wabash, and the Main in Dunkirk.”
The house was still in the planning stage in 1948, when the project was mentioned again in the April 2 issue of FD. The Harford first appears in the 1950 FDY (when it was listed with 916 seats,) so it might not have opened until 1949. Mr. Scheidler was mentioned as the manager of the Hartford in the July 9, 1949 Boxoffice, so it was open by then.
The reference to Wabash in the 1946 item was a mistake, as houses called the Jefferson and Orpheum were listed at Hartford City in the 1947 FDY, and were still listed in 1950. Houses listed at Wabash in 1947 were the Colonial and the Eagles.
The Hartford’s predecessor, the 250-seat Dawn Theatre, was in operation by 1929, and was listed as closed in the 1938 FDY.
This is from the “New Theatres” column of the October 15, 1946 issue of Film Daily: “Norcross, Ga.— Bill Aiken, formerly manager of Loew’s Grand in Atlanta, is opening the new Norcross this month.” The 523-seat Swan is listed in the 1947 FDY.
The article at acatos' link says that the house closed circa 1962-63 after having reduced operations to weekends only due to declining patronage.
The November 29, 1946 Film Daily said that the Legionnaires were planning to build a ne theater in Sioux Center, but I don’t know if they actually did or not. I don’t see it listed in the FDYs: “Sioux Center—The local American Legion is ready to begin work on a new auditorium that will house a theater, seating 650. Until same is completed this city will have its temporary theater in the city hall, under C. F. Van Steenwyk’s management.”
I find no mentions of a Ritz Theater at Norcross in the trade journals. Norcross gets left out by the FDY, too. So far I’ve only found it listed in 1947, when the only theaters listed were called the Norcross and the Swan. The Swan was real, but I can’t vouch for the Norcross.
The May 27, 1950 Boxoffice said that Charles Conn had sold the Conn Theatre to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Summers, who had changed the name of the house to Summers Theatre. The 2008 obituary of Mrs. Summers said that until the mid-1950s she and her husband had operated the Summers Theatre in Canalou. I’ve found nothing later about the theater under either name.
The Empire was one of two Storm Lake theaters mentioned in the September 8, 1917 issue of Motography. The item about the Empire says “J. M. Russell has announced that he will at once commence work on the enlargement of the Empire Theater at Storm Lake and make of it a modern opera house.” This was probably a response to the destruction by fire of the Storm Lake Opera House in 1916.
The Empire is listed in FDYs from 1930, 1934, 1936 and 1939. I haven’t checked other editions from the 1930s, but I suspect it was open through most of the decade. The October 7, 1938 Film Daily had this item about the closing: “IOWA. Storm Lake — Empire (9-27-38), Owner: George R. Norman; Moving to new theater.” The new theater was the Vista. The absence of the Vista from the 1939 FDY and the continued listing of the Empire was probably just sloppy editing.
I haven’t found the exact reopening date of the house as the Lake, but The January 6, 1940 issue of Boxoffice had an item datelined Storm Lake that said “Frank Schoonover is managing the new Lake, opened recently.” The June 21, 1952 Boxoffice noted the recent closing of the Lake Theatre after some forty years, giving a brief history with its previous names World and Empire. The owners of the building had decided not to renew the Pioneer Theatre Corporation’s lease, which had expired on June 1, and converted the building for retail use by the Earl May seed store.
The 1912-1913 Cahn-Leighton guide lists the Storm Lake Opera House with 601 seats. The 1914 Gus Hill Directory is a bit more generous, giving it 700 seats. The American Motion Picture Directory skipped Storm Lake altogether, likely just an oversight, as other sources indicate three theaters in town by February, 1914: the World, the Princess, and the Palace.
The obituary of long-time Tracy Theatre operator Mike Tracy in the January 15, 1962 Boxoffice said that “[p]rior to owning the theatre Tracy and W. S. Skiff Presented stage shows at the old Storm Lake Opera House.”
The Westfield Republican of May 2, 1912, mentions the Main Street Theatre, and the context makes clear that the house had been in operation for at least several weeks.
This is an item from the November 25, 1916 issue of Moving Picture World: “WESTFIELD, N. Y.-C. J. Carlson has plans by Freeburg Fidler [but see note below], Chadakoin building, Jamestown, N. Y., for a two-story theater and store building, 60 by 136 feet, to cost $35,000.” According to this web page, that project turned out to be the first Grand Theatre, which opened in 1917.
