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50sSNIPES commented about Osceola Theatre on Dec 19, 2024 at 10:46 am

My best guess is that the NRHP made a huge mistake.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lyric Theater on Dec 17, 2024 at 5:32 pm

Also to note, December 28, 1934 is on a Friday, while December 28, 1935 is on a Saturday. It opened on a Friday evening.

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50sSNIPES commented about Osceola Theatre on Dec 17, 2024 at 5:28 pm

I went back from the archives of both the Osceola Sentinel and the Osceola Tribune, and I don’t see any Osceola Theatre showtimes from 1957 nor later, and neither as late as 1970. Its last showtimes I saw were from 1956, even the Osceola Theatre still didn’t receive CinemaScope at the time. The Lyric was the only theater in Osceola to have CinemaScope which was installed on July 11, 1954 with its first CS film being Doris Day in “Lucky Me”.

As of the late-1950s, the Osceola newspapers only show showtimes for the Lyric Theatre there and the Murray Theatre in neighboring Murray, which tells me what totally happened to the Osceola Theatre after its last attraction. There’s no information on why it closed.

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50sSNIPES commented about Lyric Theater on Dec 17, 2024 at 12:00 pm

Hmm, I think you should take a look at this. I found all the info directly from this.

  • https://osceola.advantage-preservation.com/
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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Fitchburg 18 on Dec 17, 2024 at 11:23 am

Opened on December 17, 1999 with 14 screens.

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Jersey Gardens 20 on Dec 17, 2024 at 11:17 am

This is also the first theater to operate in Elizabeth since the 1996 closure of the Liberty Theatre.

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50sSNIPES commented about Bremen Theatre on Dec 16, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Opened on April 21, 1910.

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50sSNIPES commented about Salon Cinema on Dec 16, 2024 at 9:30 am

During the massive growth of movie theaters across Japan during the latter half of the 1950s, Hiroshima City had a grand total of 52 movie theaters as of 1960, with ten of them in its Main Street known as the Aioi-dori in Hiroshima. Unfortunately Hiroshima had a massive downfall to just 28 movie theaters as of 1980.

Both the Hiroshima Toei Theater on the fourth floor and the Hiroshima Toei Underground Theater in the basement both in a reinforced concrete building opened their doors on September 28, 1956, with the Hiroshima Toei Theater screening Toei films with 1,110 seats while the Hiroshima Toei Underground Theater screened foreign films with 460 seats. The Underground Theater was later renamed the Hiroshima Toei Palace on September 2, 1972, while the fourth floor theater retained its original name. This was followed by a downgrade of its seating in both auditoriums from 1,110 and 460 to 718 and 352.

Both the Hiroshima Toei and Palace Theaters closed on April 12, 1993 due to the aging of the building, and the building was complete rebuilt, taking an estimate of more than two years to build.

The two theaters reopened on the 8th floor of the Hiroshima Toei Plaza Building as the Hiroshima Toei and Hiroshima Louvre on October 7, 1995 with the Japanese film “Kura” in Screen 1 and Clint Eastwood in “The Bridges At Madison County” in Screen 2, with a downsized capacity of 436 seats (258 in Toei and 178 in Louvre) featuring both 35mm projection and Dolby 5.1 sound. The Toei theater retains as a Toei, while the Louvre theater shows foreign films from Shochiku and Tokyu as an affiliation of the Marunouchi Louvre chain, but occasionally shows films from all three auditoriums of Tokyo’s Marunouchi Piccadilly. It’s box office was located on the first floor, and both the Toei and Louvre auditoriums had a single slope with their screens being installed at a high position so that way the attendance could easily see the picture from any position.

Unfortunately in the 2000s, attendance numbers begin to decline due to the influence of multiplexes, as well as the nearby popularities of the TOHO Cinemas Midori, the Warner Mycal Cinemas Hiroshima, and the Hiroshima Wald 11.

The Hiroshima Toei and Hiroshima Louvre closed for the final time on November 13, 2009, and after its closure, the site of the ticket office was converted into a prize exchange office for the Shinrai no Mori Hiroshima Hatchobori store.

On September 28, 2014, the eighth floor of the Toei Plaza Building was again reopened back as a movie theater under the Salon Cinema name, which was relocated from its original location in the Takanobashi area of ​​Otemachi, Naka Ward.

