There are two parts to the restaurant. The northern part was the theater. The high ceilings are original, I believe. The southern part was an adjacent building with low ceilings that was added on after the restaurant opened. I couldn’t tell you if the walls are original or not.
No, the Imperial is the only theater listed in Pocahontas, AR. I try not to add too many drive-ins as management prefers an emphasis on indoor theaters.
I’m not going to figure out which theater this was, but it’s a funny little story from May 1961:
POCAHONTAS. Ark. (AP)â€"“It was black and it was coming at me, so I jumped in that pickup truck and took off.” Ed Tyler, an employee of a drive-in theater here, literally took off Sunday. A windstormâ€"or tornado, as he called it, picked up the truck and spun it around several times before setting it down. “I was hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet out the doorâ€, Tyler said "I thought I was a gonerâ€. He wasn’t hurt. The storm damaged the theater but apparently hit nothing else.
The drive-in was destroyed by fire in May 1958, according to this lawsuit. Note Mrs. Brown’s possessions included a gun and a wedding dress. Texas is great. http://tinyurl.com/2y3jhu
There was a fire in the 300 block of S. Broadway the other day, on the east (even number) side. The LA Times article stated that much of the original architecture was revealed when the fake fronts were destroyed. I haven’t been downtown since the fire, but I will check it out.
Chewbacca the Wookie was arrested in front of Grauman’s the other day for abusing a tour guide. Someone from the Kimmel show across the street took video of the wookie being cuffed and put in the police car. Supposedly he (or it) said “Don’t mess with this Wookie” on the way to the hoosegow.
This is a 1968 photo. As Joe accurately recalls, there is a parking lot where the building at 314 S. Broadway stands today. Ergo, the current building is not the theater. http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017091.jpg
This is a 1973 photo. The Banner would have been the building immediately to the right of the small white hotel sign, heading south on Main: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014126.jpg
The theater cashier was shot and killed in a holdup in 1933:
San Francisco Dec. 27 â€" A hanging verdict was returned early this morning against Edward Anderson, 25, confessed slayer of Hewlett Tarr in a theater box office holdup. Anderson insisted throughout the trial that he had not intended to kill Tarr, Curran theater cashier, but through his unfamiliarity with his gun, it accidentally discharged as he pointed it at the cashier through the grillwork of the cashier box office window.
Status should be closed/demolished, following the Sylmar quake in March 1971:
The San Fernando Theater at 303 S. Brand Blvd. was so severely damaged in the quake that it has been razed. John Rennie’s Crest Theater at 214 N. Maclay Ave. also was closed due to major damage. Rennie’s Town Theater at the northeast corner of Truman St. and Maclay Ave. had been razed earlier to make way for a service station and work was under way on this project when the quake struck. San Fernando no longer has a theater.
There are two parts to the restaurant. The northern part was the theater. The high ceilings are original, I believe. The southern part was an adjacent building with low ceilings that was added on after the restaurant opened. I couldn’t tell you if the walls are original or not.
Bring along some brownies for later.
No, the Imperial is the only theater listed in Pocahontas, AR. I try not to add too many drive-ins as management prefers an emphasis on indoor theaters.
I think you’re pointing out the misspelling at the top of the page. I concur.
I figured the town, just not the name of the theater. You may have answered the question.
I’m not going to figure out which theater this was, but it’s a funny little story from May 1961:
POCAHONTAS. Ark. (AP)â€"“It was black and it was coming at me, so I jumped in that pickup truck and took off.” Ed Tyler, an employee of a drive-in theater here, literally took off Sunday. A windstormâ€"or tornado, as he called it, picked up the truck and spun it around several times before setting it down. “I was hanging onto the steering wheel with my feet out the doorâ€, Tyler said "I thought I was a gonerâ€. He wasn’t hurt. The storm damaged the theater but apparently hit nothing else.
The drive-in was destroyed by fire in May 1958, according to this lawsuit. Note Mrs. Brown’s possessions included a gun and a wedding dress. Texas is great.
http://tinyurl.com/2y3jhu
Here is a page with photos of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2mogjl
There was a fire in the 300 block of S. Broadway the other day, on the east (even number) side. The LA Times article stated that much of the original architecture was revealed when the fake fronts were destroyed. I haven’t been downtown since the fire, but I will check it out.
Here are proceedings against one William Weaver, who allegedly torched the Erie in May 1933:
http://tinyurl.com/2atbtv
Chewbacca the Wookie was arrested in front of Grauman’s the other day for abusing a tour guide. Someone from the Kimmel show across the street took video of the wookie being cuffed and put in the police car. Supposedly he (or it) said “Don’t mess with this Wookie” on the way to the hoosegow.
Here is a February 2000 article that discusses renovation plans:
http://tinyurl.com/33h2cb
Very prominent is an understatement. Wasn’t the guy in the commercial standing on the marquee?
Status should be closed/demolished.
The Tracy is at the end of Seaside in this 1961 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/276p44
OK, dialing the wayback machine to 1940, you will see Joe’s building at 314:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics30/00064857.jpg
LAPL says this is 7th and Hill. I think not:
http://tinyurl.com/yohp3a
Here’s an interesting 1973 photo. I guess the tie shop was handy if you were in urgent need of a cravat:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067402.jpg
What about the 5th Avenue? That’s still standing, isn’t it? It’s near the Academy on Manchester.
This is a 1968 photo. As Joe accurately recalls, there is a parking lot where the building at 314 S. Broadway stands today. Ergo, the current building is not the theater.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017091.jpg
I don’t think we’ve seen this 1938 photo yet:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics32/00065597.jpg
Here is a photo dated 1940 from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067422.jpg
This is a 1973 photo. The Banner would have been the building immediately to the right of the small white hotel sign, heading south on Main:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014126.jpg
The theater cashier was shot and killed in a holdup in 1933:
San Francisco Dec. 27 â€" A hanging verdict was returned early this morning against Edward Anderson, 25, confessed slayer of Hewlett Tarr in a theater box office holdup. Anderson insisted throughout the trial that he had not intended to kill Tarr, Curran theater cashier, but through his unfamiliarity with his gun, it accidentally discharged as he pointed it at the cashier through the grillwork of the cashier box office window.
Status should be closed/demolished, following the Sylmar quake in March 1971:
The San Fernando Theater at 303 S. Brand Blvd. was so severely damaged in the quake that it has been razed. John Rennie’s Crest Theater at 214 N. Maclay Ave. also was closed due to major damage. Rennie’s Town Theater at the northeast corner of Truman St. and Maclay Ave. had been razed earlier to make way for a service station and work was under way on this project when the quake struck. San Fernando no longer has a theater.