My dad watched serials at this theater in the 1930’s. He said the owner was gay, and closed or sold the theater after getting badly beaten up by a couple of sailors during the war (Norman had a Naval Air Station at the time).
I lived behind it as a kid on Gilbert Street. Used to watch movies from my bedroom window, and went there more than a few times with my family. It was closed and torn down sometime in the early 1970s to make room for the East Side National Bank building and the Hilton hotel.
It is not demolished. It’s at 1407 E. Harry, and has been turned into a banquet hall, though it looks like they’ve preserved some intersting parts inside. According to this, it closed in 1968. I only recall seeing one movie there as a small child – ‘Dr. Zhivago’ in 1965. As I recall, it was a pretty swanky place at the time, but it’s a pretty lousy neighborhood now.
My dad watched serials at this theater in the 1930’s. He said the owner was gay, and closed or sold the theater after getting badly beaten up by a couple of sailors during the war (Norman had a Naval Air Station at the time).
It was a Gold’s Gym back in the 1980’s. Closed sometime in the 1970’s.
I lived behind it as a kid on Gilbert Street. Used to watch movies from my bedroom window, and went there more than a few times with my family. It was closed and torn down sometime in the early 1970s to make room for the East Side National Bank building and the Hilton hotel.
It is not demolished. It’s at 1407 E. Harry, and has been turned into a banquet hall, though it looks like they’ve preserved some intersting parts inside. According to this, it closed in 1968. I only recall seeing one movie there as a small child – ‘Dr. Zhivago’ in 1965. As I recall, it was a pretty swanky place at the time, but it’s a pretty lousy neighborhood now.
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