Comments from Ken Roe

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Ken Roe commented about Queen Theater on Oct 23, 2015 at 2:53 am

DavidZornig:The Rialto Theatre and its near neighbour the Crescent Theatre have now been added to CT.

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Ken Roe commented about FairWorld Film Centre on Oct 16, 2015 at 6:49 am

Terry; The Comet Cinema, West Hartlepool was built as the Coronet Cinema, and the unfinished building was acquired by ABC in February 1942. It was requisitioned by the Ministry of Food for the duration of World War II and was called the Comet. These details are from Allen Eyles book “ABC, The First Name In Entertainment”.

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Ken Roe commented about Coliseum Cinema on Oct 10, 2015 at 8:21 am

HJHill:The address and street view have been corrected, as has the English spelling!

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Ken Roe commented about Rialto Theater on Oct 9, 2015 at 12:05 pm

It could be (1) the Renovo Theatre of pre-1914 vintage became the Rialto Theatre or (2) The Renovo Theatre was demolished and a new Rialto Theatre built on the site in 1919.

I have added a page for the Strand Theatre and opted for option (1), giving the Strand Theatre a 1919 opening.

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Ken Roe commented about IFC Center on Sep 22, 2015 at 8:44 am

Yes, It was gutted back to the bare brick walls. I saw it being done on a visit I made to NYC in early-2005. Nothing of the original interior decorations were saved.

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Ken Roe commented about AMC Saratoga 14 on Aug 16, 2015 at 3:49 am

LC: I have created a page for the Saratoga 6.

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Ken Roe commented about Rex Theatre on Aug 15, 2015 at 7:43 am

Correct spelling of the main movie title is “The Reluctant Dragon”.

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Ken Roe commented about The Regent Stamford Hill. on Jul 14, 2015 at 4:54 am

An early photograph, taken before Regent Court flats were built on each side of the Regent Cinema.

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Ken Roe commented about Cineworld Cinema - Leicester Square on Jun 28, 2015 at 7:34 am

goodshow: I took a look at the Imperial War Museum website, and as you say, there are several war-time photos of cinemas. Thanks for the information.

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Ken Roe commented about Cineworld Cinema - Leicester Square on Jun 25, 2015 at 2:12 am

goodshow: What a great photograph of the left side stairs in the foyer of the original Empire Theatre. I have not seen this before. Great find!

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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Halifax on May 25, 2015 at 6:54 am

The Cinema Theatre Association (CTA) visited the Mecca Bingo Club (former Odeon Halifax) a couple of years ago. I don’t think we were allowed access into the former projection box. I certainly didn’t get in there to take photos. Maybe former projectionist have photographs of the projection box, or another source is possibly the CTA archive (although photos of projection boxes back in the day are quite rare).

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Ken Roe commented about Reese Theatre on May 22, 2015 at 3:17 am

The 1946 edition of Theatre Catalog states the Reece Theatre was built for Reese Harrington. That could be a misprint and possibly they meant to say a ‘Mr. Reese of Harrington’?

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Ken Roe commented about Odeon Halifax on May 22, 2015 at 2:49 am

danny18badel: Are you certain it was “Confessions of a Window Cleaner” as that was released in August 1974 and would have been an over one year ‘old’ film by the date of the Odeon closing? “Confessions of a Pop Performer” was released in July 1975.

Did Rank bring back ‘Window Cleaner’ or do we have the incorrect year of closing?

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Ken Roe commented about Revilla Theatre on May 13, 2015 at 6:47 am

Joe: Alaska does not feature in the theatre lists in the 1952, 1955 or 1957 Film Daily Yearbooks.

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Ken Roe commented about Plaza Theatre on May 13, 2015 at 3:43 am

MoviePeter:The Google Street view has now been corrected.

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Ken Roe commented about AMC Empire 25 on May 7, 2015 at 6:30 am

The still operating Vue, Birmingham, England U.K. is another 30 screen cinema, but with 277 less seats than the AMC Mesquite 30.

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Ken Roe commented about Eastwood Theatre on Apr 12, 2015 at 4:17 am

Y & W Management Corp. were based in Indianapolis, IN. R.R. Young was the Secretary-Treasurer and Marc J. Wolf was the President & General Manager.

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Ken Roe commented about "Cinema screens return to medieval town of Rye" From Rye, England. on Apr 6, 2015 at 9:31 am

Orlando & Senosock: We are looking for a volunteer to take control of the news blog, hence no new postings on here for the past few weeks.

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Ken Roe commented about Blue Balcony Cinema on Mar 9, 2015 at 8:40 am

When doing a search the default is for currently operating ‘Open’ theatres. To see all theatres click on the ‘All Theatres’ button.

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Ken Roe commented about Regal Cinema on Mar 6, 2015 at 8:11 am

FanaticalAboutOdeon: Your comment actually relates to the former Savoy/Gaumont/Odeon, which has its own page on Cinema Treasures as the Focus Cinema.

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Ken Roe commented about Heights Theater on Mar 5, 2015 at 3:23 am

The Wadsworth Theatre now has its own page.

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Ken Roe commented about Shipley Picture House on Mar 4, 2015 at 1:52 am

HJHill:I have reset the Google Map, if you wish to now set the correct streetview.

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Ken Roe commented about Theatorium on Feb 10, 2015 at 6:37 am

wolfgirl500:The information text in the heading is taken from The Billboard, March 21, 1908 edition. It lists nickelodeons across the USA, but is not fully comprehensive, only listing 3 in Youngstown, which I have added pages for on Cinema Treasures, other two being the Edison Theatre and the Luna Theatre.

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Ken Roe commented about Orpheum Theater on Jan 10, 2015 at 4:54 am

Anthony L. Vazquez-Hernandez: I have added a page for the original 1903 Orpheum Theatre.

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Ken Roe commented about Rainbow Theatre on Jan 6, 2015 at 4:13 am

From the film titles this would be February-March 1953.