The catastrophic 1941 fire was not the first to visit the Grand. The building was gutted by a fire on November 3, 1923, and the house was not reopened until September, 1924. That was when it became the New Grand Theatre.
NOTE: Architect Freeburg, whose first name was either George or Raymond, of Freeburg & Fidler, died suddenly in late 1916, and it appears that the successor firm of Phillips, Fidler & Beck designed the Grand. I had a source for this some time ago but have lost track of it.
Some information about Freeburg & Fidler can be found in my comment on our page for the Mozart Theatre in Jamestown, New York, which they designed.
Okay, this web page has a map showing the locations of Jacksonville’s historic theaters, and the Savoy was a the southwest corner of Forsyth and Main while the Prince was at the northwest corner and became the Rialto. That un-explains why the Savoy was not listed in the AMPD in 1914.
The Savoy was one of several Jacksonville houses mentioned in an article in the May 27, 1911 issue of The New York Clipper. Of the Savoy the article says it “…is of simply beautiful design, and is one of the sights of the city.” The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory does not list the Savoy, but there is a Prince Theatre located at Forsyth and Main. I wonder if that could have been an aka? The Prince was open prior to March 1, 1913, as it was mentioned in that date’s issue of Moving Picture World.
The Capitol is first listed in the FDY in 1929, which suggests an opening in 1928. The 1927 edition has a listing for a 600-seat “Theater planned by Sparks” which might have been the Capitol. The two early photos we have both show 1927 releases advertised, “The Magic Garden” and “Yankee Clipper.”
Another item about the 1911 Imperial has surfaced, this one in the May 27 issue of The New York Clipper. It says that the 800-seat house opened on May 20, and was located on Forsyth Street just off of Main. That very well might have been the later Imperial, with a different front, which the item describes as having an entrance like “…a monster sea shell… brilliantly illuminated with several hundred electric lights.” It sounds like a rather typical triumphal arch entrance of the early 1910s, which would have been looking very old-fashioned even before the end of the decade, triggering a remodeling in a more sedate style.
We know the 1911 Imperial couldn’t have been any of the other theaters on Forsyth just off Main (Grand, which already existed, Palace, which wasn’t built yet, or Empress, which was too small) so it must have been the origin of the later Imperial.
Are we certain of the aka Pastime for this house? I found a reference to a Pastime Theatre at Jacksonville in the October 15, 1910 issue of The Nickelodeon, and a house of that name is listed at 215 W. Bay Street in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. As the opening name of this 1918 house at 212 W. Bay was New Casino, I suspect we have conflated its history with that of an earlier Casino across the street, which was previously the Pastime, and may have been demolished to make way for the Florida Motor Lines bus terminal.
The October 15, 1910 issue of The Nickelodeon said that “[t]he Grand is a new picture house at Main and Forsyth streets, Jacksonville. It is operated by H. B. Montgomery.” An article in The New York Clipper of May 27, 1911, mentions several Jacksonville movie houses and says “[t]he Grand, operated by the Montgomery Amusement Co., is the most popular one of them all, and is crowded nightly.”
The Orpheum at Jacksonville is mentioned in Variety at least as early as the issue of June 6, 1908. It is mentioned frequently in show business journals Variety, The Billboard and The New York Clipper through the 1910s. An item in The Billboard of August 31, 1918 mentions the Orpheum as having been part of the Southern Circuit of burlesque theaters in the early 1910s.
Nevertheless, the Orpheum must have been operating as a movie house at least part of that period, as it is one of seven movie theaters listed at Jacksonville in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. The earliest (and so far only) mention of it I’ve found in a regular movie theater trade journal is in the August 12, 1916 issue of Moving Picture World. The Orpheum’s time as a movie house was clearly limited, though, as it is never listed in the FDYs from the 1920s that are available online.
It is most likely that this is the Scenic Theatre, an apparently false history of which appears on the current State Theatre’s official web site. The Scenic was around long before 1927, and was apparently not an aka for the State. The Scenic was listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, and was mentioned in the August 24, 1912 Moving Picture World, which said that C. L. Voelkers had sold his interest in the Scenic Theatre at Holstein to Conrad Claussen.
118 E. 2nd may not have been the theater’s original location, though, as a December 13, 1913 MPW item said that William Werner had recently purchased Clausen’s interest in the Scenic and planned to erect anew building for the house. However, I have not found any follow-up items indicating that Mr. Werner carried out his plans, so it might not have happened.
