https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/about daily 1.0 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501437035134-LIGVW0SN1KGTHJK0Q3B5/George+St.%2C+south+of+Charlotte%2C+1961+RP.jpg About the Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501439070550-2P1571EFTR2W91BYGIJN/2014-01-08+11.09.03.jpg About the Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587381189716-33Z2F9CKM7SIH9W1EUPI/2019+April+8+Examiner+article+photo+2+Clifford+Skarstedt.jpg About the Books - Robert G. Clarke Photo taken outside 39 Hunter St. West, east of George St. N., at what was (in 2019) Hobart’s Steak House and once, long before that, the Regent Theatre. The picture I’m holding, though, is of the Allen Theatre on George Street, c.1921. 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This, I’m happy to say, was clearly not me. Ad for the Royal Theatre, Examiner, July 13, 1910, p.1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing daily 0.75 2023-12-29 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/back-to-gods-country-and-the-new-birmingham-auto-at-the-capitol monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6ca4578a-7fc0-4486-86dc-07fb30d4ce81/1921+November+Shipman+Capitol+Theatre+VR+2410+%28Capitol+Theatre%29+detail+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out The front of the Capitol Theatre, November 1921, all dressed up, with a log cabin effect, for The Girl from God’s Country. It is uncertain, but that might be manager Edward Abbey outside on the street for a photo moment. PMA, VR 2410 (Capitol Theatre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/33726422-d13e-4fcf-bd66-bf1e2798baea/1921+November+Shipman+Capitol+Theatre+VR+2410+%28Capitol+Theatre%29+detail+%284%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fc94c91d-fabe-439d-b761-68c8ad487906/1919+Dec+27+p257+Mtn+Pic+News+Back+to+God%27s+Country+display+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Motion Picture News, Dec. 27, 1919, p.257. The theatre re-design in Peterborough was not exactly an original idea. Here, in Minneapolis, a theatre got a similar facelift, in the log cabin mode, for the earlier Shipman picture, Back to God's Country (1919). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/667fb688-8923-47aa-ab48-d81175859e22/1921+Nov+15+p14+Capitol+ad+God%27s+Country+vv+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 15, 1921, p.14. With the added attraction of “The Birmingham Cars and the Birmingham Factory.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e36f1c10-d7fa-44e7-ba94-5ab51e53c85c/1920+Feb+24+p9+Strand+Nell+Shipman+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 24, 1920, p.9. An earlier Shipman film in town, at the Strand Theatre on George Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cda9c3af-879a-4356-b900-6756692724dc/1921+Nov+12+p15+Capitol+Girl+from+God%27s+Country+Shipman+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Advance publicity. Examiner, Nov. 12, 1921, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e1be94d1-10d8-42e0-a48f-4db0ddf096c5/1921+Nov+15+p14+Shipman+pic+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out More promo on opening day. Examiner, Nov. 15, 1921, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9cb47097-7e1f-4bd3-b23e-a7bb3c4926a1/1921+Nov+5+p2397+Mtn+Pic+News+Shipman+Girl.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Industry promotion. Motion Picture News, Nov. 5, 1921, p.2397. Placed by the distributor, F.B. Warren Corporation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3ce4c2c4-eca8-438d-9c83-e240065c432a/1921+Girl_From_God%27s_Country_poster_2.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Lobby card. IMDb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/439ebc1f-727a-47a4-8861-3fa5da54b937/1921+Sept+10+p1280+Mtn+Pic+News+Shipman+Girl.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out An ad placed in Motion Picture News, Sept. 10, 1921, p.1280. Exhibitors would see these ads and be tempted to book it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/913cc89a-8815-42f4-86fa-d1d75c14250d/1921+November+Shipman+Capitol+Theatre+VR+2410+%28Capitol+Theatre%29+detail+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out The Capitol facade, detail, from PMA, VR 2410 (Capitol Theatre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8b3b6911-c148-4e10-8a14-7afd1b8231ce/1921+Sept+24+p1661+Mtn+Pic+News+review+Shipman+Girl+bottom.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out The last few lines of a review of The Girl from God’s Country, and the story laid out for prospective exhibitors, along with “Catch Lines.” Motion Picture News, Sept. 24, 1921, p.1661. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/146da23c-3004-48be-9371-3a327b8aecbe/1921+Nov+15+p14+Capitol+ad+God%27s+Country+vv+snip.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 15, 1921, p.14. The Birmingham film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/166f859c-9a8c-43ef-b156-51e8220a3c98/1921+Nov+14+p9+Birmingham+cars+in+Pbo+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 14, 1921, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8b6cb26a-a1d7-4bc2-aa26-6ccf76746220/1921+Nov+16+p9+Birmingham+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 16, 1921, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/16c8c42f-13e2-47a0-a2b7-761d519512a0/1921+Nov+15+p1+jobs+at+Birmingham+Motors+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 15, 1921, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a6415da7-fbb6-4b33-adb2-5de60d0493be/1921+Nov+26+p13+Birmingham+ad+wonder+car+top+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 26, 1921, p.13. The top section of a full-page ad. The company really wanted to let Peterborough know it was arriving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/99e693dd-aba7-4af1-a1f7-f5528bc35525/1921+Nov+26+p13+Birmingham+ad+wonder+car+bottom+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 26, 1921, p.13. Bottom part of the full-page ad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/79632a10-c0ba-4b17-8309-4e4ba987693f/1922+Feb+18+p10+Birmingham+salesmen+biggest+enterprise+in+Canada+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 18, 1922, p.10. “ . . . the biggest enterprise in Canada.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cd452069-082c-4fb6-bb2c-2880ef6fed13/BirminghamDemonstrationFlag.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Birmingham car demonstration, National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress. Not in Peterborough, but a similar demonstration. According to a newspaper report, the car successfully went through 112 of these demonstrations in different places. Competitors who attempted the same “rough ride,” according to the hype, “have had their cars wrecked.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5f29c455-f105-424a-bc46-a4d7f3952ef7/1922+March+10+p11+Birmingham+autos+mvg+pics+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 10, 1922, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5a83f285-ac29-4038-8213-093aa02ecde3/1922+April+18+p13+Birmingham+whole+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 18, 1922, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/44dbad2b-091a-475c-889e-eaab914dd7ea/1922+Nov+16+p2+bankruptcy+notice+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 16, 1922, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f76ad909-bb68-4d63-a5d6-5d4ff4186c24/1922+Feb+21+p1+Birmingham+in+Pbo+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - At the Capitol: Nell Shipman, “The Girl from God's Country" – with an Added Attraction, the Birmingham Auto Company, Nov. 21, 1921 - Make it stand out Though, unfortunately, not this time. Examiner, Feb. 21, 1922, p.1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/a-paramount-scrapbook monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/40b96e2e-9563-4702-9103-f06085c6bfbf/1961+Dec+30+p13+crop+George+St+Christmas+Holiday+lights+%284%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 30, 1961, p.13. Unfortunately, the Paramount sign was missing a few bright lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/649ec7bc-8bd3-4c88-9667-3af43508a83c/Famous+Players+theatre+ticket+series+2+Stan+McBride+file+50+F+148.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out A Famous Players theatre ticket, Trent Valley Archives (TVA), series 2 Stan McBride file 50 F 148. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f68730b1-c7c6-4cb2-9f57-c8a6761279e7/1953+Dec+19+p7+Xmas+theatre+tickets+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1953, p.7. With the Capitol and Paramount both under the wing of Famous Players Canadian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/643f8689-caed-4580-a376-decd7ea295fd/1948+Dec+3+p13+pt+1+top+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 3, 1948. With Gordon C. Miller, co-owner/manager of the Regent front and centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/79640d6a-df0b-4d7d-842f-03106c22c219/1949+April+9+p7+Paramount+2+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 9, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/30ee76c0-fc8b-408f-9131-e2d62ccf09ce/1949+April+9+p7+Paramount+Wow+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 9, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a5d989b6-14bf-4324-87f6-59e47887119f/1949+Dec+1+p2+Review+KB+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Peterborough Weekly Review, Dec. 1, 1949, p.2. Thanks to Ken Brown for this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9abdf03b-0a89-4d82-ab3d-80335626e2e4/1950+June+2+p7+Paramount+3rd+Man.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 2, 1950, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/64600f73-e1da-4fcf-a22a-df666076bded/1949+May+27+Exam+p7+Paramout+Centre+drive+in+Odeon.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 27, 1949, p.7. Peterborough with a Paramount, Centre, Odeon, and Drive-in — and if that did not suit you, you could go dancing as well. The Regent closed as of May 28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/df4c4387-33ee-48f5-9efd-1bc942f231bf/1949+Dec+7+p7+Paramount+%26+others+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 7, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3b9876a8-9f86-43a5-9b8e-d838eef2e1bc/1949+Dec+1+p2+Review+KB+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Peterboro Weekly Review, Dec. 1, 1949, p.2. Working side by side with a local jeweller. Courtesy Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7a9ae2e0-f644-4b93-8f13-f86a8d6c0c07/1950+Dec+7+p7+Irwin+Godson+ad+%26+movies+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 7, 1950, p.7. Judy and Gene and a local tie-in with Ford tractors too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/edc79c39-cc01-4288-bf88-3587c522f23e/1950+March+9+Pbo+Wkly+Review+KB.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Peterboro Weekly Review, March 9, 1950. Courtesy Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d0094aa7-d67d-49a2-8622-e12c0c965386/1950+March+23+p4+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+snip.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Peterboro Weekly Review, March 23, 1950, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5d0f95c7-626f-4e56-a305-3b931162af92/1950+Oct+31+p7+Paramount+how+long.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 31, 1950, p.7. Reminding parents to get out there and take the kids to the moving picture show. But it wouldn’t be No Way Out, an adult picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f6cfa499-f723-4e7a-a4a6-d91a71871e80/1951+Nov+5+p7+Paramount+Staff+Week+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 5, 1951, p.7. When they let the staff take over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5879b68d-d2c5-4fe0-8976-77ae760c41d9/1952+Feb+20+p7+ads+Paramount+extras+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 20, 1952, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a45183e8-272a-4a7b-b5ba-b83194ccc2da/1954+Nov+26+p7+four+theatres+GWTW+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 26, 1954, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/adeaa15f-b452-415d-99d7-0ef566b0607f/1954+Dec+4+p1+photo+Paramount+moviegoers+RP+work+GWTW+snip+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 4, 1954, p.1. During a period when moviegoers tended to be relatively youthful, this was an exceptional crowd. But then it was an older movie, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c6cdea21-6cdf-49c7-8474-6faa59c26355/Cauley+1954+Aug+28+p47+Mtn+Pic+H.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Paramount manager Art Cauley gets an award for his publicity efforts. Motion Picture Herald, Aug. 28, 1954, p.47. When Cauley screened the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz picture The Long Long Trailer (released February 1954) he promoted a deluxe 30-foot trailer, parking it in front of the theatre behind a new convertible car. He had a four-foot model trailer set up in the lobby. All of it garnered much attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3e5d3834-ed33-4bdc-8783-8a5d338f8464/1955+March+21+p7+Paramount+Timex+tiein+20%2C000+Leagues+Sea+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 21, 1955, p.7. I attended, but did not manage to win the Timex watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a70eb136-2d7e-4160-96d4-25d88dfb3f98/1955+May+13+p7+Paramount+crop+notice+to+parents+Saturday+matinee+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 13, 1955, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/357e503b-06c9-4e7e-91b3-802a8d0548aa/1957+Dec+21+p21+Santa+%26+prizes+at+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 21, 1957, p.21. The Kinsmens Club, bicycles, safety, and movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e654b516-0d78-45b5-af73-3d58d97bb134/1957+February+Paramount+War+%26+Peace+John+Oldham+PMA+via+KB+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out The Paramount’s window getting ready for Tolstoy’s War and Peace, January 1957. Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/aa3a1794-7666-4446-a627-729058656ccd/1957+Jan+18+p7+Paramount+War+and+Peace+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 18, 1957, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/80e3f408-34c5-44e0-85fc-c475e905993c/1957+July+16+p7+scary+movie+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 16, 1957, p.7. Long before the Scream franchise, there were these two “scream pictures.” And an on-stage attraction too. Eighty-five cents to see the materialization of James Dean, plus the rest of the show, seems a fair price. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/882d260b-d0e8-4274-8960-08f705329cc3/1958+Dec+22+p7+Paramount+kids+Mothers+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 22, 1958, p.7. In the age of television, the theatre as an extra babysitter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3deacc98-7880-476c-945d-4292ad45c522/1958+Jan+16+p7+Paramount+Open+Letter+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 16, 1958, p.7. An open letter, with film fare for patrons of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/81458692-f057-479b-963c-59c6ada698fe/1959+March+9+p7+th+ads+Paramount+%285%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 9, 1959, p.7. For patrons of a certain age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d79f6946-672d-4c4e-bee2-0f3b73533370/1959+April+16+p7+Paramount+Shaggy+Dog+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 16, 1959, p.7. Billed as “a new kind of horror movie — horribly funny!” The film debut of former Mickey Mouse Club “Mouseketeer” Annette Funicello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/00915f9a-9681-4edf-9c30-5e7bbf9ff4c8/1959+April+21+p7+Paramount+Shaggy+Dog+hockey+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 21, p.7. The Paramount played up the local hockey story for all it was worth. Fred MacMurray starred as a mailman (as they called them in those days) who (not surprisingly) hates dogs. Although it was Disney’s biggest box-office hit of the time, as it turned out it was not a highly rated film in the long term. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8d5a7518-491d-4196-9e6e-74e09c2fcbee/1959+April+22+p7+Paramount+Shaggy+Dog+hockey+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 22, 1959, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c33efd43-e6a4-492e-bb03-1e192a113c5b/1959+April+24+p7+Paramount+Shaggy+Dog+hockey+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 24, 1959, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/08bd745c-b93c-4bc8-a9e3-69fe2184f711/1959+April+25+p7+Paramount+Shaggy+Dog+hockey+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 25, 1959, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/247b4f40-6db2-462f-a44f-b54270f707bd/1960+Aug+12+p24+Paramount+Psycho+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 12, 1960, p.24. Psycho: a landmark in film distribution — in the words of New Wave French film director François Truffaut, “oriented towards a new generation of filmgoers.” Its story line, says film historian Paul Monaco, “was seen as subversive of the values that had been traditionally advanced in classic Hollywood movies” — with its aesthetics representing a stark shift from Hollywood’s “cinema of sentiment” to a “cinema of sensation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cf58b009-4424-42c3-8983-e95fa7c2de1e/1960+Aug+17+p28+Paramount+Psycho.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 17, 1960, p.28. Monaco argues that the stricture on nobody being admitted to a showing once the movie had begun was a “misguided” marketing attempt, creating havoc at drive-ins and a carnival-like atmosphere that prevented the film from being taken seriously as film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b4b55825-2021-4461-8ca3-b5c64ca670ab/1960+Aug+25+p29+Paramount+end+summer+theatre+party+local+merchants+%282%29+-+Copy.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 25, 1960, p.29. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6f6f3deb-01de-49b3-b154-0337a6995bd0/1964+May+Paramount+TVA+detail+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A Paramount Scrapbook: 1948—1960 - Make it stand out Crowds continue to pour out of the Paramount — this time after seeing Tom Jones in 1964. PMA, 1964 May 40584-4 NYB Paramount Theater. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-paramount-theatre-snack-bar-1955 monthly 0.5 2022-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/efc85222-09a2-4555-925d-44021657861b/1955+July+2+p52+Mnt+Pic+Heral+concession+stand+women+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Paramount Theatre Snack Bar, 1955 - Make it stand out Motion Picture Herald, July 2, 1955, p.52. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fb08cff7-e81f-43cd-b70d-e2d1b3c9541e/1955+Oct+8+p42+Mtn+Pic+H+candy+bar+concession+woman+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Paramount Theatre Snack Bar, 1955 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b15d37bb-3efb-4f8d-99bf-86ba72ae9cd3/Paramount+AO+lobby+with+snack+bar+c1950+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Paramount Theatre Snack Bar, 1955 - Make it stand out The Paramount snack bar, in the lobby, 1949. Library and Archives Canada (LAC), 4443. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/354ef5d6-de42-4dea-b689-998e0555e842/1955+March+12+p33+Mtn+Pic+Herald+pepsi+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Paramount Theatre Snack Bar, 1955 - Make it stand out Motion Picture Herald, March 12, 1955, p.33. Yet another Peterborough Paramount soft drink promotion hits the U.S. business press. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/jackson-park-amusement-and-heritage-site monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b6465a54-4122-43ae-a717-adfc8a6fab99/Pagoda+Jackson+Park+c.1930+TVA.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The Pagoda bridge, Jackson Park, early 20th century, postcard, Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F148-351 Jackson_Park_postcard001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/76ea8415-6e02-49ef-ace6-8747b2be6475/1952+Aug+21+p15+Jackson+Park+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 21, 1952, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/64e6e45e-a284-41e5-a2b4-1570e9666e71/Jackson+Park+Pagoda+bridge+photo+by+Dad+Ganton+Clarke+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out c.1960s, photo by Ganton Clarke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a03169d1-e5d2-4bbb-8691-09e5c13608ad/2021+Dec+6+Examiner+Jackson+Park.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a700bcf3-0232-49f4-92d8-f21e7d53d4cd/1906+Sept+24+p3+Pk+come+to+stay+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 24, 1906, p.3. For the story of the motion pictures in the park, 1905—08, see “Lives of the Theatres, Under the Pines.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c93520a4-6ee0-4ca8-a21e-21cc10d55617/242-lagoon-at-jackson-park-peterborough-ont-1911-26523568945-55140e+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Lake (or lagoon) at Jackson Park, May 1912. Picryl, no.243. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6577d977-c8a9-44d8-b3d1-a30efa8314c0/240-road-by-creek-jackson-park-peterborough-ont-1911-26250567870-6a45f8+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Road by the creek in Jackson Park, 1911. Picryl, no.240. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e089bacd-280d-4aff-8e9a-982b3e6f1543/1905+June+30+p14+Jackson+Pk+detail+1.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8baba781-cb8e-4ba7-a765-b03255b3a213/1905+June+30+p14+Jackson+Pk+detail+2.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out “Jackson Park,” Examiner, June 30, 1905, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a1f3674b-ad47-41cf-84ae-f39595f8b20a/Park+St+with+streetcar+tracs+1912+no2+picryl+Wikimedia+Commons.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Park Street, looking north above Charlotte St., with streetcar tracks, 1912. No. 303, Wikimedia Commons, Picryl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c33bffa6-cc8a-476f-843a-0449a4969804/Park+Street+Surveyors+%26+Car+Jan+15+1911+Wikipedia+Commons.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out “Surveyors & Car on Park St.,” Jan. 15, 1911, no.174, Wikimedia Commons, Picryl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9b8ddce1-a25e-4733-9fe1-c66132a84840/F148+McBride+V14+file+328+CGE+Streetcar+Jackson+Park+219+TVA+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The trolley at the turnaround point at Monaghan Road and Smith Street (Parkhill Road). Smith St. would be just behind the car, and then walkers would go up a slope to the park. The CGE Plant News says this photo dates from “around the turn of the century,” but it would have been taken sometime later than that. Trent Valley Archive, F148 McBride V14 file 328 CGE Streetcar Jackson Park 219. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b02c5f64-4bb0-4008-b16c-fcc2a20b76ac/F148+McBride+V14+file+328+CGE+Streetcar+Jackson+Park+220+TVA+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e4f4be08-55a3-4cfd-85d8-6b828b642a38/trolly+car+entrance+to+Jackson+Park+c1920+crop+Facebook+Colleen+Biss+Jarvis+Sept+14+2021+image+from+Ontario+Genealogy.com+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out This detail from a larger photo shows Smith Street (now Parkhill), the main entrance to the park, and the railway line circling around to its turnaround point, 1904. The larger photo is from: no.115 car at jackson park peterborough ont 1904, from John Fairbairn Anderson Collection, picyrl.com. I originally saw it in a Facebook posting by Colleen Biss Jarvis, Sept. 14, 2021, with an image from Ontario Genealogy.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ec5ead18-eac8-4888-8b2a-70d86cbf6a35/1905+Aug+4+p8+walking+wooden+planks+on+Smith+St+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out A complaint about the difficulties of the stroll from Park Street along Smith Street to Jackson Park: it seems that negotiating the wooden planks could be a hazardous affair — yet, despite the poor lighting, it was a walk taken by hundreds nightly. Better to take the trolley, perhaps. Examiner, Aug. 4, 1905, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f0a2176c-9a01-4141-a1a9-bde9d9df1354/1905+Aug+11+p5+Rev+Billy+Bowman%27s+peanuts+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Jackson Park — a cheap date for a “youthful swain” and his “lady love” — but do make sure you have five cents to spend on Billy Bowman’s peanuts! Review, Aug. 11, 1905, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c5b6a025-a9e1-4dc9-aeee-b68d0f3bcda3/1907+Jan+23+p7+photo+tobogganing+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 23, 1907, p.7. The caption seems to indicate that the photo was taken on the previous day, but that is not necessarily true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a0f56327-a42c-4686-8bcb-8ca5001beb12/tobaggan+slide+Jackson+Park+c+1910%2C+Vintage+Pbo+site.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The same 1907 photo of the toboggan slide, with three chutes. Roy Studio photo, Vintage Peterborough website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3ad3646c-8ebf-49b4-943d-449e05943792/toboggan+slide+ca+1920a032828.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The toboggan slide a little later, with five chutes. Roy Studio photo, TVA, a032828. The Library and Archives Canada holding for this photo gives a date of 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6bb39986-f54d-452d-9f01-8adc2423e004/skating+Jackson+Park+nd+PMA+2000-012-000320-8+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Skaters on the rink within the trolley turnaround area, Jackson Park, nd. The railway track is there just behind the people on skates at the right. The top of the toboggan slide is behind them — and you can see a toboggan standing upright towards the top. PMA 2000-012-000320-8 (2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/efc73920-704a-49f5-9aeb-dc8029317e1c/1908+Dec+29+p10+toboggan+slide+blocked.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Problems: Examiner, Dec. 29, 1908, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d991669e-58d0-4f8c-ba11-a06b1900ec6a/1910+Feb+5+p53+Billbd+Pbo+entertainmt+snip+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The Billboard (Cincinnati), Feb. 5, 1910, p.53. Jackson Park amusements as an integral part of the Peterborough scene — and reporting “good attendance.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e3f58ed4-d772-4347-8ba3-453d7ff2108a/1939+Feb+7+p1+Jackson+Park+skating+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Skating on the pond near the Pagoda, Examiner, Feb. 7, 1939, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/890ac0d5-b921-4dd0-bee1-a87b6921c744/Jackson+Park+Gate+PMA+P-12-283-2.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Jackson Park Gate, Parkhill and Monaghan, nd. PMA P-12-283-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5501d362-0137-4b57-8ba5-ba7e1b9c2003/1938+July+9+p9+Jackson+Park+diving+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, July 9, 1938, p.9. A swimming area once existed near the small concrete bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5b07eaa0-404b-4015-a14d-764692ced047/1949+Dec+10+p11+Jackson+Park+ski+trails+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/bf6863a1-51ea-42d7-8b33-135eb50630fd/1958+Dec+19+p1+skiing+Jackson+Park+Creek+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1958, p.1. More skiing in Jackson Park, this time along the creek near the small concrete bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b8032239-942f-4b8f-bdf3-a13c25c21b34/Parkhill+Road+lkg+east+to+railway+tracks+from+Jerry+Allen+Sept+2020+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The bridge crossing Jackson Creek on what is now called Parkhill Road, c.1950s. If you look closely, you can see the CNR train just about to cross the road, going south. The eastern gate of the park is up the hill to the left. Photo courtesy of Jerry Allen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5874ca2e-1bf2-4802-b0c5-12cd0f521b75/F340+B4+488+Hamilton+Park+032.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out South of Parkhill Road the area is known as Hamilton Park, and for a time it was a popular swimming spot (especially in the 1950s), though the experience was at times cut short by pollution in the creek. This photo appeared in the Examiner in July 1952. TVA, Examiner photos, F340 B4 488 Hamilton Park 032. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d73b87d5-0bbf-462c-9433-0d6936407c45/1952+July+3+p15+Hamilton+Park+crop.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, July 3, 1952, p.15. The Examiner printed a cropped version of the larger photo of swimming in Hamilton Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/275a85f4-3392-4908-add3-f08336e828e0/1952+Aug+7+p15+Hamilton+Park+2+%284%29+best.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4f820b61-4ea2-410e-8c50-844e09d60780/1956+July+19+p11+Hamilton+Park+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Examiner, July 19, 1956, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4500999c-5860-4cd4-b038-6dd9ddcf8b0a/F340+B4+486+Examiner+Jackson+Park+Overpass+Apr-18-1960+029+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Now Parkhill Road, before the overpass was built. This photo appeared in the Examiner on April 27, 1960. TVA, Examiner photos, F340 B4 486 029. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/126a6634-7e4d-4035-8507-f1625af5a202/1960+April+27+p13+Jackson+Park+Parkhill+bridge+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/499126f2-61bc-4270-be6e-b6517b58b66a/Parkhill+Rd+near+Jackson+Park+looking+east+photo+by+GWC+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Parkhill Road and Monaghan, 1960s, with the overpass in place. Photo by Ganton Clarke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a9a167b6-4c01-4769-a85b-09c788d670ff/2020+October+railway+turnaround+space+1.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Once the streetcar turnaround area, now a portion of Hamilton Park, summer 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9947489f-90a4-4633-a87a-bd771af0cc76/2020+October+railway+turnaround+plaque.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The turnaround area, with the Peterborough Historical Society’s “Historic Site” plaque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8700d33a-0de5-48ac-8974-b6c7e8a8630e/Parkhill+Road+at+the+park+from+Jerry+Allen+Sept+2020.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out The corner, looking east to west, 1960s, with a gas station on the southwest corner. Photo courtesy of Jerry Allen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fd636381-18be-4165-bb3f-b0415529abc3/20201004_121532+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Jackson Park – Peterborough’s Very Own Amusement &amp; Heritage Site - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-1940s-booming-attendance-a-burst-of-construction monthly 0.5 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/73d0e6f3-f835-44c3-80be-05428d584346/TVA+Electric+City+Collection+F50+5.259+George+Street%2C+Peterborough%2C+Ontario+Canada+44+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Looking south on George Street, south of Simcoe, in 1944. Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F50 5.259. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a94121e5-86fc-4bea-9032-3076c32f61ec/PMA+P-14-593-1+%28Downtown+Ptbo+-+colour%29+crop.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Looking north on George Street, still in the age of two-way traffic, mid-1950s, a photo that to some extent shows the result of the building boom, late 1940s—early 50s. The theatre row marquees are in place on the right. Showing at the Paramount is The Eddy Duchin Story (with Tyrone Power and Kim Novak), released in June 1956. On the left, south of King St., among other businesses are Cherney’s department store (opened in a new building at that location in 1949) and the popular Foster’s Restaurant (moved to that location in 1952). The Centre Theatre was a block north on George Street, above Charlotte, adding to the effect of a “movie row.” Until 1949 the Regent Theatre drew crowds just a bit off the beaten track, on the south side of Hunter just east of George Street. The downtown enterprises, including the motion picture theatres, all fed into each other. PMA P-14-593-1 (Downtown Ptbo - colour). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4e086c02-f2ca-4be0-8e27-4625d6199d7f/1942+Aug+24+p9+crop+movies+couldnt+get+in+all+theatres.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 24, 1942, p.9. They just could not get in to see the movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ff3e0932-baf2-461d-843f-68529f3dc9d6/1942+Aug+21+p7+Centre+Regent+Capitol+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 21, 1942, p.7. What they wanted to see — when the city had three movie theatres — Regent (570 seats), Capitol (1,107), and Centre (602) — at times all crowded to the doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/feb7c1dd-9399-4c9e-b499-fc07563f7522/1942+Jan+22+p14+Knox+theatre+night+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 22, 1942, p.14. “Theatre parties” were common occurrences during the 1940s. Better than a sleigh ride? Refreshments later on at a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b0762350-9160-4c36-8cd5-769040bd39f1/1942+Feb+20+p9+theatres+war+effort+crop+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 20, 1942, p.9. Theatres support the war effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/475de9c9-29df-462d-9bb3-02655c99ed1a/1944+Feb+10+p9+theatres+war+stamps+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 10, 1944, p.9. The theatres offer a draw that contributes to the sale of war stamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/13f25d71-8f68-4c55-82e0-5edbb238a3d4/1947+Aug+19+p14+children+th+party+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 19, 1947, p.14. One in a constant stream of “theatre parties” — this one for children — in the 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1a02af6f-9599-49d7-ab94-4f867417b137/1946+March+23+p12+audience+movie+going+ubiquitous+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, March 23, 1946, p.12. In the 1940s, for just about everyone with a few cents to spare, going out to the movies was the thing to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/09d89c20-e62c-4841-a1be-816c0d2544c0/1947+Feb+28+p7+three+theatres+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Life with three theatres. Examiner, Feb. 28, 1947, p.7. Amongst their attractions these theatres did not, as yet, have snack bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/13494611-ff77-4e3b-aec2-1b0c94dfd34a/1942+Jan+30+p5+Comstock+beside+Capitol.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 20, 1942, p.5. The Comstock’s furniture store (and funeral service) makes sure to point out that it is located next to a landmark: the Capitol Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/db95c6b1-6090-43e3-af0f-420301c3661f/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-5+crop+showing+space+between+Comstock+%26+GOH.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out For years the space fronting on George St. between the Grand Opera House and A. Comstock & Son’s business had been a messy area dominated by hoardings and advertising signage. As late as 1940 the street frontage was still a relatively empty area (with a brick building at the back), though it did have a parking lot. The Grand Opera House, seen here in the middle, was demolished a couple of years after this photo was taken. This is a detail from a larger photo, PMA, Capitol VR 4574-5 (Capitol - Soldiers Night), taken June 12, 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f280f66c-3563-4daf-a901-e9475435aa6b/George+St+lkg+north+to+clock+tower+Facebook+polite+vv+Nora+Jill+Jan+20+2021.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out This photo of unknown origin, posted on Facebook in January 2021, is a portrait of a family posing for the camera on George St. on a wintry day — but it also shows the shape of the city landscape on the east side of George St. south of Charlotte. Given the information on the billboards, I suspect that it might date from sometime around December 1914, when “polite vaudeville and motion pictures” were being presented at the Grand Opera House. The Marks Brothers Stock Company was also making one of their many appearances there towards the end of that same month. Most importantly, the photo provides a glimpse of the hoardings and signage that appeared for decades in that spot along the east side of George St. The new buildings of 1947 and 1948 would dramatically alter the appearance of the street. As the Examiner noted in May 1947, “for the first time in the community’s history that side of the street will be completely occupied, with no intervening gaps.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/61d61980-667f-442a-9e36-7682fa6e579e/Pbo+aerial+PMA+Odeon+Paramount+under+construction+P-12-667-3+crop+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out At the centre-bottom, between Comstock’s and the Turner building on the corner of George and King streets, both the Odeon and Paramount are under construction — representing the shaping of downtown culture and viewing practices for the 1950s to 1980s. The area between Comstock’s and the Odeon (owned by Comstock) would remain empty until after Comstock’s decided to build on it in 1949. Detail from a Peterborough aerial photograph, 1947, PMA P-12-667-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/edd33802-e19b-4b37-884f-b326a1ab643b/1947+Aug+2+p122+Boxoffice+Odeon+buildingboxoffice+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Boxoffice, Aug. 2, 1947, p.122. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/515c3bef-850f-4581-ae05-a58e05a322b4/1948+July+30+p4+Alpha+column+theatres+in+Pbo+drive+in+larger+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out “Alpha” column, Examiner, July 30, 1948, p.4. Giving “eyes the flicks,” at least for a short time: 5½ movie houses, including a drive-in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0d5e6566-2440-4df5-9f11-40140327938c/1948+Aug+7+p7+entertainment+ads+drive+in+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 7, 1948, p.7. Entertainment aplenty — and this was before the Paramount opened. The Regent would close in 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/31891da0-476a-484d-b9c6-a96a796ee976/1950+Nov+14+p4+crop+editorial+on+movies+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The 1940s: Booming Attendance, a Burst of Construction - Make it stand out Examiner, editorial, Nov. 14, 1950, p.4. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-capitol-theatre-inside-and-out-1947 monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615067432473-34R5KXGFEADB2HQSK246/1947+Capitol+exteropr+rg56-11-box1236-201-15+Paul+Moore+2+%283%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 The Capitol Theatre, George Street, 1947. Photo by Morris Duke. Archives of Ontario (AO), RG 56-11-0-201-15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615070045680-RL3MGOPHXZVR7A4SK8ST/1947+Oct+1+p7+Capitol+Wonderful+Life+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 Examiner, Oct. 1, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615070751784-KM5XE8F9UHE409AJODEI/1947+October+Vernon%27s+City+of+Peterborough+Directory+Morris+Duke+p119.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 The photographer: Vernon's City of Peterborough Directory, 1947, p.119. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615120587084-D7D4ZK3LGATCRNCVCSSB/1947+Capitol+AO+lobby+1947+RG+56-11-0-201-1.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 The Capitol’s terrazo-floor entrance in 1947, leading to the foyer or front lobby. The back side of the ticket booth is front left. In 1951 the theatre added a concession booth facing those open doors at the back, where the four-legged stands are in front of the curtained window space (which would offer a view into the auditorium). Most theatres in Ontario did not have “confection bars,” as they were called, until the late 1940s—early 50s. In the meantime they did have vending machines dispensing candy and other treats, and there is one here, to the right of the windows. A poster leaning against the wall advertises the coming feature, They Won’t Believe Me (1947), with Robert Young, Susan Hayward, and Jane Greer, playing Oct. 20 to 22. AO, RG 56-11-0-201-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615120505456-31BQ4XS1JJ4SRJH3CX17/1947+Capitol+AO+front+lobby+1947+RG+56-11-0-201-8.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 Inside those three open door, the front lobby. The snack bar was added to that space on the right — but also jutting into the auditorium a little, reducing the number of seats (probably those you can just barely see on the right side). Stairs on either side lead up to the mezzanine and balcony. AO, RG 56-11-0-201-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615120679603-AOMZVXK789OY92XFOLTJ/1947+Capitol+AO+mezzanine+1947+RG+56-11-0-201-12.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 The mezzanine, reached by the stairs on either side, with the balcony doors to the right. The photo shows the washroom for the “Gentlemen,” with the “Ladies” on the opposite side. A sign on the far wall says “Silence Please” — moviegoers came and went at all times, and they had to make sure not to disturb those already inside watching. AO, RG 56-11-0-201-12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615120759201-2MNQW82QW1GVR2SWRNO7/1947+Capitol+AO+auditorium+from+stage+1947+RG+56-11-0-201-10.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 The auditorium looking out from the stage, with the projection booth up top. The cords at the front seem to mark off what would have been an orchestra pit of silent film days, done away with only in 1951. In the lobby at back, you can see the stairs going up to the mezzanine. At the very bottom of the photo there is a line of light bulbs that could be used to illuminate the stage if necessary. AO, RG 56-11-0-201-10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615121498714-MV21Z2WX5WHE3FCIKRHD/1947+Capitol+interior+ReFrame+history+AO+RG+56-11-0-201-14+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 A movie palace view from the balcony: in its prime, an ornate and splendid space. This shot appears to have been taken from the projection booth. AO, RG 56-11-0-201-14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615121571965-T67NK6C6VR3YFAIIS4VZ/1947+Capitol+screen+Ont+Arch+PM+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 Moviegoers entered the balcony by means of a central walkway, off to the left here, with the railings, and then there were stairs going up on either side. AO, RG56-11-0-201-11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615121670785-OHKUVE43UKLIUQJWPPFJ/1947+Capitol+AO+rear+exit+1947+RG+56-11-0-201-13.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Capitol Theatre, Inside/Out, 1947 Fire exit? You couldn’t get in here, but perhaps you could get out. The AO entry designated it as “rear exit.” AO, 1947, RG 56-11-0-201-13. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-capitol-theatre-entertains-the-troops monthly 0.5 2021-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614792312649-VVPO197ZPY2919YRIWCB/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-1+detail+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Soldiers from the Peterborough Garrison arrive for an evening at the Capitol Theatre, June 1940. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), VR 4574-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615044672814-2HUS95V9ZSYKSBV825T0/1939+Sept+11+p1+Canada+declares+war+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, Sept. 11, 1939, p.1. A double whammy: Canada declares war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614950154858-PPBIQRRSBK63H5WHK437/1944+Oct+30+p13+children+war+effort+theatres.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 One of countless examples of the theatres’ wartime efforts. Examiner, Oct. 30, 1944, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614960124387-TO2FOA7HO3K2FMJGXUBB/1939+Nov+28+p9+Capitol+Lion+Has+Wings+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, Nov. 28, 1939, p.9. Special showings for school children were arranged for the afternoons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614959635226-BMI5XWDLHNK1VX9W4OLJ/1939+Nov+25+p4+editorial+Lion+Has+Wings+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 The Examiner editorial writer (perhaps A.R. Kennedy) thought it was pretty darn good: “a pointed answer to the question of what we are fighting for.” Examiner, Nov. 25, 1939, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614879753866-U8A1BUE86MWU9QLOOEGR/1940+June+11+p7+Capitol+For+Freedom+snip+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, June 11, 1940, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614879806203-Y8TLYYAKA8DVTFJI082T/1940+June+13+p7+Capitol+For+Freedom.