Comments from kencmcintyre - Cinema Treasures

I have visited the following website many times for its exhaustive details on Main Street, block by block. Nary a mention of the Rosslyn Theater, although this history may pre-date the theater’s existence. It’s a puzzle.

http://www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal2.html

kencmcintyre commented about Rosslyn Theatre on Mar 2, 2006 at 2:56 pm

Take a look at this map, circa 1950. The Rosslyn Theater is shown on Main between 4th and 5th:

http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/subwayarea.htm

kencmcintyre commented about Colonial Theatre on Feb 28, 2006 at 3:41 pm

Here is another postcard from 1911:
http://patsabin.com/illinois/colonial.html

Regarding the above discussion on human foolishness, you only have to look at the 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island to realize that human nature doesn’t change much in a century.

kencmcintyre commented about Colonial Theatre on Feb 28, 2006 at 3:35 pm

Here is another link:
http://www.berkshiretv.com/colonial-1.htm

kencmcintyre commented about Ituna Theatre on Feb 28, 2006 at 10:13 am

$40,000 Canadian? How much is that for us? It sounds like a bargain either way.

kencmcintyre commented about Cottage View Drive-In on Feb 27, 2006 at 5:20 pm

Here are some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/hjbpo
http://tinyurl.com/z6dp2

kencmcintyre commented about Tilton Square Theatre on Feb 27, 2006 at 12:46 pm

The supermarket was an A&P, not a Shop Rite, after I thought about it for a while. This would be in the late 60s. There was another A&P in Pleasantville and a small one in Absecon around that time.

kencmcintyre commented about Vista Theater Hollywood on Feb 26, 2006 at 8:56 am

There’s plenty of information on this film on the usual search engines. It doesn’t look like it’s available on DVD at present.

kencmcintyre commented about Fox Theatre on Feb 25, 2006 at 11:09 am

Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/mwtjq

kencmcintyre commented about Washoe Theater on Feb 25, 2006 at 10:27 am

Here are some links:
http://tinyurl.com/ooxuz
http://tinyurl.com/pu7q8

kencmcintyre commented about Center Theatre on Feb 25, 2006 at 9:55 am

I was in Atlantic City in January. The area by Columbus Park has been completely redeveloped with chain stores, but no movie theater. That seems like an odd omission if you’re trying to get people out of the casinos and into the mall several blocks from the boardwalk. If the retailers are counting on the locals, they are in trouble.

kencmcintyre commented about Tilton Square Theatre on Feb 25, 2006 at 9:50 am

You may be talking about a different era. When I was a kid, the supermarket was a Shop Rite, across the street from the cemetery. The Woolworths was on the other side of the mall, by the movie theater. There was also a bank where the McDonalds is now. I ruined one of the summers of my youth cooking french fries at that McDonalds.

kencmcintyre commented about Babcock Theatre on Feb 25, 2006 at 9:29 am

Here are some contemporary photos:
http://tinyurl.com/nn7nk
http://tinyurl.com/m8ry6
http://tinyurl.com/nqt2g
http://tinyurl.com/h6at2

kencmcintyre commented about Roman Theater on Feb 25, 2006 at 6:28 am

Here is a link with some additional information:
http://tinyurl.com/zqggk

And some more recollections from the locals:
http://tinyurl.com/kxkf9

kencmcintyre commented about Liberty Theater on Feb 24, 2006 at 5:28 am

Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/fjbh2

kencmcintyre commented about Garrick Theatre on Feb 23, 2006 at 6:13 pm

Further research finds the theater on the right is the “Laff Chance”. A comedy club, perhaps?