In any case, the Scenic was still in operation when the State opened in late 1927, and continued to be listed in the FDY through 1930, along with the State. If, as I suspect, the Scenic was the house at 118 E. 2nd Street, it’s presence on the 1933 Sanborn map could be evidence that it was still in existence at least that late, even though the State was the only house the FDY listed in the town that year, and with the notation that even it was closed. It might be that the Scenic was opened for part of the year in 1933, after the FDY went to press, and thus appeared on the Sanborn map as a theater. If so, it didn’t survive long. The 1934 FDY does not list the Scenic, but does list the State as open again.
The Cinemette chain, which also operated the Court and Coronet Theatres in downtown Wheeling, received permission to remodel a former trading stamp redemption center in the Warwood Shopping Center for use as a movie theater on March 25, 1976, according to the May 3 issue of Boxoffice. The 600-seat, twin-screen project was expected to be completed within three months, an estimate that turned out to be overly optimistic.
The Gresham Theatre made its first appearance in the FDY in the 1927 edition. Gresham was not listed in the 1926 FDY, so it’s likely that the house opened that year, after the FDY was compiled. The photos of the theater clearly show a style characteristic of the mid to late 1930s, so it must have been either remodeled or moved to a new building during that era. The obituary of Rose Moyer in the May 3, 1976 issue of Boxoffice said that she and her husband Larry opened the Gresham in 1938, so they might have been responsible for any remodeling or rebuilding that took place then.
News from the March 1, 1913 issue of Motography: “W. F. Smith, formerly located in De Soto as a furniture dealer, opened the Colonial moving picture and vaudeville house at Clarion, Iowa, which is apparently a credit to its proprietors' enterprise and thrift. Mr. Smith’s new theater is of colonial design, furnished throughout in mission furniture. It will be used for occasional vaudeville attractions and for continuous picture shows.”
An item datelined Algona in Moving Picture World of December 30, 1911 said that “C. M. Stevens and Roscoe Call will open a moving picture theater in the Call Opera House in a few days.” An item in the December 23 issue of the same journal had noted that “M. Stevens” was planning to build a movie theater at Algona. This was probably the same Stevens, but I’ve been unable to discover if his venture with Mr. Call was in lieu of or in addition to his new theater project.
In any case, the conversion of the opera house in 1912 was undoubtedly temporary. The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory lists only the Broadway and Magic theaters at Algona. It was not until September 23, 1916 that MPW announced that the recently remodeled Call Opera House had reopened as a movie theater and would continue to operate as such except when theatrical attractions were available.
The Cahn Guide was listing this as the Iowa Theatre by 1906, so probably its opening name. Although Emmetsburg does not appear in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, the Iowa Theatre was being mentioned in Moving Picture World at least as early as mid-1917.
The Fraser is listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, but I wonder if it’s origin could have been just a couple of years earlier in a house called the Unique Theatre? This item is from the August 17, 1912 issue of Moving Picture World:
Incidentally, the August 6, 1921 Moving Picture World has this item: “SPENCER, IA.— G. M. Solon has leased a building which he will convert into moving picture house” so Barton’s design was indeed for a remodeling of an existing building.
The NRHP Registration Form for the Grand Avenue Historic Commercial District says that “[d]uring 1920-21…a new theater, the Solon at 504 Main, was to be built, designed by W.C. Barton. It was to be red brick with terra cotta trim.” The form also notes that the façade survived the 1931 fire and was used in the new Spencer Theatre.
From the November 28, 1946 Film Daily: “INDIANA
“Hartford—Frank Walters and M. H. Scheidler have started work on their new 1,000 seat house, to be named the Hartford. Facade will be of granite and the house will be air conditioned. The pair own the Orpheum and Jefferson theaters, in Wabash, and the Main in Dunkirk.”
The house was still in the planning stage in 1948, when the project was mentioned again in the April 2 issue of FD. The Harford first appears in the 1950 FDY (when it was listed with 916 seats,) so it might not have opened until 1949. Mr. Scheidler was mentioned as the manager of the Hartford in the July 9, 1949 Boxoffice, so it was open by then.
The reference to Wabash in the 1946 item was a mistake, as houses called the Jefferson and Orpheum were listed at Hartford City in the 1947 FDY, and were still listed in 1950. Houses listed at Wabash in 1947 were the Colonial and the Eagles.