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, June 13, 1940, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614877185469-3PLOF9T1K6QU917E0TFA/1940+June+13+p11+Capitol+soldiers+march+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, June 13, 1940, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614877936350-0F6ASZMOPO6NLKX0DWYL/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-6+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 The original photo, PMA, VR 4574-6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614877306312-2G7C0WK2WXRRPUQK6I1Q/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-3+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 PMA, VR 4574-3. Above the Capitol Grill, across the street, a family looks down at the parade from an open window. (That building is no longer there.) On the southwest corner of Charlotte and George is the Canadian Department Stores building, later to be known as Eaton’s. Across the road is the old building demolished and replaced by the new Woolworth’s in the early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614877262349-2NYWUW2QGUI928XF2BU9/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-2+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 PMA, VR 4574-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614878051505-DI3Z8S3HFQTKIC9YWMGQ/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-4+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 PMA, VR 4574-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614878284146-AHZLFQI90JMN7AH3IULC/1940+June+Capitol+VR+4574-5+%28Capitol+-+Soldiers+Night%29+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Presumably, after the soldiers went in, a short lineup (with some youth cadets) remained, waiting to go in. Other than the soldiers, the photos do not indicate a very large crowd that evening. Down the street you get a partial glimpse of the abandoned Grand Opera House, soon to be demolished, just north of the J.J. Turner Building. Note also the Thursday evening “Revival Series,” which had been in place since the early 1930s: the theatre would screen older movies (in this case, Love Affair [1939], with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer). PMA, VR 4574-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614979670469-EUB0286KZ8ODBDPT1TI5/1942+April+7+p9+soldiers+march+George+near+Centre+%283%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, April 7, 1942, p.9. Soldiers march down George Street near the Centre Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617544308104-RY6AT0JFMLPVEBBP85LT/1941+Nov+7+p9+Regent+usher+Mowry+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wartime, Militarism, and Soldiers: A March to the Capitol Theatre, June 1940 Examiner, Nov. 7, 1941, p.9. Regent Theatre usher Babe Mowry goes off to war. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/he-was-no-svengali-but-the-original-sevengala-came-to-the-grand-opera-house monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580171701929-DALDGUVJX5ADACYSN60L/Hunter+Street+postcard+undated+original+Sevengala+Oct+8+1906+Grand+Opera+House.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 Hunter and Water streets, 1906, postcard, Trent Valley Archives, F400. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580222859815-NXPRP70XPVSZ0WLY9MKH/Hunter+Street+postcard+detail+man+crossing+street+Oct+8+1906+Grand+Opera+House.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580172289611-L7QFG5FQWXEX52HZLPGW/Hunter+Street+postcard+detail+Sevengala+poster+Oct+8+1906+Grand+Opera+House.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 A detail from the Hunter and Water street photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580173289173-MCVQJJ5D85CZ0DOI3N7X/1906+Oct+9+p4+Rev+headline.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 Peterborough Examiner, Oct. 5, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580227665739-XK2HYX9NUP24ZDZXAMVW/1906+Oct+5+p8+GOH+Sevengala+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 Examiner, Oct. 5, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580227150432-WNXYSDEM0O67FFH1IGBI/1906+re+Sevengala+Mack+Wds+of+Advice+p1+snip.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 “A Few Words of Advice to Amateurs in Regard to Giving a Public Exhibition,” in Hypnotism and Hypnotic Suggestion, by Thirty Authors, New York, 1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580172909524-VX0A1NP71DNOTHL5XBIN/1909+book+My+Lady+Vaudeville+and+her+White+Rats+George+Fuller+Golden+Professional+Cards+section+at+end+of+book.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 From “Professional Cards,” np, in George Fuller Golden, My Lady Vaudeville and Her White Rats, New York, 1909. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580223516769-XCF79JDHWYBQVQ0N2HJG/1906+Oct+8+p4+Exam+Sevengala+pic+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 Examiner, Oct. 8, 1906, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580227516726-O4HLIA9S87LGZGWF0VVO/1906+Oct+9+p11+Exam+Sevengala+headline.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1609158956310-QW4PXFFLIHS3N7MON6DA/1906+re+Sevengala+bk+cover+with+Adkin+How+to+Give+np.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 New York State Publishing Co., 1900, reprinted 1906, with Walter C. Mack offering “a few words of advice” for those interested in the art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1580226179239-X83NWOJG47UXV9JV5QRE/1906+Oct+15+p4+Exam+Guerin+snip.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - He Was No “Svengali” – but the “Original” Sevengala Came to the Grand Opera House, 1906 Examiner, Oct. 15, 1906, p.4. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/movie-going-in-the-great-depression-sophistication-or-light-nothingness-comedy-wins-out-in-peterborough monthly 0.5 2020-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559674912106-JGACHFMIKOGZARC4PFIW/1932+Aug+19+p9+Good+Comedy+small+top.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movie-going in the Great Depression: Sophistication or Light Nothingness? Or: how we learned (as much as possible) to enjoy the Depression — at least at the moving picture show? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559679872466-0BXMMP8Q86UT5EI592MI/1932+Feb+16+p9+Garbo+%26+Gable+Susan+Lenox+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movie-going in the Great Depression: Sophistication or Light Nothingness? Capitol Theatre ad, Examiner, Feb. 16, 1932, p.9. Garbo and Gable — together: not so popular. And an “all-Canadian film” too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559676312091-1YSOIJYDWDZ0OLTFTSC4/1929+June+8+p7+Stewart+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movie-going in the Great Depression: Sophistication or Light Nothingness? Capitol Manager John A. Stewart. Examiner, June 8, 1929, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559679442714-T4NIRJ4GOLQ68Z0WX6KT/1933+July+14+p13+Capitol+Hell+Below+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movie-going in the Great Depression: Sophistication or Light Nothingness? Examiner, July 17, 1933, p.13. Mickey Mouse the new star makes many appearances in the ads, 1932—33. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559779395622-VPOAE4Z0WZJN5LU4GF4I/1933+Feb+25+p13+Regent+Buck+Jones+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movie-going in the Great Depression: Sophistication or Light Nothingness? Examiner, Feb. 25, 1933, p.13. The Regent Theatre served up Westerns aplenty. “Quality Entertainment at Popular Prices.” https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/ace-bailey-goes-to-the-movies-and-gets-a-pro-hockey-contract monthly 0.5 2020-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556289227743-HZ2E3OODTO34JOON3WMG/1930+Nov+24+p9+Ace+Bailey+pic.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556290079714-110XTV5GPX6RVO0EN0HY/1930+Nov+24+p9+Bailey+headline.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Peterborough Evening Examiner, Nov. 24, 1930, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291271145-Z7Z85Y3DC0XHY86G2UU6/1926+March+8+p11+Regent+%26+hockey.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Examiner, Monday, March 8, 1926, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291329465-R84HVNZW4S1UX1JEEORY/1925+Feb+13+Royal+Greater+Than+Marriage+%26+hockey.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Examiner, Feb. 13, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291020054-VZ049E1M8MLQFTWQJUPE/1926+March+8+p1+Regent+hockey.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Examiner, March 8, 1926, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291146913-OW1EFH6TO1BOQN6HG4HM/1926+March+8+p1+hockey+Victoria+Hall.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Examiner, Monday, March 8, 1926, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291217401-XEFC5NFQ6B40TT5H8YQZ/1926+Jan+21+p1+Regent+banner+hockey.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Examiner, Jan. 21, 1926. Movies, music, and hockey scores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598098705823-V1BGOS6WTM2I9LZY96ZF/1950+July+14+p14+hockey+story+Bailey+snip.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract “Hockey Played for Years on Pond Near Lacrosse Box Site,” Examiner, July 14, 1950, p.14. Bailey’s Peterborough hockey team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1556291881399-MDNFUUCIG8OE9BPK8RKR/Ace_bailey_1934.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Ace Bailey Goes to the Movies–and Gets a Pro Hockey Contract Ace Bailey, publicity photo for the 1933–34 season. Wikipedia Commons. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/how-to-not-enjoy-the-movies-in-a-beautiful-new-palace-of-the-silent-art-1921 monthly 0.5 2023-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541511232135-ZWHGLH62FE2QCOGDXHSG/1921+Oct+12+p14+How+to+enjoy+snip+2.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541600256416-DVVOUQCJPDFTMO82CRDS/1921+Oct+12+p14+How+to+Enjoy.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541512805319-7U15PPW58V4S7834NA6Y/1921+Oct+1+p14+GOH+ads+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 1, 1921, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541512560482-D5O9UVQANA7ARLVGDFD8/1921+April+16+p19+Cap+opening+new.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Announcing the Capitol, with its wicker chairs: Examiner, April 18, 1921, p.18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541601776326-OF78WC61BWCL77BM7FQA/1921+Oct+1+p16+Capitol+Guilty+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 1, 1921, p.16 — the Capitol entertainment, with vaudeville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608827475952-CTHN16J4F40DSWXG5ELB/1921+Oct+1+p14+Allen+ad+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 1, 1921, p.14. The Allen advertised no vaudeville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541602210446-KZUSCCSTBYBOVQJ6AK36/1921+Oct+7+p18+Capitol+Footlights+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 7, 1921, p.18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541602597759-UZ13DHGC30GNE8ZR3TC5/1921+Oct+10+p10+Capitol+Woman+God+Chged+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 10, 1921, p.1. In all of these movies it is possible that the leading men, who in each case save the day, kissed the heroines at the end of the films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1541602720005-MV8UHYANYEF2LF8591Y5/1921+Oct+10+p1.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - How to [Not?] Enjoy the Movies in a “Beautiful New Palace of the Silent Art” – 1921 Examiner, Oct. 10, 1921, p.1. Big competition: a front-page banner for the return of a classic at popular prices. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/sxx07qazu9ngwj0314q807ndkd7t7r monthly 0.5 2021-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620991537345-FDKVE768XQPAW20V9BQV/1920+March+19+p9+Empire+%282%29+resize.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre - Make it stand out Peterborough Examiner, March 19, 1920, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540219923807-K7LGM663AX1OLF9Y8O9C/Empire+Theatre%2C+C.R.+Banks%2C+in+Overland+car%2C+with+children%2C+early+1920s.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Empire Theatre. C.R. Banks, in Overland car with children, 226 Charlotte St., early 1920s. Courtesy Trent Valley Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590265525271-W2D4KGCSOBTRZD7DUFGE/1914+July+11+Mvg+Pic+Wld+p195+Blache+women.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Moving Picture World, July 11, 1914, p.195. Alice Guy-Blaché (also known as Alice Guy or Alice Blaché), born in Paris in 1873, became the head of production of the French Gaumont film company in 1896 and a pioneer director — from 1896 to 1906, says Alison McMahan, “probably the only woman director in the world.” She later moved with her husband to the United States and founded her own production company there. She made films until at least 1920 and returned to France in 1923. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540647468833-GGI0HD8GSX9QJNVKDMJ5/1916+Sept+23+1916+p1850+Mtn+Pic+News+feminist+theatre+mgr.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Motion Picture News, Sept. 23, 1916, p1850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540647593862-IOM36X6QC3P116RWSPS0/1918+February+p36+Mtn+Pic+Mag+feminist.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Motion Picture Magazine, February 1918, p.36. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590324923452-5R7VX5XRVGJULC0JV9RR/women+in+film+industry+Armitage+Moore+%26+Pelletier.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590324950501-417L79ABBCD0M6EQ2JWB/women+in+film+industry+Armitage%2C+Moore+and+Pelletier+Women+Film+Pioneers+Project.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Although there were many women working in the industry, all was not well; and it would get worse over the years. “The Absence of Canadian Women in the Silent Picture Industry,” from Women Pioneers Film Project, “a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540220355212-R3GQEDH5DTNKMCAFA0LZ/1919+April+5+p13+MPW.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Moving Picture World, April 5, 1920, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540221183393-0FVMIWMP19H4L4PNECGY/1919+Experimental+Marriage+Lobby+cards.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Lobby card, 1919. Thanks to Doctor Macro website, http://doctormacro.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540333990150-66VUOX34JHSNPE12Y1G9/1920+Darkest+Hour+poster+IMDb.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre The Darkest Hour poster, IMDb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540221700017-2351J5NGFYGRNPTQGOE5/1919+Dec+6+MPW+p661+Darkest+Hour.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Motion Picture World, Dec. 6, 1919, p.661. A woman in overalls, just like the man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540225906998-JCBTT54IF9SRHV42GZSO/1920+March+19+scenic+ad+snip.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620992331404-HBI8DHZROY9CINSSEBSS/1921+April+28+p11+ads+Empire+%26+Regent+resize+%283%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre - Make it stand out Examiner, April 28, 1921, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540222003619-5I0JX5MMRRARWONNY5DY/1920+Tiger%27s+Cub+IMDb.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Women in Silent Film Days: Politics and An Evening’s Entertainment at the Empire Theatre Lobby card, 1920, IMDb. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/96dkzt6mrr2z6qw8qz6gj5q4wj3zpk monthly 0.5 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523754854454-YXPCG6UFBF9WY1R8MZSX/Sarah+Truax+in+Garden+of+Allah+from+Woman+of+Parts.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523756284232-9E3IUUAGOM7Q3ZULSJHX/Sarah+Truax%2C+c.1904+The+Two+Orphans+Macauley.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 (Above) In November 1904 Sarah Truax performed in The Two Orphans, at Macaulay’s Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo from Macauley's Theatre Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523912802685-TLCNKUCO3JG2407B3RAW/sarah+truax+Lady+Godiva+1.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 Sarah Truax in the title role of "Lady Godiva." Theatre Magazine, July 1902. The play was performed at the Grand Opera House, Pittsburgh, in June 1902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523904345444-3EESTLTKO8YKD70KZFXC/Sarah+Truax+as+Lady+Godiva.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523756449762-Z7B0ROQQSAIT6PU8Z9WM/Sarah+Truax+Photoplay+July+1916+p54.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 Photoplay magazine, July 1916, p.54. The attraction was called "Shakespeare in the Canyon” – a production of Julius Caesar, on May 19, 1916, the tercentenary of Shakespeare’s death – performed outdoors in an amphitheatre in Hollywood, with a large cast of stars, including Sarah. Followed by a performance indoors on June 5, the event, boasting a cast of 5,000, was reportedly greeted by an audience of 40,000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523882444755-EJ6F3689OND7PQPV68QC/1925+Nov+4+p11+Truax+Foot+loose.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 Examiner, Nov. 4, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523882745768-HIES67V2HW925IAADC9Q/1925+Nov+5+p15+Truax+ad.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 Examiner, Nov. 5, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523756846739-H7ZR0C2UUHJNVB9ZPEVU/Sarah+Truax+scan01262.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1610311778939-HP2WG1U9UXDYAY59G0N2/1925+Nov+3+p11+GOH+Truax+Haversham+pt1+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 Examiner, Nov. 3, 1925, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523756178792-5XPAVFYKIXD5IA5ZUWB7/Sarah+Truax+%28Earnest+really%29+Fluffy+1965.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - My American Cousin – On Stage at the Grand Opera House, 1925 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/glimpses-of-the-early-movie-going-audience-in-peterborough monthly 0.5 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1609194126385-KZ4VQ8OBYUSS78T8F0B8/1914+March+18+p10+Quo+Vadis+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Peterborough Examiner, March 18, 1914, p.10. Direct from Italy, among the first “big” pictures to come to town — and one of the first big ads complete with an image. “Your money back if not satisfied.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523231675931-BOXEXU57CSFFP7IQ25FZ/1914+Jan+27+p7+Royal+come+and+stay.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 27, 1914, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523202528617-URNB9J337KZPYN1E5K5E/1908+Sept+18+Simpson+dropped+into+the+Royal+one+day.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Peterborough Examiner, Sept. 18, 1908. One day Simpson dropped into the Royal Theatre to see a film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523233299472-0YDQAYILCEZZ62391A8Z/1909+Feb+25+p1+Walsh.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Examiner, Feb. 25, 1909, p.1. What Fred Simpson went to see at the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523203028235-878TD7YP4JAEAJZTH1Z4/Fred+Simpson+PMA+photo+1907.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Fred Simpson, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Peterborough Museum and Archives, 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523203194209-G12HTVWDG98BEPZIDM46/McCarthy+diary+opening.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough The first page of Cathleen McCarthy's diary. Trent Valley Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523203577576-1YA45131JHVRQZZOKB9S/A+young+Cathleen+McCarthy+TVA.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough A young but avid motion-picture-goer Cathleen McCarthy. TVA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523203969849-REOYU1JBLG783LCWI561/1907+Sept+25+p5+Crystal+Jim%27s.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Peterborough Examiner, Sept. 25, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523309380430-0ENRDTKRD8ICKUYJBS5I/Grant+Alexander+halfshot+Bio+3822-2+PMA.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Alexander Grant and his wife, Maude, on their wedding day. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523309124484-O3DQ0ICDZMTGBZL13B95/Grant+Maude%2C+wedding+day+Bio+3809+PMA.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1523274697298-SLZG9S9NAIUNDFQVL6F0/1912+Jan+Uncle+Tom%27s+Cabin+GOH.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Glimpses of the Early Movie-Going Audience in Peterborough Presentations of Uncle Tom's Cabin, as both live theatre and motion pictures, were regular features in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This "newest edition of the Oldest Hit" came to town in January 1912. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-jazz-age-of-amusement-not-to-everyones-liking monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1511622315391-XZLCGZHL2SQ68MJDEDF0/1925+Nov+30+p1+Royal+banner.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Jazz “Age of Amusement” – Not to Everyone’s Liking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608846618616-TTZ0R08USL6RFF8181ND/1925+Nov+30+p11+Royal+ad+Reveille+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Jazz “Age of Amusement” – Not to Everyone’s Liking Examiner, Nov. 30, 1925, Jan. 15, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1511623609739-Q9K5PVFLICCNDWJVKYAJ/image-asset.jpeg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Jazz “Age of Amusement” – Not to Everyone’s Liking Examiner ad, April 29, 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608847366803-K22XUWDZMK0KQRNJL4BN/1907+Sept+23+p5+Newhall+pic+from+article+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Jazz “Age of Amusement” – Not to Everyone’s Liking Examiner, Sept. 23, 1907, p.5. A young Sam Newhall, after reporting on a trip across the Atlantic and back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608846237897-S2FSVWB618YR58KFS56L/1925+Nov+3+p11+Royal+%26+Newhall+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Jazz “Age of Amusement” – Not to Everyone’s Liking Examiner, Nov. 3, 1925, p.11. Imaginative advertising. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/watching-a-movie-at-the-grand-opera-house-1928 monthly 0.5 2021-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1512331778531-45FRDX02XTHAJQYYHVY7/1928+Feb+Wings_poster%5B1%5D.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wings: Watching a Movie at the Grand Opera House, 1928 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617027999125-ITL77ABKCHFR4TETBXWM/1928+Feb+23+p13+GOH+Wings+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wings: Watching a Movie at the Grand Opera House, 1928 Examiner, Feb. 23, 1928, p.13. Wings would return in June for a second run — and would be the last film shown at the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590237956094-EBKZQQTLLG9BNTFDQE60/1928+Feb+28+p3+J+He+Sees+Wings+snip.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wings: Watching a Movie at the Grand Opera House, 1928 Examiner, Feb. 28, 1928, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1507992793549-FCWVGZTA4ZNM6DE9SA8P/1928+Jan+6+p13+Capitol+ad+Somme.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Wings: Watching a Movie at the Grand Opera House, 1928 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/royal-theatre-january-1909 monthly 0.5 2020-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608916966222-5QRWSPPW5O53P5562V3P/Royal+Theatre+1+Jan+25+to+27+1909+Mary+Stuart+played+%284%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Royal Theatre, January 1909 The Royal Theatre, c.1909, Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), 2000-012(629-1). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608915993828-65EZAHDEIDS4ZI75MAB1/1909%2BJan%2B25%2Bp1%2BRoyal%2BMary%2BStuart%2B%25282%2529.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Royal Theatre, January 1909 Examiner, Jan. 25, 1909, p.1. “Scotch Night” at the Royal, with the film Mary Stuart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540759673220-YRUGSFVRD2A9SQ2XNM3L/1908+July+29+p1+Pappas+ad.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Royal Theatre, January 1909 Evening Examiner, July 10, 1908, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608917317143-5APACII4SGW99UOUPMCW/1909+Feb+26+Royal+Walsh+cont+success+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Royal Theatre, January 1909 Examiner, Feb. 26, 1909, p.1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/newsboys-outside-the-royal-theatre-1917 monthly 0.5 2022-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6d76c7fc-81c5-4a5a-84e9-0b559b7fc114/Royal+Theatre%2C+newsboys+%28MS%29+%5BRP%5D.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Newsboys outside the Royal Theatre, 1917 Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 2000-012-002915-1 (Newsboys at Royal - Feb 1917), courtesy Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/76022549-3f98-4585-9549-73708a543159/Royal+Theatre+1+Jan+25+to+27+1909+Mary+Stuart+played+%284%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Newsboys outside the Royal Theatre, 1917 - Make it stand out The Royal Theatre in 1909. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), 2000-012(629-1). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7349c197-c49a-4a6d-aa82-6877b91217a8/1917+Royal+photo+newsboys+snip.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Newsboys outside the Royal Theatre, 1917 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608920372763-VFYCTF4TVFDWKZ4SCQI6/1917+Feb+10+p17+Royal+Girl+Fisco+Pay+Dirt+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Newsboys outside the Royal Theatre, 1917 Examiner, Feb. 10, 1917, p.17. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-empire-theatre-july-1919 monthly 0.5 2020-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1503358193715-B01GWUFIEJPNABVWTAKT/Empire+Theatre%2C+C.R.+Banks%2C+in+Overland+car%2C+with+children%2C+early+1920s.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Empire Theatre, July 1919 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-royal-theatre-1917-1 monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616079239950-SPXSUN34X1R5MTZ6REQK/Royal+Th+1929+PMA+2000-012-003747-2+%283%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Royal Theatre, 1927 – Two Years After It Closed https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/the-theatre-district-1961 monthly 0.5 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3a079cd6-6b02-44b4-a406-111aab2e86c1/George+St+south+of+Charlotte+early+60s.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Closing of the Capitol Theatre, 1961 - Make it stand out “Theatre row” (or the “Entertainment District”), but not for much longer: George Street, looking south from Charlotte, showing Capitol, Odeon, and Paramount, 1961. Cimarron played at the Capitol for three days starting Thursday, July 20. (It had been down the street at the Paramount, June 14th to 17th.) The theatre closed about a month later, so this vista would not be in place for much longer. Trent Valley Archives, Electric City Collection, F50. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1aa15e95-930a-4c11-8ec8-ea71e23e3049/1961+July+19+p28+Capitol+Cimarron+to+start+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Closing of the Capitol Theatre, 1961 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 19, 1961, p.28. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615153190127-KDIATSOAVQ5SJ8XRYRC6/1953+April+2+p7+Paramount+Capitol+Million+Dollar+Mermaid+Foto+Nite+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Closing of the Capitol Theatre, 1961 Examiner, April 2, 1953, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a16e8b41-8f98-4cf1-b95a-763831cd4a2f/1961+Aug+19+p20+Capitol+last+ad+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Closing of the Capitol Theatre, 1961 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 19, 1961. The end of the days for a movie palace. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/movies-and-music-at-the-crystal-theatre-1910 monthly 0.5 2024-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593984444098-RDOI3SUTGVHQ4PGID7YR/Crystal+Shepperley+Sisters+detail+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movies and Music at the Crystal Theatre, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1540497649900-IGHULQGHEPADZNA62VY2/1910+Jan+31+Exam+p1+Shepps.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - Movies and Music at the Crystal Theatre, 1910 Evening Examiner, Jan. 31, 1910, p.1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/2017/7/30/the-legend-of-groucho-and-the-marx-brothers-in-peterborough monthly 0.5 2023-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603467070451-798371OQIVU02MBOE1QH/1950+July+14+p13+Marx+Bros+headline.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough Peterborough Examiner, July 14, 1950, Centennial section, p.13. But the Marx Bros did not come to town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501445013425-S8FG5P7MZF9KWF0VYVX7/image-asset.jpeg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626740497278-U0OGS3VVLBI0JR4UBFQB/1910+Sept+16+p9+Marks+Bros.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough Peterborough Examiner, Sept. 19, 1910, p.11. The other Marks Bros., on one of their many stops in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1547834595445-H9R12JX7USC7ZZNRQ2HO/1906%2BNov%2B17%2Bvariety%2Bp17%2BJulius%2BMarx%2Bsnip2.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough Variety, Nov. 17, 1906, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592493096148-V0KPLUKQSYBCN59SHTLE/1906+Nov+3+p12+GOH+Man+of+Her+Choice+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough Examiner, Nov. 3, 1906, p.12. Groucho Marx at popular prices — not as yet a headliner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1542464917085-M08TT70ZIJ6UFQMCZ3Z9/1906+Nov+5+p8+Daily+Eve+Review+Marx+%283%29+snip.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough Peterborough Daily Evening Review, Nov. 5, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592493505732-ADQRFL6TKIG6V0ZG8EVJ/1906+Nov+10+NY+clipper+p1001+Marx+Julius+%282%29.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough “Music and Song,” New York Clipper, Nov. 10, 1906, p.1001. The young Julius Marx, “boy soprano,” has a hit or two on his hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626740987497-QCS8PHXWE5UT7LPHR30L/1929+Sept+11+p17+Cocoanuts.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough When the Marx Brothers did finally come to town, it was on screen at the Capitol Theatre, in their first movie as a group, The Cocoanuts, in 1929, and time and again after that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/060ca615-b0a3-4db1-a798-1c360e634aa0/1933+Dec+27+p9+Capitol+new+year%27s+Marx+Bros+Duck+Soup+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 27, 1933, p.9. A special new year’s preview of Duck Soup, which opened on Thursday, Jan. 4, for three days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626741581296-EKA1WYDEAWHHVYVXDNCE/1936+Jan+11+p9+Capitol+Marx+Bros+%284%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - The Legend of Groucho and the Marx Brothers in Peterborough - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 11, 1936, p.9. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing/2017/7/30/a-new-treat-comes-to-town-and-receives-a-mixed-welcome monthly 0.5 2020-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501445088808-RBVKJM9L1NZ61CGX5UXP/handcranked-ice-cream-maker.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608991245678-XOEUV0QLCFGRGURDFDK7/1908+June+16+p4+Exam+ice+cream+man.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome Examiner, June 16, 1908, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608991661373-JXI6B3FEA1DPBAEQRLTS/1907+June+7+p7+Exam+Long+Bros+ice+cream+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome Examiner, June 7, 1907, p.7. Peterborough had its fair share of ice cream parlours in the first decade of the twentieth century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608992515453-KXCPTW235OE0GN1JQXLH/1907+June+7+p7+Hoopers+ice+cream+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome Examiner, June 7, 1907, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608992630596-6YJYUQLFD1FKMBNEMEDB/1907+June+15+p2+Demetres+ice+cream+%282%29.JPG Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome Examiner, June 15, 1907, p.2. The city fathers did not want the ice cream man to take business away from the downtown parlours and stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608991376164-V11IC20AU5IHA0FPGAVA/ice+cream+cone+BZ_KawarthaCone___Super_Portrait.jpg Photos & Stories: more research into Peterborough's movie-going history - A New Treat Comes to Town, and Receives a Mixed Welcome Nowadays Peterborough has some of the finest ice cream around. 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Roger Whittaker’s review column appeared regularly in the paper from autumn 1955 to spring 1956. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589559211040-UR2JLXS6M3AXGGN12G1H/1938+Oct+20+p11+What%27s+on+at+the+movies+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - What’s Doing at the Movies?— Introduction Examiner, Oct. 20, 1938, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589559473798-PO79JZU1CU01WQESUMLF/1909+Jan+2+p1+Royal+Great+Selvin.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - What’s Doing at the Movies?— Introduction Examiner, Jan. 2, 1909, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589559892852-5BEDPZJXNJKNT70YA1NV/1925+Sept+26+p11+Capitol+Crowe+apology+for+hype+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - What’s Doing at the Movies?— Introduction Examiner, Sept. 26, 1925, p.11. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/in-the-days-before-cinema--1 monthly 0.5 2021-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586014051307-SP7JBVLJZ7LBSLXZ12JU/Bradburn+O+H+drawing+PMA+3.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Bradburn’s Opera House (or Town Hall), George Street, on the east side north of Charlotte, c.1870s. The opera house itself was on the third floor of this building. The space, later called Victoria Hall, was little used after the Grand Opera House opened in 1905; but it was still there, at least in tatters, when the building was demolished in the mid-1970s to make way for Peterborough Square. In 1890 the clock and bell on this structure were moved next door, to the top of the new Market Hall. Image courtesy of Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586014826080-92I0GZYE7CI1LKVPGJNV/1859+Aug+11+p1+Examiner+masthead+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586778131276-FD71WBONXHFKKGNRFB9D/1889+Aug+31+np+Barnum+circus+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586778168390-DII6SA18IWABJ46FNJBQ/1889+Aug+31+np+Barnum+circus+top+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586778425150-V031TAFT71L10XMNS4P9/1889+Aug+31+np+Barnum+circus+bottom+ad+2JPG+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586778230960-59L209KJURUDUIAXXT5X/1889+Aug+31+np+Barnum+circus+middle+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588191116775-VEGIR88HKN0ORZ3B6FZE/1871+Bailey+%26+Co+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, July 6, 1871. The Bailey & Co Circus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588191148390-B8NY2YTJ7BAD0TYH29QX/1874+July+24+Barnum+circus+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, July 24, 1874. And the Barnum Circus. “1000 Men and Horses!” Eventually they joined forces. Thanks to Ken Brown for these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586015017479-2IIUV0M247O1FTP29OXS/1856+Sept+12+p3+Pbo+Review+Joe+Pentland+1+straight.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Peterborough Review, Sept. 12, 1856. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586015073435-S2NXUXBNWT98PCWRB8CO/1858+July+15+Exam+Rivers+Derious+top.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Peterborough Examiner, July 15, 1858. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586015145260-PCV74H9DE2MI5GB5CV99/1859+Aug+11+np+%5B3%5D+Town+Hall+vocalists+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Aug. 11, 1859. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588175219715-91VB21563834G1C54YQU/1850+July+11+Wkly+Desp+town+hall+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Peterborough Weekly Despatch, July 11, 1850. When some building was needed, not just for amusement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588175276574-KHIHWL8BMO2MIGH0UOJS/1850+July+25+Wkly+Despatch+lecture+Oddfellows+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Weekly Despatch, July 25, 1850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593170215834-6UJE7FCMLE08VWCIYW8J/1862+Nov+27+np+Exam+Town+Hall+Wild+Men+Borneo.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Nov. 27, 1862, np. The attraction of the exotic: encountering (to some strange degree) “the other.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588189350755-H3055B7X850WW771ZM85/1876+Nov+2+old+meth+church+Tom+Thumb+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Nov. 2, 1876. Gen. Tom Thumb and his wife also came to town, to yet another short-lived venue. The “Old Methodist Church” was on George Street, across from what became the site of the George St. Methodist/United Church (now Emmanuel). After it was left unoccupied with the planned move of the church to its new location across the street, businessman T.E. Bradburn took over the church and presented “attractions” there for a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586016086990-QTQXLSGGL9FUBQOIXELZ/1860+June+7+np+%5B3%5D+Town+Hall+minstrels+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, June 7, 1860. The “Ethiopian minstrels” returned on Feb. 7, 1861. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593171236080-C2MGGSME8X1QHT3NK2MZ/1862+Dec+4+np+Exam+Town+Hall+Drama+Club+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Dec. 4, 1862, np. This performance was notable because of “the perfect order” at the event. “There was none of that whistling, hooting or stamping, generally carried on at public gatherings.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593170983244-MPBBJLS6YEBHHVZRHX5I/1862+Jan+30+np+Exam+Town+Hall+Royal+Adelphi+group+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Jan. 30, 1862, np. Large audiences turn out for the Royal Adelphi Dramatic Troupe at the Town Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593174671522-GIZ8PEEBY47SZ8YMOXQJ/1876+Nov+16+old+methodist+church+Tom+Thumb.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Nov. 16, 1876, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586016140488-ITJKPC9LIBELFVXTP4KC/1861+Jan+3+%28KB+thinks%29+grand+indian+exhibition.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Jan. 3, 1861. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588175319287-K6SEWRJMUP5RCJ5KQOYZ/1863+Dec+3+Victoria+Hall+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Dec. 3, 1863. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593170376896-86XHTJBCQ8MG7N0XYR5N/1863+Jan+8+np+Exam+Town+Hall+Russell+panorama.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Jan. 8, 1863, np. A precursor of cinema: the panorama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586016220407-4BKOZ8PMYO9KTRWNJL47/1864+Oct+16+np+Pbo+Examiner+zographicon+snip+KB.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Oct. 16, 1864. By the 1860s many local organizations were holding grand “balls” at Victoria Hall and (later) Hill’s Music Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588189781258-AED5CFE5FHL0HV469KMJ/1871+Feb+16+np+Zographicon+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Feb. 16, 1871. The return of the Zographicon. This time it was in Hill’s Music Hall. “The scenes are beautiful, and the painting, we understand, well and good; Scotch and American scenes principally, except ‘Ten Nights in a Bar-room’ which are the same everywhere.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593175666153-WE073LE2H6DKYAU7IUA0/1872+Feb+29+np+Hills+music+hall+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Feb. 29, 1872, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588175367658-H2483QCJZXG8TEVKLC57/1873+May+22+Exam+Hill+music+hall+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, May 22, 1873. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586017215822-KKQN5LTZ2U9KDZ0FQNCS/1876+1214+Bradburn+Ad+snip+2+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Dec. 14, 1876. A month after the Bradburn opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586017367361-G4XC9EV7045GCSB1RNE0/1880+Bradburn+ad+Remenyi+KB.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Supplement to the Review, Oct. 8, 1880. Courtesy of Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586017668484-T3UQEKJCZB2CW3NYJA1D/1887+Sept+8+Examiner+Bradburn%27s+KB.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Sept. 8, 1887. “White and Colored. The Only Double Company in Existence.” Of particular interest: “Edison’s Electric Parlor Light” — an eventual replacement for the flickering and hazardous gas lamps of the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586099228051-79EPL0TMS6A3H5IT8GGP/1881+Feb+4+Bradburn%27s+Ken+Brown+sent+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Feb. 4, 1881. That was to laugh! — especially with the “celebreties.” For over three decades, c.1865—1900, Charles Davis traveled far and wide across the continent (he was spotted in Nanaimo, B.C., in 1893, for instance), making a small fortune with his vaudeville act, enough eventually to buy a theatre in Pittsburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586109306394-OE07O1XWIN7IK3AWKIRF/1886+March+26+Brad+Op+House+Glassford.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, March 26, 1886, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588245894647-LMCVWH107PCJLV1OIVOO/1893+July+6+Pawnee+Bill+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, July 6, 1893, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586109343665-QDWRM9H0WK8BCI0UQ0MN/1893+13+May+opera+house+girls+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, May 13,1893, np. Thanks to Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588246238972-N0MKAAO76IK8EGPI05OD/1895+Feb+5+np+Daily+Exam+Bradburn+Hall+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - Before Cinema: Plenty of Amusements to Be Had Examiner, Feb. 5, 1895, np. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/the-arrival-of-cinema-january-1897 monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586105983126-BONUEALDEAGYCWHM86LA/1897+Jan+21+p1+Daily+Review+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Peterborough Daily Review, Jan. 21, 1897. Business as usual — except that was the day of the arrival of a phenomenal new “amusement.” Some twenty years later, along with some partners, the jeweler Frank Schneider (his ads are at the top of the page here) would take up the motion picture theatre business himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586106793895-6OPKWD6WT6T1LMIOAJQJ/1897+Jan+13+p5+Daily+Rev+cinemat+ad+placed+8+times+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Peterborough Daily Review, Jan. 13, 1897, p.5. The arrival of the Lumière brothers’ cinematographe (originating in France) at Bradburn’s Opera House marked the first appearance of motion pictures in the city. The Daily Review ran this ad for eight days; the Examiner also had heavy advertising for the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586108193039-T6GGJIZK8OW1930T73E7/1896+The+Phonoscope+November+p12.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After From The Phonoscope (a magazine out of New York City), November 1896, p.12. This sketch appeared just a few months before the Cinematographe came to Peterborough: a larger auditorium than the Bradburn, but a glimpse from the time of what it might have been like to be there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586108362233-1P6BFXBYJ98BA2J1QYK1/1897+Jan+22+p+Examiner+cinematographe.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Jan. 22, 1897, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586108398835-V4SSLFIM9B03LVIO26SV/1897+Jan+26+p4+Daily+Rev+cinemat+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Daily Review, Jan. 26, 1897, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600612988244-2V4H7IG720B8PGUF0URL/1898+Sept+2+np+Exam+cinematographe+at+fair+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Sept. 2, 1898, np. The Morning Times (middle, here) says it was a “dark tent.” The Examiner (above and to the right) identifies the tent as “blue.” All of them assured that it was the “best” attraction to be found at the fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600613040033-MAU9VIXAJ31ZCTF4EEKZ/1898+Sept+29+np+Morn+Times+mvg+pics+Pbo+Fair.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Morning Times, Sept. 29, 1898, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600613093042-RSG4POT0Y1AAJQLJ62FU/1898+Sept+30+np+Exam+cinematographe+at+fair.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Sept. 30, 1898, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586110509536-TYJHMKYVLM8R4ERMK0QR/1897+Oct+8+np+Daily+Exam+Bradburn+Veriscope+etc+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Oct. 8, 1897, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586112836875-786LLKM55HIOM4049FZV/1898+March+10+np+Exam+mvg+pics+Bradburn+2+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, March 10, 1898. An event at Bradburn’s Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586121838551-Z7V8V2Y5HRQOZ7D90IEL/1904+March+24+p4+mvg+pics+Bradburn+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, March 24, 1904. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586121918380-VIG41F72THXG6X486IZJ/1904+June+6+p5+Russo+Jap+War.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, June 6, 1904. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592487001763-M4XOQH40W0T06ZJ5AQOM/1908+June+30+KB.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Daily Review, June 30, 1908. For several years, thousands of people went out to the park for the pictures and band music. You could take a street car to the park for a nickel; or get there on your own for free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586120487649-ONU4IQUE2BSNBNG4E9TC/1902+Sept+10+p5+Coronation+of+King.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Above: Examiner, Sept. 7, 1902. The Kilties were the band of the 48th Highlanders, “the Crack Musical Organization of the Dominion.” This special event was held at the Market Hall because the Bradburn was otherwise booked that evening; it was an adjunct to that year’s Peterborough Central Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586119644871-RVBGYK1PAHC8WWUYTI2D/1904+Feb+3+p4+mvg+pics+St+Andrews+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Feb. 3, 1904. A moving picture at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church hall — again, the coronation pictures, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586121659282-2697T68U7OGTHJYUOO8U/1904+March+23+Daily+Rev+p4+Mvg+Pics+Brad+OH.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Daily Review, March 23, 1904. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586112770555-QB78AZJMW9IVYLIZAKQ8/1903+Aug+26+p1+elect+exhibit+mvg+pics+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Aug. 26,1903, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586120428626-CQFEVKPKLNR7VZ9EM9E2/1903+Dec+24+p2+elect+exhibit+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Dec. 24, 1903, p.2. The “Electrical Exhibit” returns, to a different vacant storefront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586122384849-N6MVCF11DXH8L4MO2SGI/1905+July+29+p1+Rev+mvg+pics.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, July 29, 1905, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592486770996-APVLGAG58XZNL99NTKN4/1906+Sept+26+p7+Pbo+Ex+mvg+pics+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Sept. 26, 1906, p.7. Before theatres: moving pictures in a tent at the Peterborough Exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586110710245-DQ3IZ6PG9Y4PX1ZMLV35/1906+Sept+7+p1+Eve+Exam+Shep+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The Arrival of Cinema, January 1897—and After Examiner, Sept. 17, 1906, p.1. Archie L. Shepard (his name misspelled in the ad) was among the most prominent itinerant film exhibitors of the time, with more than one unit on the road and travelling widely, mostly in New England, from as early as fall 1903. The statement “Come Where You Can Sit and Be Comfortable” is a veiled reference to the bumpy hillside-grass competition of the popular and more democratic summer screenings at Jackson Park. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/the-1900s-and-the-arrival-of-nickel-theatres monthly 0.5 2021-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586211411982-HRGJTJ9182JK9IZU9R45/1907+July+25+p8+Wonderland+ad+larger+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, July 25, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586264239936-AVI8TS7DDZI7CBH2BBSN/1907+Jan+26+p11+Coll+ad+4+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Jan. 26, 1907, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586263879357-N1OQB0XHWXYUSP628AV1/1907+April+1+p7+Colloseum.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, April 1, 1907, p.7. Early on it was “Cowboys and Indians”: establishing a popular genre from the very beginning, one that would dominate for decades. Indigenous peoples in Canada – marginalized, locked into poverty, relegated to residential schools, without the right to vote until the mid-20th century – were “excluded from the realm of power” but not from the screens, with fixed and offensive stereotypes in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589715357372-T2L8Z6SEHDVXH5VJ2AQ0/1907+Feb+9+p12+Colloseum+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Feb. 9, 1907, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586264731462-PWNVMZBO7NV6SKM3TA7Q/1907+July+30+p6+Wonderland.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, July 30, 1907, p.6. With a program of 30 minutes (perhaps two reels of film plus live music), people came and went continuously. Like the other nickel theatres, it had perhaps a couple of hundred seats, if that — in its case, on boards stretched out over wooden kitchen chairs. The floors, a later account said, were covered with sawdust. The owners were reported as J.W. Lamb and F.A. Stutt, both “late of Toronto.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586265149836-7N6716R32CQFKG521AZX/1907+Aug+2+p8+Wonderland+%26+GOH+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Aug. 2, 1907, p.8. Wonderland, with its “beautiful scene” (that is, a moving picture) for a nickel competed against the higher prices of a live performance (though with lots of startling electrical effects) at the Grand Opera House (ranging from 25 to 75 cents). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586264807495-NAM5E2WDLMLORGZW51LV/1907+Sept+24+p11+Crystal+opening+ad.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Sept. 24, p.11. “Miss Edwards” was the daughter of the owner, Wesley A. Edwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586265487403-R0HSEDJZJZ1QGCQXKWRV/1907+Sept+28+p1+Daily+Review+Crystal+Miss+Edwards+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Daily Evening Review, Sept. 28, 1907, p.1. “Rid yourself of all worry and trouble . . .” The Crystal was a step up from the Wonderland in design, with 150 comfortable seats and a specially built entrance-way with a “graceful arch.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586265508087-5ZPP3MPGSOGALOZJPT69/1908+Feb+1+p1+Rev+GOH+%26+Crystal+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Feb. 1, 1908, p.1. The Crystal had Bluebeard for a nickel; the Grand Opera House, in addition to the live play, had motion pictures, including a boxing match, for fifteen cents and up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586266213665-Q39FXLYOD51XGGV8YF41/1907+July+9+p8+Scotts+Coliseum+at+Jackson+Park.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, July 9, 1907, p.8. The Colloseum moved to Jackson Park on June 12, taking over a semi-enclosed structure previously used as a box ball or bowling alley — while advertising itself quite boldly as having “the finest moving pictures in all Canada.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589715575549-LCES8X33OT1QYMH90U81/1907+Nov+1+p8+Daily+Rev+contest+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Nov. 1, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594062417500-3P4ONJZMU4SJTQK5NQ49/1907+Nov+11+p1+Daily+Rev+ad+Crystal+contest+beans+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Daily Review, Nov. 11, 1907, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620048139116-4OEGPK3GA0VMQQA4LXTP/1908+Dec+22+p7+Royal+2+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Dec. 22, 1908, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620048279991-NNRK8GN36ZCVSEGSDNPQ/1908+Dec+12+p475+MPW+cartoon+slides+and+singing+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Moving Picture World, Dec. 12, 1908, p.475. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586274282633-Z7RYGU341UZ7W1REC5GF/1909+Oct+9+p14+Princess+opens+Pippa+Passes.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Oct. 9, 1909, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586274304247-EGHTF2SN82X2HOA3A30E/1909+Oct+15+p11+Princess+Winlock.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Oct. 15, 1909, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586274325584-6RZ7R41I5P1LK6RUY0C9/1909+Oct+20+p11+Princess+Canadian+pics.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres Examiner, Oct. 20, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586274813202-EAS6HPSB7SRHWVO45D61/1909-10+Royal+marble+top%2C+plaque+undated%2C+found+at+Mattress+Factory+2004+photo+by+KB.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1900s — and the Advent of Nickel Theatres This was among a number of pieces found at the old Mattress Factory on Mark Street. Thanks to Robin and Hermione Rivison, who found this and other discarded pieces of marble when they moved into what was the Mattress Factory. Photo by Ken Brown. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/1910s-war-empire-and-the-motion-picture-habit monthly 0.5 2020-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588259148786-UE0UOZU5B8ZJDROJVSN4/1911+Aug+12+np+Pbo+main+Street+Royal+Princess+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Aug. 12, 1911, np. Peterborough’s (dirt) main street and much to celebrate: a new company coming to town (the Bonner-Worth woolen mill), plus a new Canoe Company building — and motion pictures. Mike Pappas is now running both the Royal and the Princess — and will eventually take over what remains of the Crystal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586287848986-5QVNNG6NKZ8RT7SHFVDB/1917+Feb+27+p11+Royal+Theda+Bara+Sapho+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586287912102-678L3EL136QC4CUPYEUN/1917+Feb+19+p10+Empire+Can+Army+Action+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586289051111-93YVDLNOYPHGG6LCC6FZ/1910+Nov+3+p4+Exam+GOH+Yankee+Girl+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Nov. 3, 1910, p.4. Despite the British connection, there was also “America” to the south — and no border so far as commercial entertainment went. Above is one among the many lavish live (U.S.) attractions at the Grand Opera House — but this largest (by far) theatre in town also gradually screened more and more motion pictures, until it could promise “No More Dark Nights.” That is, when it didn’t have live attractions, it would keep its doors open by screening moving films. By 1913—14, in large theatres emphasizing travelling stage extravaganzas, dark nights had become more numerous, and, as one report put it, “at last it dawned upon the theatrical interests that waiting for the wane of the moving picture was a cheerless and unproductive occupation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589311381209-P4G1R72DROKJ8XMJGZ2A/1914+Jan+24+GOH+dark+night+%282%29+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Jan. 24, 1914. “No more dark night” — with a new curtain, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586288439507-PGF9I8H2T4BHA7O8KDI6/1910+Sept+7+p11+GOH+mvg+pics+most+comfortable+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586288459805-NPCTWWC6V8P11A405PLJ/1911+April+5+p11+GOH+ads+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586294545008-W8XJ7WKUGTUSL5HATA8X/1911+Jan+7+Exam+p1+Royal+and+Princess+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Jan. 7, 1911, p.1. The Royal mixed its motion pictures with live vaudeville acts. A lecturer was often on hand at early silent films to stand up front and explain what was happening on screen, as in this Western program, “lectured by a Cheyenne Cowboy,” at the Princess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295062710-1YANKKLX6K6N9N16CT1O/1912+Jan+16+p5+Daily+Eve+Rev+Crystal+last+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295105623-LQ43XDY1GA0WDVB2BTAN/1912+Feb+17+p16+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295132192-58GMO71L1GTEQQHEI3FL/1913+Dec+9+p1+three+th+ads+Great+Pearl+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587829309838-RRQTG4VAA7D5SJAIBN4O/1914+Jan+27+p1+Red+MillAd2+nd+RP+%282%29+key+ad.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295289992-UI46P3SQEYTIXNMGYR7B/1912+Jan+2+p11+GOH+kinemacolor+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Jan. 16, 1912, p.5. “Direct from two weeks in Massey Hall.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295342652-4KWO5NZQXFRGAVMHZ8CS/1914+March+18+p10+Quo+Vadis+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, March 18, 1914, p.10. An Italian film — a “feature,” of 8 reels. With the coming of war, the films from abroad would dry up and U.S. productions would take over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295605509-TR3VWJNO8INVAAATKTN3/1912+March+10+p9++Red+Mill+banner+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit The predominantly short one- or two-reel silent motion pictures were now being joined by longer “features.” “You may have seen the play, now come and see the Pictures.” The Red Mill’s Herbert Clayton was a masterful promoter of his theatre — and he was soon also managing the Princess and the Royal, establishing a small empire before getting into financial difficulties and going off to war in summer 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295839469-XGY6B9O1ZR74TGO9BN4B/1914+July+24+Empire+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586295982447-CY8GAS8DMTOL10GCTEIX/1914+July+27+p12+Empire+notice+daily.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, July 27, 1914, p.12. These small notices appeared daily for the next month or so in lieu of the usual theatre advertisements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588330447281-FLV7KHG266GQ429HDE4D/1914+Oct+28+p13+Kathlyn+serial+Empire.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Oct. 28, 1914, p.13. The Empire features the first installment of The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913, and not “Kathleen”) — introducing a new filmic phenomenon, the serial, a multi-episode story shown in parts over a period of time — famed for introducing the “cliff-hanger” ending. In early January 1915, the series was transferred to the Royal, which had the “added advantage of two machines and two operators” so that “picture lovers will be able to see this interesting photo play without any interruptions.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586296015125-R0101S8ZUIVQNEX0JLTH/1914+Sept+11+p13+Empire+1st+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Sept. 11, 1914, p.13. This is the first actual Empire ad I spotted. Apologies for the quality. At least we know it was offering “the motion picture sensation of the year.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586296298592-KI763DRV7SYA7FEFOI64/1915+Feb+24+p11+ads+snip+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Feb. 24,1915, p.11. After a small fire in December, just before Christmas, the Princess closed for a while; it then reopened at the same location (after a naming contest) as the Tiz-It on Feb. 20, 1915. Its manager, Herbert Clayton, would depart that year after joining the army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588331753314-514KNM6F10XRIRSELN9U/1914+Oct+28+p13+GOH+mvg+pics+%26+play.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586350699947-6MZF2QRE14N8L1EPW3RV/1915+Nov+24+p9+Empire+etc+Chaplin+Pickford+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit - title caption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586350826520-H390WDXJFO6KKLBO2YHZ/1915+Nov+11+p11+GOH+Birth+of+Nation+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586350854634-8KTM84QH4NECY222NTZA/1916+March+4+p11+GOH+Birth+of+Nation+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351057610-PMTCIBQXZBD67O934G0F/1915+March+20+p13+Tiz-It+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351093190-9ZVEQHHAKLIH19CTDQUI/1917+Feb+9+p11+Royal+Girl+from+Frisco.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596309462707-UY2GOYKHL1IVVR71IFE1/1914+Dec+11+p8+Empire+advertising+for+boys+and+girls.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Dec. 11, 1914, p.8. The Empire luring boys and girls through the “Wanted” column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351630145-SUTRP2D78DIX3H6BX1XR/1916+April+15+p17+Royal+%26+union+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, April 15, 1916, p.17. The Royal asserts its supremacy — and its union operators (or projectionists). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586360963303-GHAT1B4Y06FTGFIXPPFQ/1916+Theatres+dir+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1916, p.809. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351756294-YM0UQ5LH9DTA1AJ7Y3FM/1916+29+May+p11a+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, May 29, 1916, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351883707-LBHH6A9134CCS112N21D/1916+Oct+6+p13+ads+inc+Strand+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586351923424-Y92YXZWWCSX4S3H75Q84/1916+Oct+10+p11+GOH+Strand+Tiz-It+Empire+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586352609046-XYK46TM0TEV1E00ABGCV/1917+Feb+14+p7+Strand+Empire+Tiz-It+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586352643802-792MERS4K0W1VS8UOWKJ/1917+May+25+p13+Tiz-It+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586485553293-M8CVIOKPV3GQFL0MA8U3/1915+Oct+23+p13+GOH+not+a+moving+pic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Oct. 23, 1915, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586485591483-IXIE8MPEI8G13S5MPCM1/1917+Nov+21+p11+GOH+not+a+moving+pic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Nov. 21, 1917, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586485618078-ZTIDEK3WCFFOSBGRI0B2/1918+Jan+16+p11+GOH+not+a+mvg+pic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Jan. 16, 1918, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588341001238-PZD3KJBB537Y9ZEIPUC2/1919+Aug+30+p9+GOH+not+a+mvg+pic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Aug. 30, 1919, p.9. Amidst so many motion pictures — with the most popular stars of the day — playing at the Grand Opera House, the ad for the play “7 Days’ Leave” has to repeat the message “Not a moving picture” twice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586352807594-HH9FESWLQGQ2O33M59PO/1918+March+7+p7+Royal+at+GOH+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, March 7, 1918, p7. “New Bill at the Grand”: After a horrific fire in January 1918 ravished the buildings on the east side of George Street just north of the Market Hall, for a short while, until the theatre was rebuilt, the Royal showed its films at the Grand Opera House. A newly renovated Royal Theatre reopened its doors around Christmas Day, 1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586362305202-32KGK8C2SFR1G47IDBPH/1919+Aug+30+p9+Allen+announcemt+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Left: Examiner, Aug. 30,1919, p.9. Right: Examiner, Sept. 2, p.6. At the Allen [not Allan], on screen, the famous Western star William S. Hart and the soon to be notorious Fatty Arbuckle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586362389038-XH13K6MY7JE30SOI5PMD/1919+Sept+2+p6+Allen+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586370379203-2J4DTR3HDCA7HB7LS704/1919+Sept+8+p11c+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Sept. 8, 1919, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586370522534-WDRTG7V5BEFC1R58XRR5/1919+Dec+9+p11+GOH+Theda+Bara+%26+opera+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1910s: War, Empire, and the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Dec. 9, 1919, p.11. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/the-1920s-the-regent-capitol-and-the-jazz-age monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586373521186-M2WQ0Z1XWODPC5J0R6W5/image-asset.jpeg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Sept. 27, 1924, p.14. The Cecil B. DeMille epic: a Paramount Picture released by the Famous Players—Lasky Corporation. A year later the Grand Opera House, with local ownership, would fall, less than romantically, into the arms of Theatrical Enterprises Ltd., a 100 per cent subsidiary of Famous Players. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586373604438-C61UZCH4G2BXQQKABK9J/1925+Nov+4+p11+Gold+Rush+-+Copy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Nov. 4, 1925, p.11. Released in August that year, the first Chaplin feature released through United Artists, the company Chaplin co-founded with Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith, and Douglas Fairbanks. To encourage attendance: “Buy a script book.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586373792584-UFPQHBTHYJ0Y0KPJCZTI/1920+May+22+ads+inc+GOH+Tyrone+Power+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, May 22, 1920, p.11. A day of sensational offerings. The ubiquitous minstrel show. Tyrone Power (the father) and “The Wonderful Nance O’Neil” (also a film star, and promoted as “the American Bernhardt”) in person, on stage; Constance Talmadge (sister of the more famous Norma) and Evelyn Nesbit (her name mispelled in the ad) on screen. If you’ve read E.L. Doctorow’s novel Ragtime (or seen the movie, 1981) you have encountered the fictionalized story of the famous Thaw-White trial: Nesbit’s strange 1906 involvement with architect Stanford White and Harry Kendall Thaw in what was (at that early time) called “the trial of the century.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613222387763-H26M0DQHKVEWW2X6M7QQ/1915+March+17+p8+Review+Empire+Tyrone+Power+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Review, March 17, 1915, p.8. The older Tyrone Power in a moving picture at the Empire; he came to appear on stage more than once too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586374861941-RVP5G7W7DMX7BSNFUBC2/1920+May+21+p12+Strand+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, May 21, 1920, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586374885876-WFUJ7W4DU4TA92KKENCE/1920+May+31+p9+Strand+last+ad+no+Monday+June+1+paper+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, May 31, 1920, p.9. On a Monday, the Strand’s last ad: “Watch for the Opening of our New Theatre.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375276076-QE4DGAJNM39JT6UCC0V7/1920+June+3+p9+Regent+opens+ad+bottom+page+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, June 3, 1920, p.9. Opening night price, 25 cents a ticket. The place is called a “show house” and the movie a “motion play” — and, as a subject, “snobbery” is apparently a drawing card. The Regent would have a relatively long life — to 1949. But it would soon be displaced as “the favorite amusement house of the city.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375326713-WAYEH9JV8WA2MM9IP986/1920+June+4+p12+Regent+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, June 4, 1920, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375484878-UUAIUE4Y7GX00392J0PC/1921+April+18+p9+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375520617-7DT4YYQL0ZMPEEQP9PNV/1921+April+21+Humoresque+ad+snip+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375547040-399RH4TLIY6GNU68GHFM/1921+April+15+Way+Down+East+tonight+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375681702-HX61YARWFM8MS3H3G7HX/1921+April+25+p9+Empire+Viola+Dana+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375706942-NY3T7F8VKBEJ2H29MF2K/1921+April+28+p11+Empire+ad+Modotti+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375842898-OY8EYTUFNUV28PC2PNFE/1921+Nov+29+p5+Royal+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586375897480-QBP7OK81EUOOSHNCAZFF/1921+Dec+7+p10+Royal+Pappas+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 7, 1921, p.10. It seems the number of reels being offered was still of considerable importance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586376430960-DQ37QP07YGVNH53R7W5V/1921+Nov+28+p10+GOH+4+Horsemen+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Nov. 28, 1921, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586376456312-FK73W4ZD22KMMGFRBQRJ/1921+Dec+7+p10+GOH+Fairbanks+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 7, 1921, p.10. By 1923 Trans-Canada Theatre Company had failed and gone into liquidation. In September 1924 a local business/press triumvirate took over the Grand Opera House: Roland Glover, Robert R. Hall, and Gustavus (“Gus”) L. Hay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608646557572-QO4BAL1YRBPXEEH2UBF4/1921+Nov+28+p10+Regent+Pappas+selects+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Nov. 28, 1921, p.10. The Regent, with Pappas managing the program, before he returned to the Royal. Here the Regent was offering episode 7 of Double Adventure. The theatre would gain a reputation as “the top serial house in the city.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608646700542-Z4HKXGHPDGIBYPUV477R/1922+July+13+p11+Royal+Pappas+personally+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, July 13, 1922, p.11. Here, unlike the corporate owners of the Capitol, Pappas can boast about taking a trip to Toronto to select films “personally” for the Royal. Tom Mix was one of the most popular Western heroes of the decade — and he made a personal visit to the Peterborough Exhibition in June 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589414938470-UA2MCKES2ZAJ30T2D2Z9/1923+Sept+1+p11+Capitol+%26+Regent+Paramount+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Sept. 1, 1923, p.11. Despite being still considered an “independent” under the local Schneider-Rishor ownership, the Regent was quietly forging a connection to the Famous Players conglomerate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586529746603-TM2IVE1EXU3RN22KVOKD/1923+April+16+p9+Pola+Negri+Capitol+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586529759643-WM4STE8DAEB6ESIOMUJV/1923+April+16+p9+Regent+4+Horsemen+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586530193407-1OA5YQKY2T7KNK8KCLVT/1923+Aug+27+Exam+p11+Royal+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Aug. 22, 1923, p.11. At the top of the ad: “Positive proof that film-making is an art.” (You can see it on YouTube and judge for yourself.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586530252499-76YS76KRQ1FKMEQ9QTGI/1923+Dec+4+p15+Royal+Birth+of+Nation+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 4, 1923, p.17. Once again, Peterborough audiences get to see Birth of a Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592053313258-8YY4CZVOZ53YD9YZ5O02/1922+Dec+1+p17+GOH+Sherlock+Holmes+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592053025665-GXM9RBHFU5ZFH91J7M3T/1922+Dec+1+p17+GOH+Sherlock+Holmes+contest+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 1, 1922, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586531121233-G2LGSCJ9M6N7NLWZJ8B2/1924+April+16+p11+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, April 16, 1924, p.11. At the end of March 1924 Pappas, with his personal touch, was back at the helm of the Royal for what would be his final, and very short, stint. This was the last ad with his name on it. In the following months Glover, Hall, and Hay, co-owners of the Grand Opera House, also took over the Royal. By 1929 Pappas and his family had left Peterborough for Toronto, leaving a long, fascinating, and dusty trail of movie exhibition behind him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586531240096-GUKH4TVGDZQGTGTEN0TO/1924+Dec+31+p11+Capitol+Tom+Mix+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 31, 1924, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586531594908-ISSVE448HLSH23TBFCN1/1927+Oct+20+p13+Regent+Rin+Tin+Tin.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Oct. 20, 1927, p.13. Again, a serial presentation, Melting Millions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586532009992-PGAFL5KWMPHAFRGIHGEB/1925+April+27+p11+Capitol+McC+Right+Word+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, April 27, 1925, p.11. Introducing “Miss Kathleen McCarthy (Jeannette of the Examiner).” An avid reader and writer since her teen years, Cathleen McCarthy (the “C” for Cathleen was the most common spelling over the years) started working at the Examiner in 1920. As the only woman on the reporting staff she was quickly placed in charge (not surprisingly) of the “Society” or “Women’s” pages. But she soon began doing reviews of motion pictures — making her an early pioneer of that work — and continued doing so until she left the paper in 1937. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588511978120-4XXA50GF3WVAAGKJ8V4I/1926+Feb+11+p11+Capitol+Mary+Pickford+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Feb. 11, 1926, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586532036413-YOZAZEH42TGIOAQJW4IX/1925+May+12+p15+Royal+country+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, May 12, 1925, p.15. In the mid-1920s to draw crowds the Royal had “Popular Song Nites” – “Hear the New Ones!” — and special evenings of “fine music,” but also, as here, on Monday evenings, “Country Store Nite,” with “prizes and surprises galore!” for lucky audience members. These kinds of special lures would continue into the Depression of the 1930s and to the “Foto Nites” of the 1940s and early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588511846865-FNF3I4XMA0QKLYIXI2ZA/1925+Dec+12+p15+Royal+closes+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 12, 1925, p.15. Despite the wording in the Royal ad, above, no improvements were forthcoming. Packed houses or not, the theatre’s doors were firmly closed following that last Saturday program. The Royal proved a victim of the Famous Players Canadian Corporation’s drive to stifle the competition. That year Famous Players had acquired Trans-Canada Ltd. and Theatrical Enterprises; and in November 1925 both the Grand Opera House and the Royal Theatre were “transferred” to Theatrical Enterprises. One of the first actions was to close the Royal. The Royal, opened in 1908, was now finished. Its space remained virtually unused until 1939, when the Centre Theatre was opened on the same site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588675813767-WUG94VTKQ3HR9TZH6Q1I/1925+Feb+13+p15+Capitol+North+36+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Feb. 13, 1925, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586541338233-HMO5HSI6J35ZQW7B5Z9R/1928+Feb+23+p13+GOH+Wings+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586541356017-ZC5VC9FQUKZY3JLHCG5H/1929+May+13+p13+Regent+ad+Sunrise.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590237176328-B41A9GVZM2OU7UK1G278/1928+June+4+p9+Wings+GOH.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1920s: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, June 4, 1928, p.9. And this last ad appears to end with a typo: “Plain” Opens Thursday” — or “Plan”? https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/the-1930s-talkies-and-the-great-depression monthly 0.5 2021-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586783106461-PI0C8HOE6SLZFRHZBH9F/George+St+talking+pics+snip+2.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression George Street, west side just south of Charlotte St., c.1931. Look up, look way up towards the top of the photo — follow the pointing finger across the road to the Capitol and catch the “Talking Pictures.” Under the name “Capitol” the sign also indicates: “Three Performances Daily 2:30 7:00 9:00.” The sign was there until 1932, when the buildings on the south-west corner of George and Charlotte were torn down to make way for the Canadian Department Stores building (later Eaton’s). This is a detail from a larger photo; Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Park Studio, P-12-881-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586784309362-QU4XRXIFDI98Y4PDTX7M/1929+Feb+9+p13+ad+Jazz+Singer+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Feb. 9, 1929, p.13. The Jazz Singer is usually cited as the first “talkie.” Well, the “whole country” might have been talking, but not this film, at least as it appeared in Peterborough. It was in essence the silent version, not sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586784350054-2VSH0O9O2G08JPZS98FP/1929+June+7+p7+Capitol+The+Barker+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, June 7, 1929, p.7. The last silent film at the Capitol. Clara Bow and Laurel and Hardy a few days earlier would also have been silent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586785196756-1IZMPM4PBC3HWKO6CY7P/1929+June+8+talkies+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586785294754-XKCWIGGI7YG6B76XBTPP/1929+June+8+p13+talkies+ad+pt1+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, June 8, 1929, p.13. The arrival of the first talkie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586785331981-4UY2XC0EFV5WTSJBMOPF/1929+June+10+p13+Brdwy+Mel+ad+-+Copy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, June 10, 1929, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586810267879-OJTB4OLD85FM3PIIM26X/1929+Sept+3+p13+Regent+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Sept. 3, 1929, p.13. The Regent introduces talking pictures too, another musical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586812179307-O0GFEZSMH7J95A4APPKU/1929+Oct+12+p13+Jolson+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Oct. 12, 1929, p.13. All singing and talking. For a while the movie advertisements kept reminding readers that they would be seeing “all-talking” pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588688891001-1FFHLJVSEG8V24RJWR45/1929+Harold+Lloyd+Safety+Last.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586811095276-N6S04UF4WP8JE9PNHOJR/1929+Dec+4+p13+Garbo+still+silent+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Dec. 4, 1929, p.13. Despite the coming of sound, in this MGM film, released in July, Garbo herself remained silent — she was apparently still trying to master English. The movie was released with a musical score and sound effects by Movietone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586812255486-KTFTC678MNUQHWZM98YM/1929+Dec+7+p13+Harold+Lloyd+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Dec. 7, 1929, p.13. Lloyd was immensely popular in the 1920s — the shot of him dangling from the clock face of a skyscraper in Safety Last (1923) is a classic image — but, like another silent great, Buster Keaton, proved to be less successful with the coming of sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813629869-OPVJLBRX5TKMT1FCD0CZ/1929+Sept+11+p17+Cocoanuts+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813664862-W6WI7EIKOC8X1EKXREGQ/1930+Oct+10+p17+Capitol+Marx+Bros+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813687387-SIQ2056SEQQ1CLSN8KRS/1931+Oct+23+p17+Marx+Monkey+B+Capitol+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586966452062-0JNAFY36XU74ETHOBYRI/1934+Jan+2+p9+Capitol+Duck+Soup+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813732902-VG2965LEAXJ1PGHBKJSH/1932+July+15+p15+Screen+Oddities+Blondell+Marx+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813770863-7XJQGFLJSHE0EJ5G9SIN/1936+Jan+11+p9+Capitol+Marx+Bros+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586813794438-69RHNE36EMK39X0D0PCL/1937+Aug+17+p13+Regent+%26+Capitol+Marx+Bros+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586814434043-JO60Z28Z15U6HDSWQZQK/1929+Sept+24+p2+Anita+Stewart+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Sept. 23, 1929, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586814476606-TYTFTQBV7BPBCVKXGFK8/1930+Sept+16+p11+Joan+Crawford+Lux+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Sept. 16,1930, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586828890856-UCJWK97AQ41K9YKKENB4/1930+June+13+p7+Capitol+reduced+prices+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586828926332-QAGDPXT9LDM2Q80F94I1/1930+June+24+p9+Anna+Christie+%285%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586828967134-HAVFVP3EFFIDOKQ0205Y/1930+Nov+11+p13+Capitol+Amos+Andy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586869673400-VN5MVIF5YNF2O61JG6JU/1930+Sept+2+p9+Capitol+Splinters+British+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586869690781-IP443DAMZS4RGY79ZC5S/1931+April+7+p13+Capitol+Just+Imagine+lks+at+1890+and+1980+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586900156431-0QEKIAFEF7KJ5OP7UBQ7/1931+Jan+22+p21+Capitol+Under+Suspicion+Canadian+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586869806534-VU9CPAKOHEEV636DVS55/1930+Dec+10+p17+Capitol+Benefit+3+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586869836153-J4WBDIFZI28FLXA2DDGI/1930+Dec+30+p13+Capitol+new+year%27s+frolic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586869855229-KVWDG7WGE7XQX8HW8FOK/1930+Dec+30+p13+Regent+w+live+act+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586870813970-3X6RSK9Y67NUTI9QQ32D/1930+Nov+28+p18+Regent+Whoopee+full+page+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586876237882-1GMI4WJEIQT78LP39S4D/1931+July+7+Examiner+np_6975+silverware+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586876274771-WBU7X3I1P9GD37TTR3MF/1931+May+11+p13+Capitol+Dietrich+dresserwar+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586876306071-W51KC72HIFTFR6M8D9WI/1933+Sept+28+p9+Capitol+Dietrich+gifts+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586876554970-ZCGDEPW2GJ98RUXSNV8J/1933+Jan+27+p13+Regent+Sd+Dems+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Jan. 27, 1933, p.13. The Regent bonds with a local manufacturer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586876642225-EGVXLC0VSQME67F4SYBO/1936+Feb+29+p12+Capitol+%26+CDS+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Feb. 29, 1936, p.12. The Capitol and Canadian Department Stores. In the 1930s, most everyone wanted a big radio console. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586877124918-IQ4G61R4X0038PD8II5O/1934+Jan+16+p10+Capitol+boys+%26+girls+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586877167082-4N9NZMLM69OX3FDQKB6E/1934+April+4+p13+Kiddies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586877201004-1FIR3GDY0Q2F679LWE03/1936+Dec+18+p13+Capitol+%26+Regent+free+candy+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586877357535-2YWXT949U6GFQSSQZ9SZ/1935+Sept+30+p9+Capitol+Redheads+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Sept. 30, 1935, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586877516456-S8TIZI3PCJECVQ6MPMPX/1936+Jan+18+MP+Herald+p82+Stewart+snip+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Motion Picture Herald, Jan. 18, 1936, p.82. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586899685872-PJNHFP8EURR470NPUWZ7/1933+Aug+19+p12+Capitol+Gold+Diggers+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586899732925-ICQWTLGRSVNHT102W5GU/1934+Dec+8+p13+Capitol+Gay+Divorcee+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586899766410-ZXV9U72WLV0WHXFDZKGX/1935+Oct+8+p9+Capitol+Top+Hat+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586896947017-TAATUYK932J0PYCSNOAL/1931+Sept+3+p13+Capitol+Dressler+2+matinees+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897001051-R11F74GKJ3VV2DQDMS1M/1934+Oct+20+p13+Capitol+Mae+West+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897044272-PHVHCEC3WW8PY00K78GI/1932+Oct+25+p17+Regent+Wheeler+Woolsley+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897153600-X9MFEGL8757WP45XIPVW/1931+Feb+21+p13+Capitol+%26+Regent+top+page+ads+Billy+Kid+Buck+Jones+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897191536-3BNSPQ2LLTSMVNMF4YHN/1936+Feb+28+p13+Regent+Gene+Autry+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897268512-FUP427KYWLXNT9OODJ39/1938+Oct+13+p9+Regent+Hoppy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586968525932-QC7OD3RG4URM1BNK50ZR/1937+Jan+21+p15+Capitol+Plainsman.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897368165-YOTLD0A0J2QPOFZTOJE3/1931+April+29+p13+Regent+Dracula+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897396321-1U37TXOA3UK4NY1ZOJOU/1933+May+4+p17+Capitol+King+Kong+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897421119-5LAKNFBBM8TOSI5O0U9R/1935+July+27+p13+Capitol+Bride+of+Frankenst+%283%29+snipJPG.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897556439-DY3K0EJ9Q1860A3U2KAN/1931+March+17+p13+Capitol+Viennese+Nights+Technicolor+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897656385-5WC0WYMEB7WSXAI6N6SJ/1932+April+4+p9+Capitol+Polly+%2B+Laurel+%26+H+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586897678694-K90AFD52GICFGPTEPMW2/1936+May+30%2C+p13+Capitol+Petrified+snip.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960944838-YIBSJSOV8AUC1402846D/1934+Sept+6+p17+Capitol+Shirley+Temple+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960982809-67OGUIZZ8NVTB3HENQ2Y/1937+Dec+14+p11+Capitol+Shirley+Temple+amateur+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586981215148-ER8BH5HCVCZVYG4LUPQ1/1937+Feb+16+p9+Regent+3+smart+girls+durbin.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586957635773-LQNAX91ESOA8CM3S9HY1/1931+May+16+p17+Regent+Chaplin+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586957686220-34EHJ9SVOBTFQTDOUNML/1936+May+12+p9+Capitol+Chaplin+Mod+Times+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958283910-CXHU62R6VFSGQFTC6HJS/1932+June+11+p9+Capitol+double+feature+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958304799-WS16TLQNDOE174LFU0AU/1933+March+7+p9+Regent+double+feature+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958346169-3QRJAFACR9EM1NI1HDBB/1934+Sept+13+p17+Capitol+Okla+Cowboys+on+stage.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958588034-2FO6PXD5DNNKM73KILD9/1931+April+7+p13+Capitol+Pays+to+Advertise+%26+on+stage+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958617168-5XE6T50XM4K5BMHLIGLU/1931+April+17+p17+photo+Siamese+Twins+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958672081-H3Z0ZX260B90VXZ0E77G/1936+April+25+p9+Capitol+Bette+Davis+Stage+show+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586959245121-W9257R2EV23QUVIKDXYT/1935+Dec+10+p7+Capitol+vv+stage+show+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586959267500-MAEUEVOWG426KFHSBGIM/1937+Dec+8+p15+Capitol+on+stage+amateur+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958442942-74FBO6XTE9GLFSK12K9T/1935+March+16+p13+Capitol+March+of+Time+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586958463523-48ZP7IST8P6QAMKYKT8X/1935+June+21+p9+Duffus+mvg+pictures+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586981931773-MP50EOQ0QCM6L3LJUZM2/1937+Oct+30+p11+Vogues+of+1938+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Oct. 30, 1937, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960018457-1EA6WPYNZA95KQ46HQRX/1937+Nov+4+p15+Radio+%26+Theatre+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Nov. 4, 1937, p.15. Full pages of “amusements,” here, unusually, with no sports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960260220-KQOUNY6DNABGXNYI7YZG/1938+Jan+11+p17+Theatre+page+top.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression Examiner, Jan. 11, 1938, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586961108694-EPAYEQWFYBKGZ90Y4U87/1938+April+2+p7+Capitol+Snow+White+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586961142614-0H3QM3H1UZ0777ALWI3X/1938+April+4+p14+Snow+White+CDS+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586961179195-MO6FITYVTL3Z6HNZDTA0/1938+April+7+p7+Regent+%26+Capitol+Snow+White+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960539447-RGSLNRVC7CAAUYXOFB0E/1938+March+3+p15+Regent+%26+Capitol+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960577296-3NSNO81SSQ0IHBVRP2P6/1938+March+30+p7+Regent+%26+Capitol+Bringing+up+Baby+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586960620967-M7BHJF21CAEPSCO0RHI1/1938+Nov+2+p9+Boys+town+frolic+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586985145017-N3NETTBUTYXHA0FI11WU/1931+Feb+25+p13++GOH+4+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586985161723-V9U9X1X7YL2TE4K4KHPJ/1933+Jan+28+p13+GOH+Georgia+Minsts+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586985240294-912KIQUEGSEJF4UYH4IQ/1937+April+24+p9+GOH+YWCA+pageant+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1930s: Talkies and the Great Depression https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/a-miniature-broadway-the-forties-war-and-prosperity monthly 0.5 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587047787783-NE29YQ5AZDWHWL6A0XCB/Capitol+VR+4423+%28Capitol+Theatre+-+Advertising+montage%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” A merchandising montage created by the Roy Photographic Studio, sometime around Feb. 15, 1938, when The Buccaneer was screened at the Capitol Theatre. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587049470500-0CWYU45W5HEWG8Q6CEFX/1938+Feb+15+p11+Capitol+Buccaneer.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587049573149-E3H6NQ76MVSATA9YV43M/1938+Feb+15+p12+Capitol+full+page+ads+Buccaneer+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618586219800-WUKZNLIAZAB5NVZYHU3L/1939+March+1+operning+ad+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 1, 1939, p.9. The Centre opens, and there are three theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587051622545-IHEEBLB9P0IGLRSU0HG6/1939+April+8+p7+Regent+Capitol+Centre+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 8, 1939, p.7. The three theatres — and much else to do as well, including bowling at the Duffus Recreation Academy on Water Street near the corner of Charlotte. And, below, the minstrel shows (unfortunately) just kept on coming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587052067712-V32DEV4MFNUU947TRAOW/1939+April+17+p7+Regent+Capitol+Centre+Minstrels+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 17, 1939, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587051661380-37RQHAVOLZX9YITTURPL/1939+April+13+p9+Regent+Capitol+Centre+Snow+White+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 13, 1939, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587052420498-14A66RVQGYQPSKZSRV6B/1939+April+25+p9+Centre+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598989618818-N5ALU42C5SHO7HIT9QA6/1945+July+20+p9+Nicholls+Oval+movies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 20, 1945, p.9. Movies at Nicholls Oval. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587057435367-DYLUCRWD1TUWQ2SHAU2H/1939+Sept+27+p7+Regent+Capitol+Centre+Wizard+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587057495063-MTXF28C3MJNKPYFPYOS6/1939+May+11+p9+Regent+Capitol+Centre+Stagecoach+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587057528118-B7XRJM684YWUJV4LLFBD/1940+April+1+p9+Centre+Regent+Capitol+GWTW+foto+nite+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587063624607-37R73TIOBUWZZL9LEAAW/1939+Aug+26+p9+Regent+1st+phot+nite+Capitol+Centre+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 26, 1939, p.9. Announcing the Regent’s first “photo nite.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587068157674-64H8AXBKQBLM1FR8QEZS/1943+Oct+12+p7+Regent+foto+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 12, 1943, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587063656187-S63RLJZIBH94I4RGUA5G/1939+Aug+29+p7+Regent+photo+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 29, 1939, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587068788258-QJT4OCIJ6KGWCDHXY4LC/1944+July+24+p7+Regent+foto+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 24, 1944, p.7. All you had to do was to register your name, get a photo done of yourself (which could be used for publicity purposes), and be lucky enough to have your name drawn (making sure to show up on the night of the draw). The stunt guaranteed that those registered would turn up again and again on Monday evenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587063762713-OGNFI66C9ILM21PINQLD/1940+Dec+5+p11+Regent+Foto+Nite+winner.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 5, 1940, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587068819120-P4JRR19AXJW47XKZSFHZ/1946+Dec+9+p7+Regent+foto+nite+cornered+%26+young+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 7, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587068847957-NHPD1UAQ6JKPYK34NW3E/1947+May+26+p7+Regent+foto+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, May 26, 1947, p.7. Towards the end of the Regent’s run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589543603360-AHP4KOCDJ2QZ7RD35QME/1940+Feb+26+p7+Regent+Bette+Davis+Old+Maid+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588775599598-8BS8XRYVM3PEKEDTBEH9/1940+July+12+p7+Centre+%282%29+war+effort.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 12, 1940, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588775631878-25IATAIBTWMFIVSGHHCG/1940+July+15+p9+Capitol+Regent+Centre+fav+theatre+%282%29+war+effort.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 15, 1940, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587141538117-CHQDOFYE8RLWCDQGYZY3/1940+Nov+15+p11+smash+Hitler+war+effort.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 15, 1940, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587157524550-T2E79LJ88KKQVTBZUVR8/1942+Feb+16+p6+Regent+victory+bonds+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 16, 1942, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587213713912-6JKWJC5HYPBZL2IGM47B/1944+Jan+7+p7+Capitol+proceeds+to+army+show+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 7, 1944, p.7. About half of the cost of the war was covered by War Savings Certificates and war bonds known as “Victory Bonds.” “Put Victory First” — go to a movie and buy the bonds. Another scheme had the three theatre managers co-operating in an appeal to audience members to bring in “bits of wool” that would be turned over to the Red Cross for use “among the distressed people of England.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587157567520-LWTY6JFSMQQ675EITOAP/1942+Feb+16+p7+Centre+victory+bonds+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 16, 1942, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587301452524-OAICQ4RGPDG2YOBSW57M/1944+April+29+p7+Capitol+Lassie+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 29, 1944, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589543994779-JAUYF21YSNVDVXRBRX6E/1940+Oct+16+p7+Regent+continuous+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 16, 1940, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589544038692-LXF0P4MSVQN9S02MSXXR/1942+Sept+16+p7+Capitol+Tarzan+NFB+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 16, 1942, p.7. This time, the NFB’s Women Are Warriors from the Canada Carries On series; plus colour cartoon and Capitol News with the most amazing Tarzan yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587144921760-3FVD1ZFYNG0MT26AKLGQ/1941+March+3+p7+Centre+Capitol+Lillian+Russell+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587144937018-RPKY30AEYIUWHOVZYD98/1941+Dec+8+p7+Capitol+Jekyll+%26+Hyde+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587145395471-07KAA4CRWX242Q3088SQ/1941+May+17+p7+Capitol+Philadelphia+Story+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587145410173-I32QIY8BEAY39QQZSITP/1941+June+5+Pbo+Rev+p4+Centre+Return+of+F+James+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587145722639-23XJ43UVAVDX637RDB1Y/1941+Jan+18+p7+Regent+Autry+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 18, 1941, p.7. The Regent’s standard program: often a “B” movie, as here, or a second-run feature, plus a comedy short and a newsreel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587145571865-YFQYN7AR7DVGJO3G29OJ/1941+March+31+Centre+Only+Angels+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 31, 1941, p. A double feature at the Centre, with a newsreel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587145617647-UJ3REAQMNUX1MAE7WY3Q/1942+Aug+18+p7+Centre+Green+was+my+valley+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 18, 1942, p.7. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, 1942 (beating out Citizen Kane). The Capitol, the main theatre for “first run” pictures, often had just one big feature, news, and a short — in this case a symphony orchestra rendition of Aida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587149332000-O0CTKP0AVWX0MMAQ0IMG/1939+Feb+28+p11+Centre+Th+Capitol+Grill+snip+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 8, 1941, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587149408800-FUQXOVBE03CTWXTXGGCQ/1941+April+5+radio+chart+p+come+in+for+snack+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 5, 1941, p https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587149247743-UKWMH37RHQRVMWBWENO3/1946+Jan+16+p14+Nuttery+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 16, 1946, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587157779007-KSZMM781YGBPX6L69KH3/1942+Jan+20+p7+Centre+Birth+of+Movies+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 20, 1942, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587158358469-ABY7VVQWL2YYNORBGC5X/1942+May+19+p7+Capitol+Ball+of+Fire+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, May 19, 1942, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587157860781-7APVQNTKKCY9PT24TTE1/1942+July+7+p7+Capitol+Kings+Row+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 7, 1942, p.7. The Capitol with the big new pictures, the Centre with a re-run (Meet Joe Doe, released in 1941) — but an interesting short, The Birth of the Movies, which I haven’t been able to track down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587243403946-KJYP8IRBW3RM26BD78HD/1940+Feb+24+Centre+on+stage+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587243422284-5IOWFNXD1GTEQFXZCFHA/1941+April+12+p7+Capitol+stage+Centre+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587244356435-JCQ5D6E1BBF37AFHT0T2/1939+July+3+p9+Regent+Capitol+Centre+stage+show+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587244385951-N5T7205JP8XR8U2Y90ED/1946+June+14+Fri+p7+Centre+on+our+stage+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587244405661-3BRXX8JIKX5JFLYY6MUZ/1947+Aug+23+p7+Capitol+Frankenst+on+stage+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587299924375-R8ZZXO5TGUMA06C0VABR/1940+May+25+p7+Regent+Centre+stage+show+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587299970010-6K6WXGV2C2HB56AJ4B97/1946+Aug+27+p7+entertainment+Club+Aragon+opens+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587300750677-UF1J9AXK8HPUNKMNGL9R/1943+Dec+27+p7+Regent+Ella+Raines+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587300768453-OQHM0KHK76XU6X5MAR90/1943+Dec+28+p7+Capitol+Girl+Crazy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587300804026-XCYG11FPXI3OGDX2WH2E/1943+July+10+p7+Capitol+Fantasia+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587315775422-A2B3AVFDYHGWZ0JYRZ6N/1944+Jan+19+p7+Regent+Roy+Rogers+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587315798832-JXHEC15ZNEHDXTXSIR6P/1944+Feb+3+p7+Regent+Gene+Autry+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587316160130-YK1DRFF6MYHXZ3HP8YZJ/1944+May+11+p8+3+Dimension+ad+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 11, 1944, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587317164094-ZA3Y2KTKCTQM7E2LUOB7/1944+Dec+30+p7+Regent.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 30, 1944, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587317224415-72A0G1LX8STIELZ4FEDS/1945+June+30+p7+Capitol+Bell+Tolls+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, June 30, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587317266614-YEK9QL80DK37BHN5NVDX/1946+Aug+3+p7+Regent+Capitol+midnite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 3, 1946, p.7. The theatres dodged holiday and Sunday closing laws by opening just after midnight, but not without controversy. There were complaints that they kept youngsters out until “a late hour in the morning” and ruined them for work and school the next day. But, with a stop now and then, the shows went on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419052942-5G8GBX63IOOLEFK12Z0Y/1943+Oct+30+p9+Centre+Sunday+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 30, 1943, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419090536-OQK0MZC78YNCBCZU1U0R/1945+Oct+13+p9+Regent+Sunday+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 13,1945, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419125900-3XE84373H3NM2KUL87FZ/1946+Jan+19+p3+Regent+Sunday+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 19, 1946, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419151849-HTO3OU459CCDJP8IEQIR/1946+Feb+23+p9+Regent+Sunday+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 23, 1946, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587318172697-F1A4TMK4J6YCYMNHX22Y/1945+March+28+p7+Capitol+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587318202551-1Z7WZC4N1U7XLVKG0PVP/1945+April+26+p7+Capitol+Centre+Regent+Nevada+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587318543427-1QD8T0DZCEQ423OM49SU/1945+May+7+p1+Nazis+Qiut+%283%29+not+a+movie+ad+but.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, May 7, 1945, p.1. The editor by that time was the novelist Robertson Davies. The typo was corrected in the Evening Edition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589974318288-0UDV7BYG05ZNR5X2HAGV/1945+May+19+p100+Boxoffice+peace+sign+at+end+of+war.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Boxoffice, May 19, 1945, p.100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589487201156-AE4REC04XU00K80UI7MG/1945+Oct+13+p7+Centre+large+ad+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 13, 1945, p. 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589487244876-P94UI34K2SLRHC9SL3V1/1945+Dec+8+p7+Centre+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 8, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587319206656-SZBJHQ4IESL68R7IIM79/1945+Oct+6+p7+amusemts+page+3+theatres+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 6, 1945, p.7. Postwar: not just lawn bowling and Canada Starch Presents — but Tony Pastor and His Orchestra, Monster Bingo, and the Roseneath Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587319408398-Q1I76HBIRZYH81XEMR4A/1945+Dec+5+p7+Regent+serial+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 5, 1945, p.7. For its second great hit, the Regent has a serial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589488058598-N6CAMLOYHC9JFSYGCRTK/1945+Jan+23+p5+Capitol+anniv+Coleman+design+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 23, 1945, p.5. The Capitol’s owner has an anniversary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587389697283-OWZTKDS7LI06VRHXOLIG/1945+Dec+12+p7+Capitol+Col+Blimp+%282%29+British.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 12, 1945, p.7. An Examiner headline in October that year said: “British Films Are Enjoying the Biggest Boom in Their History.” Editor Robertson Davies went to the British movie Colonel Blimp and commented that the picture was “not particularly well attended.” That was too bad, he said, because it could have led people who complain about films being a bad influence on the young to “reconsider their opinions.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587393533262-6FUCUIQM0X3LI6DT4DHX/1944+Jan+18+p11+Donald+Duck+goes+to+movies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 18, 1944, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587409635671-5F1QT84AREFKX59D6HZC/1945+Aug+21+p11+Dagwood+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 21, 1945, p.11. Dagwood went too, perhaps a little too much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589487514135-9JGCO3Y73YONTW6X3PKY/1945+Sept+10+p10+K+All+Bran+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 10, 1945, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587389264847-781Y0ZYBAJTQQX76D5K3/1945+Sept+7+p14+CDS+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587389310046-LNI2FNC1LVU1WQO6W2LT/1946+Nov+16+p7+Summer+Garden+Hollywood+nite+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587397384873-YQ9547LHS25LXXRCXJQK/1947+March+20+p18+movie+Dixon+House+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 20, 1947, p.18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587395446075-IT6EZ90819LPDQ5PQKEJ/1939+June+15+Review+Royal+Tour+Roy+story+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Peterborough Review, June 15, 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396465164-9E0W27BTQ4Q2P6DVTK0N/1947+Feb+11+p5+gospel+movie+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 11, 1947, p. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396782112-DXC77G6REHFBE2K5ZHND/1944+March+16+p9+PCVS+films+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 16, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396985248-YI91TBAJSBULOX3HNWOV/1947+March+29+p8+movies+PCVS+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 29, 1947, p.8. It wasn’t just evening movies at Peterborough Collegiate Institute (P.C.I.). Movies were regularly screened for and by students during the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587401433160-ALBEUVQ5MCG4H9S19ZOF/1946+Feb+9+p9+mvg+pics+YWCA+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 9, 1946, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587395502575-H2PIVXGCF346JYKWNZR2/1945+Dec+3+p9+Roy+mvg+pics+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 3, 1945, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396567955-6LJ901A6XOZ5W7JSJ22W/1946+April+20+p3+ntn+pics+Knox+church+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 20, 1946, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396647476-MXLPWFCWQQBDL1I9IGW0/1944+Nov+27+p9+mtn+pics+%282%29+-+Copy.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 27, 1944, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396684889-GLNX4LKIMTGTNGW6Z2T0/1947+Jan+27+p9+Church+of+Open+Bible+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Jan. 27, 1947, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396816490-F80A03O1V2X96G5IDDHK/1946+April+10+p9+mtn+pic+PCVS+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 10, 1946, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587397208793-GR4XWS4123R8ND0QKN0H/1947+April+28+p7+sex+ed+Pub+Lib+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 28, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587397272725-QPUXBZCVW6S4ZTAF4AXZ/1947+Nov+20+p15+movies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 20, 1947, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587395648666-4SI224TISYBEMEAL5R4H/1946+Feb+12+p11+mtn+pics+educ+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 12, 1946, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396512037-GCAO2L4PJYBQR3IKQCZO/1941+Dec+8+p9+movies+%282%29+could+be+seen+all+over.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 8, 1941, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587396845053-RW2I79CRJSWK3M0XV7JB/1946+Nov+28+p9+PCVS+ski+movies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov, 28, 1946, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587401016778-5G4WAQTYXBSY8OV3VLHY/1943+Sept+2+p16+col+pics+staff+house.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 2, 1943, p.16. At the “Spring to Fall” event in the Wartime Housing Staff House, Gordon K. Fraser, M.P., presented horticultural awards and a variety of National Film Board films were screened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587410816991-9N68AS9T9Q6VF5WS0Z61/1946+April+12+p7+Centre+hey+kids+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587410844546-7Q5QRTZDUY98RVLLP02X/1946+May+10+p7+Centre+cartoons+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587410919105-GCJ7QZD7ZF9HYRJ7DCS6/1946+Dec+27+p7+Capitol+Sat+am+children+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587410947717-TSO0APSYW5JSCU2XSCE6/1947+Feb+21+p7+Centre+safety+club+children+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587411013482-08FNQW3FE9G74U05RYQ3/1947+April+5+p7+Capitol+Sat+am+Tarzan+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413428745-F6WQR3FFILOF01LFOZG6/1942+March+9+p7+Capitol+Maltese+Falcon+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 22, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413689349-0R243NYJ6M6331KS2MXC/1945+Sept+29+p7+Centre+Glass+Key+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 29, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413477245-TS1CV36HH061DXIGQJ4Y/1944+Dec+9+p7+Capitol+Double+Indem+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec. 9, 1944, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413952671-IZU718TNC9Y9WRKUFVWS/1945+Oct+10+p7+Regent+Ella+Raines+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 10, p.7. Minor film noir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413604400-0KDMFXN633HUZZ8SXWLD/1946+Oct+21+p7+Capitol+Postman+Rings+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 21, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587413860682-TQRKTJRVSMUGEB30NI66/1946+Dec+28+p7+Centre+Gilda+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Dec, 28, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587414536499-5HI73WPNPBF0C1Y88N5C/1947+Feb+17+p7+Capitol+Big+Sleep+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Feb. 17, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587414851186-BI0Y33Y0F17GEI9NTMNZ/1947+Sept+8+p7+Capitol+Bogart+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 8, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587414577388-APHSVISA0OSLQRXJ4JOZ/1947+Nov+10+p7+Centre+Big+Sleep+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 10, 1947, p.7. Once was not enough — the Centre often did second runs of films that had proved popular at the Capitol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587414919814-GZLOVRG5MBBOJY7FDESY/1945+Sept+22+p7+Centre+Have+%26+Have+Not+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Sept. 22, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587415474935-I4YAYEK59L1NP4HI35E5/1946+Aug+15+p7+Centre+State+Fair+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 15, 1946, p.7. State Fair, like other popular movies, had repeated screenings. I saw it at an early age, but it would have been later than this, in a re-run. Now I can recognize its highly romanticized and idealized sense of an easy rural life, but at the time that did not bother me in the least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587415520104-PPPHAV2FNKGS02I1PRU0/1945+Oct+5+p7+Regent+Abbot+%26+Cost+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 5, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587415588377-4YSXLLR1817LKP78IM0M/1946+Oct+23+p7+Centre+hubba+hubba+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 23, 1946, p.7. The term “hubba hubba” to describe beautiful women was popular in my youth, but it has now quite happily faded from common usage. It also seems that the “Hubba-Hubba Song” did not catch on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1588855551622-A0S832FPBADP5CLEZ2C3/1946+Aug+17+p7+Centre+Hunchback+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Aug. 17, 1946, p.7. As the Examiner reported, Aug. 21: “Two citizens emerged from a local theatre Tuesday night just as the Hunchback of Notre Dame was clanging out a warning on the Parisian cathedral bells. When they stepped onto the street, the bells were still ringing. Only they were not those of the hunchback. The Market Hall timepiece was striking ten o’clock.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416159372-IK0CW4XKG1BJR40D4YXW/1946+Sept+28+p7+Centre+Black+Market+Babies+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416228287-C4DNAOE3SIZ2DC402VD8/1946+May+31+p7+Centre+Allotmt+wives+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416560331-EYRNM2OJ7ZQJM4DGLBOK/1947+July+26+p7+Centre+Children+on+Trial+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416582985-0GLIAQ9X10JYCZU4N1L7/1947+Aug+2+p7+Capitol+Outlaw+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416602310-B0YWIB2UJVWWI1URQHGF/1947+Aug+6+p7+Capitol+Outlaw+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416889589-WRGP82L8Y47MG677NMON/1945+June+4+p7+Regent+Durbin+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587416909085-0E24VNU7NSNHLO31N5XH/1945+Aug+9+p7+Centre+Durbin+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417099910-3K5EVELTOPNRT8GGZQFV/1946+July+6+p7+Centre+Lou+Gehrig+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417131280-M88B8N10EUIDTZ1JR0YT/1946+July+17+p7+Capitol+Hope+%26+Crosby+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417309490-H2AEUZLL2M9N02ZLT82G/1946+Nov+23+p7+Centre+great+ad+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 23, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417368941-FN3Y7PIFY5HEDPD4SS0L/1946+May+6+p7+Capitol+Count+Basie+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, May 6, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417982846-AOHXSFHM40F9HZ6JUYUQ/1947+April+5+p7+Centre+new+prices+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 5, 1947, p.7. The prices go up at the Centre and Regent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587418018360-805Z3MR0S8QYQVWFXBAW/1947+April+5+p7+Regent+new+prices+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, April 5, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417529012-O95MPI9Z3Y5C5RRJYCE4/1947+July+8+p7+Centre+notice+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 8, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417732036-KVHMXHBHW4XZKM0PS651/1947+Oct+4+p7+Regent+The+Killers+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 4, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587417572395-WX71W92QL6DCGD81ISKR/1947+July+9+p7+Centre+Capitol+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, July 9, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419677299-KP4PDW1UD5QLZ1XAMSEH/1947+Oct+22+p7+Havelock+too+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 22, 1947, p.7. Not just Peterborough — but Norwood-Havelock too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587565412622-EZ8U7WUSQE0UL7T9URIR/1947+Nov+24+p7+Capitol+Forever+Amber+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 24, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587419757939-Y3VHO3GNENFQ14TUKUOF/1947+Oct+14+p10+contest+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Oct. 14, 1947, p.10. One of the many contests that tied the Examiner and its readers into the flow of pictures at the theatres. Five top prizes — and then ten Capitol theatre tickets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587420641373-F4RAZOHVMFQN8X5R8XCM/1945+Nov+22+p7+Regent+Bells+of+Rosarita+Roy+Rogers+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 22, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587420670850-RG22TO7JHKIYALILK0AQ/1947+Nov+19+p7+Regent+Rosarita+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, Nov. 19, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587420999902-12RA0Y2TWRMU3N0DHYDL/1947+March+14+p7+Centre+Henry+V+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 14, 1947, p.7. Unusually, not just an ad, but a convenient mail order form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587421021299-NWCFAHWOQ4I62VJEW51S/1947+March+15+p7+Centre+Henry+V+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - The 1940s: War, Prosperity, and a “Miniature Broadway” Examiner, March 15, 1947, p.7. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/theatres-come-theatres-go-the-1950s-and-later- monthly 0.5 2021-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596589425929-7O1WORLCETBM9SH74MRZ/Odeon+interior+with+kids+2+RM+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Youngsters at a Coca-Cola promotion at the Odeon Theatre, 1956—57. Parks Studio, courtesy of the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA) and Rick Mancini. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587566490512-SN8P6544B6LR4YDODP5U/1947+Dec+15+p10+recollection+Tiz-It.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go “30 Years Ago, There Were Four Theatres Catering to Entertainment Needs of City,”Examiner, Dec. 15, 1947, p.10 (a look back on the occasion of the opening of the Odeon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587654031039-OX5JSESTJHLKKE26M2Z8/1948+Dec+3+p13+pt+1+top+Paramount+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587655178625-QV7PF4KNQUO27Z1MBW0T/1948+Full+Page+Ad+Paramount+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Dec. 3, 1948, full-page ad. Look at that imagined crowd! The Crosby-Fontaine movie had “scenes from your own Canadian Jasper Park.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587655117871-RK7CFLTJ0C0JK60JITF8/1948+Dec+4+p7+Opening+Night+Ad+Paramount+p7+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Dec. 4, 1948, p.7. Opening day at the Paramount — but also on offer, a full page of entertainment in other city venues. The Capitol was screening one of the best film noirs ever, Out of the Past (1947). Bing Crosby — at both the Regent and the Paramount — Abbott and Costello, Hope and Goddard. Lots of dancing, if you’d rather do that — and you could take a taxi. On radio, in case you wanted to stay home, the Aldrich Family and Peterborough’s own Humphrey Sisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1601648432518-P5S8X9LPQGVVU4X8M269/1949+Oct+8+p7+Famous+Players+British+films+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Oct. 8, 1949, p.7. A short-lived promise of British films at Famous Players theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589028237518-AHA0WGCHV3IBJIVL2AZY/1948+July+31+drive+in+map.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, July 31, 1948, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589028349446-K0RU7YYZTWTL35OE1QUG/1948+July+30+p9+partial.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589028402354-ZP44RUT85ELLT246PSL0/1948+July+31+p9+First+Full+Page+Ad%284%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656774988-1Y28C07NO02LEGEKK0FP/1949+May+25+Exam+p7+five+movie+theatres+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 25, 1948, p.7. All five movie theatres, plus a drive-in. At the Odeon, a short, Canada Calls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656482378-HZYZ8VTI9S7C3V88XJU3/1949+April+9+p7+Centre+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656503997-1K3XF1AB0XVXFFILP87M/1949+April+9+p7+Centre+Pagliacci+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656535179-X5TDGPN26QNQZ6YXC1OM/1949+April+9+p7+Regent+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656608125-40KAFP2066GP1V55F4X4/1949+April+9+p7+Odeon+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587656656538-MG43RSOYCKSI2577MDHI/1949+April+9+p7+Paramount+Wow+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587729862377-ZV8UNMW1KRR2NEN389QN/1949+April+9+p7+Paramount+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587732541374-N5MXLHDKH1M4W2R61SP2/1949+May+27+Exam+p7+Paramout+Centre+drive+in+Odeon+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 27, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587732967818-KX19GLHQ5IIZ5KPOXKLW/1949+May+27+p7+Regent+last+hurrah.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 27, 1947, p.7. Everett English remembers his afternoons in the 1940s as a youngster at the Regent – and his experience of “mice and rats running across his feet.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587657073498-K3KU0IM5BN2JY6MBGKWG/1949+May+28+Exam+p7+drive+in+Hoppy+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 28, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587657115160-GYX0I71LBTPHEY5F4Q4G/1949+May+28+Exam+p7+Regent+closing+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 28, 1949, p.7. The Regent closes. Its Foto-Nite moves to the Capitol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587733628331-JLSEFBRY5A670HUF9F05/1949+May+28+Exam+p7+Paramount+Centre.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 28, 1949, p.7. Top left: the Regent’s last picture show: The Corsican Brothers was an old movie (1941) based on the Alexandre Dumas novel; and the Hopalong Cassidy movie Riders of the Deadline (1943) had Robert Mitchum in a small part. Just down the street Mitchum was in a featured role at the Centre. Robertson Davies had commented rather bleakly on Corsican Brothers when it first came to the city in February 1942: “It gives Douglas Fairbanks Junior a chance to play both himself and his brother. . . . Mr. Fairbanks is beside himself, literally, a great part of the time. So are the audience, for they can never tell which is which, although they are fully conscious that both are the same.” Despite this, The Corsican Brothers played at least three times in Peterborough: its first run, at the Odeon in September 1948; a second run at the Centre in November of that year; and finally at the Regent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587733911773-6QRT7EPP62J365G4TC5U/1949+May+28+Exam+p7+Capitol+Letter+photo+nite+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 28, 1949, p.7. Now, at the Capitol, it is “Photo-Nite,” not “Foto-Nite.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587735014750-27KEYNVXY9QS9JEOHEE2/1950+Jan+26+p5+Capitol+price+change+snip+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Jan. 26, 1950, p.5. The Capitol, the closest thing the city ever had to a “movie palace,” was no longer the premier first-run theatre in town — and lowered its prices. It had its Photo-Nites and, harkening back to the 1930s, its special offers for the “ladies,” and it featured films along the lines of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) or The Attack of the 50 Ft Woman (1958) and countless Randolph Scott westerns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587735036239-IMW5WEH27089TEQSYZR7/1951+June+21+pp4-5+Review+Capitol+ad+snip+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Peterborough Weekly Review, June 21, 1951, p. June 21 p.5. Among the renovations was the removal of the orchestra pit, the last vestige of the silent film days. Although it reopened as a “Famous Players Theatre,” with a single feature, the Capitol was soon leased to Twentieth Century Theatres, an affiliate of F.P. that specialized in second-run films and double features (and which also owned the Century Theatre, in Lindsay). The Capitol, now thirty years old, fixed itself up a little, as here — with its “attractive new candy bar” — and, in competition with the Centre, offered a cheaper alternative to the glitter of the Paramount and Odeon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603465010803-FOBO3DC6CIAGAS3QDVSA/1950+Jan+21+p7+Capitol+dinnerware+2+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Jan. 21, 1950, p.7. The Capitol, with what seems like a throwback to the audience-drawing gimmicks of the Depression era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587738900314-Y57ASET8N6R0R2T0EG52/1950+March+9+Pbo+Wkly+Review+KB.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587738972759-8MLJALINGJO4BB4T35A3/1950+March+23+p4+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+snip.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Peterborough Weekly Review, March 23, 1950, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587740646670-9ZO2015Z0XYGPBH8MUUF/1951+May+21+p7+theatre+ads+Centre+Paramount+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587740685255-6FHULUK4KNPEVUZ5QDIN/1951+May+21+p7+theatre+ads+drive+in+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587740723594-TSMKYZTED5MBZL3OR8PF/1951+May+21+p7+theatre+ads+Odeon+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587740959912-C2O26GZNC5GIVOYZFHRX/1953+Oct+24+p7+ads+1+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Oct. 24, 1953, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587740931667-977I37WNRRTLUZO3RL1L/1953+Oct+24+Examiner+Capitol+Fallen+Angel+%284%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Oct. 24, 1953, p.7. Showing at the Capitol, two films released eight years earlier, in 1945. Film noir and the atomic bomb: it needed to be protected? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587849227438-58AWITG8XRLS8JPPRBFI/1951+Oct+13+p35+Mtn+Pic+H+concessions.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 13, 1951, p.35. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587849251176-P01H18MH6VHAZPC45OIK/1955+July+2+p52+Mnt+Pic+Heral+Cauley+concession+stand+pepsi+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Motion Picture Herald, July 2, 1955, p.52. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589205448260-IZJMNL78ZDFVXPPAOJMY/1955+July+11+Drivein+RP+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, July 11, 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587849063494-CQQY0F51RD0MWAXXA1P1/1955+March+12+p33+Mtn+Pic+Herald+pepsi+Paramount+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Motion Picture Herald, March 12, 1955,p.33. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589205617399-YPZOJCD4H183ATE0KP8Y/1955+Oct+8+p42+Mtn+Pic+H+Cauley+candy+concession+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 8, 1955, p.42. “Please do not take drinks to seats.” How long did that last? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614350753349-XOJG5BUTEPKSN9SLSDE5/1953+May+25+p7+Centre+3D+1st+in+Pbo+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 25, 1953, p.7. The first 3-D movie to be shown in Peterborough appeared at the Centre, followed quickly by a bigger 3-D attraction, House of Wax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587850939899-JJPCBUKJ6MFSH7PO4GJY/1955+Nov+29+p7+cinemascope+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Nov. 29, 1955, p.7. Cinemascope at both the Centre and Paramount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589037449395-QKQPDOWUWSRQHNQGFVNQ/1956+Dec+17+Exam+p7+Elvis+Paramount+coming+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589037494541-KZSMUSLFIJWT4R8P0MKO/1956+Dec+31+Exam+p7+new+years+with+Elvis+%26+others+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Left: Examiner, Dec. 17, 1956, p.7. Elvis is announced. Above and right: Examiner, Dec 31, p.7. I was there to see Love Me Tender for a teenage-packed showing one afternoon during the Christmas holidays. Someone who was also there said, “I’m not sure how much I heard with all the screaming!” You could see the movie and buy the record at Cherney’s Record Bar, a stone’s throw across the street, kitty-corner on the south-west corner of George and King. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589037534584-BE2GDA3PFHTTFU04YLNA/1956+Dec+31+Exam+p7+Paramount+Elvis+2.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587751301450-V3V8RY80JEXOCEL1BONO/1959+Feb+7+p7+Roy+movies+at+home+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Feb. 7, 1959, p.7. Motion pictures in the comfort of home: Roy Studio home rentals, and movies on television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587751322340-0H7PRPSZP533QPJG4QIN/1960+Oct+3+p34+three+theatres+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Oct. 3, 1960, p.34. Three theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587751540720-W4MMP9PNF9N0TPTEK5TT/1961+Aug+Capitol+closes+from+Eric+L+collection+ReFrame+exh+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Aug. 19, 1961, p.7. The Capitol’s closing show, with its old movies (Winchester ‘73, 1950, and Criss Cross, the film noir, 1949) — and closing note of thanks to its faithful patrons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587751818718-JVB56MUVWL220MK8NXFJ/1961+Aug+19+Capitol+closes+article.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Aug. 19, 1961, p.9. The Capitol building would be sold “on the stipulation that it is not reopened as a theatre.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587754463812-NO4VTJXRCB6RPT18XW3L/1961+Dec+30+p13+George+St+Holiday+lights+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Dec. 30, 1961, p.13. The view up George Street at Christmas 1961. Today, Curry Village is one of the occupants of the old (but renovated) building. Note the presence of Ray Judd, perhaps the best softball pitcher ever to play in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757326733-ER2ZP346CWARLY38AYYS/1962+Dec+29+p20+Odeon+Elvis+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757366183-AGYEU42MHANN0WHREZIQ/1965+July+20+p18+Odeon+Elvis+5+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757390081-OROSKDMWYFMRDQY4R7H9/1965+Sept+1+p30+Odeon+Elvis+%26+Paramount+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757504032-PFJVU0WOHFV324AEZERT/1965+July+2+p25+Odeon+Ski+Party+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757531208-F9CDUB99OJI241JZ0JER/1965+May+4+p20+Odeon+Beach+Blanket+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757585703-V49C7J2NHN77N8POCF1S/1965+May+11+p20+Odeon+Girl+in+Trouble+2+%284%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757695081-NGTJZS0W9SIJP61S1378/1964+March+19+theatre+party+KB+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, March 19, 1964, np. Courtesy Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757786189-IODF5I2UCJZUKA7RMDRC/1963+May+1+p30+Paramt+%26+Odeon+Sodom+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757851746-1TGQ1DUA6VVM0DO2I5O4/1965+Aug+3+p20+Sinful+cinema+story+pt2+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587757871839-VN7U22IJJ95FIUL8OR27/1965+Aug+17+p18+Odeon+Cat+Ballou+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587758018234-TBCV5WQGDLPYRA0KFDZ3/1964+Oct+19+p34+Paramount+Kwai+1+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587758057701-AWUPQY86EPR3N8SLDZHT/1965+March+26+p24+Paramount+Yesterday+Today+Tomorrow+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587758088975-J0UH6ZC4EYY2E23ERBRH/1965+July+2+p25+Paramount+Sandpipers+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587929042597-6HA5Y5P05ESG9JW3V8T9/1967+April+15+p20+Paramount+Alfie+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, April 15, 1967, p.20. Alfie is just one example of many, and by no means the best. Others examples abound: Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Darling (1965), Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Blow-Up (1966), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and Midnight Cowboy (1969) — plus the work of Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Agnès Varda, to name only a few. Before Blow-Up (according to writer Douglas Gomery), MGM had never released a film not approved by the Production Code. Alfie was a commercial film (held over!) but its hero was not so much a hero as a louse — and there he was, talking to the camera (Brechtian style). The films of the time were still largely male concerns — feminism, the second wave, had yet to arrive (despite the appearance of The Hellcats, a couple of ads below). This new wave of cinema still tended to be buried alive amongst the standard presentations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587758205681-BZ95ZV0V2N5O7HWHGODF/1968+May+24+p24+Paramount+Graduate+bit+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, May 24, 1968, p.24. For a new generation of film-goers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587987252868-L98S8GKJJ24YK7ESS303/1965+March+26+p25+CHEX+movies+2jpg+%283%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, March 26, 1965, p.25. Of course, you could also stay at home and watch TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587929689449-88BO2ZUINSXRJB3K18VU/1968+July+24+Movie+Listings+p26+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, July 24, 1968, p.26. With the two main theatres now under the same management, the Paramount tended to have the big hits, the Odeon the less cherished pictures, and double features. At times the drive-ins had the more sensational or lurid — and (in The Tami Show) almost hip — stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587931788593-4G3WT5GZS9G0ZZ1DREEX/1968+May+24+p24+Lindsay+drive+in+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587931813060-5TWDI6Y3F86KH2QDW7SP/1968+May+24+p24+Pbo+Drive+In+Hellcats+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587932241862-X0ILP32B64JT4F55979I/1968+Sept+18+Mustang+Ad.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Sept. 18, 1968. The Mustang Drive-in Theatre opens Sept. 19, 1968. Room for 775 cars, and one of the largest screens in the country, or so it was said. Part of a chain owned by G.T.I. Drive-in Services. Ownership later changed to the Premier Operating Company, the largest drive-in theatre firm in Ontario, and even later to a series of independent operators. A by-law in Cavan Township prohibited Sunday opening. The original manager was Al Ford, who stayed at the job for twenty years. The Mustang closed in September 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587933408836-TPJ9VSH9YJT6DVZBLVZ7/1968+Sept+18+Mustang+clip+photo+from+article+p34+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Examiner, Sept. 18, 1968, p.34. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589553612073-KI8G10YRX80VQZOVUE9T/1968+Sept++Mustang+teaser-ad-pe-09-14-68+from+website+ptbocanada.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - 1950s–60s: Theatres, They Come and They Go Teaser ad, nd, Mustang Theatre, Examiner, August-September 1968, www.ptbocanada.com. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/whats-doing/the-1970s-and-on-the-paramount-and-odeon-meet-cineplex-and-galaxy monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f9e75264-220b-45b9-8298-b27455d63f4a/Galaxy+Water+and+Simcoe+Pat+Trudeau+Facebook+Oct+17+2019.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy - Make it stand out The bright lights remain on a rainy night: no theatre row, but one huge cinema with multi-screens. The Galaxy, 2019, as viewed from Water and Simcoe. Photo by and with courtesy of Pat Trudeau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212017365-K9D3R70Z12AVEZ0NW85Z/1974+July+26+Movie+Listings+p16+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212053367-CY2RHXTTXIM9CF2LZBG6/1978+July+4+Three+Mustang+Drive+Ins+p18.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212459433-WEJFGR80MAN11LAHU83T/1970+April+14+p20+Exam+ads+Reiver+Anne.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212495153-UA1SIEE6OSWHI2JSCF5Z/1970+April+16+p8+Odeon+Anne+%26+drive+in.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212516853-R4S819BR7A6CD9QZ7696/1970+April+16+p8+Odeon+Anne+Thousand+days.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212772966-WIU8CU14Q3T3K922ZRM5/1980+Nov+20+Cineplex+Opens+p3+photo+2+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Nov. 20, 1980, p.2. The “opening cereminies,” complete with exhibition heavies Nat Taylor and Garth Drabinsky alongside local notables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589212965253-GF1K5LGSG5D0HB72PEX0/1980+Nov+19+Cineplex+Ad+p40+%283%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Nov. 19, 1980, p.40. Peterborough’s Cineplex 6 was among the earliest of the houses established by the new Cineplex corporation (headed by long-time Canadian film exhibitor Nat Taylor and a young Garth Drabinsky). Founded only the year before, Cineplex set out to alter the mall movie-going experience. It had opened its first, the Toronto Eaton’s Centre Cineplex, in April 1979. The Peterborough opening led to a rare event: a mention of the city in a U.S. book about motion picture exhibition. In his Shared Pleasures: A History of Movie Presentation in the United States (1992), Douglas Gomery points out: “Since the products of the baby boom, patrons under thirty years old, made up three-quarters of the Cineplex audience, future expansion focused not only on major cities but also on college campus towns such as Peterborough with its Trent University.