According to this article, this theater is closing as of September 3. The article seems to have mangled the information though, as Regal, the the largest theater operator in the US is incorrect, is obviously not going out of the movie business:View link
Good news! Landmark has worked out a short-term agreement with the theater’s landlord, and until something more definitive can be determined, will remain open, at least for the time being: View link
A local group called Friends of the Chief has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the theater and turn it into a single auditorium performing arts center. According to this article, Carmike would apparently continue running the theater until their lease runs out in 2012: View link
If you go to this site: http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/thenandnow/page09.htm and click n the third picture down, you can get a then-and-now view of the theater and what the site looks like after the theater was gone.
It’s just my opinion, but I think it is rather self-serving for a theater’s management to write the introductory headnote for a theater. This one reads like more a piece of promotional advertising.
This website has two drawings of the Leeds Scala Theatre, one of its interior and one of its tea room (perhaps the ballroom mentioned above); click on them to enlarge them: View link
Darn; another one of those archives that generates only temporary links. To see the picture, go here: View link and enter “Odeon Palmerston” in the search box. Then when the thumbnails appear, click on the thumbnail to to expand the color picture.
A plan has been submitted to the Escondido City Council that would turn the Ritz into a cabaret dinner theater and events venue: View link
This theater is in serious danger of closing: View link
Oops; sorry – though for some reason I did not find it when I searched for it. Moderators: please fix this and note that the theater is now closed.
An article announcing the closing: View link
An article about the closing and renovation plans with a lobby picture:
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Here is one from probably late 1942 or early 1943, given the release date of the film on the marquee: View link
According to this article, this theater is closing as of September 3. The article seems to have mangled the information though, as Regal, the the largest theater operator in the US is incorrect, is obviously not going out of the movie business:View link
This theater is now owned by Regal: View link
This Angelika had its lease terminated by its landlord and closed suddenly on August 29, 2010: View link
Good news! Landmark has worked out a short-term agreement with the theater’s landlord, and until something more definitive can be determined, will remain open, at least for the time being: View link
This the last drive-in in the greater Denver area; here is a article about the theater and the family that runs it: View link
A local group called Friends of the Chief has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the theater and turn it into a single auditorium performing arts center. According to this article, Carmike would apparently continue running the theater until their lease runs out in 2012: View link
Well, during that period in the later 1980s, the café in the lobby opened in the late morning and operated through the afternoon; movies were shown only in the evenings on weekdays after the day care that occupied the theater’s main floor closed each day. As noted above, the only theater seating was in the balcony.
If you go to this site: http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/thenandnow/page09.htm and click n the third picture down, you can get a then-and-now view of the theater and what the site looks like after the theater was gone.
It’s just my opinion, but I think it is rather self-serving for a theater’s management to write the introductory headnote for a theater. This one reads like more a piece of promotional advertising.
A picture from the CinemaTour site: View link The signage indicates that the theater was also known as UA The Movies at Loyal Plaza.
Here is a 1938 architect’s drawing of the theatre: http://tinyurl.com/38pesrt and here is photograph from around 1970: http://tinyurl.com/25wba37
Mark – your links have the same problem I noted above; that digital library only generates short-term links, and now both are dead.
This website has two drawings of the Leeds Scala Theatre, one of its interior and one of its tea room (perhaps the ballroom mentioned above); click on them to enlarge them: View link
This site has a picture of the theater as the Danilo taken right before it opened: View link
Darn; another one of those archives that generates only temporary links. To see the picture, go here:
View link and enter “Odeon Palmerston” in the search box. Then when the thumbnails appear, click on the thumbnail to to expand the color picture.
A picture is here: View link
There are some pictures here (scan down a little): View link
Here is an undated picture: View link
Here’s a contemporary view: http://tiny.cc/m1j1w