  • The original Salon Cinema originally opened in 1959 as the Takanobashi OS (later renamed Takanobashi Nichigeki), followed by a second theater named the Takanobashi Daiei in 1962. The Takanobashi OS was renamed the Salon Cinema 1 on March 1, 1972 and the Nichigeki was renamed the Salon Cinema 2 on April 29, 1994. Both theaters closed on August 31, 2014 and were relocated to the former sites of the Hiroshima Toei and Hiroshima Louvre the following month.
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50sSNIPES commented about Mimi Ohio Theatre on Dec 16, 2024 at 9:21 am

Closed as a first-run movie theater on February 9, 1969 with Julie Andrews in “Star”. It closed on the same day as the neighboring State Theatre.

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50sSNIPES commented about State Theatre on Dec 15, 2024 at 2:02 pm

Closed as a first-run movie theater on February 9, 1969 with “Ice Station Zebra”. It closed on the same day as the neighboring Ohio Theatre.

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50sSNIPES commented about Connor Palace Theatre on Dec 15, 2024 at 1:56 pm

Closed as a first-run movie theater on July 20, 1969 with “Krakatoa East Of Java”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Loew's Stillman Theatre on Dec 15, 2024 at 1:19 pm

Actual closing date is July 28, 1963 after a 16-week run of “Lawrence Of Arabia”.

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50sSNIPES commented about 42 Drive-In on Dec 14, 2024 at 7:58 pm

Screen is still standing as of late-2024.

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50sSNIPES commented about Park Drive-In on Dec 14, 2024 at 4:43 pm

Also opened with 20 minutes of cartoons (possibly three of them) featuring installations of RCA sound. It was still open in the 1980s.

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50sSNIPES commented about Cinemark Strongsville on Dec 14, 2024 at 12:27 pm

Opened on May 4, 2007 as a replacement of the nearby 4-screen Strongsville Cinema.

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50sSNIPES commented about Strongsville Cinema on Dec 14, 2024 at 12:26 pm

The theater became a quad in 1994, and lasted until its closure on May 4, 2007 when Cinemark opened their 14-screener in the SouthPark Mall.

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Ridgefield Park 12 on Dec 14, 2024 at 12:18 pm

First operated by Loews (not Loew’s Inc), later operated by Sony Theatres, then back to Loews, then Loews Cineplex, then AMC, then Starplex, and back to AMC.

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50sSNIPES commented about Capitol Theatres on Dec 14, 2024 at 10:13 am

Screen 2 also opened with Walt Disney’s “The Hound That Thought He Was A Raccoon”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Hi Way Drive-In on Dec 14, 2024 at 10:07 am

It appears that this closed after the 1982 season. It was later converted into a dealership under the name “Back’s Auto Auction” in 1983.

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50sSNIPES commented about Garrettsville Cinemas on Dec 13, 2024 at 10:52 am

Once operated by TBE Theatres.

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50sSNIPES commented about Southgate Cinema 5 on Dec 13, 2024 at 7:39 am

Twinned on June 30, 1971, and tripled on July 25, 1980.

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50sSNIPES commented about Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center on Dec 11, 2024 at 2:24 pm

The Hippodrome actually operated under two Loews operations, Loews, Inc. and Loews.

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50sSNIPES commented about Canton Center 8 on Dec 11, 2024 at 9:29 am

Also opened with Walt Disney’s “Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day”.

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50sSNIPES commented about Loew's State Theatre on Dec 11, 2024 at 9:12 am

The State Theatre opened its doors on June 22, 1950 with Betty Grable in “Wabash Avenue” with no extras. Loew’s Inc. took the theater over in 1968 and was twinned on June 26, 1974. It was later operated by just simply Loews and was renamed “Loews State Twin”.

It was last operated by Sony Theatres who closed it on July 16, 1995 with “Species” in Screen 1 and “Power Rangers” in Screen 2. Exactly one week later, a local church group bought the former theater and was converted into a church.

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50sSNIPES commented about Jumpers VII Cinemas on Dec 10, 2024 at 6:39 pm

Once operated by JF Theatres before its Loews takeover in 1988.