Boxoffice is prone to errors of this type-their reporters are not always thorough. Mike Rivest has a timeline of 1955 to 1980, but sometimes he rounds those dates off.He also mentions Williams as the owner. Perhaps the Chief was a later aka for one of the three you mentioned.
K. Lee Williams owned three theaters in Broken Bow, including the Chief, in the late 1930s and onward, according to articles in Boxoffice magazine at that time. It appears that the theater operated until the early 1980s and might have been on Main Street, although I haven’t been able to confirm either of those. I have not seen any seat count to date.
Here is a 1987 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/qd3k6p
Breaking news from the Traverse City (MI) Record-Eagle, dated 9/18/63:
http://tinyurl.com/o3oa5r
Here is a December 1963 ad from the Newark Advocate:
http://tinyurl.com/rc2g8s
Here is some additional information:
http://tinyurl.com/qtcszc
Here is a May 1963 ad from the Willoughby News-Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/qv2gyh
Here is a May 1963 ad from the Willoughby News-Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/p74mkf
Here is a May 1963 ad from the Willoughby News-Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/o7bjam
Here is a February 1940 ad from the Van Wert Times-Bulletin:
http://tinyurl.com/qgusg9
Here is a June 1942 ad from the Massillon Evening Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/rbyuj5
This is a 1986 photo. It looks like the city is misidentified.
http://tinyurl.com/l9d22e
Here is an aerial view, date unknown:
http://tinyurl.com/mdr3vt
Looks like they could use a few Wal-Marts. Too much green.
Boxoffice is prone to errors of this type-their reporters are not always thorough. Mike Rivest has a timeline of 1955 to 1980, but sometimes he rounds those dates off.He also mentions Williams as the owner. Perhaps the Chief was a later aka for one of the three you mentioned.
K. Lee Williams owned three theaters in Broken Bow, including the Chief, in the late 1930s and onward, according to articles in Boxoffice magazine at that time. It appears that the theater operated until the early 1980s and might have been on Main Street, although I haven’t been able to confirm either of those. I have not seen any seat count to date.
Here are some photos from last weekend. The box office is down in the hole:
http://tinyurl.com/kwctez
http://tinyurl.com/knpdcx
Here are some 1985 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/knxk9l
http://tinyurl.com/kuq9kk
Here is a 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/lvvotl
When I was a kid in the late sixties there seemed to be a new Disney movie with Dean Jones every summer. Is he still alive?
Here is an August 1969 ad from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/pcvxh8
Here is an October 1938 ad from the McKean County Democrat:
http://tinyurl.com/o87vg7
Here is a November 1958 ad from the Uniontown Morning Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/r6ces6
Here is a March 1941 ad from the Hopewell Herald:
http://tinyurl.com/pfpbwh
Here is a larger version of the circa 1931 photo posted on 2/26/05:
http://tinyurl.com/qxrw8x
Here is a March 1953 photo from the Irvin Glazer theater collection:
http://tinyurl.com/pn6fz6
Here is the theater curtain in the 1930s, with ads for local businesses:
http://tinyurl.com/pe9lyn