This is the original Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack. It was renamed the Electric and then possibly Rialto before the new one was built at a different address. The Moveum operated 1909-1937. Though this photo was dated 1905, so possibly opened earlier. Courtesy Brian Marsh.
I added a page for the Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack.
That one was renamed the Electric and then Rialto before this one was built. It closed when this one opened in 1937.
Grand Opening as Rialto 1 & Rialto 2 was on June 7, 1974.
Image and description added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
“Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston in Richard Lester’s "The Three Musketeers” and George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere in Mike Nichols' “The Day of the Dolphin” open at the newly twinned Rialto Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta."
Description credit Urban Remains, pertains to subsequent photos.
“i’ve been collecting admission tickets for shows held at adler anid sullivan’s garrick theater (1892) from the time it was converted into a television studio in 1951. the most recent acquisition is an original 1954 "welcome travelers” unused complimentary admission ticket offered by the cbs television network.
the recently digitized 8 x 10 photographs document garrick theater’s transition from movie house to television studio (housed in the auditorium). these seldom seen images, taken by everett h.lang, photographers, date to the early 1950’s. note the control booth jammed under the balcony. several early tv programs were filmed at the garrick, with sets and scenery built around the stage.
images courtesy of ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago and bldg. 51 archive."
“The five hundred seat Victoria Theater was built in 1908 as a vaudeville house named Brown’s Opera House by Edmund Joseph Brown, grandfather of Governor Jerry Brown.”
1980 photo as Dave Cooper Cinemas added courtesy Ron Dahme.
So Dave Cooper Cinemas should be added to Previous Names.
Banner and flags look to possibly have been a Grand Re-Opening as such.
Circa 1924 photo credit E.B. Luce Collection.
Description credit Worchester Historical Museum.
“The photograph, c. 1924, features the theater’s marquee, which advertises the comedic play "Some Baby” written by Zellah Covington. The play original debuted in NYC in August of 1915, shortly after Mr. Covington and his wife were rescued from the sinking of the Arabic streamliner by a German U-Boat. “Some Baby” had a run of three months at the Fulton Theatre in NYC and then made its way to Worcester."
This is the original Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack. It was renamed the Electric and then possibly Rialto before the new one was built at a different address. The Moveum operated 1909-1937. Though this photo was dated 1905, so possibly opened earlier. Courtesy Brian Marsh.
Astor marquee on the left. Circa June 1960 photo credit Angelo Cozzi\Mondadori via Getty Images.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/couple-walking-hand-in-hand-in-front-of-a-cinema-in-news-photo/472125388?irgwc=1&esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&asid=TinEye&cid=GI&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=TinEye&utm_content=77643
“The Girl Who Came To Supper” premiered at the Broadway Theatre December 8, 1963.
Address is 411 Central Avenue N.
Still standing and for rent, advertised as 6000 square feet.
Last tenant was Downtown Intimates lingerie and CBD products as June 2019. Original facade has been stuccoed over but shape remains.
1938 photo added credit Star Tribune. Description beneath photo.
1919 WWI scrap metal drive photo added courtesy Brian Marsh.
I added a page for the Moveum Theatre which was located at 211 Minnesota Avenue N, and is still standing today as a Radio Shack. That one was renamed the Electric and then Rialto before this one was built. It closed when this one opened in 1937.
Grand Opening as Rialto 1 & Rialto 2 was on June 7, 1974. Image and description added courtesy Stephen Leigh.
“Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston in Richard Lester’s "The Three Musketeers” and George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere in Mike Nichols' “The Day of the Dolphin” open at the newly twinned Rialto Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta."
Link with a 1968 article about the Wometco Air Conditioning with photo.
https://www.pbase.com/image/95202644
1950 photo.
Circa 1910 photo as The Capitol Theatre added courtesy Paul Durako.
Enlargeable version of the Overview photo.
http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16614coll2/id/65?fbclid=IwAR21WbupkK1XWehK13neZ846oN_DruTZUyfN2lXrX0UvmTZZMrn6xJY4GaI
Description credit Urban Remains, pertains to subsequent photos.
“i’ve been collecting admission tickets for shows held at adler anid sullivan’s garrick theater (1892) from the time it was converted into a television studio in 1951. the most recent acquisition is an original 1954 "welcome travelers” unused complimentary admission ticket offered by the cbs television network. the recently digitized 8 x 10 photographs document garrick theater’s transition from movie house to television studio (housed in the auditorium). these seldom seen images, taken by everett h.lang, photographers, date to the early 1950’s. note the control booth jammed under the balcony. several early tv programs were filmed at the garrick, with sets and scenery built around the stage. images courtesy of ryerson and burnham archive, art institute of chicago and bldg. 51 archive."
Additional history from below link.
“The five hundred seat Victoria Theater was built in 1908 as a vaudeville house named Brown’s Opera House by Edmund Joseph Brown, grandfather of Governor Jerry Brown.”
https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf215.asp
1980 photo as Dave Cooper Cinemas added courtesy Ron Dahme. So Dave Cooper Cinemas should be added to Previous Names. Banner and flags look to possibly have been a Grand Re-Opening as such.
The Carmen Theatre was the site of the first victims in the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/zoot-suit-riots/
Circa 1924 photo credit E.B. Luce Collection. Description credit Worchester Historical Museum. “The photograph, c. 1924, features the theater’s marquee, which advertises the comedic play "Some Baby” written by Zellah Covington. The play original debuted in NYC in August of 1915, shortly after Mr. Covington and his wife were rescued from the sinking of the Arabic streamliner by a German U-Boat. “Some Baby” had a run of three months at the Fulton Theatre in NYC and then made its way to Worcester."
Article with a drone pic of the Sage Crest.
https://mynews4.com/news/knowing-nevada/knowing-nevada-the-deserted-drive-ins?fbclid=IwAR0rCOiaGIWZh95BzHqF210MdrMdZnaZnTmLsAdlAviv12JcrnMcfwodDmw
Article about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in which the Dreamland and other theatres were burned in the are known as Black Wall Street.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-wall-street-and-the-tulsa-race-massacre?fbclid=IwAR21tDTU-DiYqhuTJMAvolv6hC6C2iLhHKfmsCNFSvnpsbRHCaFVnBY0k5s
Images added.
Four 1948 photos added courtesy Jeff Nichols.
Confirmed Demolished. Site occupied by a Mercantile Bank of Michigan branch today.
Page for the Lyric and Oracle Theatres, both in same building at same time.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/62573