Randy, Many Thanks for notifying us of the passing of Don Lewis. He was a stalwart member of Cinema Treasures and will be missed on the site. He, together with Billy Smith have contributed numerous photographs to the site and shared them with us, even adding new theatres to swell our database. In my capacity as the Editor of Cinema Treasures I have had several personal correspondences with Don, who was a charming & polite person to know, even though we never actually met ‘in person’. May he R.I.P.
Same here Al when back in 1965 I left a ‘job for life’ as a skilled engineer at Rolls Royce and joined the Rank Organisation as a Trainee Assistant Manager (at half the wages I was getting at R.R.). My father said “you are going into a dying industry, as cinemas were closing down”. I stayed in ‘the business’ until 2000.
The Fox Ritz Theatre can be seen in a street scene in the UK made movie “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” (1936) starring Roland Young and Ralph Richardson. Based on a short story by H.G. Wells, the scene is supposed to be in San Francisco.
David Rayner: You only need to type in one word in the ‘search’ box. Type in ‘Focus’ and it will come up with all cinemas on the site which have that name in the database. Type in ‘Longton’ and it will find city or towns on the site with that name. Longton, England is one that come up. Click on it and we have 6 cinemas listed in Longton: Alexandra Palace, Alhambra, Broadway, Empire, Focus & Royal.
Lionel; Your suggestion for a meet-up of fellow Cinema Treasures contributors in central London is a good idea. I would suggest meeting in Wetherspoons Montagu Pyke, Charing Cross Road, former Charing Cross Road Cinematograph/Cannon say an early afternoon on a date to be suitable for all who respond. I will keep any comments relating to this on this page until a result has been achieved, I will then delete them. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor, Cinema Treasures.
robboehm: The Beverly Amusement Company built the Beverly Theatre, 111-115 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 in 1919. It has a page on Cinema Treasures #3865. It must be the one you are enquiring about.
Phillip,The 1914 edition of Kine Weekly Yearbook gives the Pavilion as the only cinema operating in Ormskirk. Same in the 1927 edition. It obviously was not a ‘new’ cinema when it was redecorated in 1925. I have no details for an Institute.
bigjoe59: “The Fall of the Roman Empire” was released on Blu-Ray in the UK in 2.35.1 aspect ratio. Anchor Bay Entertainment/The Weinstein Company Home Entertainmet.
Gerald, It could be? The book where I got the initial information on “Luoghi Architecture del Cinema in Italia” (2010) only mentions the Imperiale name.
jackjswartz: Unfortunately Cinema Treasures cannot put other contributors in touch with each other. Hopefully your comment of June 6, 2019 will be seen by Bertinphilly. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor
davidcoppock:The special feature on the Blu-Ray/DVD states “In 1940 they screened a special trailer for their current presentation "The Wizard of Oz”“ It wasn’t the premiere opening presentation at the theatre, which was "Gone With the Wind” in 1939.
Randy, Many Thanks for notifying us of the passing of Don Lewis. He was a stalwart member of Cinema Treasures and will be missed on the site. He, together with Billy Smith have contributed numerous photographs to the site and shared them with us, even adding new theatres to swell our database. In my capacity as the Editor of Cinema Treasures I have had several personal correspondences with Don, who was a charming & polite person to know, even though we never actually met ‘in person’. May he R.I.P.
Same here Al when back in 1965 I left a ‘job for life’ as a skilled engineer at Rolls Royce and joined the Rank Organisation as a Trainee Assistant Manager (at half the wages I was getting at R.R.). My father said “you are going into a dying industry, as cinemas were closing down”. I stayed in ‘the business’ until 2000.
The Fox Ritz Theatre can be seen in a street scene in the UK made movie “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” (1936) starring Roland Young and Ralph Richardson. Based on a short story by H.G. Wells, the scene is supposed to be in San Francisco.
There is a possibility that the other Auditorium/Strand Theatre was originally the Auditorium Opera House?
DavidZornig:The 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory list a Bijou Dream Theatre and a Pastime Theatre.
A new page has been created for the Clinton Drive-In.
David Rayner: You only need to type in one word in the ‘search’ box. Type in ‘Focus’ and it will come up with all cinemas on the site which have that name in the database. Type in ‘Longton’ and it will find city or towns on the site with that name. Longton, England is one that come up. Click on it and we have 6 cinemas listed in Longton: Alexandra Palace, Alhambra, Broadway, Empire, Focus & Royal.
Lionel; Your suggestion for a meet-up of fellow Cinema Treasures contributors in central London is a good idea. I would suggest meeting in Wetherspoons Montagu Pyke, Charing Cross Road, former Charing Cross Road Cinematograph/Cannon say an early afternoon on a date to be suitable for all who respond. I will keep any comments relating to this on this page until a result has been achieved, I will then delete them. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor, Cinema Treasures.
A page has been created for the former Warder Grand Opera House/Auditorium Theatre.
robboehm: The Beverly Amusement Company built the Beverly Theatre, 111-115 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 in 1919. It has a page on Cinema Treasures #3865. It must be the one you are enquiring about.
Phillip,The 1914 edition of Kine Weekly Yearbook gives the Pavilion as the only cinema operating in Ormskirk. Same in the 1927 edition. It obviously was not a ‘new’ cinema when it was redecorated in 1925. I have no details for an Institute.
More than a gang, it was a mob of 100 fighting.
MichaelKilgore:The Theatre Catalog for 1955 and Film Daily Yearbooks 1955 thru 1957 have no listing for a drive-in theatre in Meriden.
In the 1914-1915 edition of American Motion Picture Directory there is a New Happy Hour Theatre located at 38 Clinton Street.
stevenj & DavidZorning:I tried to make a correction to the map, but could not succeed. Sorry about that. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor.
bigjoe59: “The Fall of the Roman Empire” was released on Blu-Ray in the UK in 2.35.1 aspect ratio. Anchor Bay Entertainment/The Weinstein Company Home Entertainmet.
To be accurate “Lawrence of Arabia” was not a Hollywood classic, it was a United Kingdom classic.
Vindanpar: There were two brief comments posted, but neither mentioned Peter Fonda by name, so they were deleted. Strangely, I never saw your posting.
Gerald, It could be? The book where I got the initial information on “Luoghi Architecture del Cinema in Italia” (2010) only mentions the Imperiale name.
Strange! It was working earlier today when I did an update of the website link.
jackjswartz: Unfortunately Cinema Treasures cannot put other contributors in touch with each other. Hopefully your comment of June 6, 2019 will be seen by Bertinphilly. Ken Roe, Volunteer Theatre Editor
davidcoppock:The special feature on the Blu-Ray/DVD states “In 1940 they screened a special trailer for their current presentation "The Wizard of Oz”“ It wasn’t the premiere opening presentation at the theatre, which was "Gone With the Wind” in 1939.
drb:The unknown theatre you mention in your July & December 2011 comments above is the Rose Theatre which now has its own page on Cinema Treasures.
Both the Cranston Auto Drive-In and the Drive-In, Warwick are listed as seperate entries in 1956 & 1957.
Ooops, It is in the 1957 edition of FDY.