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589213018422-LF08FRYG01IGP85D2YCV/1980+Nov+20+cineplex+RP+files+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Nov. 20, 1980. In all, the six “pocket-sized” Cineplex theatres would have fewer total seats — 750 — than each of the individual theatres downtown had provided in their heyday. With 150 or less seats per theatre, the individual rooms might not even have been up to the capacity of the storefront theatres of 1907. The Peterborough venue was a “small-scale model” of the 18-theatre (later 21) Cineplex at Eaton’s Centre. It promised, at least at the start, to offer the best in both English and foreign-language films, classic cinema, art films, retrospectives, and “the highest calibre of children’s films.” That goal did not long remain in place as it soon moved into showing primarily the big Hollywood releases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589213540404-6MRMSIMIFY98W22W6LOD/1984+July+26+Paramount+only+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, July 26, 1984, p.16. By 1985 Cineplex had merged with Odeon, forming Cineplex-Odeon. It thus had control of both the Lansdowne Place Cineplex 6 and the downtown Odeon Theatre. In 1986 the Odeon fell into the hands of Ontario Cinemas, part of the Cineplex-Odeon chain. Overnight it was transformed, with its two screens, into the Trent Cinemas — showing the same movies that had been advertised a day earlier for the Odeon and having the same manager, Douglas Hall. The Paramount, once known as “the classiest theatre in Peterborough,” did not quite make it to its 40th birthday — although it had a very long run as theatres go. After being purchased by Cineplex-Odeon in 1986, it was promptly closed down. The paper pronounced it “the end of an era.” On Friday, Nov. 21, 1986, the Paramount’s ad announced: “LAST TWO DAYS UNTIL CLOSING!” The movies Crocodile Dundee and The Colour of Money (in its “3rd Terrific Week”) were showing. On Thursday it had its “Final Night,” featuring the same two movies. The next day Crocodile Dundee moved to the Lansdowne Cinemas. Ironically, said manager Doug Whitham, attendance had been better than at any time “since the theatre opened in the mid-1940s.” But there was another side of the coin. The manager also pointed out that Famous Players was moving away from independent properties to mall settings, which were less expensive to maintain. ***** The audiences at the Trent Cinemas dwindled and it lasted only until 1995. The theatre, management said, had not been filled to capacity for quite some time. Theatre manager Blanche O’Brien stated, “The last time we needed the balcony was for Schindler’s List” (1993), and “the smaller cineplex theatres are really the way things are going.” Eventually the Odeon/Trent Cinemas space at 290 George St. N., nicely renovated, became the site of the Showplace Performance Centre, established and owned as a non-profit, charitable community organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589213575816-XT78OGQD3EPRTN6O2P79/1986+Nov+28+Paramount+Closing+Front+Page+%282%29.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Nov. 28, 1986, p.1. The article gets a few things wrong. It was not the city’s “fifth cinema to close its doors.” It was referring only to recent years; there were others, earlier on. And the Regent closed in 1949; the Centre closed in 1956; the Capitol in 1961. Nevertheless, the Paramount was indeed popular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589213856842-RR8YHWX7MX18XBSKQ2VG/1995+Aug+18+Trent+Closing+-+Last+Picture+Show+pC6.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Aug. 18, 1995. Closing the Trent Cinemas on George St., with staffer Robert Scott changing the marquee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589214304590-29L8R7QM5H5ABQ6WFLGQ/1998+Feb+12+Exam+Trent+Cinemas+mgr+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Feb. 12, 1998, np. Danny Edwards, manager of the “new” Trent Cinemas complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589214483270-F30RM0UN9787VK7LTEJ4/1997+Dec+18+Lansdowne+%26+Trent+Cin+RP+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Dec. 18, 1997. Lansdowne Cinemas 6 and the newly opened Trent Cinemas 7-Plex, downtown in Peterborough Square. The Lansdowne ad indicates that it is moving some films over to the Trent Cinemas on Friday. The 7-Plex, located at the northeast corner of Charlotte and Water streets, was on the ground level above Peterborough Square’s Eaton’s store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589214511848-BH8BYF554YUUD632VU70/1997+Dec+18+Trent+Cinema+7+Plex+ad+p3D.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, Dec. 18, 1997. One film in the bunch is not ordinary fare — and the type of film that is only rarely seen in the theatre nowadays: The Sweet Hereafter (1997), the latest from the experimental Canadian director Atom Egoyan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589222169061-D3HLMN5QN4UAPQH3J2WO/2000+July+14+pP6+headline+Galaxy.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589221900162-P19VC64ITB3B74VJTVO2/2000+July+14+pP6+Galaxy+photo+doors+%282%29.JPG What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy Examiner, July 14, 2000, p.6. The Galaxy opens up — before Lansdowne Cinemas close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589222359947-0UUFGZRA9WWCVZLUAQW8/2000+July+12+Galaxy+Opening+Full+Page+Ad+pD5+RP.jpg What's Doing at the Movies? - From the 1970s to 2000s: The Paramount and Odeon Meet Cineplex and Galaxy https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres daily 0.75 2022-08-22 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/peterborough-motion-picture-theatres-through-time monthly 0.5 2022-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591982841386-KP5NL7SDY7Y4AX006G7L/location+of+theatres+map+Richard+Peachey+spring+2020.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614023013009-W2RICC3XGZIWZY1CNZJH/George+St+lkg+south+w+GOH+nd+snip+early+PMA+2000-012-002675-1+%28Moore+Monumental%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614023626240-M9UMS0NRIB11IQIRQDC0/Crystal+Exam+article+photo+only+%285%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614023094357-9DZGESU8V5XIO11W1NZ5/Royal+Theatre+1909+small+Feb+Adv+of+Mr+Trouble+playing+PMA+2000-012-000629-3.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615120224832-QG2SZFLVB9R4WDYXSCWI/Empire+Theatre+small.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614023410327-EFIQGUK2LW5IWBSRI18O/Allen+postcard+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614025247291-RPRPT81DHH50PVB8LH2C/Capitol+%26+George++%5Bfrom+I+Grew+up+page%5D.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619905585950-5CXFUQON44KX1JTJU8XM/George+St+lkg+north%2C+Paramount%2C+Odeon%2C+Capitol%2C+cropped+from+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5dc2b2c5-5b60-4785-bce3-49f2c01d2ef7/1948+July+30+p9+Drive+in+to+open+top+of+ad+2.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough Motion Picture Theatres: A Chronological List - Make it stand out Examiner, July 30, 1948, p.9. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/peterborough-at-the-dawn-of-the-local-motion-picture-theatre-the-electric-theatre-and-modern-life monthly 0.5 2022-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617808219832-FXSMCTHX9W9VMGAZ717G/George+St+Hunter+lkg+north+2000-012-002134-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre George Street at Hunter, looking north — Peterborough in the early age of its industrial revolution, a decade before movie theatres. Were people looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with? Here a huge crowd gathers on Monday, July 13, 1895, for an Orangemen Parade “for the Glorious 12th” (celebrating the July 12 victory of the Battle of Boyne in 1690), with many onlookers looking out from the windows of the buildings above the street. Thousands of visitors came into town by train that day. In the mid-afternoon, when this photo was taken, the sun had burst out; but in the morning rain had fallen “in torrents,” thus accounting for the many umbrellas in the crowd. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), 2000-012-002134-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1625312301383-864N91X4OEZRWRIMOPL2/1904+March+31+Daily+Rev+p5+Elec+City+industry+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre - Make it stand out Daily Review, March 31, 1904, p.5. Peterborough around the time it was being touted as “the banner city in the Dominion” (at least by the local newspaper). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617809912873-LS8B5TEHCF0TPHM2HYKG/Reframe+history+CGE+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre The Canadian General Electric Company in the early years. The company established itself in town in 1891 as Edison General Electric Company, but its name soon changed to CGE and it was for years the city’s largest industrial plant. This image is from a booklet of “city views” produced around 1907 by Irishman Robert J. Soden, Bookseller and Stationer. Trent Valley Archives, Soden booklet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619640464742-AYPKXGZXRHIWKXIIAQU8/1906+Dec+18+Morn+Times+Industrial+Edition+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Morning Times, Dec. 18, 1906. Peterborough on the cusp of modernity. The new Y.M.C.A. building is featured on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617810953514-F7ZNHISA5HLNWPL19OI9/1906+Nov+23+p2+JJ+Turner+hires+sail+maker+from+Scotland+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Nov. 23, 1906, p.2. The city’s harvest of incoming workers included a sail maker from Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618069155200-LDXUKRR7L8A9XIMBO2XY/1907+May+10+p7+Park+St+Baptist+Church+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, May 10, 1907, p.7. In the early decades of the 20th century, churches aplenty went up for a church-going population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617811266399-3TSL14FCVTPCLK38JGZK/1906+Aug+21+p8+building+active+in+Pbo+pt1+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Aug. 21, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617831382145-7FL0PJNIT3C8CT23G7NC/1906+Dec+29+p9+P+Collegiate+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Dec. 29, 1906, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617810743833-ATTG46HEHKG35CZMB9XK/1906+Dec+15+p22+Engelburn+Park+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Dec. 15, 1906, p.22. A handy and beautiful new residential area, just across the river from downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617809552181-SRZDML58U6875BJQPTN7/1907+May+30+p3+Exam+family+living+in+tent+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, May 30, 1907, p.3. A housing crisis with people resorting to tents remains a familiar story well over a century later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618065318085-OGP4QUV2BJAXLBIB4E0Q/1906+Nov+24+p13+Lech+furriers+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Nov. 24, 1906, p.13. With industrialization came the consolidation of the consumer economy. The Lech store, with a stuffed bear out front, was a downtown mainstay for decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617831721089-9CT05BEXVL4HASCAJE2P/Victoria+Park+bandstand+ancestry.ca+historical+postcards.png Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Crowds would gather at the bandstand at Victoria Park, just below the County Court House, for regular concerts in the early years of the century, and in particular the music of the 57th Regiment Band. Ancestry.ca historical postcards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618065849965-SRJZ79PHZYO8LZPD1F2T/1906+Nov+26+p8+church+going+pt3+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Nov. 26, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618067960444-H8GF0LR4WTOVE9T860TB/1907+May+10+p6+Dominion+Restaurant+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, May 10, 1907, p.6. The Dominion Cafe, opened in 1906 below the Clock Tower at the corner of George and Charlotte, was the first Chinese restaurant established in the city (in 1937 it was renamed the Deluxe Cafe). Its owner, a newly arrived Chinese immigrant with the anglicized name Tom Him (also known as Thomas Him), called himself George Thomas for business purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618089402615-DPC1WALAP9A329CYQS5D/1901+June+8+p3+Ringling+Bros+circus+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, June 8, 1901, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618244733820-T31OIW2GKF77VCQC4FZ6/1907+July+18+p5+horses+like+new+auto.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618264891885-S5N1YTJDZ0EC37ZDPLS7/1907+March+16+p11+new+auto+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, March 16, 1907, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618245044583-2WVKBMOYNT6VSM8OQTU9/1907+July+15+p1+Fred+Darcy+autos+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, July 15, 1907, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617811453721-SDMYH0AT61F4HL4SFBAX/1907+July+16+p4+first+auto+livery+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, July 16, 1907, p.4. When autos were the latest thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618241619091-FMQA3O3EDMVTMAEN6JQW/Joseph+Whetung+www.picbear.org.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Joseph Whetung Jr., nd. A listing of Curve Lake chiefs has Joseph Whetung as chief from 1907 to 1910. www.picbear.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624798502477-VN27QCPTCEXGHO2HLN1W/1954+March+31+p4+editorial+prob+Davies+Indians+%26+vote+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre - Make it stand out Examiner, editorial, March 31, 1954, p.4. A supposedly wise man makes the argument against giving Indigenous peoples the vote. It would be okay if they weren’t living on reserves, as “wards to the state.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618242405055-BFK1OR86DDFOJOO81MJW/1921+Jan+13+p5+Wkly+Exam+Whetung+snip+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Weekly Examiner, Jan. 13, 1921, p.5. Daniel Whetung won the election; he was chief from 1913 to 1943. Here the newspaper used the top part of the larger photographic portrait of Whetung. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618243101211-L51FXB3FTM2QF0BM0EDZ/1913+April+17+Kendrey+Indian+Congress+KB+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Weekly Examiner, April 17, 1913. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624805509143-SSEL9FXHQP5CVUCYPB1Q/1907%2BJuly%2B20%2Bp9%2Bcity%2527s%2Bpopulation%2Bpt1%2B%25283%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre - Make it stand out Examiner, July 20, 1907, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618318410351-A9OS6L5L08ED19ZMB22O/1907+Pbo+dir+Minicolo+p207.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Union Publishing Co’s Peterborough Directory, 1907, p.207. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618264746512-7EW6BEB0R0YPGZ43ECBO/1907+June+15+p2+Demetres+ice+cream+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, June 15, 1907, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618324155785-FE668P6RPLZGSBYJ3XJK/1912+Feb+14+p6+Shepard+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Feb. 14, 1912, p.6. Minstrel shows and their depiction of “negroes” (most often white people in blackface) were immensely popular for decades in Peterborough, as elsewhere. This is only one of a large number of cartoonish notices for the appearance of the Belmont Minstrels at the Grand Opera House in early 1912. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618324818185-WB4UUXJTO5PJKF0V1J3O/1907+Sept+23+p5+Wonderland+Hen+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Sept. 23, 1907, p.5. Opposite the street railway office, the second motion picture theatorium to be established in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618329606678-O50A3ZE26EFRDWQ6G887/1907+Sept+24+p8+Daily+Review+Crystal+Oranament.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Daily Review, Sept. 24, 1907, p.8. It would not be the last time, despite the typo, that a city newspaper gave a glowing welcome to a motion picture theatre — especially emphasizing its benefit to the downtown area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624303475746-DPVP91NSVYP37VKG07QM/1907+May+4+p140+MPW+value+of+mvg+pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre - Make it stand out From “The Nickelodeon,” Moving Picture World, May 4, 1907, p.140. A necessary message, perhaps, at a time when these new upstart theatres were considered highly suspect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618329002066-T68P9IRJGMIB03YRPKGN/1907+Dec+27+p11+Market+Hall+mvg+pics+Edwards+lantern+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Peterborough at the Dawn of the Local Motion Picture Theatre Examiner, Dec. 27, 1907, p.11. Wesley Edwards, owner of the Crystal, takes his motion pictures out of the theatre to the Market Hall, to serve as “an amusement” for a worthy cause. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/bradburns-opera-house monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590059761198-ZO93R5P203NLGK67WV4P/1887+Industrial+Cities+of+Canada+Bradburn+p57.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Industries of Canada: Historical and Commercial Sketches,1887, p.57. The Bradburn building, George Street, home to Bradburn’s Opera House. H. Sheppard has a clothing and dry goods shop on the ground floor. An arcade entrance is in the middle. The opera house was on the third floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589836943429-9OOMMJH0YC7OQ321U4MM/George+St+showing+Bradburn+bldg+F90_file775_9_bradburn_opera_1969001+TVA+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The east side of George Street, 1969, with the Bradburn Building centre left, between Lincoln Shoes and the Market Hall Building. Trent Valley Archives (TVA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589837144242-HRTM0YX9STQ1R93LZD0F/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32946.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The auditorium of the Bradburn Opera House, 1969, as it remained in its lonely state before demolition began in 1973. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). It was in this hall that Peterboronians saw the first motion pictures, among with witnessing many other new technologies, entertainments, and political events. The well-known historian F.H. Dobbin might have been sitting there right in the middle in January 1897. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589837555795-OJAIPT24N2B8S6S6HRA2/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+plans+ReF+exhibit+PMA+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Town Hall/Bradburn’s Opera House, design plan, 1872. PMA. Once called “Peterborough’s finest public building.” Reduced to rubble in 1973. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591274222112-9LOU1CVXD86JM45BAWG5/1876+Times+Business+Directory+p11+Bradburn+town+hall.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The “Times” Business Directory and Book of Reference for the Town and Country of Peterborough, 1876, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589842605787-TDLH41ZFWMM82SK60XT4/1888-89+Pbo+Dir+pxxv+amusements+Bradburn.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter 1888—89 Directory of the Town of Peterborough, p.xxv. The Bradburn was already considered “too small for the growth of the amusement-loving population of the town.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605736256812-JTQSIB675EMKZNNCAFBE/1897+Oct+20+PMA+98-020+%28Bradburn+1897%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A typical night at the opera house. Bradburn’s playbill, October 1897, PMA 98-020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589854142563-ZKLGD2RR4F4R8KJI9DN3/1850+bylaw+amusements+p12+snip.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Rules of Order and By-Laws of the Town Council of the Town of Peterborough, printed at the “Despatch Office,” Peterborough, 1850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590076109922-IZPG2KU8AIWF1EOY7JQ6/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32942.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A glimpse of a long-forgotten stairway in the opera house, as seen in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590065644046-I4U2WBNCUL6V25YW2YJJ/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+4+longitude+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A longitudinal section. Belcher’s signature is in the bottom right corner. The theatre is on the third floor, with the stage on the left end. Belcher also designed the city’s Market Hall and Clock Tower (1888—90) and the Collegiate (1908) and Public Library (1911) in addition to many other local buildings and churches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590065688747-HNPPQ2N3SWY261V49N30/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+2+PMA+profile.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A “transverse section,” showing the building’s profile from the side: the three floors, and the theatre’s proscenium arch on the third floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590066894150-EWVKJ349E2ABCCZIYYVI/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+longitud+closer+look+at+theatre+profile+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A detail from the longitudinal section, showing the theatre and stage. It had a small gallery or row of “loges” along the east side of the auditorium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590065929658-NLS08CZGOL72LU4LAOF6/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+5+grd+floor+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The ground floor plan, with the building fronting on George Street and spaces for stores on the street front and along the arcade. Stairways in the middle went up to the second floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590065958376-ULE4GFIQ0MWU5K9MIUHP/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+6+PMA+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The second-floor plan (above the ground floor with its shops and arcade) shows various offices, including that of the mayor (on the south side of the building, or top right corner on the drawing), and the town council chambers. The town clerk’s office is north of the council chamber. A wide corridor extended north and south to two sets of stairs leading up to the theatre. As one later account put it: “The public turned to the right on reaching the second floor, and stairs at the opposite and north end of the hallway led to the stage, a private accommodation for the actors, stage employees and any others associated with the business of theatrical productions.” An 1880 inspection found the system of stairways to be poorly designed when it came to emergency exits, and later on they were modified. The Bradburn housed the municipal offices only until the late 1880s. After that the council chambers were used for meetings, parties, dances, and other events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590066136557-T5AVS3RJUMG752H90YO4/Bradburn+O+H+drwg+3+theatre+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The third-floor plan, with the stage and hall, ante room, and cloak rooms at each end; dressing rooms on either side of the stage. In his book Early Stages: Theatre in Ontario, 1800-1914 (1990), Robert Fairfield notes: “These splendid drawings now in the Collection of the Peterborough Centennial Museum make up by far the oldest complete set of such documents so far discovered in Ontario, and very possibly in the whole of Canada." PMA MG 1-212 A - Thomas Bradburn fonds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590063101239-NADW1JC5ZSROFQIYJOLJ/1905+Jan+27+p5+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+Bradburn+3+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Peterborough Weekly Review, Jan. 27, 1905, p.5. One of Thomas Bradburn’s sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593460457986-5Q0TOF6Q42YO0Y14TUAC/1895+Aug+28+np+Morn+Times+opera+house+runaway.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Morning Times, Aug. 28, 1895, np. Excitement in the opera house arcade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590185679116-UD7KI65YJ2K9C5LJN12N/1883+Jeffery%27s+Guide+and+Dir+to+Opera+Houses+title.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Fifth edition, Chicago, 1882—83. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590185241411-DQ17HFPW0Y0L8IM4GNG7/1883+Jeffery%27s+Guide+and+Dir+to+Opera+Houses+p306.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Jeffery's Guide and Directory, 1882—83, p.306. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591227571664-E36B3TZ1AFOI9OL4LH51/1897+Julius+Cahn%27s+Official+Theatrical+Guide+p40+railway+route.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide Containing Information of the Leading Theatres and Attractions in America, vol. 2, New York, 1897, p.40. “Peterboro” on the list of the “best theatrical cities.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591227761820-S13PSVZLGKDYTS9SCCYO/1901+Cahn%27s+Theatrical+Guide+p784+map+snip+2JPG.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide Containing Information of the Leading Theatres and Attractions in America, 1903-04, vol. 8, New York, p.784. A detail from the Grand Trunk Railway System map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591227662089-N6PJH3Y08FXL05K7IB75/1901+Cahn%27s+Theatrical+Guide+p784+map+partial.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide, 1903-04, p.784. A portion of the Grand Trunk Railway System map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591227908258-95ZDXE88OPTH70HBCX8Z/1901+Cahn%27s+Theatrical+Guide+p788+Pbo.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide, 1903-04, p.788. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589916392421-ZDNJNWZEZ1RZGCN2A5IJ/1897+May+21+np+Exam+Bradburn%27s+Sousa+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, May 21, 1897, np. Sousa and his band returned to the Grand Opera House, Nov. 22, 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614180570937-GUFOO054D0PH6T4NSHYP/1953+March+17+p7+Odeon+Stars+%26+Stripes+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Sousa returns — on screen! Examiner, March 17, 1953, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589916753743-UQFO5YHLPYMV5ZFES61L/1877+March+1+np+Exam+Bradburn+opera+house+Blind+tom.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, March 1, 1877, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634930173747-67OFXTLEV1W92WF608ZQ/1954+Nov+30+p9+Churchill+Bradburn+Opera+House+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter - Make it stand out A look back at Churchill’s visit to Peterborough and Bradburn’s Opera House. Examiner, Nov. 30, 1954, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589916528130-MTZQDWL05XUNZ79ULPEE/1897+Jan+23+Sat+np+cinematographe+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Jan. 23, 1897, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592315244316-JE7A3G6ENFUA719SREEW/1897+March+27+np+%286%29+Daily+Exam+kineoptoscope.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1633375593010-0EMCHKD6JCWH7C3R4D5D/1898+March+10+np+Exam+mvg+pics+Bradburn+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter - Make it stand out Examiner, March 10,1898, np. More motion pictures at the Bradburn in the early years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589917215028-N3MTI27F3XP1ABSVHVWH/1901+Sept+10+p5+Bradburn+opera+house+season+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Above: Examiner, Sept. 10, 1901, p.5. A full season of live performances. The list does not include all the events at the Bradburn that fall: for instance, the “Holy City” event (right), which included “limelight views,” a precursor of the moving picture. It also seems that McEwan, the hypnotist, did not show up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589917241123-PCL8ZTSLFQG4BLJM7UE5/1901+Sept+18+p5+Exam+Bradburn+opera+house+Marks+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Sept. 18, 1901, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590075613234-5NPAALFA3ZE3UXP09L9V/1901+Dec+6+p4+Exam+Bradburn+limelight+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Dec. 6, 1901, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589917029288-OMA9PVQTDOD932DOTQSD/1897+Oct+8+np+Daily+Exam+Bradburn+Veriscope+etc+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Oct. 8, 1897, np. Sandwiching the live stage event: “moving views” — “the only genuine pictures” of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Procession — and film of a prominent boxing match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c6ae1a62-3845-4386-be86-ca9c7024e083/1903+Jan+12+p1+Bradburn+opera+h+electric+carnival+mvg+pics.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 12, 1903, p.1. Not advertised as “moving pictures,” but as an “Electric Carnival.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589917719636-6PZW00GJU63J8XD9BQ7R/1902+Sept+10+p5+Bradburn+Pharoah+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Sept. 10, 1902, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591279486054-XZ7KSVU5KNEKH3JA6F7D/1903+Feb+16+p5+Bradburn+El+Capitan+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Feb. 16, 1903, p.5. The show that broke the Bradburn’s back. It was “packing the Grand Opera House [in Toronto] every night.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2ffc20bc-b69c-400e-9453-538dbb2e3258/1904+March+23+Daily+Rev+p4+Mvg+Pics+Brad+OH+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter - Make it stand out Daily Review, March 23, 1904, p.4. More moving pictures at the Bradburn. This program, from the Bioscope Company of London, England, was presented under the auspices of the local fire department (given one of the key film subjects, the “great Chicago theatre fire”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591357942971-Q1H7DGH991WRX63721RU/1904+Jan+9+p5+Bradburn+Alexandra+Club+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Jan. 9, 1904, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589986557212-16N2RJPSJU1YLBB1G1EY/1905+Sept+16+p5+Exam+Bradburn+op+house+el+capitan+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Sept. 16, 1905, p.5. Despite the issues, the Bradburn continued to offer a full slate of events in the fall of 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589996374143-4I0MA1UDE3P9UZ8SKUH0/1905+Sept+22+p8+Exam+Bradburn+op+house+events+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Sept. 22, 1905, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590006636793-P97FW49RGO5HQQSSOY8N/1905+Oct+5+p8+Exam+Bradburn+Op+house+Guy+Bros+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Oct. 5, 1905, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590006675229-UUD45940XF79JKD1UYNZ/1905+Oct+7+p5+Exam+Bradburn+two+events.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Oct. 7, 1905, p.5. It was a busy spot right up until the loss of its number one position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590007327122-AT4WQ2DZC1N0M5K69A1N/1908+Jan+4+p8+Bradburns+hall+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Jan. 4, 1908, p.8. This announcement says that the Assembly Hall was “under” the old opera house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613160808599-9BAAI9ZDO2EMC9HHC5IB/1915+April+7+p8+Review+Victoria+Hall+GOH+partial.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Review, April 7, 1915, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613160984161-Q01BS18GFBRR6XCGWJUG/1915+April+23+p2+Review+Victoria+Hall+for+rent+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Review, April 23, 1915, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590008109290-LUMRAVHIGTMIHYIS3F41/1921+Nov+29+p4+Victoria+Hall+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, Nov. 29, 1921, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590008141968-Y993AJUGGGOG3NNXU2JY/1921+Sept+22+p6+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+Victoria+Hall.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Weekly Review, Sept. 22, 1921, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590008273837-XCRQESGXF4ZW3SY47KU0/1926+March+8+p1+Victoria+Hall+hockey.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Examiner, March 8, 1926, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590076272935-0DCO47BD4NDIEW0XCZPD/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32936.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter An entrance to the hall, with the “curious looking” loges above, 1969. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590076485448-GPTR4RFUUGJ65G5385IH/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32938.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter Remaining bits and pieces of the old opera house, 1969. This is the view looking down from the stage and showing the loges on the left. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590076523622-CFVW06HFS4GP0WW47MQF/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32943.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter In the 1940s the largely deserted auditorium was used as a training quarters by the Sea Cadets. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590076914128-QB1SRZHP3LS3OUISAQQL/Bradburn+Opera+House+-+1969+PA-32937.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter A view of the auditorium from the loges. The windows would have been looking out on George Street. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590077930121-5GPAGB9ML4919SJHUORT/P-14-010-1+%28George+Street+at+Charlotte+-+Looking+north%29+Centre.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The streetscape of the 1950s. George Street at Charlotte, looking north, with the Bradburn building on the right, just above the Market Hall. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590077773635-5MWYKXF6DM2ERFJACW1H/F90_bradburn_opera_c1970.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The Bradburn building, home of the opera house, c.1970. To the right, Market Hall. TVA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590176661300-BE3J764DE4GUA1U2UG9G/F90_downtown_bradburn_opera_c1970.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter The Bradburn block, c1970. TVA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590151564545-N7JPE3PP7BG33KSRKX42/George+St+1970s+demolition+P-13-632-3.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Bradburn's Opera House, 1876–c1907 and Thereafter https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-grand-opera-house-1905-37-part-1-the-rise monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590691818584-7P4N7KP0B3SN9GQJZ7BJ/Grand+GOH+%26+Turner+Bldg+showing+GOH+PMA+2000-012-001031-1.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Side by side: The Grand Opera House and the Turner building. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, courtesy Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). The same photo also appears in a 1914 promotional booklet, “The Electric City” – Peterborough, Views of City and District, with Information from Official Sources, 1914. The fire brigade might have been out for a drill, showing off a new ladder, or simply posing for a photo: they look relaxed. The Turners, Manufacturers, not just in “Peterboro” but also in Regina, Sask., explicitly declared to the local world the products they made in that building. The partially seen theatre display signs (see below) seem to indicate that this photo was taken on Oct. 14, 1912, when the famed May Robson (see Bringing Up Baby, 1938, for instance) was appearing in the play A Night Out. The fire brigade uses horses; Peterborough had only a few autos on its dirt roads. The Turner building survives to this day on that corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591631350907-YIEJB2UXYNOIRHASNWFN/1912+Oct+14+photo+GOH+detail.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A detail from the Turner/Grand Opera House photo. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590348293699-7DRLL0POYT3K1PQZF2M1/1936+March+2+p7+Northeast+corn+Turner+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, March 2, 1936, p.7. The corner as it appeared in the nineteenth century. The Turner company erected its building on this property in 1901. This photo dates from sometime before that when it was the site of Robert Hull’s blacksmith shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590415604323-JS7IUDM2ZBXF0E81V7SS/1903+Dec+16+p1+pt2+snip+opera+house.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years “Peterborough to Have Opera House,” Examiner, Dec. 16, 1903, p.1. Early on an article spelled out the financial costs and benefits of an opera house. The “provisional directors” of the project felt “confident that a fair and reasonable return may be expected from the capital invested.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1625311643505-NTE9Q2ZWLNQVATKK2SUG/1903+June+1+p4+new+opera+house.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years - Make it stand out Examiner, June 1, 1903, p.4. The argument for a new opera house in “the banner town of the Dominion” — but it would take a couple of years for the dream to come to fruition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591444457272-A05MC5199ORB665H4MM6/1904+Jan+11+p4+new+opera+house+a+must.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591443291610-SNRZQ0K0HA1OIRUPURJ3/1904+Feb+18+p3+GOH+application+to+Parliament+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Feb. 18, 1904, p.3. The Town applies to the Ontario government to accommodate the legal/assessment needs related to the property of both the Lock Manufacturing company and the Academy of Music or Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591444762170-DP5HCXKUCZXFP73E3E2U/1904+March+5+p5+GOH+opera+house+needed+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, March 5, 1904, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590349409991-9XAMMG0GT8HVECGMUBMS/1905+city+bylaw+1109+opera+house+assessment+JB+snip+KB+p1.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years City council passes By Law Number 1109, June 1, 1905, to fix the assessment of a new opera house. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590351047133-KV1W2TMZ6VLGNECCSD4L/Small+AJ+Ambrose+Bookings+Shubert+Archive+Daubs.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Courtesy Shubert Archives, New York. This schedule had to be altered: The Red Rose came for one night only, on Oct. 8, 1912. Thanks also to Katie Daubs, The Missing Millionaire: The True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed with Finding Him (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2019), for drawing these images to my attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590351073229-N5F07UP1HJX4A6L05VUD/Small+AJ+Ambrose+Circuit+Shubert+Archive+Daubs.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A.J. Small Circuit ad, April 21, 1909. Courtesy of Shubert Archives, New York. The city was clearly attached to Small’s tightly arranged theatre circuit, as Small’s letterhead and “Money Route” show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590850262872-ZKZLV6A9BESKEGZLRPP1/1905+Nov+16+p5+GOH+opens+with+front+view.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Nov. 16, 1905, p.5. The facade as it appeared to an artist’s eye on opening day. Reuben Fax was the star of The Yankee Consul. To celebrate the event, the city’s 57th Regimental Band played out front before the performance of the play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590783196032-PT1HJEGKS8CBER8AD92Q/Grand+GOH+%26+Turner+Bldg+snip+PMA+2000-012-001031-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A detail from the photo at the top of this page, showing the front entrance of the Grand Opera House, with the “Gallery Entrance” on the right, just behind the horse. The words “Grand Opera House” high up over the doors were added in April 1907, with raised gold letters on a green background. The owners erected the cover or “shelter” over the front entrance in early autumn 1908. The vertical “G-R-A-N-D” sign in front went up in September 1910 — said to be “the first of its kind to be placed in operation in Peterborough.” The alternating current lights spelled the name of the theatre letter by letter until all letters were shining, and then flashed the entire name before beginning the process all over again. The Turner factory itself made the sign, and had just completed a similar one for a firm in Regina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590843316777-EY0R6KWWK0TNKG4ZZOLI/1905+Nov+10+p1+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+Robt+Fair+ad+snip+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Peterborough Weekly Review, Nov. 10, 1905, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590850818477-BM6ARN001EN3YXQMX22O/1905+Nov+14+p7+GOH+opera+glasses+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Nov. 14, 1905, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590932242588-50QSS7SJA6M5EQ5T7133/1905+Nov+15+p1+Review+GOH+open+night+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Daily Review, Nov. 15, 1905, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605737360474-QL8FTPMLA2E90XSMWTUT/98-020+%28GOH+1908+Season%29+pg+3.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years The Grand Opera House made its appeal to the “superior buying class,” not to mention travellers stopping into the city for a day or two. A page from the 1908 fall season booklet. PMA, 98-020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590785048809-WAOUQ5FA4YBAOGS4SLBB/Grand+Opera+House+interior+1906+flashlight+PMA+2000-012-000439-1+from+Jon+Oldham+May+27+2020.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years R.M. Roy’s “flash-light photo” of the Grand Opera House, Feb. 8, 1906, with the better class attending. Roy displayed the photo the following morning in his studio window on Hunter Street, and the Examiner commented: “Of the 1,200 of more faces in the picture, every one could be identified with the aid of a glass.” The photo appeared, with an article about the Grand’s first season — of over sixty-five performances — in the Examiner, May 19, 1906, p.1. Unlike the 1908 photo, there is no motion picture projector in the first balcony near the fourth or fifth row. Roy Studio photo, PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591882326464-9GYEODBD19P0JPLHA0I0/1906+Feb+5+p8+GOH+Peggy+from+Paris+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Feb. 5, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591882445269-QK8J0D9YYPYE8JSOKF07/1906+Feb+5+p5+GOH+Peggy+from+Paris+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Feb. 5, 1906, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591797597272-J9C4H0J6TZW8GYFQUVC4/1906+April+27+p8+GOH+Knott+Holy+City+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, April 27, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591705792091-G853L5QB0O95G1SMRDZ2/1906+April+30+p7+GOH+oh+behave%21+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Peterborough audiences: Oh behave! It wasn’t just young boys and rowdies causing problems. Examiner, April 30, 1906, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591878663667-J7NT94BU0Y86SQ67POUJ/1906+April+30+p5+GOH+not+a+pic+show+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, April 30, 1906, p.5. Motion pictures were still very much in their youth, but an ad for The Holy City found it necessary to say, “This is no Picture Show but a dramatic attraction.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597172772359-40AR9ZWGIKRL6Y81QZ7E/1906+Jan+25+p8+GOH+Vitagraph+pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Jan. 25, 1906, p.8. A week earlier the opera house had screened motion pictures of the Britt-Nelson championship boxing match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591713138495-D9J189UFBKERCO121YUB/Turner+1920+booklet.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Sails Tents Awnings Flags and Camp Equipment, J.J. Turner & Sons, Peterborough, catalogue, 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591713924605-R94FL2TNWUWQL70E57AK/1910+Feb+5+p53+Billbd+Pbo+entertainmt+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Billboard, Feb. 4, 1910, p.53. The state of amusement in Peterborough, 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605737971087-0P485198MT1DQNXPRSLV/98-020+%28GOH+1910-11+Season%29+pg+7.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Grand Opera House, Season 1910-11 booklet, p.7, makes sure patrons know that the Grand offers both vaudeville and moving pictures. PMA, 98-020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593356264438-IITH3WPY1OT6ZWY47YHP/1911+Aug+12+np+GOH+next+to+Turner+factory+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Aug. 12, 1911, Special Section on Peterborough, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591730112015-BVHZ96RSMMIU0XOS0C9N/Grand+Opera+House+GOH+interior%2C+audience%2C+R.W.+Marks+Co.+Roy+photo%2C+Feb.+10%2C+1908++%28MS%29+%7BRP%5D.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A packed house at the Grand Opera House for the R.W. Marks Co. from Perth, Ont., Feb. 10, 1908. Roy Studio photo, PMA. A projector is positioned at the fourth row, just to the right of the middle row, first balcony. In the 1910s the Marks Company usually included motion pictures with their live act, as they did on this occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591732125986-CQHEQTZBDUDMAISSMN8E/Grand+Opera+House+GOH+interior+1908+Marks+snip+shows+projector.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A detail from the opera house photo, showing the projector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591730239275-3IO7DKY8KOZP3UMSDVXQ/Grand+Opera+House+interior+ReFrame+history+interior+GOH+Opera+House.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Grand Opera House interior, unknown source, nd. The projector to the right of the middle row, balcony, is now enclosed. In this case the second balcony, or “gods,” is empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591730523593-UFVBL8ICZ3XRM5BW71NY/Sousa+Band+larger+Nov+22+1910+wrong+attrib+to+Bradburn+op+House+John+Philip+Sousa+Facebook+page.