The Hartford’s predecessor, the 250-seat Dawn Theatre, was in operation by 1929, and was listed as closed in the 1938 FDY.
This is from the “New Theatres” column of the October 15, 1946 issue of Film Daily: “Norcross, Ga.— Bill Aiken, formerly manager of Loew’s Grand in Atlanta, is opening the new Norcross this month.” The 523-seat Swan is listed in the 1947 FDY.
The article at acatos' link says that the house closed circa 1962-63 after having reduced operations to weekends only due to declining patronage.
The November 29, 1946 Film Daily said that the Legionnaires were planning to build a ne theater in Sioux Center, but I don’t know if they actually did or not. I don’t see it listed in the FDYs: “Sioux Center—The local American Legion is ready to begin work on a new auditorium that will house a theater, seating 650. Until same is completed this city will have its temporary theater in the city hall, under C. F. Van Steenwyk’s management.”
I find no mentions of a Ritz Theater at Norcross in the trade journals. Norcross gets left out by the FDY, too. So far I’ve only found it listed in 1947, when the only theaters listed were called the Norcross and the Swan. The Swan was real, but I can’t vouch for the Norcross.
The May 27, 1950 Boxoffice said that Charles Conn had sold the Conn Theatre to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Summers, who had changed the name of the house to Summers Theatre. The 2008 obituary of Mrs. Summers said that until the mid-1950s she and her husband had operated the Summers Theatre in Canalou. I’ve found nothing later about the theater under either name.
The Empire was one of two Storm Lake theaters mentioned in the September 8, 1917 issue of Motography. The item about the Empire says “J. M. Russell has announced that he will at once commence work on the enlargement of the Empire Theater at Storm Lake and make of it a modern opera house.” This was probably a response to the destruction by fire of the Storm Lake Opera House in 1916.
The Empire is listed in FDYs from 1930, 1934, 1936 and 1939. I haven’t checked other editions from the 1930s, but I suspect it was open through most of the decade. The October 7, 1938 Film Daily had this item about the closing: “IOWA. Storm Lake — Empire (9-27-38), Owner: George R. Norman; Moving to new theater.” The new theater was the Vista. The absence of the Vista from the 1939 FDY and the continued listing of the Empire was probably just sloppy editing.
I haven’t found the exact reopening date of the house as the Lake, but The January 6, 1940 issue of Boxoffice had an item datelined Storm Lake that said “Frank Schoonover is managing the new Lake, opened recently.” The June 21, 1952 Boxoffice noted the recent closing of the Lake Theatre after some forty years, giving a brief history with its previous names World and Empire. The owners of the building had decided not to renew the Pioneer Theatre Corporation’s lease, which had expired on June 1, and converted the building for retail use by the Earl May seed store.
The 1912-1913 Cahn-Leighton guide lists the Storm Lake Opera House with 601 seats. The 1914 Gus Hill Directory is a bit more generous, giving it 700 seats. The American Motion Picture Directory skipped Storm Lake altogether, likely just an oversight, as other sources indicate three theaters in town by February, 1914: the World, the Princess, and the Palace.
The obituary of long-time Tracy Theatre operator Mike Tracy in the January 15, 1962 Boxoffice said that “[p]rior to owning the theatre Tracy and W. S. Skiff Presented stage shows at the old Storm Lake Opera House.”
The Westfield Republican of May 2, 1912, mentions the Main Street Theatre, and the context makes clear that the house had been in operation for at least several weeks.
This is an item from the November 25, 1916 issue of Moving Picture World: “WESTFIELD, N. Y.-C. J. Carlson has plans by Freeburg Fidler [but see note below], Chadakoin building, Jamestown, N. Y., for a two-story theater and store building, 60 by 136 feet, to cost $35,000.” According to this web page, that project turned out to be the first Grand Theatre, which opened in 1917.
The catastrophic 1941 fire was not the first to visit the Grand. The building was gutted by a fire on November 3, 1923, and the house was not reopened until September, 1924. That was when it became the New Grand Theatre.
NOTE: Architect Freeburg, whose first name was either George or Raymond, of Freeburg & Fidler, died suddenly in late 1916, and it appears that the successor firm of Phillips, Fidler & Beck designed the Grand. I had a source for this some time ago but have lost track of it. Some information about Freeburg & Fidler can be found in my comment on our page for the Mozart Theatre in Jamestown, New York, which they designed.
