Delta Theatre

50sSNIPES on August 18, 2021 at 9:38 pm

The projection booth is once damaged by a fire on November 30, 1943, caused by a projector with a patched film that was jammed that caught itself on fire just as the machines were starting its last run of Eddie Quillan and Joan Woodbury in “Here Comes Kelly”, along with a “This Is America” travelogue in “Boom Town D.C.”, and a newsreel. The projector caught itself on fire and burned 2½ reels of “Here Comes Kelly” and “Boom Town D.C.”, which is a total of 8,000 feet of film. Luckily enough, only 4 out of the 400 capacity persons were in the house as they left the theater quickly enough. The theater later reopened 6 days later on December 5, 1943 with Fred Astaire in “The Sky’s The Limit” along with a special short entitled “Women At War”.

The fire caused a cancellation to the following runs: Don Barry in “West Side Kid” along with a short entitled “Girl From Monterey”; and a double feature: Charles Colburn in “My Kingdom For A Cook” and Charles Surrett in “Hail To Rangers” (unknown if subjects were included).