Additional history courtesy William F. Fortune III"
“It is a 26-by-76-foot (7.9 m × 23.2 m) frame building, stuccoed, with 187 seats.
It was unusual for its time, as it was specifically designed for showing "motion pictures”. It was a project of professional baseball player Guy Johnson (1891-1971), who moved to Marmarth and built the theatre in 1914. It opened April 22, 1914 and was packed."
This link documents several other theatres in Piqua.
I am adding a page for the Bijou, and will research the others.
Missing from their list is the Royal and Star Theatres.
Photo added.
The Court Theatre in 1927, a year or two before being torn down to build the Dominion.
Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum Photo, courtesy of the Who Knows East – Old Photographs Facebook page.
Per Frank Chaney: “I was told by a sales clerk that the store occupies only what used to be the lobby and concession area. The theater space is behind and above it and is used partly for storage, but mostly it’s just empty.”
Address was 119 S. Broadway, as stated on the 1957 Christmas re-opening ad posted in 2016. Street view confirms that address, as the building across the alley to the right is still standing, and matches that in the 1962 exterior photo posted in 2019.
It closed in 1973 and was demolished in March 1974 per a Decatur County History link, that won’t post because CT perceives it to be spam.
Additional history courtesy William F. Fortune III"
“It is a 26-by-76-foot (7.9 m × 23.2 m) frame building, stuccoed, with 187 seats. It was unusual for its time, as it was specifically designed for showing "motion pictures”. It was a project of professional baseball player Guy Johnson (1891-1971), who moved to Marmarth and built the theatre in 1914. It opened April 22, 1914 and was packed."
This link documents several other theatres in Piqua. I am adding a page for the Bijou, and will research the others. Missing from their list is the Royal and Star Theatres.
https://www.dailycall.com/news/69461/looking-back-at-piquas-theaters
1915 Trading Cards from the Favorite Theatre.
http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/movies/trading-cards/1915-piqua-ohio-movie-star-cards.html
Circa 1929 photo added credit Wm Shapotkin Collection.
Photo added. The Court Theatre in 1927, a year or two before being torn down to build the Dominion. Credit: Stockholm Transport Museum Photo, courtesy of the Who Knows East – Old Photographs Facebook page.
The former Del Frisco’s is now called Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant. They have an Esquire wine, with an exterior image on the bottle…
https://www.facebook.com/coopershawk/photos/p.10157445231095180/10157445231095180/?type=1&theater
Images added.
Per Frank Chaney: “I was told by a sales clerk that the store occupies only what used to be the lobby and concession area. The theater space is behind and above it and is used partly for storage, but mostly it’s just empty.”
Additional images added.
1960 photo credit Richard Nickel, courtesy Ryerson and Burnham, Art Institute of Chicago, courtesy Urban Remains.
1960 photo credit Richard Nickel, courtesy Ryerson and Burnham, Art Institute of Chicago, courtesy Urban Remains.
Link of Indiana theatres by county, that indicates it was previously named Swastika Theatre.
https://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/files/theatersurvey.pdf
Photo added courtesy below link. Comments indicate it was still open in 1972.
Second link is a Flickr page with a July 21, 1960 photo.
https://hopeseguin2010.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/cimarron-theatre-cimarron-new-mexico/#comments
https://www.flickr.com/photos/williamjcrawford/3271483808/
Interesting. Thank you for posting that.
Photo added, likely the 1961 Civil War centennial re-release of “Gone With The Wind” at the Strand.
Likely the 1961 Civil War centennial re-release of “Gone With The Wind” at the Strand.
Undated article about the State.
http://m.volumeone.org/statetheatre
Address was 119 S. Broadway, as stated on the 1957 Christmas re-opening ad posted in 2016. Street view confirms that address, as the building across the alley to the right is still standing, and matches that in the 1962 exterior photo posted in 2019. It closed in 1973 and was demolished in March 1974 per a Decatur County History link, that won’t post because CT perceives it to be spam.
Circa 1971 photo added courtesy Photographs From The 1970s.
1950 Christmas Parade photo added credit Chattanooga History Center.
Rivoli seen briefly in this YouTube video too. Courtesy the Picnooga Facebook page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2dPi_VtgU&feature=em-upload_owner&fbclid=IwAR0gSjYaimPdPtaCD97ZPqs3EKduzTf3grDcx8qY_W8I6FnJlgbEYrndXYQ
Additional Rivoli history below.
https://noogatoday.6amcity.com/lost-chattanooga-the-rivoli-theatre-in-east-chattanooga/?fbclid=IwAR2LIjLwCadO86H_tEm2tY71Gd6ZV9I412b4b8_6AsoABSOXM5Nojqkz1bs
October 1981 photo added credit NYU Archives.
Inset is October 1981 photo credit NYU Archives.
1983 photo credit Andy Freeberg.
LA Times article about the 2019 closing.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-01/avalon-theater-catalina-island-hollywood