Update:
The original address, entrance & marquee is/was 103 Main Ave. N.
Building currently houses Mark’s Hardware, which closed off the Main Street entrance, and uses the 1st Street address and entrance around the corner.
1959 photo added via David Shedlock.
Still in business then with “The Trap” starring Richard Widmark on the marquee, released January 28, 1959.
2013 street view and photo confirms all of the above.
October 24, 1956 photo added courtesy Chris Lay.
State Fair and Dairy Show.
Malco or possibly Tupelo marquee right of center.
Matches up with current street view as now part of Reeds.
Building still standing.
Below link shows that George Street in Peterborough also had Paramount and Odeon Theatres in thei “theatre row” in 1961. I will research those and add them to CT.
April 3, 1915 image added courtesy Chattanooga has History Facebook page.
The above mentioned renovations apparently did not happen until 1919, per the same page.
This description credit the Chattanooga has History facebook page.
It accompanied the marquee image posted in the Photos section.
The State Theater that was located at 626 Market street, when this photo was made in 1956, it was purchased by the Independent Theaters Inc. from Signal Amusement Co.
The Signal Amusement Company’s officers were Charles H. Simpson Jr. president, Otto J. Heyer Vice president, J. Dewey Bass treasure and Fred S. Turnbull was the secretary .
The property was owned by Z. Carter Patten. And this purchase was the twelfth theater that Independent had now owned in the area.
This 2015 description credit Chattanooga has History Facebook page.
The Bijou Theatre, it was completed in 1994 and was the first theater built downtown in nearly 20 years. It cost $7,000,000 and consisted of a Multiplex movie theatre below a 650-car parking garage. The Other portion also served as the northern terminus for the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority’s free electric shuttle system.It closed in 2009 and thee building sat dormant for a few years. The Old Bijou site was turned into a rock climbing complex nicknamed “The Block” which opened last year.
Update: The original address, entrance & marquee is/was 103 Main Ave. N. Building currently houses Mark’s Hardware, which closed off the Main Street entrance, and uses the 1st Street address and entrance around the corner. 1959 photo added via David Shedlock. Still in business then with “The Trap” starring Richard Widmark on the marquee, released January 28, 1959. 2013 street view and photo confirms all of the above.
October 24, 1956 photo added courtesy Chris Lay. State Fair and Dairy Show. Malco or possibly Tupelo marquee right of center. Matches up with current street view as now part of Reeds. Building still standing.
A 10 year member with only two comments, and that critique was one of them. And now the photo posted and profile have disappeared…
Facebook post about the Unique and Lyric Theatres. be sure to read all the comments. Cause I don’t know what’s what at what address…
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3007978385883540&set=gm.2752993334794815&type=3&theater&ifg=1
Opened in 1952, photo from that year added courtesy Jim Murray.
Giaschi family history.
http://www.capitoltheatrehuntsville.com/about_us
Giaschi family history.
http://www.capitoltheatrehuntsville.com/about_us
Article with two photos of the Strand.
https://eriemedia.ca/artifact-week-projecter-lens-strand-theatre/
Opened Tuesday July 19th, 1949 with “Little Women”. Additional chronological history in below link.
http://www.capitoltheatrehuntsville.com/about_us
Book in the works about Peterborough movie theatres.
https://www.peterboroughmoviehistory.com/
Book in the works about Peterborough movie theatres.
https://www.peterboroughmoviehistory.com/
Circa 1982 photo added credit Greg Girard from below link.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/raw-photographs-of-vancouver-before-the-money-arrived-in-the-1970s/?fbclid=IwAR2rulyAMPI-waFdB7bCMIlaywLNZ8g96xviYyn4r6c0hQlGWyDU2rB_L0I
Was located on Pine Street. Three photos added.
1967 postcard added courtesy Shelby the DJ at 99.9 The Point in Fort Collins.
Photo courtesy John Chuckman Collection.
Below link shows that George Street in Peterborough also had Paramount and Odeon Theatres in thei “theatre row” in 1961.
I will research those and add them to CT.
https://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2019/4/23/peterborough-downtown-was-once-movie-theatre-row
Additional info about the Palace, Capitol & Grand which I will add to CT.
https://www.therecord.com/living-story/2597473-palace-theatre-had-movies-and-talent-shows/
Below website lists the Lost Theatres of Cambridge. I will add pages for the others after I research their addresses.
https://ideaexchange.org/life/idea/lost-movie-theatres-cambridge
1945 photo added credit Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County Illinois. Side of the Belasco marquee.
4 images added.
1946 photo added courtesy Josh Cross.
Photo added, “The Irishman” on the Belasco marquee, source unknown
April 3, 1915 image added courtesy Chattanooga has History Facebook page. The above mentioned renovations apparently did not happen until 1919, per the same page.
This description credit the Chattanooga has History facebook page. It accompanied the marquee image posted in the Photos section.
The State Theater that was located at 626 Market street, when this photo was made in 1956, it was purchased by the Independent Theaters Inc. from Signal Amusement Co.
The Signal Amusement Company’s officers were Charles H. Simpson Jr. president, Otto J. Heyer Vice president, J. Dewey Bass treasure and Fred S. Turnbull was the secretary .
The property was owned by Z. Carter Patten. And this purchase was the twelfth theater that Independent had now owned in the area.
This 2015 description credit Chattanooga has History Facebook page.
The Bijou Theatre, it was completed in 1994 and was the first theater built downtown in nearly 20 years. It cost $7,000,000 and consisted of a Multiplex movie theatre below a 650-car parking garage. The Other portion also served as the northern terminus for the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority’s free electric shuttle system.It closed in 2009 and thee building sat dormant for a few years. The Old Bijou site was turned into a rock climbing complex nicknamed “The Block” which opened last year.