Okay, this web page has a map showing the locations of Jacksonville’s historic theaters, and the Savoy was a the southwest corner of Forsyth and Main while the Prince was at the northwest corner and became the Rialto. That un-explains why the Savoy was not listed in the AMPD in 1914.
The Savoy was one of several Jacksonville houses mentioned in an article in the May 27, 1911 issue of The New York Clipper. Of the Savoy the article says it “…is of simply beautiful design, and is one of the sights of the city.” The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory does not list the Savoy, but there is a Prince Theatre located at Forsyth and Main. I wonder if that could have been an aka? The Prince was open prior to March 1, 1913, as it was mentioned in that date’s issue of Moving Picture World.
The Capitol is first listed in the FDY in 1929, which suggests an opening in 1928. The 1927 edition has a listing for a 600-seat “Theater planned by Sparks” which might have been the Capitol. The two early photos we have both show 1927 releases advertised, “The Magic Garden” and “Yankee Clipper.”
Another item about the 1911 Imperial has surfaced, this one in the May 27 issue of The New York Clipper. It says that the 800-seat house opened on May 20, and was located on Forsyth Street just off of Main. That very well might have been the later Imperial, with a different front, which the item describes as having an entrance like “…a monster sea shell… brilliantly illuminated with several hundred electric lights.” It sounds like a rather typical triumphal arch entrance of the early 1910s, which would have been looking very old-fashioned even before the end of the decade, triggering a remodeling in a more sedate style.
We know the 1911 Imperial couldn’t have been any of the other theaters on Forsyth just off Main (Grand, which already existed, Palace, which wasn’t built yet, or Empress, which was too small) so it must have been the origin of the later Imperial.
Are we certain of the aka Pastime for this house? I found a reference to a Pastime Theatre at Jacksonville in the October 15, 1910 issue of The Nickelodeon, and a house of that name is listed at 215 W. Bay Street in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. As the opening name of this 1918 house at 212 W. Bay was New Casino, I suspect we have conflated its history with that of an earlier Casino across the street, which was previously the Pastime, and may have been demolished to make way for the Florida Motor Lines bus terminal.
The October 15, 1910 issue of The Nickelodeon said that “[t]he Grand is a new picture house at Main and Forsyth streets, Jacksonville. It is operated by H. B. Montgomery.” An article in The New York Clipper of May 27, 1911, mentions several Jacksonville movie houses and says “[t]he Grand, operated by the Montgomery Amusement Co., is the most popular one of them all, and is crowded nightly.”
The Orpheum at Jacksonville is mentioned in Variety at least as early as the issue of June 6, 1908. It is mentioned frequently in show business journals Variety, The Billboard and The New York Clipper through the 1910s. An item in The Billboard of August 31, 1918 mentions the Orpheum as having been part of the Southern Circuit of burlesque theaters in the early 1910s.
Nevertheless, the Orpheum must have been operating as a movie house at least part of that period, as it is one of seven movie theaters listed at Jacksonville in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory. The earliest (and so far only) mention of it I’ve found in a regular movie theater trade journal is in the August 12, 1916 issue of Moving Picture World. The Orpheum’s time as a movie house was clearly limited, though, as it is never listed in the FDYs from the 1920s that are available online.
It is most likely that this is the Scenic Theatre, an apparently false history of which appears on the current State Theatre’s official web site. The Scenic was around long before 1927, and was apparently not an aka for the State. The Scenic was listed in the 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory, and was mentioned in the August 24, 1912 Moving Picture World, which said that C. L. Voelkers had sold his interest in the Scenic Theatre at Holstein to Conrad Claussen.
118 E. 2nd may not have been the theater’s original location, though, as a December 13, 1913 MPW item said that William Werner had recently purchased Clausen’s interest in the Scenic and planned to erect anew building for the house. However, I have not found any follow-up items indicating that Mr. Werner carried out his plans, so it might not have happened.
In any case, the Scenic was still in operation when the State opened in late 1927, and continued to be listed in the FDY through 1930, along with the State. If, as I suspect, the Scenic was the house at 118 E. 2nd Street, it’s presence on the 1933 Sanborn map could be evidence that it was still in existence at least that late, even though the State was the only house the FDY listed in the town that year, and with the notation that even it was closed. It might be that the Scenic was opened for part of the year in 1933, after the FDY went to press, and thus appeared on the Sanborn map as a theater. If so, it didn’t survive long. The 1934 FDY does not list the Scenic, but does list the State as open again.