Comments from rsalters (Ron Salters)

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rsalters (Ron Salters)
rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Calvin Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:51 pm

There are 2 movie theaters listed under Northampton in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook. One is the Academy and the other is the “Coolidge” with 1000 seats and open daily. I guess that the Coolidge is actually the Calvin.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Academy of Music on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:46 pm

As the Academy, this theater is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1000 seats and open 6 days per week.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Fox Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:32 pm

OK, the older Fox Theatre in Springfield mentioned in the postings of Sept 28 2007 and just above is listed here in Cinema Treasurew as the Art Theatre, CT #3721.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Art Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm

As Fox’s Theatre, this house is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1300 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Bijou Theater on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:28 pm

The Bijou is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 900 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Broadway Theater on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:25 pm

The Broadway is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 2200 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Capitol Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:23 pm

The Capitol in Springfield is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1800 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Cinema-X on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:20 pm

As the “Phillipps”, this theater is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 916 seats, open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Garden Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:17 pm

The Garden is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 630 seats, open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Jefferson Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:16 pm

The Jefferson is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1036 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Loew's-Poli Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:15 pm

The Poli Palace is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 2500 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Strand Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:11 pm

The Strand in Springfield is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 746 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Fox Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:09 pm

There was apparently an earlier Fox Theatre somewhere in Springfield. The 1927 Film Daily Yearbook lists “Fox’s” with 1300 seats, open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Suffolk Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:05 pm

Of the 9 movie theaters listed under Holyoke in the 1927 FDY, I found all but 2 here in CT. Those 2 are the Royal with 385 seats, open daily; and the Three Star, 350 seats, open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Victory Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 7:01 pm

The Victory is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 2286 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Suffolk Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:59 pm

the Suffolk is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1100 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Strand Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:57 pm

The Strand is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1175 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Majestic Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:55 pm

The Majestic is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 687 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Globe Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:53 pm

The Globe is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 480 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about E.M. Loew's State Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:51 pm

As the Holyoke Theatre, this house is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1800 seats and open daily.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Bijou Theatre on Nov 17, 2010 at 6:50 pm

The Bijou is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 1300 seats and open only 1 day per week (I wonder if that’s a typo).

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Rialto Theatre on Nov 16, 2010 at 8:05 pm

The Rialto is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook as having 750 seats. They have 5 movie theaters listed for Everett: the Capitol, the Modern, the Broadway (850 seats), the Rialto, and the Strand (800) seats. I don’t know how acccurate the list is.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Capitol Theatre on Nov 16, 2010 at 8:02 pm

The Capitol is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook, but with no info.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Park Theatre on Nov 16, 2010 at 8:01 pm

There is a Strand Theatre listed for Everett in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook with 800 seats. From info posted above, the Strand was an earlier name for the Park.

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rsalters (Ron Salters) commented about Edgartown Cinema 2 on Nov 16, 2010 at 7:55 pm

The 1927 Film Daily Yearbook has one movie theater listed for Edgartown, the Elm Theatre, 475 seats, open 3 days per week.