On January 12, 1993, the aftermath of the Chippewa Drive-In’s life became statewide headlines after a 36-year-old Wells Fargo van driver was fatally shot at the traces of the theater. Authorities later determined that it was in connection of a “Missing Person” case, stating that the white man may’ve disappeared from Macon, Georgia, along with $10,000 in cash.
Once operated by Interstate Theatres, later ABC Interstate Theatres, and finally independent. The State Theatre briefly last operated as an adult theater before closing on October 29, 1981.
Opened on June 12, 1987 as the Kennedy Mall Cinema 6. General Cinema operated the theater for only a year until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers & Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988. This was followed by Excellence Theatres, Carmike, and finally Mindframe Theaters before Phoenix Theatres took it over.
Actual opening date is January 23, 1928, yes with William Holden in “West Point” along with the short “Monarch Of The Glen”, Pathe Topics, and Metro News.
The Grand Theatre closed as a normal first-run house on November 30, 1999 with “Double Jeopardy”, but ran its last movie on December 12, 1999 with a one-day showing of “It’s A Wonderful Life”. It was last known as “Grand Theatre Grille”.
Actual closing date is March 23, 2000.
Closed as a first-run house on July 14, 1977 with “The Deep”.
Opened on May 25, 1953 with Dan Dailey in “Meet Me At The Fair” along with an unnamed comedy and two unnamed cartoons.
The concession stand was remodeled in 1970.
On January 12, 1993, the aftermath of the Chippewa Drive-In’s life became statewide headlines after a 36-year-old Wells Fargo van driver was fatally shot at the traces of the theater. Authorities later determined that it was in connection of a “Missing Person” case, stating that the white man may’ve disappeared from Macon, Georgia, along with $10,000 in cash.
Last operated by McLendon, and closed on November 7, 1976.
Once operated by Interstate Theatres, later ABC Interstate Theatres, and finally independent. The State Theatre briefly last operated as an adult theater before closing on October 29, 1981.
Opened on August 6, 1999.
Closed in late-November 2002.
Renamed Von’s Cinema on June 12, 1970, and closed on January 30, 1975.
Last operated as an independent house, before closing on August 28, 1988 with “Stop Making Sense”.
Opened on April 1, 2011.
Once known as Martis Village Cinema.
This is also known as Ida Park-In Theatre.
Opened with Frank Morgan in “Paradise For Three” along with the Popeye cartoon “Fowl Play”, the Fox comedy short “A Silly Night”, and Paramount News.
An October 2004 article confirms that the Rouman Drive-In became a site of a haunted house for a short period of time.
Closed on December 17, 1980 with “Airplane”.
Destroyed by a fire on March 5, 1931, later rebuilt.
Operated as early as 1950.
Vanished by the early-1980s.
Actual closing date is October 21, 1999.
Opened on June 12, 1987 as the Kennedy Mall Cinema 6. General Cinema operated the theater for only a year until it was sold along with two other Iowa locations in a joint venture between Dubinsky Brothers & Essaness Theatres on May 12, 1988. This was followed by Excellence Theatres, Carmike, and finally Mindframe Theaters before Phoenix Theatres took it over.
Actual closing date is February 1, 1987, yes with “Crocodile Dundee” and “The Golden Child”.
Actual opening date is January 23, 1928, yes with William Holden in “West Point” along with the short “Monarch Of The Glen”, Pathe Topics, and Metro News.
The Grand Theatre closed as a normal first-run house on November 30, 1999 with “Double Jeopardy”, but ran its last movie on December 12, 1999 with a one-day showing of “It’s A Wonderful Life”. It was last known as “Grand Theatre Grille”.
Still listed in the 1977 topo.