The speaker behind the screen was an Altec Lansing “Voice of the Theater” and appeared to be a 15 inch speaker. There was also a tube amp in the projection booth, but I don’t remember the make. The popcorn popper was a gas flame under the kettle and electric motor on the kettle to stir the corn. There were stained glass lights on the walls that were ½ round with pointed tops.
The theater started out life as Cookeys or Cooksies Department Store as the name was painted on the side of the building and was faded out in the 1950’s. Later it became the Strand Theater before becoming the Kenova Theater (my dad is 92 and went to the theater as a boy. It was later converted to Loar’s Furniture and the floor was leveled with wood. The theater had a balcony and there were two carbon arc projectors that were manually adjusted.
After the theater closed the theater equipment was stored in the basement of the main offices of the Booth Coal Company which was next to the theater.
The speaker behind the screen was an Altec Lansing “Voice of the Theater” and appeared to be a 15 inch speaker. There was also a tube amp in the projection booth, but I don’t remember the make. The popcorn popper was a gas flame under the kettle and electric motor on the kettle to stir the corn. There were stained glass lights on the walls that were ½ round with pointed tops.
The theater started out life as Cookeys or Cooksies Department Store as the name was painted on the side of the building and was faded out in the 1950’s. Later it became the Strand Theater before becoming the Kenova Theater (my dad is 92 and went to the theater as a boy. It was later converted to Loar’s Furniture and the floor was leveled with wood. The theater had a balcony and there were two carbon arc projectors that were manually adjusted.