I saw Lord of the Rings: Two Towers and another good film, though I cant remember what, here. Its very close to Pipestem State Park a great state park with a nice lodge. So if you want to get out of the city and into the woods a little bit and see a drive-in cinema treasure this might be a good combination for you.
Here is a story with a photo of the Orpheum Theater in the 1937 flood (now the Cinema, the last remaining “cinema treasure” acting as a theater in Huntington, WV)
Huntington borders on the Ohio River and Guyandotte River, so the waters cam efrom there. As for the water livels rising quickly Im not absolutely certain. Here is a good website with many, many photos of the flood if you want to see more.
When the GHTC leaves the Keith-Albee, they will take all the projection and sound equipment out so another theater cannot exist unless new equipment is purchased.
“We don’t want the Keith-Albee to house movies anymore,” Hyman said.
From an article about the Marhall University’s Parthenon Newspaper.
I think that the fact that your city IS much larger and more successful may perhaps be the reason that the palace’s were torn down. The people of Huntington rejected a downtown mall
back in the seventies so it went to a suburb, had a mall been put downtown the theaters wouldve likely put the Keith, Cinema, and Camelot out of business. Instead though, this suburb has become very wealthy while Huntington’s downtown had not developed much, that is until Pullman and its multiplex moved in.
I’m just glad the Keith (and apparently the Cinema) will still have a life. It would be truly sad to let the Keith go.
This is the 1937 flood of Huntington, WV, flooded the entire downtown area and all lowlying areas in and around town. The town has since built a flood wall to make sure this never happens again. However, no flood has come anywhere close to this magnitude since then, and only very rarely has the wall been closed. I only remember one time in my lifetime (I’m 28) that the flood wall was closed.
As to the de-multiplex, I have heard nothing concrete. Although from what I read that if it is returned to its original form some art covered by the walls between the theater would become visible again and that would be nice. I dont know anything for sure. They are supposed to be having a community meeting to determine what to do next.
I am very sad to see this go, this is a beautiful theater and restored could be even more beautiful. Im glad to see that it will stay active as a performing arts theater however. I plan to see the last show in the big theater and also have plans to see an upcoming performing arts show. I plan to get the tickets soon.
With the closing of the Keith Albee (Jan 22) and Camelot (Jan 5), the youngest of the three Cinema Treasures in Huntington will be the only remaining active movie house . The Greater Huntington Theater Corporation has stated that they will announce Cinema’s future in three to four weeks. However when Pullman was announced , the GHTC stated that Cinema would remain as a second-run theater. I suppose in a few weeks we will know if that is still the plan.
This theater is closing to movies Jan 22, 2006!. 2 days, Im going to the final show to be shown in the main theater. Im going to be so sad to see it go.
Ive seen a lot of movies at this theater and it is amazing. I wish that I could see it fully restored because Ive seen pictures of it when it is fully lit and cleaned, its even more beautiful then.
The downstairs bathrooms/waiting room are also amazing. I used to be so frightened going down their when I was a kid. Heck, its still a little scary now. It would be a great area to film part of a horror movie. I watched Scream 2 there and let me say going to the bathrooms were even more frightening when I went afterwards, its much scarier than the movieplex bathroom shown when a character is killed in that movie.
One thing I am very thankful for however is that this theater will remain open for performing arts and there are 4 performing arts shows already scheduled, also the Marshall Film Festival will remain there so at least through that time the film equipment will remain. Hopefully they will keep the film equipment permanently for occasional shows.
GHTC closed the Camelot Theatre Jan. 5, 2006
From a story about the Keith Albee Theater closing Jan. 22, 2006. I dont know the future of this building but I do know that all movie equipment was removed from it.
I saw Lord of the Rings: Two Towers and another good film, though I cant remember what, here. Its very close to Pipestem State Park a great state park with a nice lodge. So if you want to get out of the city and into the woods a little bit and see a drive-in cinema treasure this might be a good combination for you.
Here is a website with a photo of the Orpheum Theater in the 1937 flood (now where the Cinema Theater is located)
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Here is a story with a photo of the Orpheum Theater in the 1937 flood (now the Cinema, the last remaining “cinema treasure” acting as a theater in Huntington, WV)
View link
Huntington borders on the Ohio River and Guyandotte River, so the waters cam efrom there. As for the water livels rising quickly Im not absolutely certain. Here is a good website with many, many photos of the flood if you want to see more.
View link
Yeah, hes being a bit of a jerk about it. His family built the theater so now that he no longer has it he is being selfish.
When the GHTC leaves the Keith-Albee, they will take all the projection and sound equipment out so another theater cannot exist unless new equipment is purchased.
“We don’t want the Keith-Albee to house movies anymore,” Hyman said.
From an article about the Marhall University’s Parthenon Newspaper.
I think that the fact that your city IS much larger and more successful may perhaps be the reason that the palace’s were torn down. The people of Huntington rejected a downtown mall
back in the seventies so it went to a suburb, had a mall been put downtown the theaters wouldve likely put the Keith, Cinema, and Camelot out of business. Instead though, this suburb has become very wealthy while Huntington’s downtown had not developed much, that is until Pullman and its multiplex moved in.
I’m just glad the Keith (and apparently the Cinema) will still have a life. It would be truly sad to let the Keith go.
This is the 1937 flood of Huntington, WV, flooded the entire downtown area and all lowlying areas in and around town. The town has since built a flood wall to make sure this never happens again. However, no flood has come anywhere close to this magnitude since then, and only very rarely has the wall been closed. I only remember one time in my lifetime (I’m 28) that the flood wall was closed.
As to the de-multiplex, I have heard nothing concrete. Although from what I read that if it is returned to its original form some art covered by the walls between the theater would become visible again and that would be nice. I dont know anything for sure. They are supposed to be having a community meeting to determine what to do next.
I am very sad to see this go, this is a beautiful theater and restored could be even more beautiful. Im glad to see that it will stay active as a performing arts theater however. I plan to see the last show in the big theater and also have plans to see an upcoming performing arts show. I plan to get the tickets soon.
With the closing of the Keith Albee (Jan 22) and Camelot (Jan 5), the youngest of the three Cinema Treasures in Huntington will be the only remaining active movie house . The Greater Huntington Theater Corporation has stated that they will announce Cinema’s future in three to four weeks. However when Pullman was announced , the GHTC stated that Cinema would remain as a second-run theater. I suppose in a few weeks we will know if that is still the plan.
This theater is closing to movies Jan 22, 2006!. 2 days, Im going to the final show to be shown in the main theater. Im going to be so sad to see it go.
Ive seen a lot of movies at this theater and it is amazing. I wish that I could see it fully restored because Ive seen pictures of it when it is fully lit and cleaned, its even more beautiful then.
The downstairs bathrooms/waiting room are also amazing. I used to be so frightened going down their when I was a kid. Heck, its still a little scary now. It would be a great area to film part of a horror movie. I watched Scream 2 there and let me say going to the bathrooms were even more frightening when I went afterwards, its much scarier than the movieplex bathroom shown when a character is killed in that movie.
One thing I am very thankful for however is that this theater will remain open for performing arts and there are 4 performing arts shows already scheduled, also the Marshall Film Festival will remain there so at least through that time the film equipment will remain. Hopefully they will keep the film equipment permanently for occasional shows.
GHTC closed the Camelot Theatre Jan. 5, 2006
From a story about the Keith Albee Theater closing Jan. 22, 2006. I dont know the future of this building but I do know that all movie equipment was removed from it.