This Christmas 1942 Wometco ad shows the old Miami theatre which may or may not have been the Town (see April 17, 2008 7:41am post). It opened in 1937 and disappeared from ads when the Town opened in 1946.
There is no law to stop Fox from doing that, thanks to Ronald Reagan. Theatres just don’t produce the obscene profits distributors expect, so most got back out the business after rejoining it in the nineties. They did try to get into the concession business with movie merchandise, but they screwed that up with overproduction of merchandise for bad movies and late deliveries for good ones.
Back when Fox owned theatres in the fifties, THEY paid for the Cinemascope conversions, and the silver screens, and the cheesy 3-D glasses out of the take so theatres would go along with their gimmicks.
Where would they be without theatres willing to show all the dross they produce, like the recent “MISS MARCH”?
The Lincoln opened in 1936. As a movie theatre it was operated by Wometco (1940’s), Florida State (1950’s), Brandt (1960’s) and Southland (1970’s). Up until the Southland discount cinema days it was mostly a first class Roadshow house.
This opened with much fanfare and full-page newspaper ads in 1949.
From the Herald article posted by Harvey on Mar 23, 2008 at 11:47pm
“It’s hard to conceive that the same theater that bowed out with sex romps was originally called the Lemonade Theater when it opened in 1949 because free lemonade was served during intermission.”
The name “Lemonade” mentioned in the article must have been a nickname as the ads proclaimed it as the Roosevelt from day one.
Yes. Tamiami Trail, Calle Ocho and 8th Street are all the same.
The Trail is now the Latin Quarter Cultural Center presenting Spanish language plays. Since it has been refurbished it appears the bank idea has happily fallen by the wayside.
As the Cinerama 1 and II.
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Is this the Empress?
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Get a load of this, S Porridge.
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Wow! You’ve hit a gold mine of rare Miami theatres images, Harvey!
This Christmas 1942 Wometco ad shows the old Miami theatre which may or may not have been the Town (see April 17, 2008 7:41am post). It opened in 1937 and disappeared from ads when the Town opened in 1946.
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Announcing the Grand opening of the new Roosevelt:
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Sorry for the poor quality reproduction.
The Suniland opens:
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There is no law to stop Fox from doing that, thanks to Ronald Reagan. Theatres just don’t produce the obscene profits distributors expect, so most got back out the business after rejoining it in the nineties. They did try to get into the concession business with movie merchandise, but they screwed that up with overproduction of merchandise for bad movies and late deliveries for good ones.
Back when Fox owned theatres in the fifties, THEY paid for the Cinemascope conversions, and the silver screens, and the cheesy 3-D glasses out of the take so theatres would go along with their gimmicks.
Where would they be without theatres willing to show all the dross they produce, like the recent “MISS MARCH”?
The Lincoln opened in 1936. As a movie theatre it was operated by Wometco (1940’s), Florida State (1950’s), Brandt (1960’s) and Southland (1970’s). Up until the Southland discount cinema days it was mostly a first class Roadshow house.
This opened in 1949 as the Liberty City Drive-In. In 1953 it started advertising as the 22nd Avenue presumably to lure white audiences.
The first mention I found of this theatre in the Miami Herald was in 1934.
This opened with much fanfare and full-page newspaper ads in 1949.
From the Herald article posted by Harvey on Mar 23, 2008 at 11:47pm
“It’s hard to conceive that the same theater that bowed out with sex romps was originally called the Lemonade Theater when it opened in 1949 because free lemonade was served during intermission.”
The name “Lemonade” mentioned in the article must have been a nickname as the ads proclaimed it as the Roosevelt from day one.
The Sheridan opened in 1937.
The Biltmore opened in 1921 and closed in 1954. It was operated by Wometco from at least 1932.
This theatre appears in the Miami Herald ads from 1940 to 1955.
Yes. Tamiami Trail, Calle Ocho and 8th Street are all the same.
The Trail is now the Latin Quarter Cultural Center presenting Spanish language plays. Since it has been refurbished it appears the bank idea has happily fallen by the wayside.
This Flagler/Radio Centro must have been torn down for the I-95 expressway.
Ripshin, the Trail is still there and is now a Latin Quarter Cultural Center presenting spanish language plays.
The Surf gets ready to open in 1938. Although it is not identified as a Wometco Theatre yet, it already has a suspicious “W” out in front.
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The Miami Roxy opens:
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This Christmas 1932 movie ad page includes a small Strand ad when operating as the new 7th Avenue.
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Ripshin, could you be thinking of the Trail on 37th Avenue and 8th Street?
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Article on the Byron/Carlyle opening, 1968.
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Opening day ads for the Mayfair, 1932:
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Newspaper blurb on the Wometco Twin construction:
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Articles on the Sunny Isles opening:
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