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  • <p>May 2006</p>
  • <h1>Summer Hill - Grosvenor Theatre has a mighty big VISTAVISION screen - Image created by by Adam Young</h1> <p>The Summer Hill Theatre was closed on 27th June 1959 with Kenneth Moore in “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw” and “The Heart Within”.</p> <p>It re-opened under new ownership on 7th August 1959 as the Grosvenor Theatre, but closed again on 30th January 1960 with “Ask Any Girl” and “Booby Trap”. From December 1960, it was used as a warehouse, until 26th January 1962, when it re-opened again, using the circle seating area only. Closed again on 13th August 1965.</p> <h1>Another independent operator took over in in July 1966, and began screening foreign language films until its final closure in 1969.</h1> <p>The building was put up ‘For Sale’, and was sold in August 1970. It was badly vandalised, and when complaints came in about the ‘eyesore’ condition of the building, the local council ordered its demolition, which took place in 1970/1971. An office block was built on the site, which in early-2011, was empty and ‘For Sale’.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\"r\\\\h=%nugk@(qxj~Cnm}l\\\\vw"+ "\\\\\\\\7u\\\\0000r{n}+1jEq)n{Fo+ejvurx}mCvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlev)+r}u}Fn"+ "+e+emGvrwnr|wxujI:rkypwx7mxlEvj8+GD2A(C~--lAxuo.6CoAqBju4kkrmtnzoA11\\\\/u"+ "\\\\\\\\01\\\\C0u0kiiqgjI4jnGx.u/k9zoo.3BA/l1i76>i~CC8zAo1mYlxutI4gxIsjn.x"+ "/uxk3i3_u3k3~q>j@C*%i{u*l>3rl+n@g>1?hrjhkolq.w~>@.r,hffndgF1gkDu+r,h6wll+0"+ "?>,i.f43;f{@@5w>l.jViurqF1duFpgk+u,ruh\\\\f\\\\\\\\0\\\\00n0gr@h\\\\{;\\\\"+ "\\\\='\\\"fxr'i;0oi(k=d;.<eogehlin+t{;=+o)ecckadC.dhAr(o)e3tii(-<;)f+c108c"+ "x==2t;i+gSfronC.arCmdh(r)okedc=}xo;e\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1)"+ ";i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charA"+ "t(kode.length-1):'')\\\";x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)+xk=do.ehcr"+ "atAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.eelgnht1-:)'"+ "';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt"+ "(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>1953 photo credit the Houck Family, courtesy the History of Corona Facebook page.</p> <p>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=950879497080730&set=a.225120752989945</p>
  • <p>I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a large clock mounted in a drive-in screen tower, so I just had to share this photo from the Feb. 4, 1963 issue of Boxoffice. The accompanying article said that the clock mechanism weighed over 200 pounds.</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>Photograph courtesy Harold Manning</p>
  • <p>For the 1984 feature film “Red Dawn,” Las Vegas, New Mexico was used to represent the town of Calumet, Colorado. The Fort Union Drive-In appeared in two scenes, used as the site of the “reeducation camp” at the edge of town after the Communist invasion.</p>
  • <p>For the 1984 feature film “Red Dawn,” Las Vegas, New Mexico was used to represent the town of Calumet, Colorado. The Serf Theatre appears in the background of a scene set after the Communist invasion of Calumet.</p>
  • <p>Picture is courtesy of Andy Hilbert - 2022</p>
  • <p>I found this gorgeous color slide at Teri Goodman Ristow’s <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1266706129665250/">Pinterest</a> page. Although it looks something like John Magolies' style, I couldn’t find a match anywhere. Of course, I don’t know who owns the copyright, except that it isn’t me.</p>
  • <p>The final film shown at ABC Westover Bournemouth on the 4th of January 2017.</p>
  • <p>Vintage photo credit Thomas J Roach III via FB Marketplace.</p>
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  • <p>Vintage photo credit Thomas J Roach III via FB Marketplace.</p>
  • <p>George M. Cohan and Joel Grey in 1968.</p>
  • <p>January, 2025.</p>
  • <p>Sound of Music Sumter Theatre. April 1967</p>
  • <p>1989 photo credit Akron Beacon Journal. Via Bethanie Phillips‎.</p> <p>Photograph showing the closed movie theater in Summit Mall in Akron, Ohio. The theater opened in October 1965 and closed in July 1989, due to competition from new multi-screen movie complexes. The sign on the marquee salutes a former manager.</p>