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The
theater was
best know to the 50's alumni as it appears above with neon lights. In
1932
when it was named "OUR THEATER" with a new lighted sign in front, it
appeared
as shown left. Clifford and Clayton Smith purchased it in March of that
year.
The
1st showing included
"The Champ", featuring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper; the 1st chapter
of a Harry Carey serial "The Vanishing Legion" and a Felix the Cat
cartoon.
The projection room was above the entrance, where the windows are. Bob
Hanson was the projection operator for many years. Notice the leaning
smoke
stack above the building used to let of heat from the electric-arc
projectors.
WE DID PAY 10 cents for a while, later it was a quarter.
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Smitty
ran the theater
for 27 years until his death in 1959 and it was closed. The theater did
try to reopen in 1962 but in 1963 Van
Hartesveldt's Market purchased it to expand and used this area as
it's
entrance. |
The
Show Billings
shown at top-right, below and the projector above
lead
to posters
of many movies shown at this theater
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on the
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