Elvin Theatre

117 W. Main Street,
Endicott, NY 13760

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Previously operated by: Comerford Theaters Inc.

Architects: William Normile, Gerald Schenck

Firms: Lacey, Schenck & Cummings

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the Elvin

The Elvin Theatre was opened on September 2, 1922 with Norma Talmadge in “Smilin' Through”. It was equipped with a Link organ. It was closed on February 2, 1960 with Curd Jorgens in “The Blue Angel” & Gregory Peck in “Beloved Infidel”.

It was later used for storage, and was then demolished and the site used as a parking lot. Today a branch of HSBC Bank stands on the site.

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on July 6, 2012 at 5:44 am

A comment on the Cinema Endicott page says that the Elvin Theatre was owned by the Ammerman family. I think perhaps this item in the April 8, 1922, issue of The American Contractor was about the Elvin, and a copy editor just garbled the owner’s name:

“Theatre (M. P.): 1 sty. 52x140. Main St., Endicott, N. Y. Archt. Schenk & Normille, Phelps bldg., Binghamton. Owner S. H. Aminerson, village pres., L. H. Deitrich, care Lyric Theatre, Endicott. Hollow tile & t. c. Drawing plans.”
It wouldn’t be surprising that they got the owner’s name wrong, as they surely misspelled the name of one of the architects, William Normile, and probably the other, who must have been Gerald Schenck, later of Lacey, Schenck & Cummings.

jeffk
jeffk on February 26, 2013 at 12:20 am

But Kate wrote on the State Theater page: My Grandparents, Howard and Florence Ammerman owned the Elvin. The Elvin was named for the founders' wives (my grandfather’s first wife).

adamghost
adamghost on September 10, 2013 at 2:58 am

Opened Saturday, September 2, 1922.

KateinFLA
KateinFLA on April 14, 2015 at 12:58 am

SH Ammerman was Samuel Howard Ammerman, known as Howard.His first wife, I believe her name was Vina Ammerman, was not my Grandmother, however, my Grandmother, Florence Ammerman, ran the theater after my grandfather died in 1940.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 28, 2024 at 2:04 pm

Opened September 2, 1922 with Norma Talmade in “Smilin' Through.” It also opened with a recital on the Link organ and the venue also had a Link piano. Projectors were by Simplex. The name Elvin was a combination of Mrs. Dittrich’s “Ellen” and Mrs. Ammerman’s “Vina” - “Elvin.” The venue added sound to remain viable. It closed February 2, 1960 by Mrs. S. Howard Ammerman and Dittrich Enterprises showing “Blue Angel” and “Beloved Infidel.” The town also lost its Strand Theatre two months earlier. The building was razed in 1961 for the Midland Trust bank.

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