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years The John Philip Sousa Band appeared at the Grand on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1910 (they had played in Peterborough before, at Bradburn’s Opera House). “Music fashions cannot be determined by Printer’s ink,” said the so-called March King. “The public demands the kind of music it likes best.” Indeed, the Sousa Band’s tunes were familiar to Peterborough folk – being regularly played by the city’s own 57th Regiment Band. Peterborough was on a select list for the tour, along with Kingston, Hamilton, London, and Toronto. The band arrived by special train from Kingston, and the 57th Band, led by Rupert Gliddon, came out to serenade them upon their arrival at the GTR station. The local band members also got to occupy the boxes at the Grand. F.L. Roy took the flashlight photo at 11 o’clock in the interval between the two parts of the program. He presented a copy to Sousa the following morning at seven o’clock at the railway station — both surprising and delighting the leader. I found this photo on the John Philip Sousa Facebook page (posted Aug. 1, 2018), where the hall was wrongly cited as the Bradburn Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626377225908-0AFEBBQQ7FTW7XBCGWTC/1914+Jan+7+p7+GOH+movies+make+big+hit+word+movie+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 7, 1914, p.7. This article also represents an early sighting of the word “movie.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612540985681-6KEB4MKBDE22BZ9ABAE9/1914+March+28+p13+GOH+no+more+dark+nights+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, March 28, 1914, p.13. Promising “no more dark nights” — motion pictures a regular attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612541166550-KM4BB9DBC6CJDA5Q1GPB/1914+Feb+12+p1+M+Times+GOH+no+more+dark+nights+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Morning Times, Feb. 12, 1914, p.1. With a commitment to a new Simplex projecting machine, the best you could buy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619447015678-IFS4V01RTXV7EQ2VNBS3/1914%2BAug%2B24%2Bp11%2BGOH%2Bmvg%2Bpic%2BNapoleon%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Aug. 24, 1914, p.11. Early on, the Grand Opera House, with its large capacity, brought in the “big” pictures, this one, a Film d’Art from France (1914) in a year notable for a large supply of “Napoleon” pictures. “It’s big enough to pack your house, Mr. Manager,” said the promotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591714536252-8FA0ODRGB1H3ILR2N084/1915+Nov+20+p11+GOH+Cabiria+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Nov. 20, 1915, p.11. Another big picture, direct from Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591788879150-QS9RG5CDK7LRYMMNQTRF/Grand+Opera+House+GOH+curtain+w+ads+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years The Grand Opera House’s new curtain, introduced Dec. 22, 1913. Roy Studio photo, PMA. The ads in themselves will tell many a story. On the upper left, the newly established Fontaine’s Livery — “Horses, Autos & Taxicabs” — evolved into a taxi company and, in the 1950s, into a bicycle shop, which (with a change of ownership) remains in place today. Banks Garage, on the bottom left, later also became a well-known bicycle shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616416044227-EEV9I6CJ5160VPB8UF4E/GOH+2000-012-003764-1+%28Patriotic+Concert%29+-+Copy+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years A wartime concert, 1915. PMA, GOH, 2000-012-003764-1 (Patriotic Concert). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605741183205-E2IGUNVHWMWWJKYEUOZU/98-020+%28GOH+Layout+Post+Card%29+front.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605741160703-SNE7XFOFIB1OPWCF4WUB/98-020+%28GOH+Layout+Post+Card%29+back.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years The front and back sides of a postcard; the front side shows the seating arrangement for the opera house. PMA, 98-020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599850975040-MOHQHAY9DVWDQ30WMB9I/1914+Nov+28+p13+GOH.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Nov. 28, 1914, p.13. The Marks company kept coming, and with them a mix of “polite vaudeville” and motion pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599851902483-G4SDMFW5XQM8LTY079R5/1914+Sept+28+p9+GOH+Kellerman+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Sept. 28, 1914, p.9. Another big feature film event that preceded the even more momentous Birth of a Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591716161529-ZOA0BEYPBJMJLRQ65F3D/1916+Oct+28+Billboard+Grand+Opera+House+GOH+for+sale+billboard+28-1916-10+snip.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years The Billboard, Oct. 28, 1916, p.21. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1303d5e8-5a54-4b38-90a0-0feca3cc66aa/1919+Feb+22+p7+GOH+ownership+to+Small+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 22, 1919, p.22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7aa69934-51e2-4c59-933a-e978e60c9dcb/1919+Dec+22+p8+GOH+Trans+Canada+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 22, 1919, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e5d9a8cd-6a87-47ef-af18-5535eb3e8e70/1920+Aug+28+p9+GOH+Spec+Annmt+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 28, 1920, p.9. A special announcement of the new ownership —emphasizing motion pictures, not live plays or stage attractions. The largest picture and best seats for watching “photo-plays” in the city — and with courteous and obliging lady ushers, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591897198594-OXWWWUPKGY2LHM2B41WB/GOH+entrance+2000-012-002601-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Merry Christmas greetings at the Grand Opera House, season of 1923—24. The head usher (with uniform and cap) is John Trennum, who later worked at the Capitol Theatre. The man beside him, unknown. The ticket booth is on the left, with the list of prices. The Rex Stock Company was a regular attraction during those years. They presented a matinee performance of the comedy Cheating Cheaters at three o’clock on Christmas Day. Roy Studio photo, PMA. Thanks also to Dave Trennum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591973749218-GZQUAV1R9FCE3ZM1X0P9/1923+Dec+22+p11+GOH+Rex+Stock+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Dec. 22, 1923, p.11. On this engagement, which opened Monday, Dec. 10, the Rex Stock Company split a six-week stay, spending Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays in Peterborough, and Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays in Kingston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616857617248-9SUJ4TIKKI6PLY36L434/1922+Dec+1+p17+GOH+Sherlock+Holmes+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Dec. 1, 1922, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616857690878-0T372FE4Q55CJ0B44MV9/1922+Dec+1+p17+GOH+Sherlock+Holmes+contest+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 1, 1905–23: The Glory Years Examiner, Dec. 1, 1922, p.17. The great Sherlock Holmes contest. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/under-the-pines-moonlight-music-and-motion-pictures-in-jackson-park monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d08d7f53-cb12-421f-91fd-2a5ad84d2845/Jackson+Park+Pagodapcr-2092.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The historic Pagoda Bridge at Jackson Park, 1910. Postcard, photo by Louis Mendel, Trent Valley Archives (TVA) 932, pcr-2092. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/baf82863-589f-4a13-b882-fbaa39c505c4/Charlotte+St.+postcard%2C+clock+tower+in+background+%28TVA%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Hopping on the trolley car was one way of getting to Jackson Park to see the silent motion pictures. A car is shown here on Charlotte Street, at the centre of the city near the George Street corner with its Clock Tower. Postcard, Trent Valley Archives (TVA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1a82a237-8c92-4d73-8597-3205fe3b9eda/F148_file350_Charlotte_Street_postcard001.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out A little further west along Charlotte Street — you can still see the Clock Tower in the distance. Postcard, TVA, F148, file350. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5f017f45-1de9-436b-8339-e4239ea81785/1950+July+14+p13+snip+Opera+Marx+Bros+article+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 14, 1950, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7e9cc1d1-1060-4973-9a82-35f2e90e23ef/1904+July+28+p4+street+railway+line+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 28, 1904, p.4. The street railway system arrives, with an extension to Jackson Park to follow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/806dae59-6b47-4ad1-9412-3ee62384550c/F50+4.033+Map+of+Peterborough+Street+Railway+network+%281892-1926%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Map of Peterborough Street Railway network (1892-1926). The map shows, among other things, the 1904 addition that went north on Park Street, west on McDonnel (spelled McDonnell here), and then north on Monaghan to the Jackson Park corner. Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F50 4.033. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0f3d6f55-d98b-4af0-9e01-507b22df6396/F148+McBride+V14+file+328+CGE+Streetcar+Jackson+Park+219+TVA+%283%29+-+Copy.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The Peterborough street railway car reaches the northwestern end of its line — at the amusement park. Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F148 McBride V14 file 328 CGE Streetcar Jackson Park 219. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cbb5c0b2-abd5-4c3e-bcef-30f82fdc656b/1905+July+20+p4+Rev+large+crowd+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, July 20, 1905, p.4. A band concert and “An evening beneath the sighing pines,” with Mr Joseph Guerin doing a step dance too. At an afternoon picnic, “games and other pleasurable pastimes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c356961e-0159-4627-a6fd-774ec32a2c66/1905+July+29+p1+Rev+mvg+pics+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, July 29, 1905, p.1. With motion pictures still in their infancy, the first outdoor screenings took place at the park on Monday evening, July 31, 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9a97cc1c-2561-4ecd-8caa-7a8d6479baaf/1905+Aug+1+p1+Rev+mvg+pics+for+first+time+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Aug. 1, 1905, p.1. A report from the day after moving pictures were shown in the park for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/38746a51-6eac-4b02-b6b1-517ae830ebfd/1905+Aug+3+p5+moving+spirit+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 3, 1905, p.5. The “moving pictures being the moving spirit.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8343a51d-582f-4f1b-a411-a96d6a02e111/Heritage+Designation+Brief+Appendix+A+map+Jackson+Park+driving+paths+crop+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Thanks to Matt Weller for this. The image appears in Heritage Designation Brief, Jackson Park Cultural Heritage Landscape, Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, September 2019, Appendix A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/86a8ceec-7848-4191-90a9-124b390431d1/Jackson+Park+driveway+showing+little+bridge+postcard+from+Jerry+Allen+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out One of the several “drives” in Jackson Park, this one to the west of the creek. The remnants of that little footbridge can still be seen today. Postcard, c.1905, courtesy of Jerry Allen; Trent Valley Archives (TVA) 136, F400. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ef41ee43-7903-43bd-bee2-836002fd32e0/115-car-at-jackson-park-peterborough-ont-1904-26522615465-3d6cd7+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out A Peterborough Radial Railway car, 1904, with a driver and conductor, shown at the line’s northwestern-most point where Monaghan Road meets Smith Street (now Parkhill Road). The railways tracks appear to veer to the right at Smith Street, but this was before the loop was constructed in spring 1905. The loop allowed the cars to be turned around more quickly; before this the trolley had to be reversed, with the motorman changing his position. The “Central Park” sign on the car must refer to what is now called Confederation Park, on George St. across from City Hall. The street railway ended its life in 1927. Photo no.115, Car at Jackson Park Peterborough Ont 1904, from John Fairbairn Anderson Collection, picyrl.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ccbddb66-3b99-4fe5-a94a-444af698af8e/2000-012-000482-2+%2857th+Band+at+Brantford%29+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The 57th Regiment Band was the main attraction at Jackson Park before the motion pictures began to be screened in 1905. Here they are shown not in Jackson Park, but during an appearance in Brantford, Ont., probably July 1906. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsallie Collection, 2000-012-000482-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/549799b0-c434-44ac-966b-06a6592a9477/1905+Aug+11+p5+Rev+Billy+Bowman%27s+peanuts+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Aug. 11, 1905, p.5. A possibly fictitious character sitting in an easy chair in the Oriental Hotel rotunda expounded on the Jackson Park experience. Why wouldn’t the park be popular? “It’s cheap.” And a good place to pursue a romance. Five cents worth of Billy Bowman's peanuts probably went a long way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7298d9b3-a4e3-46f0-bec5-3207a6b94451/1905+Aug+3+p8+Examiner+5000+people+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 3, 1905, p.8. The promised new pictures had gone astray, but R.M. Roy was there to save the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6b30e04e-2c14-4f84-be42-97280d0792bb/1904+May+21+p304+NY+Clipper+Dog+Factory+Kinetoscope+Co+NY+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out New York Clipper, May 21, 1904, p.304. Edison films, obtainable through the Kinetograph Co., N.Y. (the source of the Jackson Park motion pictures). One of the films shown in summer 1905 was Dog Factory (1904), a Class A film sold at 15 cents per foot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c955f0e7-f1ca-46b2-9641-a89585c211d5/1905+Aug+10+p4+large+crowd+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 10, 1905, p.4. Drivers — please keep to the driveways! “Upwards of a hundred” had to be ordered off the grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cabef278-8202-4708-810a-a4ed890ffd7c/1905+Aug+12+p4+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 12, 1905, p.4. Please: we need the lights turned off during the pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d5c141e8-d2cd-4eb6-889b-efc941841e73/1905+Aug+15+p8+thousands+of+citizens+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 15, 1905, p.8. A report on various Civic Holiday options. “Jackson Park was popular . . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0196ed42-f307-4613-99d4-6e980f33ca96/1905+Aug+21+np+MT+embankmt+behind+the+bandstand+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Morning Times, Aug. 21, 1905, np. The dangers of mixing horses and buggies and streetcars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4ffc1bb1-0bae-4402-b777-306030321660/1905+Aug+22+p4+Rev+rain+spoiled+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 22, 1905, p.4. The perils of outdoor screenings. “The moving picture man picked up his grip” and “the band hurriedly collected their instruments.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2dd9edbc-36f5-49a1-87dc-b17b86acca25/skating+Jackson+Park+nd+PMA+2000-012-000320-8.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Skating in Jackson Park, nd. Beyond the skaters you can see both the railway tracks and the top of the toboggan slide (with a toboggan sticking up). PMA 2000-012-000320-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/be03209f-d1ff-4a1d-92a3-fa47d0bd80a7/tobaggan+slide+Jackson+Park+c+1910%2C+Vintage+Pbo+site.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The toboggan slide, Jackson Park, c.1907. Stated an announcement in the Morning Times, Oct. 2, 1905: “The old-time sport of tobogganing . . . bids fair to be revived in Peterboro during the coming winter.” Photo, Vintage Pbo site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/da685274-7ca7-469e-96b4-854e4b388864/Toboggan+slide+March+11+1911+Pbo+Wikipedia+Commons+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The toboggan slide, from its top end looking east, March 1911. You can see the steeple of St. Peter’s Cathedral in the distance. No. 176, John Fairbairn Anderson Collection, Picryl, Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b4029450-373d-490c-a00a-f527925865d2/1906+May+16+p4+Rev+Larmouth+improvements+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, May 16, 1906, p.4. Making plans for the new summer — with “Many New Features . . . added for the Enjoyment of the Public.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/202e5d27-f6a6-4c64-b1b7-859ca8a469b3/1907+June+7+p7+Hoopers+ice+cream+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, June 7, 1907, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/46c18352-e78f-4ada-980e-a9a039b0fe1a/1906+June+29+p7+Rev+biggest+crowd+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, June 29, 1906, p.7. The band concert draws more news attention than the motion pictures, which were shown during intermission between the band numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/111d4866-791b-4ad4-aafc-71b23c97e3c6/1906+July+26+p2+Feathers+wasted+Pecks+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 26, 1906, p.2. An early critic of the motion picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/92365dd1-fe98-4549-ab15-a43259c03982/1906+July+31+p8+Misguided+Lady+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 31, 1906, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4c4af23c-eb3c-4366-9e76-08f99cfa4216/1906+June+28+p6+band+program+in+pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, June 28, 1906, p.6. The band’s program for that evening — the same music that would be played a few days later in Brantford. Unfortunately, the program had to be cut a little short when rain began to fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/748f0f26-c149-4571-9fd0-aefac95c5e92/1903+Great+Train+Robbery+MoMALearning.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out The final frame of The Great Train Robbery (1903) — or, if an exhibitor desired, the first frame. Thanks to MoMALearning, www.moma.org/learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3de84dc5-fd29-4123-8be5-4e64dc0f2230/1906+Sept+6+np+J+Pk+continues+pop+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 6, 1906, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9e76053b-75a0-4159-a9b0-506f690efe46/1906+Nov+24+p3+crop+Rev+automat+vv+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Nov. 24, 1906, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6d026779-54c7-4b9e-b233-951c71c36986/1907+Jan+19+p1+Rev+Jack+Pk+a+thousand+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Jan. 19, 1907, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/326a74ed-55d6-4cfa-b19e-45137b7f9706/1907+June+4+p7+Jackson+Pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8f9ec9e9-f19f-4516-a3eb-aa9a07aa2666/1907+June+4+p6+Rev+Jkson+Pk+to+open+headline.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, June 4, 1907, p.6. But, due to “disagreeable weather,” the opening was delayed for several days, until June 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2e5f768a-ce60-4147-9871-82f69391581d/1907+June+13+p8+Coliseum+Jackson+Pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, June 13, 1907, p.8. “Scott’s Colosseum” (or “Coliseum”) moves from downtown to Jackson Park, for a short time. Moving pictures and “refined illustrated songs.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8d351d4f-b1bb-476f-890f-75144ff89a36/1907+June+25+p4+Rev+mvg+pics+at+park+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, June 25, 1907, p.4. It was not exactly “for the first time” that pictures were thrown on the canvas because Scott’s Coliseum had started up indoors a week and a half earlier. The outdoor motion pictures, though, continued to be free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3a4cbb10-4132-4a73-968a-cc8335db455a/1907+July+9+Jackson+Park+pictures+story.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 9, 1907, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6d37743f-e7f9-4bde-aab4-4d20616e0ede/1906+June+18+p4+Rev+probs+at+pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, June 18, 1906, p.4. The park and its amusements, both day and night, as a possible “curse” rather than a benefit. As it turned out, thousands of locals did not agree with that assessment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/45057cf2-3021-44bf-a592-ba52f94e990c/1906+Aug+18+p4+recent+case+Jkson+Pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Evening Examiner, Aug. 18, 1906, p.4. This image seems pleasant enough, but at the time it was presented as a warning in a wire-service news article about the need to police parks: “In summer the parks necessitate considerable extra watchfulness, loitering is not permitted in the late hours of the night.” Fears of the time abounded that young girls could be simply “ruined” through acquaintances formed at the parks. It was, though, a cultural concern that was fading away. Over time Jackson Park became seen as a more acceptable place for courting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6decb56c-b520-4538-a976-7ac0794f4923/1906+July+26+p1+crop+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 26, 1906, p.1. A man taking in the moving pictures with his wife decided to take a little walk and came across a woman calling for help. The incident took place in a “lonely spot within a couple of hundred yards from more than a thousand people.” The occasional headlines and stories of misconduct and assault against women represented a serious concern, but did not seem to diminish the local population’s appetite for finding amusement at the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/aa8bf158-2963-43c1-b761-137d0f7c088b/1906+July+19+p4+rowdies+letter+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 19, 1906, p.4. The newspapers occasionally printed letters from people who were not completely happy with their evening at the park — and with the police officer nowhere in sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/73f26295-fd9d-464d-9a5c-57b71659b2a8/1907+July+9+p2+Jackson+Pk+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 9, 1907, p.2. A U.S. visitor spots a foreigner being treated unkindly, to say the least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c4521b9a-8d1d-4a8e-b15f-daed2a626db6/1907+July+27+p8+Rev+baskets+stolen+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, July 27, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b673c253-4405-448c-9ee3-e8ac2238d5de/1908+June+11+p5+Review+mvg+pics+throwing+stones+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, June 11, 1908, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f67328a1-5a48-4fae-b44c-e9454500cc7a/1908+June+2+p8+Review+mvg+pics+Jackson+Park+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Daily Review, June 2, 1908, p.8. Prof. Edwin E. Cullerton, born in 1854 in Guelph, was an itinerant moving picture exhibitor rather like Peterborough’s own James Stubbs. Based for a time in Toronto, he specialized in the moving picture of The Passion of Christ along with his “views” of Ireland. As early as 1901, for instance, he took the film to the Town Hall, Durham, as well as to Leamington, Kingsville, Merrickville, and Tottenham. Later, from about 1907 on he travelled in upper New York State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/51f17074-5714-46e6-b827-bea7e95ecaf0/Cullerton+E.A.+Plattsburgh+Daily+Press+1909+Nov+13+p6+pic+of+Cullerton+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Plattsburgh Daily Press (N.Y.), Nov. 13, 1909, p.6, announcing a visit by Prof. Cullerton, a year and a half after he brought his pictures to Peterborough. Cullerton died in Ogdensburg, N.Y. in November 1913 as the result of injuries sustained after a gas tank he used as part of his equipment exploded. His body was returned to Toronto for burial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/98746e16-3e8b-4d49-94b2-2c48b301052e/1908+May+27+p1+Review+mvg+pics+Jackson+Park+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, May 27, 1908, p.1. Other new amusements failed to appear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/59c9b2bc-7f94-4c20-8433-4709d0a4218e/1908+June+30+KB.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, June 30, 1908, p.5. A lineup of films offered early in the final season of motion pictures at the park. The band music and the pictures appear to have been equal draws. The film program is now in the hands of an established downtown exhibitor, a sign of things to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/11251898-6ab8-483e-97cf-15895014900d/1908+Aug+27+p6+Review+mvg+pics+%26+beer+Calcutt+crop+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Aug. 27, 1908, p.6. Moving pictures — good for mind and spirit, no doubt — and local beer — “bottled health.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4e1ce100-3553-4f85-b7e9-f7db8598655d/1908+Sept+22+p6+Review+Jackson+Park+last+pics+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, Sept. 22, 1908, p.6. Although the pictures would “change every other night,” no further announcements appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2b1ae731-2f87-4f03-bfd8-221161850df4/1908+July+20+p6+Review+The+Angels+1st+time+in+Canada+claim+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Review, July 20, 1908, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cc7f9fda-9c86-4b83-835f-19d4e7c4cb3c/1908+July+27+p6+ad+Gaston%27s+visit+to+museum+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Jackson Park, 1905–08: Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures under the Pines - Make it stand out Examiner, July 27, 1908, p.6. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/penny-arcade-amp-colloseum monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592403764250-JK84WKD1G7PN9ME82QM0/Colliseum+location+432+George+N+5.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Hard to believe, perhaps, but a hundred and thirteen years ago what is now Dream Cyclery at 432 George St. N., just south of Brock St., was home to Peterborough’s first motion picture theatre, the Colloseum — and, immediately before that, the Peterborough Amusement Company’s “penny arcade.” I have no photos of the penny arcade or Colloseum, so this one, from 2019, will have to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593196308963-XSYQL5K90P5E79Y1BRCP/432+George+plaque+at+door+again+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Signs by the door outside Dream Cyclery, 432 George St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593451149928-RWULNZ9V8DIEU0KQFFB3/George+Street%2C+looking+south+from+Brock+streetscape+Google+Maps+2018..JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 George Street, east side, south from Brock, streetscape. No. 432 is the first complete building on the left, when it was still (but not for much longer) Christensen Fine Art and up for sale. In earlier years, Sandy’s Department Store and a Bi-Way were in the building to the left, on the corner of Brock St. Google maps, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592492605930-6VA3EI6KACV5WGQKLF7F/1906+July+19+p5+Hanna+%26+two+cars.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, July 19, 1906, p.5. In 1906 Peterborough had only two automobiles on its streets, and no motion picture theatres. That was all soon to change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592937077101-B9HLHPO137F6S6IJY7OE/1907+Aug+16+from+1946+Aug+16+p11+re+1907+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Aug. 16, 1946, p.11, looking back on 1907, when things looked pretty good, or so it seemed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592409112300-3TTJYMMMG1IYWK149ANL/1907+March+9+p1+Mvg+Pic+Wld+first+issue.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 With the boom in moving picture theatres came one of the first trade papers of the motion picture industry: The Moving Picture World. This is the title page of its first issue, March 1907. An essential resource for anyone looking into cinema history, it ran until 1927. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592495370734-9I4GOD7EFB6NI5RAD9BX/1907+May+4+p140+Mvg+Pic+Wld+nickelodeons.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Moving Picture World, May 4, 1907, p.4, announces the arrival of the nickelodeon. Peterborough had its first such establishment in January 1907, a few months before this article was published. The five-cent theatres were as much about music as motion pictures: as one 1907 ad said: “See the cinematographe and hear the music.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592338100724-N83R46BRKMUBSPZ0GQPM/edison-kinetoskop11+Wordpress.com.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 A man looking into a “peep-hole” machine, this one an Edison-Kinetoscope. What viewing a moving picture at an arcade might have been like — before the pictures were projected on a wall. Wordpress.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592337277502-AEEZRV8PK9COXPPV2D4M/1906+Nov+1+p4+Review+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Peterborough Daily Review, Nov. 1, 1906, p.4. Introducing the “Automatic Vaudeville” — a sign of things to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592337422415-6J5FA8WEM7PCU5X5Z3YP/1906+Nov+1+p4+penny+arcade+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592440851015-1H50ILQ8SX91YLLNXPMA/1906+April+p4+Edison+Phonograph+Mthly+penny+arcade.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Edison Phonograph Monthly, April 1906, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592441161445-U8LR2PJOP1BAH8T93DHX/1906+Nov+2+p4+Rev+Auto+vv+opens+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Review, Nov. 2, 1906, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592441001547-FLOYCBJPE3MLOWHE2O53/1906+Nov+3+p12+autom+vaudeville+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Nov. 3, 1906, p.12. Admission was free, and “everything refined” — you just had to have a penny to try one of the various machines, including those for “moving pictures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592338256697-COZ615GKWP4WGEVWR3FL/1906+March+10+p78+NY+Clipper+penny+arcade.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 New York Clipper, March 10, 1906, p.78. Ads posted in U.S. magazines like this one promised would-be entrepreneurs that they could quickly make a “barrel of money” by setting up an “amusement parlor” with coin-slot machines. The Clipper ads appeared regularly beginning in 1906, but petered out at the end of December 1907, marking the end of a short trend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592490021677-JH9YZZK7VL8TQFNPAH5P/1906+Dec+20+p11+GOH+mvg+pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Dec. 20, 1906, p.11. Competition for the penny arcade’s motion pictures from the visiting Morris-Thurston Co. at the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592329328818-RETYQLWTQEEP0G0UAAPQ/1907+Jan+23+Eve+Exam+p5+Scotts+coming.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Jan. 23, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592919455557-GZFN4BVZGBIHSYXW488K/1907+Jan+26+p5+Review+Coll+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Review, Jan. 26, 1907, p.5. The name of the Colloseum presented something of an issue — and not just as in this typo — because it also sometimes appeared in print as “Coliseum” or even other variations. The opening, originally scheduled for Tuesday the 29th, came on the 30th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592938250546-8HLGSVBERCCEWY3QSI32/1907+Feb+8+p2+Scott%27s+col+singer+pianist+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Feb. 2, 1907, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592926457094-JM8OJR4HGPOO5T61QNUM/1907+Jan+23+p2+Exam+illust+song+singer+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, Jan. 23, 1907, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592928579626-BCSUSJH7CRC0AFOSJ0Q6/1907+March+16+Room+in+Heaven+Billboard+snip+2.pdf.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Billboard, March 16, 1907, p.72. The latest offerings in popular songs, including “When the Whip-Poor-Will Sings . . .” One of my favourite titles — “Is There Any Room in Heaven for a Little Girl Like Me?” — was warbled later that year at another five-cent theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592928877291-LBYCWHOVZMDPQ19CE1JP/1907+April+9+p10+Big+Toronto+Fire+in+Pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, April 9, 1907, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592943276815-X5XALGQ9LXPHXMJYR35G/1907+April+23+p5+Coll+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, April 23, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592943621214-EG57S5VEGKQP1DU2WJ95/1907+April+25+p1+Daily+Eve+Review+Scott%27s+Col+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Daily Evening Review, April 25, p.1. “Refined entertainment for both small and great.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593001682848-CWXDR3YVD87N1ANBJ8QV/1907+May+16+p12+Thaw+Coll+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, May 16, 1907, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593001780002-QHPNC2J47IGREBS2J4PX/1907+May+18+p16+Thaw++Coliseum+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, May 18, 1907, p.16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593001918068-SIK2OH7ZHTFTPAC4JA20/1907+June+11+p11+Coll+opens+tomorrow+Jackson+Pk+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, June 11, 1907, p.11. Here two spellings — “Coliseum” and “Collosseum” appear in the same article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593002296496-8W57MFWQWQDN5AQPMHLB/1907+July+12+p8+Coliseum+2+Jackson+Pk+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Examiner, July 12, 1907, p.8. Now it is “Coliseum.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1592925888753-7HO7PMSHSCZ9J2Y4NJ7T/1907+Dec+4+p10+Automatic+Vaudeville+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Penny Arcade &amp; Colloseum, 1906–07 Stratton’s — “formerly the Automatic Vaudeville” (with no mention of the Colloseum). Stratton’s was also not long for this location. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/wonderland monthly 0.5 2022-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593703448802-1KGBW1RISTD0NJ68BI87/Wonderland+location+445+George+N+4.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 In 1907—8 the five-cent theatre Wonderland was located at 445 George St. N., which in the twenty-first century was the home of the BioPed Footcare Clinic. Photo 2020 (by 2021 Pete’s Subs was gone). Wonderland had a short life, and it seems that no photographs of it survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593704978233-0K10XV6JE5UZ9TNSF1JP/George+St+North+re+Wonderland+Kidd+Pbo+Arch+Heritage+p78+snip+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Northwest corner of Brock and George streets, mid-1970s. Years earlier Wonderland, at no.445, was located just to the right of the McDonald’s Beauty Salon — with the occupants of that space changing several times from 1975 to 1980. The block was constructed in 1868 for the Rev. Mark Burnham, and in 1910 the Coleman Brothers purchased the property. In the following decades modernization had altered its appearance. At some point the square-top second-floor windows, as shown here, were opened up to the original round-top windows of earlier years (as shown in the 2020 photo). The occupants of 445 changed several times during the period 1975 to 1980. From Martha Ann Kidd, Peterborough’s Architectural Heritage (Peterborough Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1978), p.78. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fd1175b0-7a80-474f-9ec8-43b50281a276/TVA+F50+50.33+Y.W.C.A.+detail+closer+George+St+Wonderland+location.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 - Make it stand out It appears that there was never a photo of the relatively short-lived Wonderland. Here, a view of George St., c.1900s, looking south to the corner of Brock St. and beyond, indicates its whereabouts. Towards the left side of the photo, dominating the view to the south, is the grand historic four-storey structure on the southwest corner of George and Brock. (It was reduced to two stories in the 1950s, but the bottom part remained more or less intact.) Wonderland was across Brock and three doors up the street, at no.445. The Peterborough Directory of 1907 indicates that north of Wonderland were “Bill Boards & Vacant Lots,” which you can see in this photo; and no.459, Bethany Tabernacle (much later, Church of the Open Bible), a butcher shop, and, on the corner, the YMCA, built in 1896–97. A detail from TVA F50 50.33 Y.W.C.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593861405045-200WOCEC8I0NTL07HTNS/1907+July+25+p8+Wonderland+small+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, July 25, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593716707087-MSVSVOT3WA82R0U6QTVG/1906+Aug+18+p74+NY+Clipper+Run+of+Luck.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 New York Clipper, Aug. 18, 1906, p.704. The Vitagraph Company of America in New York released The 100 to 1 Shot in August 1906. At 640 feet it was about 11 or 12 minutes long (depending on how fast the operator cranked the machine), but in that short time the film presented a breathtaking story that may well have had the audience members on the edges of their seats and perhaps even shedding a tear or two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594650810211-7J3YP65AYZGDJ5UWL3ED/1907+July+30+p6+Wonderland+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, July 30, 1907, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594651281711-M3HGIM93VYX525A1FOKA/1907+May+4+p140+MPW+ingredients+of+five+cent+theatre.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 “The Nickelodeon,” Moving Picture World, May 4, 1907, p.140. This list omits a stereopticon; during the early years most five-cent theatres appear to have had one of those machines to present their illustrated songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593717498289-C6TZ1BMXUNR7IIH1W5UM/1907+July+27+p4+Review+Wonderland+%283%29+-+Copy.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Peterborough Daily Evening Review, July 27, 1907, p.4. The performer was the attraction, rather than any particular films (which went unnamed in this ad). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/828b3c98-0509-4782-a5d9-ed8392b3caa5/1957+July+31+p4+re+1907+Wonderland+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 - Make it stand out And the memory of the “picture show” lingered on: Examiner, July 31, 1957, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593788547372-2OQJXEG8I9Y1OC1J58IF/1903+Nov+14+p920+NY+Clipper+Casey+%26+Steam+Roller.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 New York Clipper, Nov. 14, 1903, p.920. Among other popular releases of the time is Casey and the Steam Roller (released September 1902 from the Lubin studio in Philadelphia), announced long before its arrival at Wonderland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593789759860-7EGA1FI4GK2Y4ZDYZGAP/1908+Handbook+Operators+Handbook+p93+steam+roller+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Considered a “wow,” maybe, but also cited here for an early filmic technique. A passage from a Handbook for Motion Picture and Stereopticon Operators (Washington, D.C., 1908), p.93. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593717793417-LRXZ3MDYFSHDLQSCDIDC/1907+Aug+15+p8+Wonderland+Married+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, Aug. 15, 1907, p.8. Married for Millions (1906), this “laughable comedy” (complete with a dose of sexism and anti-Semitism) is one of the rare early silent films that still survives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593717816794-EIW9SELGYZMWX5BT0RQK/1907+Aug+29+p8+Wonderland+pianist+vocalist+illust+song+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, Aug. 29, 1907, p.8. A “Professional Vocalist and new Pianist.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593790193263-T0X08YBHGNX28YZMT1DD/1907+Aug+7+p8+Wonderland+Great+Fire+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Fire was both a constant fear at motion picture theatres — and a common subject. Examiner, Aug. 7, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593793919962-BVAI2IFEOS7IPLEQ58HS/1907+Oct+21+p5+would+rather+take+children+.+.+.+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, Oct. 21, 1907, p.5. For some, theatre-going (and he would have been speaking mainly of motion pictures) represented a new threat to family values and worthwhile practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593864831326-ILBY1Z0VKEXQL3KVZA51/1907+July+25+p8+Wonderland+bottom+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, July 25, 1907, p.8. Taking focus at its audience from the start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593803940691-T8PI6GP8GE0IV0HZF5NZ/1907+Sept+23+p8+Exam+Wonderland+Golden+Egg+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Examiner, Sept. 23, 1907, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593803694536-J6N5Q3V2HQCNBRZ51UJO/1907+Nov+22+p12+The+Weekly+Post+Lindsay+what+mvg+pics+can+do+%282%29+-+Copy.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 The Weekly Post (Lindsay), Nov. 22, 1907, p.12 — pointing out for the uninitiated just what motion pictures were capable of doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593803542875-HX7HE8FWECDLNBONT3ME/1907+Nov+7+p1+Review+Wonderland+banner+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 Hannah and Reynolds began to print announcements at the top corner of the Review’s first page (though that lasted only for seven issues). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597244057446-5PIGHD9BY3GVHW8FXCUD/1924+Fire+Insurance+Map+no4+Brock+to+Murray.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 1924 Peterborough Fire Insurance Map, no.4. showing Brock St. to Murray St. The paint store was the site of Wonderland. Billboards were between that building and the Bethany Tabernacle. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/10fbc5e5-647d-4bea-8b71-9becc0da88f2/1912+June+25+p5+Review+Coleman+Bros+445+George+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Wonderland, 1907–08 - Make it stand out Daily Review, June 25, 1912, p.5. Coleman Bros. has moved into 445 George. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-crystalred-millstrand monthly 0.5 2022-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594212331789-ZBMZE9EZ4WQKWEIUC48A/Crystal+theatre%2C+newsboys+cut.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Crystal Theatre, 408 George St., Dec. 10, 1910. The theatre later changed its name: first to the Red Mill and then the Strand. This photo shows a publicity gathering on a frosty Saturday morning — the coldest day of the winter so far: complete with young newsboys and role players, including a Buffalo Bill impersonator and a white woman (on the far left) representing an “Indian” (her clothes rather ragged). Located on the east side of George, a few doors north of Hunter, the Crystal was roughly across from where Pappas’ Billiards is today. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 1978-012-40A-44. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593963386228-OSYKURYK1IBHB9K9D758/Crystal+awning+from+google+maps.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 The Crystal name still there in 2020, at a door next to 410½ George. Google Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594211154801-J3EOWJCVZJ5H3CZKE55V/1908+Pbo+Dir+p146+Edwards+Amusemt+Co+snip+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Union Publishing Company’s Peterborough Directory, 1908, p.146. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594065195170-6HR160ZV9ESMFZO0I676/1907+Sept+14+p12+most+artistic.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Sept. 14, p.12. Perhaps putting too fine a point on it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1593984585415-WWSX6X5ZKDPX6TLXKNRP/Crystal+Th+Shepperly+Sisters+PMA+2000-012-000736-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 The Crystal, early February 1910, when the Shepperley Sisters were appearing. Roy Studio photo, Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594214916327-LE9CY64JBCKLKHR1U6CV/1907+Sept+24+p8+Daily+Review+Crystal+name+top%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Sept. 24, 1907, p.8. The “Oranament” of George Street makes the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594215089855-9H2ARHY7NEGKXRUARY90/1907+Oct+8+p8+Daily+Rev+Crystal+Miss+Edwards+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Oct. 8, 1907, p.8. Come and “hear Miss Edwards Sing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1625399141765-A8A78H8W5PZ5EWDH67FT/1908+March+11+p2+Crystal+Edwards+charitable+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 11, 1908, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594217930554-97UMDM0XTTT4CVF4T8KX/1907+Nov+16+p6+Daily+Rev+Crystal+Passion+Play+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Nov. 16, 1907, p.6. Drawing in the “respectable” church-going crowd with a longer than usual film — and one of the most popular of the year — for a longer than usual showing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598211593739-XASHG088I66AVDADV7AO/1908+Jan+10+p8+Crystal+wants+piano+player+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Jan. 10, 1908, p.8. A job for a piano player. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594385606741-9DKJDS9V81SF83QRLFXP/1907+Dec+28+p698+Mvg+Pic+Wld+Two+Orphans.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 The Moving Picture World, Dec. 28, 1907, p.698. Direct from Chicago (before there was a Hollywood), coming to a theatre near you: The Two Orphans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594221056849-7073N750X7P1W61CUMHX/1908+April+14+p1+Crystal+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, April 14, 1908, p.1. One of the few mentions of a “lecturer” who explains what is happening in the moving picture. William (Billy) Bowman, a man of many talents, also sold peanuts at the Jackson Park summer moving pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594220727309-2D3RUGWK283GRRVSW7DH/1907+Nov+27+p5+Review+Crystal+Hartley+Edwards+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Nov. 27, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594218543544-9QL9WPK72JA8DMO8PQ52/1907+Nov+28+p1+Daily+Rev+Crystal+GOH+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Nov. 28, 1907, p.1. The Crystal and the competition, including “the famously Original Kangaroo Girls.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cab5bc53-20e7-43b2-84f7-4e0763f43f9c/1909+Aug+28+p11+Crystal+Edwards+Leopard+Queen+Romeo+%26+Juliet+audience+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 28, 1909, p.11. Edwards doing what he could for the motion-picture loving customers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605736837723-BZ7MNL7P7CXFOHOKR1DB/98-020+%28GOH+1908+Season%29+pg+2.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 The Crystal, while not quite an opera house, made sure to advertise in the 1908 fall season Grand Opera House program booklet. PMA, 98-020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594223337545-V2PJRZUM9E53SC422EXU/1908+Dec+8+p1+over+the+Crystal.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Dec. 8, 1908, p.1. You just had to know where the Crystal was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594223624198-6CEYKALNY1B3A89EIIST/1911+Dec+7+p4+Review+Minicolo+next+to+Crystal+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Dec. 7, 1911, p.4. “Next the Crystal” gives the whereabouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594224004721-D6TON2HV6YX90X5W12BR/1911+Nov+18+p5+Crystal+Annis+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Review, Nov. 18, 1911, p.5. Under new management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596739010932-F6IVOOTTOR0X3EWNOZYC/1912+Feb+12+p4+Red+Mill+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Evening Review, Feb. 12, 1912, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596815027543-M7RYAUTAEJXH047ISX9P/1912+March+15+p7+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 15, 1912, p.7. The Red Mill as Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596800551710-TXK1UO9T8TB0V6KLQR65/1912+April+12+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Donaldson+Dangelo+Ogden+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Evening Review, April 12, 1912, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596800609999-LVWYEAT95J8DX4VYVRD9/1912+April+19+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Mrs+Foster+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Evening Review, April 19, 1912, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596800680584-WAWXMW5TX5ZLQS4TYD73/1912+April+20+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Habit+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Evening Review, April 20, 1912, p.5. With an emphasis on music as much as movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596813674057-6ZMC22D9LNE29V0G51BJ/1912+Feb+29+p8+Red+Mill+Sat+mornings+children+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Feb. 29, 1912, p.8. A Thursday article expressing something for everyone, including the children — offered a free program on Saturday morning, if accompanied. With a packed house that Saturday, the children were delighted; afterwards they lined up in front of the theatre “and gave three hearty cheers for the program.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596815503470-9H2Z6WRLPKMXTSLELAFP/1912+March+16+p5+Review+Red+Mill+East+Lynne+Trio+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Daily Evening Review, March 16, 1912, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596815562431-WG69HBM0O5NA1FW2ZLRZ/1912+March+19+p7+Red+Mill+big+crowds+%26+police+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 19, 1912, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597067325035-O03R1VJM33C8VYWPSC3F/1912+March+21+p7+Red+Mill+never+in+the+history+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 21, 1912, p.7. “Never in the history of motion pictures . . .” covers a whole lot of promotional ground. And the Red Mill trio singing “I want a girl . . .” (perhaps like the one who married dear old dad). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596814612275-6DLERP1UYFOVJ3DQXRDW/1912+March+7+p7+Red+Mill+breaks+records+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 7, 1912, p.7. Clayton set up the Red Mill as the place to be in town — crowded to capacity, with hundreds turned away — you just had to get out to this “popular” and “pretty little Theatre.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597173348032-FEL70VHD9GPUKSENQ3A7/1912+March+8+p7+Red+Mill+elderly+persons+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 8, 1912, p.7. And something to appeal to everyone — even “elderly persons,” and again Saturday mornings free for accompanied school children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1607866979905-KH7QKTA10X3CGO9FROLS/VR+7918-3+%28Red+Mill+Theatre+-+Apr+1912%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 The Red Mill Theatre in April 1912. Herbert Clayton is standing in the doorway. Pianist/violinist and orchestra leader Mrs. Eveline Foster is second from the left. PMA, VR 7918-1. A similar (but slightly different) photo appeared in the Examiner, April 1, 1912, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596800123419-WGPRZD3VPEADNG5SVL4V/1912+May+21+p1+Red+Mill+daylight+pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, May 21, 1912, p.1. The Red Mill’s “own invention,” but not so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596744382357-PN2RX7RIC0X74GWIQ7V5/1915+Sept+20+p11+Red+Mill+Peters+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Sept. 20, 1915, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594306260691-9WB1EDSK6AC2LAN73KY0/1916+July+10+p7+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, July 10, 1916, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594306310128-OFM4A906QBM8Q1EQKLVI/1916+July+20+p7+Red+Mill+2nd+last+ad+Exploits+of+Elaine+serial+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, July 20, 1916, p.7. The Exploits of Elaine (1914—15), starring Pearl White (here in its tenth episode), was a follow-up to her legendary serial The Perils of Pauline (1914), which set the mark for all to follow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594306381860-ATYVLA9WUMTKIKA74JA3/1916+July+24+p7+Red+Mill+last+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, July 24, 1916, p.7. The final appearance of a Red Mill ad. Note “Mrs. Fenwick” at the piano. This was Agnes Fenwick, who played the violin as well as piano — and was Eveline Foster’s mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594302717818-QISMZG5OO6FPEX3QIWR5/1916+Sept+30+p13+Strand+opening+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Sept. 30, 1916, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/572541cb-5d48-4d4e-a8a2-9df372fb7b34/1892+Nov+5+p7+Schneider+ad+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 5, 1892, p.7. At first it was Frank Schneider in business, but he was soon joined by his brother George. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4e847d19-e191-4417-83b8-1a9c8a0fd551/1905-6+Pbo+dir+Schneiders+ad+p20.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 - Make it stand out Union Publishing Co.’s Peterborough Directory, 1905-6, p.20. The ad appeared at page bottom throughout the directory. Frank Schneider died in 1931; George Schneider kept the business going until 1947, when he sold it to Ostranders. George died in 1955. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594309625442-G12PJSI9ZJY0NI3ORLS8/1916+Oct+10+p11+Strand+Elaine.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Oct. 10, 1916, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594309740395-74J17V5XLUY64VQ10A0I/1917+Feb+1+p16+Stand+Chaplin+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Feb. 1, 1917, p.16. “Under Ladies’ Management” with “Lady Ushers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605799140619-3UO5LSC8S5HVI5ZMWSAE/Bio+18790-2+%28Daynes%2C+Hilda+-+group+13+Aug+1917%29+snip+3+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Hilda Daynes, the Strand’s assistant manager and manager, one of the few women to hold that position in a local theatre. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio photographs, PMA, Bio 18790-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594309933155-2WKEMWMO5UVCZ22MVCHL/1918+Feb+13+p6+Strand+Ajax+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Feb. 13, 1918, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594309957652-HWLBNM8C9CWN4DBNVF1I/1918+Nov+11+p11+Strand+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, Nov. 11, 1918, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594393055309-LBS4ZHVKS6K2F4F786QI/1918+March+16+p13+Strand+Pearl+White+serial+coming+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 16, 1918, p.13. Announcing The Fatal Ring, with Pearl White, admission now ten cents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594393219256-TKSCWGUB84FJEKW7Q0A8/1918+March+25+p11+Strand+serial+Pearl+White+1st+chapter+played+Mon+to+Weds+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, March 25, 1918, p.11. The first chapter played Monday to Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594393334373-7LITCTO3BNB0FOS4692J/1918+May+20+p11+Strand+Pearl+White+Fatal+Ring+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, May 20, 1918, p.11. The ticket price has gone up: now fifteen cents, evenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594320060283-FOSEPA1TB86303893K11/1920+April+15+p9+Strand+Gibson+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, April 15, 1920, p.9. The infamous (but now almost forgotten) Evelyn Nesbit; the ubiquitous Hoot Gibson, who would stick around through “B Western” days and show up for John Ford’s The Horse Soldiers (1959) and Ocean’s 11 (1960); and a Harold Lloyd short comedy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594394050147-X2CT3US5DB2WSZVAH3WG/1920+June+1+p9+Strand+closed+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 Examiner, June 1, 1920, p.9. The end of the run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594575815039-8OP0TDXONHZTVXN3QDTP/Crystal+408+George+July+2020+3.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 July 2020, with pandemic-era street posts in place, and no horseback Buffalo Bill to be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1594575909692-MJMX5V248S9HQYVTVMXR/Crystal+location+408+George+1.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Crystal/Red Mill/Strand, 1907—20 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-royal-theatre-part-1-190819 monthly 0.5 2023-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620560730404-NNE4MCNQJZ03O39NTYB7/1909+prob+Royal+Theatre+Adv+of+Mr+Trouble+playing+PMA+2000-012-000629-3+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 The Royal Theatre, 348 George St., a couple of months after it opened. No lavish display of posters; the notices for the films are simply printed out and loosely attached to the front windows — but the names — “Adventure of Mr. Trouble” and “Spanish Blood” — help us to date this photo to on or around Feb. 6, 1909. Photo courtesy of Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595529043644-YHX1RBT1L5BSV9YPGMPO/1909+Feb+6+p1+Royal+Mr+Troubles+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Feb. 6, 1909, p.1. The program the day the above photo was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595507318195-AEH92LNT7SUUXXM37A9S/Times+Review+printing+office+George+St+before+Royal.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 The east side of the George St. streetscape,above Charlotte St., before the Royal Theatre moved in. The Daily (or Morning) Times newspaper and printing company was at 348 George; beside it, to the north, was the long-lived R. Neill store, boots and shoes. In 1907 Mehail Pappakeriazes had tobacco shops (and much more) both next door at 344 George and across the street. For a while a barber, F.B. Patterson, was also at 344 George. These buildings are all gone, replaced in the mid-1970s by Peterborough Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595595669881-DAJST6PCWW5OZDQZHHLZ/Neill+store%2C+and+Royal+Th%2C+1914+booklet+snip.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 A rare glimpse of the early Royal Theatre, peaking out on the right side of this drawing and next to the Neill Shoe Store. From a booklet, Peterborough, “The Electric City: Views of City and District,” issued in 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620422800073-V9K5N53Z04OQNWNVG3OV/1909+Dec+20+p7+Royal+stage+pic+cropped.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Dec. 20, 1909, p.7. Not great quality, but it is the only image of the stage of the Royal that I've seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595602344859-NTP9LJ1EWZFH0IETG4A0/1905-6+Pbo+Dir+Pappas+ad+p207+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Peterborough City Directory, 1905-6, p.207. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/88dd4940-21b7-42ad-9dad-956f9c900576/1908+Dec+12+np+Royal+ad+top+carnival+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/dd38c471-62ba-4cd4-9b4c-c6c25e62207d/1908+Dec+12+np+Royal+ad+middle.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 12, 1908, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595509438939-IK0J6JHDGZK1QDVT9VL0/1908+Dec+18+p8+Royal+Opened+top+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Dec. 18, 1908, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595511865396-R8VP99TCX3COMJGDO62Y/1909+Feb+9+p10+Royal+for+farmers+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Feb. 9, 1909, p.10. Recognizing area farmers as patrons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595530219872-MC9ZZ4ECOEHB0DP4804D/1908+Dec+19+p16+Royal+grand+opening+tonight.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Dec. 19, 1908, p.16. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620066055211-MATQNBBEJNAXR0VD6V9K/1909+Jan+2+Selvin+p1+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Jan. 2, 1909, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595512273240-MR9TCF4J5EUBANSBVQSE/1909+Feb+26+p1+Royal+how+tambourines+are+made+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Feb. 26, 1909, p.1. Music, marathon races, and some education about tambourines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0f330f8a-145b-43c2-85d6-9f0a6a262af0/1909+May+22+p1+Royal+Pappas+connection+with+visiting+soldiers+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 22, 1909, p.21. The Pappas/Royal ad makes sure to draw in visiting soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595519645042-EON62FBKT9M38FOKWY94/1909+March+23+p1+Royal+1000+feet+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, March 23, 1909, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628104025057-PCRMF0IIOHSGN2TKD7GZ/1909+Oct+16+Royal+everything+new+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 16, 1909, p.1. Everything new at the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1601909978255-D4BLLFFQF0M2YJ0CN24G/1911+April+10+p6+Exam+Royal+new+sign+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, April 10, 1911, p.6. New signs galore in Peterborough, with the “popular Royal” leading the lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599135727508-HTD5416KLHHHCAF8DFWU/1914+Sept+18+Royal+p13+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Sept. 18, 1914, p.13. And you could learn how to do the latest society dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599134804703-M2CPJF8NL9TT0TOAPUA6/1914+Dec+17+p5+Mng+Times+Royal+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Morning Times, Dec. 17, 1914, p.5. No need to name the pictures; just come out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595596085781-1ERRXALEMCB0FRO6F1FK/1917+Feb+14+p7+Royal+Beatrice+Fairfax+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, Feb. 14, 1917, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595604619186-M4VTKNDVAPAWID3R10C8/1918+George+St+fire+Roy+postcard+views+KB+PMA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 The January 1918 fire, showing the southeast corner of Simcoe and Charlotte: the Dominion Bank on the corner, the Neill store, and the Royal Theatre. The perpendicular “Royal” sign is the one erected in 1911. Photo from Roy Studio postcard views, Peterborough Museum and Archives. Thanks to Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595604022002-0YIG5B35HEZH4PR07AB4/1918+May+2+p11+Royal+at+GOH+Quaker+Oats+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, May 2, 1918, p.11. Cleopatra and Quaker Oats, side by side, with the Royal showing its films at the Grand Opera House. This show, though, did have higher prices, with Pappas making his huge claims: “the greatest film ever shown” and the “first time” for the film outside the larger cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620743892914-T7P3THUK32U8GIFZ49BT/1918+May+1+p8+Royal+Pappas+Cleopatra+GOH+booked+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 1, 1918, p.8. Pappas books Cleopatra for the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595606579558-47M495BG38QNB0JN92ZF/1918+May+20+p11+Royal+at+GOH+Superman+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, May 20, 1918, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1607548455360-U4LI1WNXB12JC8AW7BQV/1919+March+29+p12+Royal+Pappas+to+Paramount+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 1, 1908–19 Examiner, March 29, 1919, p.12. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-princess-theatretiz-it-190917 monthly 0.5 2022-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596132120229-VN8OURXXAQUIV565LCN4/Princess+Theatre+PMA+JO+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 George Street, looking south, June 1911. This photo shows the beginning of a road race, but it just happens to offer a view, on the right, of the Princess, 415 George St. — and is the only image I’ve seen of the theatre (which later changed its name to the Tiz-It). The race took place on June 13, 1911, about a year and eight months after the theatre opened. Lining up to start on the rain-soaked muddy road (at 1:45 p.m.) are, from the left, the indigenous athlete Albert Smoke (from Curve Lake), J. Worthly ("a young English runner"), and James Dionne. Smoke won the 10-mile race, which went from the Examiner office (which was two doors north of the Princess) to Ennismore (and its annual picnic) on Lake Chemong. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597693681768-ZQ6FGS50TRTVVB5EC7KV/Princess+location+415+George+3.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Roughly the same stretch of George St. N., in 2019. The site of 415 George St. N. is now home to Real Thai Cuisine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596465667123-MA4E028XALLYQNL8GS6Z/1909+Oct+8+p7+Review+Princess+new+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Peterborough Daily Review, Oct. 8, 1909, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596465931416-2Z1KUV9IYF0E9CB91786/1909+Oct+9+p14+Princess+opens+Pippa+Passes+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Oct. 9, 1909, p.14. Pippa Passes or, the Song of Conscience (US., Biograph released Oct. 4, 1909, 983 ft.), based on the poem by Robert Browning, was directed by D.W. Griffith (photography by G.W. Bitzer) and became known as the first film to gain the distinction of a review in The New York Times. The film had yet another distinction: its cast included Toronto’s Mary Pickford in a bit role as a “girl in a crowd.” She had just begun working with the Biograph Company that year, but had already appeared in about thirty-six short films, all uncredited (which was the norm at that time) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596466711207-5H6LAU3GWAVGSV49BVK7/insurance+map+1911+TVA+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 1911 Fire Insurance Plan showing George St. frontage on the right and Chambers St. in the middle, with “Moving Pictures” (The Princess) four doors up from the bank at the corner of Hunter and George (today still home to a bank, the Royal). Trent Valley Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596466790601-34FA2B23WX1RRBO8D5IE/1930+July+5+p17+snip+typical+layout+storefront+theatre+early+days.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 A typical layout for a storefront theatre in the early days. The Princess, with its long, narrow space, was probably quite similar to this scheme, with the main street entrance on the left; the musician’s space (with piano) on the top right, beside the screen. This layout had space for 200 seats; the Princess was said to have 250 seats. This theatre plan has six seats in each of two rows; the Princess had eight in one row, it seems, and boasted of roominess. George Schutz, “Those First Pains of a Growing Art,” Exhibitors Herald World, June 5, 1930, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597509272163-I3AQAABPOAD1ONFRF6BS/1912+Jan+4+p5+Princess+next+to+Lech+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Jan. 4, 1912, p.5. The relatively famous and long-lasting Lech store identifies as being next to the Princess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596467133609-32AVDPLY9YF83UCLMPUR/Princess+Theatre+snip+from+photo+with+3+runners+on+dirt+George+St+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 A detail from the 1911 street-race photo, showing the entranceway. Note the handwritten poster over the door announcing that day’s leading attraction. Ironically, given the indigenous road racer Albert Smoke lining up out on the road, the film was The Redman's Gratitude (released April 1911). It was one of multiple short films around this time with similar subject matter – amounting to what was almost a genre. Other examples were Indian Pete’s Gratitude (1910), Red Wing’s Gratitude (1909). We can only wonder what Albert Smoke would have thought of these films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596469085265-EGUBPCW28XE37Z3GQ78Q/1909+Jan+30+p130+MPW+Edison+Kinetoscope.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Moving Picture World, Jan. 30, 1909, p.130. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598041794778-BDLLOTC9M7APP7N3HTDC/1909+Dec+30+p1+Morn+Times+Princess+talking+pics+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Morning Times, Dec. 30, 1909, p.1. Under Ernie Hannah (his name misspelled here), talking pictures come to town, sort of, almost twenty years before the famous Jazz Singer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598101303165-I9QK02BTY2XOCPLZ3X8R/1910+Aug+12+p1+Exam+Princess+reopening+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Aug. 12, 1910, p.1. Reopening under Mike Pappas, who already operated the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596470214373-2GS0S3T9CRMZGR0HIQML/1910+Sept+9+p1+Princess+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Sept. 9, 1910, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598198188348-GNL720F91LZQ3CZDR5CR/1910+Dec+9+p1+Princess+Loftus+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Dec. 9, 1910, p.1. Kipling’s poem and 5,000 feet of film: in a time when value was represented not just by the subject but by the number of feet of film — plus an illustrated song by Victor Loftus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598199081834-OXIXQR1W5RAFFSS393DE/1909+Nov+27+p751+MPW+film+reels+feet+%26+minutes+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Moving Picture World, Nov. 27, 1909, p.751. A seemingly necessary explanation of film footage and screening time — and what moving pictures can do with that time — and of their superior value per penny over live “talking stage” drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596571436003-Y5EKDHZTFPWIGDB2SDIK/1911+July+7+p1+Princess+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, July 7, 1911, p.1. Pappas looks for a “smart young girl” to sell tickets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596569114423-ODD173E71UJNXZ0PUZB6/1912+March+21+p7+Princess+banner+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Evening Examiner, March 21, 1912, p.7. Appealing to the citizenry of Irish origins. On Friday afternoon a “large audience . . . crowded every section of the theatorium.” It was a big deal to have a film “in two reels” — the age of the longer “feature” had arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1596469923237-7M7PFG15I40UHJHGVPJW/1912+April+12+p1+Princess+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, April 12, 1912, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597576342498-5ZH8WE02W2P40MIJQPQU/1912+April+25+p1+Princess.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, April 25, 1912, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597509695772-ZNYGZRNIWQGR11YG9HK2/1912+June+7+p8+Review+Princess+peoples+amusemt+house+banner+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Review, June 7, 1912, p.8. “The People’s Amusement House” — also known in some newspaper entries as “the poor man’s theatre” — serves up “the most spectacular production ever put on exhibition” — in four reels. Along with the pictures were “orchestral effects and accompaniments.” From the U.S. branch of the French Gaumont Company, Written in Blood offered a view of French history from the time of Louis XVI. “It is a story written of war and depicts the severest conflicts and the direst circumstances that result from it,” said Moving Picture News. Strangely, the industry ads of the time gave it as two reels (not four as in the ad), with a release date of July 2, 1912. One account indicates that it was boiled down to two reels, or 2,000 feet, from its original length of three and a half reels. It appears that the Princess somehow obtained it before its official release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597525224205-Z178EOYPELFNEZTMVXYJ/1912+March+26+p1+Exam+Princess+Theatre+Rollickg+Rob+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 26, 1912, p.1. A fine mix, beginning with the compelling story of “Rollicking Rob” — and oh, to be there to hear Mr. Barton sing and the first-class orchestra play. Much to my disappointment, the number one film being shown was more likely the newly released (February 1912) Rollicking Red’s Big Lark, “A Magnificent Western Comedy in 1000 feet.” A search came up with no film with “Rollicking Rob” as part of a title — one more example of how a newspaper (or a theatre owner) can lead you astray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598556641629-KJIIMLDWUFZUVR9SMVQ3/1912+Feb+24+p646+MPW+Rollicking+Red.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Moving Picture World, Feb. 24, 1912, p.646. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597520704550-L79LXTV6VX2TXO1LQ7TQ/1912+March+1+p7+Princess+open+forenoon+ladies+%26+children+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 1, 1912, p.1 Saturday “forenoon,” appealing to “ladies” and children, but the “gentlemen” had to pay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597525054182-5UIW3AMZR1Y9XE2YU73B/1912+May+6+p1+M+Times+Princess+4000+feet+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Morning Times, May 6, 1912, p.1. Advertising only the number of feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597785851151-WVAS5FU36GBKSOYSAHOH/1924+Feb+2+p534+Mtn+Pic+News+mirror+screen+re+Princess+Fig+1.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Motion Picture News, Feb. 2, 1924, p.534. Anatomy of a mirror screen. This type of screen, which came into use in 1909—10, was made of plate glass — bulky and heavy as well as expensive — and advertised as making pictures bright and clear, “marvelously” distinct, “lifelike to the eyes,” and being especially suitable to a deep, narrow movie house. The mirror screen was in vogue mainly in the 1910s and 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597335048997-L14AHCLBM77S73LHCS64/1913+Nov+8+p1+Royal+Red+Mill+%26+Princess+snip+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Nov. 8, 1913, p.1. Three theatres all run by Herbert Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597247502291-TXAXC4251B0ZXLZMWW1W/1913+Oct+11+p1+three+theatres+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Oct. 11, 1913, p.1. The three theatres, all managed by Clayton. In January 1914 Clayton was showing 65 reels of film per week at his three theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598281310105-E7BVSN3BCRZT6YBHSC5H/1914+March+7+p1+Clayton+union+house+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 7, 1914, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598280721631-KAKQ9RX9UNEFEBDEUVCY/1914+March+7+p13+Clayton+notice+union+ops+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 7, 1914, p.13. A union-friendly Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597333832823-3YWUZRMJK0U1PQ5BL7XV/1914+Jan+10+p1+Princess+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Jan. 10, 1914, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598278725709-NY2L01H2TMDCI07Y78O8/1914+May+18+p9+Princess+Royal+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, May 18, 1914, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597351819775-F41KYVRXWXV2AJDMLMHV/1914+Dec+17+p8+Review+Princess+last+full+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Review, Dec. 17, 1914, p.8. The last ad for the Princess. Its program the following week was not advertised. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597349880019-ZP9OF3L7OOOPHAG99WKN/1914+Dec+24+p7+Princess+fire+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Dec. 24, 1914, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597691467152-IBW6OSDDLS3P5N9APEFH/1915+March+1+p2+Tiz+Gladdens+Feet+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 1, 1915, p.1. The connection between the theatre name and the foot-care product is speculative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599773427816-HIZ6AUN56MMGHAZQO3MX/1908+Feb+15+p22+Talking+Machine+World+Tiz-It.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Talking Machine, Feb. 15, 1908, p.22. Another appearance of the name “Tiz-It,” this one with a connection to the amusement industry — a horn elbow part for a wind-up phonograph machine that plays cylinder records. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598964099835-FT04UN7FYNMDU8TW2RD5/1915+Feb+20+p8+Review+Tiz-It+opens+Mrs+J+Foster.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Daily Evening Review, Feb. 20, 1915, p.8. The name announced opening night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599332307373-F4UZFCHYJ3Z5SI4W9CS8/1914+July+7+p7+MPW+Trey+o+Hearts.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Moving Picture World, July 7, 1914, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597694618857-SOP8T6KGMFX71GPOW5VP/1915+March+25+p7+Tiz+It+Mrs+Fosters+orchestra+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, March 25, 1915, p.7, with Mrs. Foster’s Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597694696706-QFOWICFMHCU0WOM9MDR7/1915+April+21+p11+New+Tiz+It+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, April 21, 1915, p.11. The same serial, Trey O’Hearts, also showed at the jointly managed Red Mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599853869293-JAGN2C287MJOODPOH4UL/1915+May+4+p11+Tiz+It+Clayton+Big+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, May 4, 1915, p.11. A bit Tiz-It ad, with Clayton’s name prominently displayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598186043341-Q1YUCYUMRMWQXSBN43CO/1915+Sept+4+p11+Tiz-It+Red+Mill+Peters+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Sept. 4, 1915, p.11. Two theatres in the period as managed by Lee Peters. Every program of the era had at least one short comedy (and maybe more). Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance (Keystone, 1915), one of a long series starring the infamous but immensely popular Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, treated the local audience to 14 or 15 minutes of standard slapstick routines and characters, including an especially good water-fountain-soaking scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598718051674-YOF9WKX28XK5KR920P7A/1916+April+14+p11+Tiz-It+Ethel+Jones+%26+Blyth+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, April 14, 1916, p.11. With music by Miss Ethel Jones and C. “Blyth” (or “Blythe”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598718127332-Z6JXHJY2C0NIVJO0L6F7/1916+June+3+p17+Tiz-It+Ethel+Jones+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, June 3, 1916, with Miss Ethel Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605800916389-O1LT90J3OXMMHZUCGWSR/Bio+18254+%28Blythe%2C+Charles+-+23+Apr+1917%29+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Tiz-It manager and singer Charles Blythe, April 23, 1917. PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Bio 18254. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598717879395-HC0TG6VGGMH80BVM8J4H/1916+Aug+19+p13+Tiz-It+Master+Harold+and+Ethel+Jones+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Aug. 19, 1916, p.13. Master Harold and Miss Ethel Jones and their singing and dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598719115631-2DQ6NTS7K0A0ZVV8YBOH/1916+Nov+3+p8+Tiz-It+Russel+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Nov. 3, 1916, p.8. Now with two projectors, so patrons would not have to wait between changes of reels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598987446655-32GYHIF8JXVI567QB60L/1916+Dec+5+p11+Tiz-It+come+early+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Dec. 5, 1916, p.11. “You must come early to get a seat.” To keep them coming: emphasizing serials, The Girl and the Game and The Diamond from the Sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597697124882-FV42DJHYJ4MNVCYJ6K2Q/1917+Feb+23+p6+Tiz-It+food+music+pictures+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Feb. 23, 1917, p.6. A peculiar offering of “food” along with music and pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597848542251-VBAGELHG8CYTSQ6K7VVJ/1917+May+19+p19+Tiz-It+changes+policy+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, May 19, 1917, p.19. A last-minute change in policy, but soon the doors were closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598990375091-XQW6ELT662R66LZD0JCZ/1946+Dec+30+p7+Paris+Cafe+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 Examiner, Dec. 30, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597693281982-TLGIOTA6AF35SEXEFMAK/Tiz-It+Princess+became+the+Hi-Tops+photo+snip+1950s+RM.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 George Street, looking southwest above Hunter Street, in the 1950s. The Hi-Tops Restaurant was once the site of the Princess/Tiz-It. A detail from a larger photo, PMA and courtesy Rick Mancini. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597693462941-UATFYRESN7DZ5XWKOIWS/Real+Thai+Cusine+2019.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Princess/Tiz-It, 1909–17 415 George N. in 2019. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-empire-191421 monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598997350468-2IRAKCJ26VP55B8A793C/Empire+theatre+parade+in+front+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Celebrating the end of the First World War? On the morning of Nov. 11, 1918, as the Examiner reported, “a procession over a mile long, containing every kind of vehicle that could be induced to move,” travelled down George Street to Charlotte, west to Aylmer, north to Hunter, and east to Water, ending finally in Central Park. The parade was “impromptu” and the vehicles were “bedecked with flags and bunting.” Although this photo is not identified as such, here a parade heading west along Charlotte Street goes by the Empire Theatre (in the middle of the photo). The auto at the front has a 1918 licence plate. It appears that the cars are about to turn north onto Alymer Street. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, nd, Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599052627430-7X9XCZ7C4UDN4BH119FF/1914+July+25+p7+Empire+banner+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 The Empire on its second day of life: a page 7 banner headline ad promoting the excitement: Saturday, July 25, 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1598998155285-OGM7X5ORQYCWP47MS4GH/1946+April+10+p9+Robinson+Block+Empire+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, April 10, 1946, p.9. The “Robinson Block” on the northeast corner of Charlotte and Aylmer, as it appeared in 1946. The Empire Theatre had been in the slightly indented building on the far right. The owner Robinson was born in the upstairs flat on the corner. The southeast corner of Charlotte and Aylmer was called “Robinson’s Corner.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599137071521-OA6KK9Z0TKZ80L7UWA3M/1897+Oct+5+np+Daily+Exam+Robinson+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Oct. 5, 1897, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599136506923-106W6VN1EHJHPWWCOL8X/Robinson+1904-5+Dir+p214+Robinson+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Union Publishing Co.’s Peterborough Directory, 1904-5, p.214. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599051471572-VLXQH1INUIABARXY5RID/1913+Dec+9+p8+Review+Empire+movies+Robinson+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Daily Evening Review, Dec. 9, 1913, p.8. “Movies”: this is an early sighting of that term as employed by the local newspaper — so new it had to be enclosed in quotation marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599081280963-L8DFFT7GS9BL0P67JA4C/1914+May+9+p9+Robinson+Empire+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, May 9, 1914, p.9. In anticipation of the Empire: “The City centre continues to shift.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599166439659-BADBYPMHY14O8RY83VPY/1914+July+27+p8+Review+new+Empire+photo+plays+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Daily Evening Review, July 27, 1914, p.8. Here not “movies,” but “photo plays” — and the specific program of films unnamed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599166115050-CHUIRQR6W7Y84N90KVDW/Empire+Theatre+nd+PMA+snip+2JPG.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 The Empire Theatre, in a detail from a larger photo of Charlotte Street showing the Banks automotive business. PMA, nd, 2000-012-003769-1. The film posters near the front entrances are advertising the popular Japanese-born actor Sessue Hayakawa in The Soul of Kura-San (1916), which places this photo at April 19—21, 1917. Some forty years later, in the late 1950s, Hayakawa was still on screen in town – most notably in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599401288189-O4MXPLVUJMAEBS8144MQ/1914+July+11+p299+MPW+Simplex+projector.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Moving Picture World, July 11, 1914, p.299. Simplex projectors were top of the line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599334513670-3JGEJP6XSR7ZQTOLUS3X/1915+Directory+p143+Fallis+musician.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1915, p.143. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599165928510-HETZBZTMEFPWWA6LP717/1915+Directory+p313+theatres.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1915, p.333. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599253904826-WULQN3KTSLSV23Z7RMYF/1914+Sept+11+p8+Review+Empire+wild+beasts+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Evening Review, Sept. 11, 1914, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599406437193-CZWIL8YT263Y7BIFR0B8/1914+Nov+6+p13+Empire+Tillie%27s+Punctured+Romance+Chaplin+Dressler+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Nov. 6, 1914, p.13. Now exhibiting Paramount pictures. For three days in November 1915 the Empire promised “another treat” for its picture show patrons – and not just a laugh or two, but “6,000 Laughs,” in the form of a motion picture that had a slight Peterborough connection (although probably not many people knew about it at the time). The film was Tillie’s Punctured Romance (U.S., 1914), often referred to as “the first feature comedy ever made.” Marie Dressler hailed from nearby Cobourg and over the years became one of Hollywood’s most popular stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599167521566-AHXWLSR0PXDJSLYP4Q12/1915+Nov+19+p13+Empire+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Nov. 19, 1915, p.13. The Paramount distribution arrangement, with Mary Pickford (of Toronto) increasing in popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599167227758-Z6H3NBEV5O5WDIKS3K95/1915+Dec+18+p11+Empire+Tenant+Tennant+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Dec. 18, 1915, p.11. This film was of particular local interest because Barbara Tennant (as it was spelled; and she was often referred to as “Mrs. Wadely”) had a local connection. Her father worked for a spell at Canadian General Electric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599167895576-08879ICLVIJEXSQMJQW5/1916+Jan+18+p11+Empire+Paramount+deMille+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Jan. 18, 1916, p.11. An early sighting of director Cecil B. DeMille. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599408189085-XI9A1W558Q8BPGT3O090/1915+Sept+7+p6+Robinson+Found+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Sept. 7, 1915, p.6. The livery business is still flourishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599481365786-AN8RY0F06IK1QBY3270J/1917+June+23+p1+Empire+Sunday+meeting+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, June 23, 1917, p.1. Donating the site for a Sunday meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599404556428-2NLHEWZYTNEX0SIQZN7W/1915+Aug+25+p1+Robinson+war+tax+pt1+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Aug. 25, 1916, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599484286072-0O5CU7Q7D3N0ZYAOK8M5/1917+Feb+20+p7+Empire+Jule+Allen+pt1+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Feb. 20, 1917, p.7. A huge wartime filmic event, with audiences eager to catch glimpses of the European war, however accurate or true. The 1910s saw heavy criticism of the preponderance of U.S. films and “American self-glorification,” and Jule and Jay Allen distributed a number of films like this one as an antidote. As the trade magazine Moving Picture World reported in 1915: “Pictures of real and officially vouched for events, troops fighting and war’s devastation are eagerly watched by audiences in Ontario.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599484323611-EWSA6V4OT1ODLOXPI4XM/1917+Feb+20+p7+Empire+Jule+Allen+pt2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 The battle, September 1916, resulted in heavy casualties but supposedly helped solve the riddle of the trenches and turned the tide of the war; tanks were used for the first time. The film was a partial Canadian effort (made under the auspices of the British Imperial War Office Committee) of the Canadian War Office and the British War Office’s Topical Film Company. Yet the film the audience saw may not have been the real thing. According to one source (Imperial War Museums), “The original CANADIAN VICTORY AT COURCELETTE was probably a version made for Canadian audiences” of a different film, “Battle of the Ancre.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599484574400-WX5W69QHA4L16VY5DO1E/1917+July+3+p11+Royal+Sarah+Bernhardt+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, July 3, 1917, p.11. Another war picture, but this one from France (released May 1917) and starring the aging but legendary Sarah Bernhardt — and the price goes up to an extraordinary 25 cents (unusual outside the confines of the Grand Opera House). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599484948526-QC0RNYJF8EO5BDH65WVD/1917+July+9+p7+Empire+closed+for+renos+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, July 9, 1917, p.7. Following the July holiday: at only three years of age the theatre needed a bit of a facelift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599484533615-V4OEHH32QXEUXSR5V8XU/1917+July+3+p11+Empire+Robinson+Crusoe+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, July 3, 1917, p.11. “The Hearts of Maryland” was actually The Heart of Maryland (U.S., March 1915), a civil war film said to be the first shown at New York City’s massive Hippodrome Theatre, with its 5,400 seats. As for Robinson Crusoe, there were many versions made of the story; this may be a a three-reel film released by Universal in late 1916 or early 1917. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599483681130-XAC1BKXYQSSAR7ENXT5L/1917+Aug+4+p15+Empire+reopens+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Aug. 15, 1917, p.15. Robinson gave the theatre “a thorough cleaning, painting and general dressing up.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599487759766-1O454CNZYLY2JAFCAL2F/1917+July+31+p9+Empire+Goldwyn+contract+topJPG+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, July 31, 1917, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599487541501-1AXDOSLFZ39DZER2BYER/1917+Sept+7+p452+Motography+Empire+Goldwyn+1.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Motography, Sept. 7, 1917, p.452. In 1917, after a “flying trip” (metaphorically speaking) to view a film firsthand at the Regent Theatre in Toronto, Robinson signed a contract with Goldwyn Pictures, taking on that company’s films, including their first release, Polly of the Circus (1917), starring Mae Marsh — the first film to display, in its logo, the iconic huge lion’s head looking around and out at the audience. Robinson’s move made it into the pages of Motography, a “Motion Picture Trade Journal” published out of Chicago. And U.S./Hollywood film production takes a firm grip on distribution here as elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599490308770-7ECB5DVXDFP851JUROZA/1918+Aug+21+p7+Empire+Wolves+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, Aug. 21, 1919, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605802147218-SBAEKSEUK5KGQRURESXQ/Bio+19904-1+%28Porter%2C+C+-+15+Apr+1918%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Charles Porter, April 15, 1918. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Bio 19904-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599492347467-SKQQ2VZOTP7MH9HLWIZD/1920+Sept+20+p1+Empire+Gables+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599492521486-O5LGF4836B99QT3XTRA5/Wolves+of+Kultur+MPW+Sept+21+1918.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Moving Picture World, Sept. 21, 1918. “This serial is as vivid as a flash of lightning . . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599512675427-X0DIN50ZM6YK2OZVNZW0/1934+June+15+p15+Liberal+rally+old+Empire+Th+top.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Examiner, June 15, 1934, p.15. Gone but not forgotten: the location of the meeting is the “Old Empire Theatre,” at the time a vacant space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599513599083-RQ3NAHQJTTKM12LS92J0/F546+Series+6+post+Empire+Hugh+Jones+Bond+Street+Postcard+TVA+295+CHARLOTTE+STREET+LOOKING+EAST%2CPETERBOROUGH%2CCANADA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 The Firestone store at 224 Charlotte — where once was the Empire — in the late 1940s. Hugh Jones Bond Street postcard, Trent Valley Archives, F546 Series 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599596800270-6G4KQ2T0I769ZO64EYKQ/2020+Google+earth+map+showing+Charlotte+looking+east+from+Aylmer.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Empire, 1914–21 Looking east along Charlotte from Aylmer, 2020, Google.com, no. 208, Pammett’s Flower Shop to the right and the Pettigrew Spa/parking lot area, once home to the Empire. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/allen-theatre-191921 monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606060876363-IQQZGEQRV9Z1JKFTK5MS/Allen+Theatre+%26+streetcar+2000-012-001946-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606060921487-4US0MQQJSFA8XM62ENWC/Allen+Theatre+%26+streetcar+ReFrame+history+George+Street+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) A Roy Studio photo (left) becomes a postcard (right), though a slightly different shot — among other things the streetcar is further up the street — and with minor changes. Photo, PMA, Balsallie Collection of Roy Studio Images. Postcard, source unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606064240808-W9EXPFVFUWHDMMCB603A/1919+April+12+p15+Royal+Pappas+Paramount+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, April 12, 1919, p.15. Paramount Theatres Ltd. takes over the Royal, with Pappas still in charge, and his name on the ad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606064471934-IXMP3AH6C9HWBDU9UYU2/1920+Aug+23+p8+Allen+Theatres+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Aug. 23, p.8. Striving to sell shares and expand into Britain and the United States, the Allen empire glorifies itself in the post-nickelodeon age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606065426928-530XBBPO8SZV8GNMI5MS/1919+Aug+30+p1+85+Allen+Theatres.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Aug. 30, 1919, p.1. At one point the Allens had a chain of almost one hundred theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606070415272-L5S0IHQJEFGQDGAPNCZP/1919+Aug+29+p9+Allen+opens+-+Copy+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Aug. 29, 1919, p.9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606070482595-ZDUB9KLOCCHFL5ITT5Z9/1919+Aug+30+p9+Allen+announcemt+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Aug. 30, 1919, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606165369432-3MIZS18ZV5SWFI09K0T9/1919+Dec+9+p11+Allen+Mabel+Normand+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Dec. 9, 1919, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606148584388-I2OIDLIMNIIPJPO73I94/Allen+Theatre+VR+2255-1+%28Allen+Theatre+-+29+Sep+1920%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Full view of Allen Theatre, Sept. 29, 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606149726092-666L4LS02H4B0059ZCWT/1920+Sept+29+Allen+window+detail+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) A detail of the window portion of the photograph. The façade at the top of the building still has the “Royal Theatre” imprint. The films playing: the cowboy hero Tom Mix in The Terror (released May 1920, Fox) and boxing heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey in the 15-part serial Daredevil Jack (released 1920, considered lost). PMA, VR 2255-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606157771253-MTLKAP8R09CC9V4TN6CI/1920+Sept+3+p10+Allen+Tom+Mix+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Sept. 3, 1920, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606150276645-16K564OP2QN2A4D6GH1P/Allen+Theatre+VR+2273+%28Allen+Theatre+-+Nov+1920%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) The supposedly ultra-educational (but sensational) Open Your Eyes (May 1919) at the Allen Theatre, November 1920. As the sign at the top indicates, the accent is still on the music as much as the pictures: both “excell.” PMA, VR 2273. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606225269026-8OTCZWC3CVZVWX0Z9D8H/1920+Nov+24+p1+open+eyes+censorship+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Nov. 24, 1920, p.1. A fear of film, and promises of censorship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606224487829-J4LEOZ69PEV5R30ENM29/1920+Nov+25+p9+Allen+Open+Eyes+last+day+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Nov. 25, 1920, p.9. “Mothers, bring your daughters.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606151423041-83DX0HWJRZBCWTCGHCWS/Allen+Theatre+VR+2280++007+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Mary Pickford in Suds (June 1920) at the Allen Theatre, Jan. 12, 1921. Lots of extra advertising, too. Grant & Thorpe operated the Willard Battery Service Station and were electrical contractors and supplies with branches in Toronto and Cambellford as well as Peterborough. PMA, VR 2280. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606167908429-4TFMD7048E9YC3FLZ6UP/1921+Jan+12+p4+Grant+%26+Thorpe+%26+Allen+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Jan. 12, 1921, p.4. Have you seen Suds? Did you know that in real life Mary Pickford uses a Thor Electric Washing Machine? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606150566813-XY60YF0HZBGN9PI8I4G6/Allen+Theatre+VR+2276+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Another window display, Allen Theatre, Jan. 18, 1921. PMA, 2000-012-001642-1. Now playing, Earthbound (1920), along with shorts, The Kick in High Life (1920), with Chester (Heinie) Conklin, and A Seaside Siren (1920). This display boasted a tie-in with the long-time local clothing store Grafton & Co. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606168930149-U6G3LSFD7LCB6AHJEZWU/1921+Jan+13+p10+Allen+Love+Flower+Griffith+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Jan. 13, 1921, p.10. The previous attraction, the latest by D.W. Griffith, with Earthbound coming soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606166903402-Y1NOGZ5V86DRBIF3YJTS/1920+Jan+17+p9+Allen+Earthbound+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Jan. 17, 1921, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606145121575-W0SDAKJ8VMES5SYUC68Q/1941+April+5+p29+Showman%27s+Trade+Review+Rosenthal+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) “Showmanship Leaders,” Showman’s Trade Review, April 5, 1941, p.29. Rosenthal some twenty years after Peterborough. The piece told how he had “opened theatres for Allen Brothers of Canada at Petersboro, [sic] Ontario, [and] helped to ‘doctor’ others.” His hobbies were “collecting match book covers and high golf scores.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606311365341-YIVXSNVOY83R9GJO3L42/1921+Feb+14+p8+Allen+Dinty+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Feb. 14, 1921, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606315452857-632CM6H9DD6MM0TVDB6M/1921+Aug+13+p10+Allen+Birth+of+Nation+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Aug. 13, 1921, p.10. The Allen had also screened Birth of a Nation a year and a half earlier, on Feb. 24, 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606320256420-KI112WISJW0TMN4UGB39/1921+Dec+3+p14+Allen+last+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Allen Theatre (1919–21) Examiner, Dec. 3, 1921, p.14. This final ad — still encouraging patrons to “get the Allen habit” — gave no inkling of a change of ownership, and name. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-regent-theatre-192049 monthly 0.5 2023-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1632141738500-SDH0WKD7F7EL8JVD2O6S/1941+Milner+Regent+men+marching+1941+from+Milner+film+TVA+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out A parade marches by the Regent Theatre on Sunday afternoon, June 8, 1941. It was part of a mammoth Victory Loan Rally held in Riverside Park that day. The film showing at the Regent (but not on Sunday) was The Long Voyage Home (released December 1940), with John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell. Folk singer/songwriter Phil Ochs was apparently so moved by this movie that he composed his song “Pleasures of the Harbor” after seeing it. This image is a frame from “Military Parade in Peterborough,” part of the Milner Collection of Home Movies, Trent Valley Archives (TVA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608591218563-BL0HX1VAUTOCKL2PSRZA/Regent+George+%26+Hunter+bank+before+Regent+snip+2000-012-014519-2+PMA+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The southeast corner of George and Hunter before the Regent took up its home. The old site of the Morning Times — with its “Printing & Bookbinding” sign — was just along the street, to the left. It appears as though there is a cover of some sort over the laneway between the Bank of Toronto and the Times building. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), 2000-012-014519-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608498220102-E831V4SY56QSPN262332/1920+June+4+p13+Regent+article+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, June 4, 1920, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/382fdf7b-e314-4a44-aff7-e115bf3e4b78/1920+June+3+p9+Regent+opening+ad+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 3, 1920, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608500533267-56FL59AI6SAAEYHNAEQN/Regent+exterior+1947+Nov+13+Archives+of+Ontario+rg56-11-box1236-205-7.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The Regent well into its years, in 1947, and looking rather the worse for wear, though it had certainly seen its better days. This is from a series of insurance photos taken by the Parks Studio for the Ontario government. The double feature of Mr. Ace (released August 1946) and When a Girl’s Beautiful (September 1947) opened at the Regent on Monday, March 10, 1947, which would appear to be when this photo was snapped (Foto Nights were on Monday evening). (Mr. Ace made a return visit to the Regent in March 1949.) Archives of Ontario (AO), RG56-11-0-205-7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c879a436-6ecf-4975-8716-988d7cf950d8/1920+June+10+p9+Regent+ad+Theda+Bara+Hoot+Gibson+Harold+Lloyd+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 10, 1920, p.9. At the new Regent, you seemingly couldn’t go wrong with a program packed with stars: Theda Bara, Hoot Gibson, and Harold Lloyd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/527e523b-eccf-43de-8a51-9726e5ef286d/1920+Aug+2+p8+Regent+audience+boy+responds+to+film+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 2,1920, p.8. A “miniature pandemonium.” A rare glimpse of the audience inside a theatre of the time. Although it was an evening program, the theatre apparently had many children present, and one of them got very caught up in the film. Would You Forgive? (1920) screened at the theatre for two days: Thursday and Friday, July 29 to July 30 (it usually ran films for only two days during this period). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8ceb765b-aca6-4c30-a4f7-ba71bceaea87/1920+July+30+p10+Allen+Regent+Would+You+Forgive+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 30, 1920, p.10. The Regent and one of its competitors, the Allen. Over the hot summer days the Regent advertised itself as “the coolest spot in the city.” For the Allen, it was “ideal ventilation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6fa55f48-a995-4cbe-87e9-113ba58c587b/1920+Aug+2+Would+You+Forgive+Exhibitors+Herald+March+27+1920+p15.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Exhibitors Herald, March 27, 1920, p.15, full-page Fox Entertainments ad for Would You Forgive? The survival status of the film is unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/aee53b7a-efb2-4134-8bd3-c5dfa61e3ffc/1920+Aug+2+photo+Would+You+Forgive+Exhibitors+Herald+March+27+1920+p5.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Exhibitors Herald, May 8, 1920, p.85. The melodrama, said Exhibitors Herald, made for “a very satisfying subject,” with its story asking the question: should a wife forgive the misdeeds of her husband when he in turn is unwilling to pardon and forgive her past ? A topic reflecting the times with the drive for a semblance of equality between the sexes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1609185264156-MUMPNTAF8SLTHKP4G013/Regent+lobby+PM+snip+%285%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The lobby as it appeared in 1947, looking towards the front doors. The ticket-selling booth is by the doors, to the left. Unfortunately the “gilded branchless tree” and fountain appear to have departed by that time. After minor renovations in 1923, a writer noted, “Dainty is the word that best describes the lobby and the little homelike theatre itself.” Peterborough’s Gerry Armstrong remembers both sides of the hallway being lined with posters. AO, RG56-11-0-205-6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608499507328-0RJQE2H5YA53IVNAOUNI/1920+June+14+p9+Regent+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, June 14, 1920, p.9. Patrons “remark on the surprising coolness” of the theatre on warm days; and ladies tired of shopping find the matinees a “pleasant recreation.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1609187623228-0WV32KSO596NXV9DXTDD/1923+Oct+31+p11+Regent+Robin+Hood+Fairbanks+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Oct. 31, 1923, p.11. “Eight centuries brushed aside by camera lens.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615811522069-FENSS0RYH5GKPYL7MN3O/1924+Dec+31+p11+Regent+hockey+game+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Dec. 31, 1924, p.11. The hockey results are front and centre in this ad, but here too, for the taking, was the feature attraction, the ubiquitous serial film, Leather Stockings, a “real good comedy,” and, as usual, Ken Blood’s Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620917027693-RV9IE1B22CQX7VZER7SD/1925+Dec+14+p11+Regent+hockey+Dick+Lush+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 14, 1925, p.11. The hockey results were delivered direct to the theatre by express wire and usually read by Dick Lush, who had a day job at the telephone company. Mpvie-goers got “the complete story of the game as it takes place.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1620916942324-E1EVD2H541XNARPI32IT/1925+Nov+24+p1+Regent+banner+hockey+Dick+Lush+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608500163709-WRMX72AVJXC1OIPY4WUE/1923+Oct+6+p13+Regent+Kissing+Cup+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Oct. 6, 1923, p.13. After the 1923 renovations the Regent was promising “first-run pictures from the Fox and Paramount studios with English specials from time to time.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608500186010-ZVRUKZGAUKWKR9MN8WWC/1927+April+30+p5+Regent+Faust+Council+of+Women+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, April 30, 1927, p.5. A benefit arrangement with the Local Council of Women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608582772987-98YEJZHH6BKT6C9MET1M/1926+Nov+10+p15+Regents+crowds+jam+Mary+Astor+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Nov. 10, 1926, p.15. Mary Astor — remember The Maltese Falcon? (1941) — was “already a favorite” at the Regent in 1926, with “rush crowds” jamming the house, or so they said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608582798628-TL0O8FENXDDY95DSC297/1926+Nov+10+p15+Regent+Mary+Astor+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Nov. 10, 1926, p.15. A multifaceted program — the feature plus a comedy, news reel, and a travelogue, complete with the Regent Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608582931926-K7SK9LLHCARGBTT2TQPC/1927+June+2+p19+Regent+Tom+Mix+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, June 2, 1927, p.19. The popular cowboy hero Tom Mix, his Wonder Horse Tony, Our Gang (known to my generation as the Little Rascals), and snappy music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608676112972-SV837OQP31HPJJ5MY298/1922+March+4+Paramount+10th+-+Copy+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, March 4, 1922, p.5. The Paramount connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608589569272-VH13LCPKHN67RJZ3FJEC/1945+April+27+p5+Gordon+Miller+photo+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, April 27, 1945, p.5. Gordon Miller was a mainstay of the local movie theatre scene for decades, but also had exhibition connections further abroad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608589995227-QAUKTHLC2REEABD6O1LX/1928+Sept+24+p9+Regent+ads+larger+late+in+the+decade+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Sept. 24, 1928, p.9. Later in the 1920s the Regent’s ads became larger and a little more spectacular. Here the Regent Orchestra was not improvising but playing a musical score “as played in all the leading theatres.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624894759681-JMOJ6GKVY24QFGOE0ZV8/1930+Nov+8+p13+Regent+What+Man+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 8, 1930, p.13. The Regent receives a bronze “plaque of honor” from the U.S.-based Exhibitors Herald-World, credited at least partly to its “efficient house staff.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608591628160-CO5RUG38IQA2UWDT00DE/1934+Nov+29+p17+Regent+It+Happened+Returned+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Nov. 29, 1934, p.17. Programming one of the classics of the 1930s — and winner of the first Oscar grand slam: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress — along with Ken Maynard and one of the many contests and giveaways to encourage attendance during the Depression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608652325102-VV385GF8WIJXUAIVEN2E/1939+Dec+26+p126+Boxoffice+Hanson+convention+Miller+3+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Boxoffice, Dec. 26, 1939, p.126. Miller among the managers and excutives of the Hanson Theatres, sitting towards the right front with his hand on his cheek. Also in the photo are Dick Main (supervisor of theatres), who was at the Regent’s first foto-nite; and, of course, president Oscar R. Hanson. Gordon Beavis (standing, second from left) was once the assistant manager of the Capitol Theatre in Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608741216848-M1J2EOAZPS0MTS2YGRHB/1942+April+17+np+Mtn+Pic+Daily+Gordon+Miller+Regent.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 April 17, 1942, np, Motion Picture Daily. Miller of the Regent is on the list of associated “across the border” associates of Paramount and Famous Players. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608653539112-RLMI86L3VMRQYPL18726/Regent+theatre+ticket+--+from+Ron+Butterworth+posting%2C+Vintage+Peterb+%26+Kawarthas+website+Feb+12%2C+2014.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 A special draw at the Regent, Dec. 21, 1944. From a posting by Ron Butterworth, Vintage Peterborough and Kawarthas page, Facebook, Feb. 12, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608741479032-1CGA5LOLEQE1A5SQZYG0/1944+July+6+p7+Regent+Mounties+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, July 6, 1944, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608742344248-655CBQO2KA6FH7KAOC95/1949+May+25+Exam+p7+five+movie+theatres+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, May 25, 1949, p.7. For a brief time the city had six movie theatres (including the drive-in), a situation that was not long to last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608654082657-MJT3VYCPDSC8EA4LMGNG/Regent+1+AO+auditorium+w+piano+1947.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The Regent theatre’s auditorium, looking from the back to the small screen, with a piano (or organ?) on stage along with a microphone stand). Radiators line the walls on both sides. The photo is from the series of seven insurance pictures taken for the Ontario government by the Parks Studio, Nov. 13, 1947. AO, RG56-11-0-205-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608654150181-TY4XHVTUHI7YT56243Y4/Regent+2+inside+lking+to+rear+rg56-11-box1236-205-4+Paul+Moore+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 A view of the auditorium looking towards the back from the screen, showing the balcony. AO, RG56-11-0-205-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608654437780-LQQY27KYYP060X3DZZ2I/Regent+3+AO+back+of+auditorium+exit+to+west+side+1947.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The back of the auditorium and the exit to the west side laneway. AO, RG56-11-0-205-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608654485731-617WO3Q6YIWFP64IFD7L/Regent+4+AO+lounge+1947.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The lounge or sitting room with its very faded carpet. AO, RG56-11-0-205-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608655856221-WLM8IPN1N8WFJHJFK2Q5/Regent+5+VR+4404-4+%28Regent+Theatre+Lane+-+1938%29+PMA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Looking from Hunter down the laneway between the Regent building and the bank. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), VR 4404-4 (Regent Theatre Lane - 1938). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608655970649-QYU56JZW8U7S0LV9WGG1/Regent+6+VR+4404-3+%28Regent+Theatre+Lane+-+1938%29+PMA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The laneway, PMA, VR 4404-3 (Regent Theatre Lane - 1938). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608656004286-YW145G88G13S4N95P2I7/Regent+7+VR+4404-1+%28Regent+Theatre+Lane+-+1938%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 PMA, VR 4404-1 (Regent Theatre Lane - 1938). In February 1952 the fire escape in the laneway collapsed. As the Examiner reported, the collapse was “fortunately timed.” It continued: “Neither the milkman or garbage truck, who use that rear entrance to George St. stores, was beneath it. The iron stairs were said to be a means of emergency exit from second and third floor apartments.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608656053430-BSAFDIAXE510VGJVDJJ2/Regent+8+VR+4404-5+%28Regent+Theatre+Lane+-+1938%29+PMA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 PMA, VR 4404-5 (Regent Theatre Lane - 1938). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1608656163321-PUKAL96TX2VT6S92JEJH/Regent+9+AO+outside+from+back+with+alley+1947.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 The lane looking out to Hunter St., showing the back end of the building, 1947. AO, RG56-11-0-205-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/51939cc6-7c40-4299-9094-cdbd35ca6dd5/1949+March+4+p7+Regent+by+popular+demand+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 4, 1949, p.7. Though it was soon to close, the Regent was advertising to unsuspecting moviegoers that they needed to arrive early to avoid being turned away — and that what they were offering was back by popular demand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/80fae74b-05a0-4085-a816-011bde610b99/1949+May+2+p7+Regent+stage+show+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 2, 1949, p.7. Here the Famous Players logo is on the ad. By corporate decision, the theatre was closed soon after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1632141360444-TD2QDD0IUKLQRS2JEPQZ/1950+film+daily+year+book+p1176+FPC+lists+Regent+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Film Daily Year Book, 1950, p.1176. In its 1950 entry the Famous Players Canadian Corp still lists the Regent as one of its Peterborough holdings, but that would be the end of the line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615570083721-XQH5O8J8WBJIS2J3613V/1954+Jan+15+p13+Regent+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Regent Theatre, 1920–49 Examiner, Jan. 15, 1954, p.13. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-capitol-192161 monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/40ec08c6-9465-47fb-827a-5100774d5c0f/1943+March+19+capitol+theatre+99-035-00373+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 A huge crowd coming from both directions for Siege of Leningrad, March 19, 1943. From the soon-gone days of the Soviet Union as ally. In his review of this Soviet feature-length documentary (Lenfilm News-reels-Artkino), the New York Times’ film critic Bosley Crowther said: “The heroic defense and endurance of the city of Leningrad during the horrible, torturing Winter of 1941-42, when the Nazis were pounding at the suburbs and the bombs were falling almost constantly, has been put into vivid picture symbols by a corps of Soviet camera men . . .” (Feb. 11, 1943). The GE office in Peterborough (just before it closed for good) kindly gave me a copy of this photo, which is also in the collection of the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 99-035-00373. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614358863075-O301IBD1E6QN6SOZUTAA/1921+Capitol+construction+1921+Roy+PMA+1997-034-10+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Early 1921, Capitol under construction on George St., south of Charlotte, with hoardings mounted in front beside a very muddy street. The street railway tracks are in place; the service would stop in 1928. Horses and autos still also shared the streets. PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 1997-034-10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614615800615-TXJW5JVL9ASTSXIC48NA/1921+Capitol+construction+1921+Roy+PMA+1997-034-5+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Work in progress, with labourers taking time to pose for a photo in the high front archway, 1921, with little resemblance to the final result. “Safety First,” says the sign. “Keep Out.” PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 1997-034-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614442051431-JH1NAWY712FKP96E87AV/1921+Capitol+construction+1921+Roy+PMA+1997-034-6+-+Copy.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Working on the new Capitol Theatre, 1921. Norman McCleod Ltd., of Toronto, had the construction contract for the brick and steel fire-proof building, working in conjunction with a local firm, Grant and Thorpe. PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images,1997-034-6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616418544084-6N422ZSD58PKBIU3UMQJ/downtown+pbo+1919%2C+Billy+Bishop+%26+Wiliam+Barker+aerial+phto%2C+shows+Charlotte+west+%26+vacant+lot+George+St+south+of+Charlotte+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Downtown Peterborough, 1919. The view shows the George and Charlotte intersection, looking west — and towards the bottom left of centre with the vacant lot on George Street south of Charlotte between the Barrie and Comstock buildings, with room for the Capitol Theatre. Billy Bishop and William Barker aerial photograph, Peterborough, Ontario, from an Airplane, British Library, Picryl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616424285342-2RAMD30RKYCJ3QIOJAZU/Peterborough+aerial+showing+Capitol+around+1947+from+larger+PMA+Pbo+aerial+P-12-667-1+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Another aerial photo, but later, c.1947, shows the Capitol taking up its space. A detail from a larger photo, PMA, P-12-667-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614443019117-0TBGPMZLROBH5JG4XZRI/1921+April+18+p9+Capitol+RP+files.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, April 18, 1921, p.9. What did the eager audiences see that first day? In addition to the feature presentation Behold My Wife they took in two comedy shorts, one of which included well-known Larry Semon, plus Topics of the Day from the Literary Digest. Marjory Stevens, a young violinist, played several numbers, and so too did an eight-piece orchestra under the direction of Herbert Hawthorne. The unadvertised first-run feature, Behold My Wife (U.S., November 1920, Famous Players-Lasky Corp.), had a rare Canadian angle but a common “Indian Princess” narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614443159126-TYAT17YIOMRTCIU6D5YS/1921+April+19+p15+Capitol+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, April 19, 1921, p.15. The theatre’s first announced film, on Thursday, April 21, was Humoresque (1920), one of the previous year’s most popular productions: “a photoplay featuring Alma Rubens.” Billed as “Fanny Hurst’s beautiful story . . .” the movie was shown for prices ranging from 35 cents (for the Lower Floor and Front Balcony, with its “Wicker Chairs”) to 25 cents for the Back Balcony and for children. The prices indicate that the theatre was a step up from the Regent, and over the coming months its ads would be noticeably larger. It would be the place for the “big” pictures coming from the major studios, and especially that of its owner, Famous Players/Paramount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619540150889-ZRWUE2DJJ4T6DJ0HDVN3/Capitol+when+new+crop+PMA+P+68-96+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 The spanking new Capitol interior. Roy Studio, probably 1921. PMA, P 68-96. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614606693620-LA63FRIZBDPS1OH8AO5E/1923+Feb+12+p9+Capitol+Beautiful+%26+Dammed+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Feb. 12, 1923, p.9. In Larry Semon’s comedy The Counter Jumper (1922), audiences would have seen Oliver Hardy (in movies since 1914), later to be part of the more famous Oliver and Hardy team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614606742894-RU0P3KD0P7R4G157FFTL/1923+Dec+8+p11+Capitol+Talmadge+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Dec. 8, 1923, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608217369-W61WJBSXRF14R1YASDJH/1923+Oct+24+p1+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+banner+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608346746-4GRY0MZ4N4NVDHSKW51N/1923+Oct+22+p1+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+%26+the+mayor+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 22, 1923, p.1. A front-page opening gambit, addressing Mayor William Hall Taylor (who was perhaps more than a little worried about a minor depression that had started in 1922). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608407925-7K0Y4KUURQQMKKB35CBV/1923+Oct+22+p7+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+%26+police+chief+Newhall+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 22, 1923, p.7. Calling on Samuel Newhall, once a lowly constable, now a tough chief of police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608461784-ZO5JNLQG6Y2P6UA6MOQM/1923+Oct+22+p10+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+%26+fire+chief+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 22, 1923, p.10. Taking aim at fire chief George Gimblett. The city’s constant string of fires might have kept him from regular attendance at motion pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608505915-932HPAN3AMQHEM8THA8O/1923+Oct+23+p12+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 23, 1923, p.12. And finally inviting everyone to the fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614608562111-GL0ULII49HNC22YU8LV9/1923+Oct+24+p11+Capitol+Harold+Lloyd+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 24, 1923, p.11. As the campaign promised: “For the benefit of patrons who laugh themselves sick at Harold Lloyd in ‘Why Worry,’ the management has arranged to have a doctor in attendance at each showing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614607178335-XTKNTYVQHBM4XD9E7FXQ/1924+Aug+30+Capitol+theatre+list+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Peterborough is on the list as a link in the Canadian chain. Examiner, Aug. 30, 1924, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614611812994-VN2V7PZEIZW5MBWPO2JM/1926+Nov+5+p17+Capitol+charleston+contest+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Nov. 5, 1926, p.17. Over the years the Capitol used its stage for live performances almost as much as it did its screen for the latest pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615217004189-JECDLIN5WDEUM2RJH5GI/1947+Aug+23+p7+Capitol+Frankenst+on+stage+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Aug. 23, 1947, p.7. As late as 1947, a very scary midnight stage show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614611860791-RQEVEG5JK481KWLPL8FK/1926+Oct+18+p11+Capitol+fiddlers+contest+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Oct. 18, 1926, p.11. Always more than motion pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614611913215-283AKMBDB4W2OMQK0988/1927+Aug+26+p13+Capitol+Tom+Mix+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Aug. 26, 1927, p.13. Tom Mix, one of the most popular western stars of the era, came to the city in person just a few years later. Jack Dempsey (world heavyweight champion, 1919—26) was on screen in town as early as 1920 — and came in person in 1950 to referee a fight at the Brock Arena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614612242077-33E2A678OHM8WUAS761S/1927+or+1928+Capitol%2C+with+Al+Sharpe%27s+store+c+1927+%284%29+or+1928+crop.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Capitol Theatre, 1928, not long before “sound” was introduced. With the Al Sharpe’s Clothes Store on one side of the entrance and the Capitol Beauty Parlor on the other. It was around the same time that painters moved in (for about a month) and the theatre got a facelift. PMA, 2000-012-003826-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a04c2815-0856-4cdb-b588-f6fc81cd18ba/1928+Aug+8+p6+Capitol+repainted+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 8, 1928, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614614882962-CKPSLBY3IPDIANQUUY3L/Capitol+Theatre+flashy+new+sign+Al+Sharpe%27s+PMA+crop.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 The theatre, now with its flashy new sign added, c.1929. PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614616805871-17RHE91UQHUO4ZGR07KL/Capitol+Theatre+1929+crop+Sept+2-4++Trennum+PMA+2000-012-001673-1.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 The all-male ushers outside the Capitol in September 1929, with head usher John Trennum in the middle. On screen, Gentlemen of the Press (released May 1929), with Walter Huston, Katherine Francis, Charles Ruggles — “All Talking.” PMA, 2000-012-001673-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5479e121-e7ed-4492-b918-a17a26fe06b3/1933+Aug+31+p15+Capitol+stage+show+Okla+cowboys+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 31, 1933, p.15. With only a few live attractions at the Grand Opera House in the 1930s, the Capitol continued with musical stage attractions along with the movies. Here, Ken Hackley’s Oklahoma Cowboys, “Famous Radio Artists.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615990695305-O9V0IJKS3VEGNF8KQAC8/Capitol+with+row+of+ushers+Trennum+IMG_0002+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Staff at the Capitol, September 1930. Left to right: Roy Killingbeck, Roy Dainard, Ernie Fowler, Gord Beavis, head usher Jack Trennum, manager John Stewart, Milt Lowden, Vern Beavis, Joe Crawford, Harry Ristow, Ted Crowe. The movie showing is Way out West (1930), which played two days only, Saturday, Sept. 20 and Monday the 22th. Photo courtesy of John Trennum. The photo also appeared in Ed Arnold, “Memories: No Popcorn, but Movies Were 32 cents,” Examiner, April 13, 1981; and Mary Hetherington, “A Night at the Movies,” Examiner, July 27, 1997, p.6a. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614692700057-GE67RICOG8DY96MNZHN6/1935+Dec+11+p9+Capitol+canned+food.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Dec. 11, 1935, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1614692746278-1G97YMN3A81H0BGJRRK8/1937+May+22+p33+Capitol+star+is+born+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, May 22, 1937, p.33. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629729095098-X16QC45OBN1CWHG6OSTB/1939+Feb+18+p7+Capitol+Beavis+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 “Is Promoted,” Examiner, Feb. 18, 1939, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615047117234-ZF2I2CJXGY1U212XE8L8/1939+March+Capitol+VR+4459+%28Capitol+-+Pygmalion+-+March+1939%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 The Capitol, with its bright lights and dazzling marquee, in March 1939, for the showing of the screen version of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (1938), starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. The movie opened in Peterborough on Friday, March 17, and drew big crowds; it was held over until Thursday, March 23. PMA, VR 4459. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617639834888-6AFLOPF1HL4PY8AEVE4B/1939+March+18+p9+Regent+Capitol+Centre+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, March 18, 1939, p.9. The city’s three theatres in competition — and dancing too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629723890783-8D3PHZKW99E6O9WXP259/1941+Sept+6+children+admission+KB.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Said a Sept. 4 announcement, the price of admission: “From Pots and Pans to Victory Tools.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629723261307-UE6CMX3PMHHTBG63OREN/1941%252BSept%252B9%252Bp5%252BCapitol%252Bphoto%252Balum%252BCripps%252BRP%252Bfixed.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out A wartime contribution, outside the Capitol. Children who brought one piece of aluminum could get in to see the movie show for free. Examiner, Sept. 9, 1941, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/30a9df66-3082-48ae-9a31-85462a7e4c79/1942+Grenny+Harrison+at+Capitol+Theatre+courtesy+Dan+Delong+Facebook+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Going to a movie, or just posing? Grenny Harrison is outside the Capitol, early February 1942. Gren Harrison was the younger sister of Eldon Harrison, who lived in Peterborough all his life. This was one of a series of photos taken of Gwen at downtown locations that day. Thanks to Dan Delong (a nephew of Eldon and Gwen) for the photo. The film advertised in the display case by the door, Shadow of the Thin Man (released December 1941) opened at the Capitol on Feb. 8, 1942. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629729234509-CJDL7F2XFI91EDGYV04H/1942+Feb+13+p9+Capitol+war+effort+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 13, 1942, p.9. When a theatre was more than just a place to see movies: a common occurrence during wartime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615047990584-O3VSQZR50WXECY0LWGI4/1945+Jan+23+p5+Capitol+anniv+thanks+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Jan. 23, 1945, p.5. A personal touch that had been applied since the days of Herbert Clayton of the Red Mill and Princess and Mike Pappas of the Royal, but seldom seen in later years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615047703037-3PV4M3XHIQ5MNRBXFEK9/1945+Capitol+theatre+25th+Since+You+Went+Away+opened+Mon+Feb+29+PMA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 The Capitol on its 25th anniversary, looking a little the worst for wear but still attracting big crowds. Although the Famous Players anniversary marked the corporation beginning from 1920, the Capitol itself dated from 1921. The film “Now Showing,” Since You Went Away (1944), with Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, and Joseph Cotton, opened on Monday, Feb. 29, 1945 and was held over until Saturday, Feb. 3. One of 1945’s top box-office hits, Since You Went Away was, says cinema historian Thomas Schatz, “Hollywood’s wartime woman’s picture par excellence.” PMA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615048167481-4COFWVJEFRUK96ZERPU1/1945+Jan+23+p5+Capitol+anniversary+top+p+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Jan. 23, 1945, p.5. Movies as a “great morale booster” during the Second World War. Isadore Black’s store was then next door to the Capitol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/60c1d31e-9465-4e6b-9143-e4994771fa2d/Capitol+Theatre+AO+location+of+candy+booth+crop+June+1949+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out The Capitol Theatre submits plans for its candy bar, June 1949. Archives of Ontario, RG 56 C-3, File 29.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1635189247200-NAM0CQZH7YAIGTZQSO0U/1950+Jan+21+p7+Capitol+dinnerware+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 21, 1950, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1635189348356-SPA898NDI0Q9KN8N6F4J/1950+Jan+26+p5+Capitol+price+change+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Weekly Review, Jan. 26, 1950, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615138650813-CN21852W8EMNJ1AM3SLG/1951+June+21+pp4-5+Review+Capitol+ad+snip+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Peterborough Weekly Review, June 21, 1951, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615138977268-SIGH3DMTCVPIOA9IX6BO/1951+June+21+p4+Capitol+projector+ad+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Peterborough Weekly Review, June 21, 1951, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615138829388-04S2XSDKZWYAAMMSMV2K/1951+June+21+pp4-5+Review+popcorn+comes+to+Capitol.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Now you can get popcorn, prepared before your eyes! Peterborough Review, June 21, 1951, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615153375722-SRWPDNSJZRJ4OHNACGTZ/Capitol+theatre%2C+reopens+after+renos+1951+Ontario+Archives+has+it+I+got+from+Cinematreasures.org.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Capitol Theatre, upon reopening with Soldiers Three after renovations, June 27, 1951. It is still clearly designated as a “Famous Players” theatre. The ticket booth is now to the right of the renovated front doors. Cinematreasures.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615237861233-Q8DXAO22DCE76Q3EV0HW/1953+May+7+p7+Capitol+Life+of+Riley+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, May 7, 1953, p.7. Foto Nite at the Capitol, and money to be had. The problem was, you could see Life of Riley, with Bill Bendix, on TV every week too. The movie version was released in 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615238010214-5FLDWGK936RFRJRURIWI/1953+Aug+1+p7+Capitol+Mangano+Anna+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Aug. 1, 1953, p.7. “The first Peterborough showing,” it says, but it was released in December 1951. And it was “adult entertainment,” and foreign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615239996555-TSEJZKQNJHG9BY200EEP/1953+Sept+19+p7+ads+incl+Capitol+silverware+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Sept. 19, 1953, p.7. Movies (and music) galore, but the Capitol also had free silverware for the “ladies.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616794788024-USR0KQN3R73JCEG7239Y/1954+Sept+4+p7+ads+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Sept. 4, 1954, p.7. The Capitol amidst an array of other theatres and activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616794265323-89M1MJUWXK5SZH9SPQ9S/1954+Sept+30+p7+Capitol+new+screen+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Sept. 30, 1954, p.7. The new “Wide-Vision” screen but still the old Foto-Nite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/16b5ae50-6de5-4a0b-b8b1-75059676c0d8/George+St+lkg+north%2C+Paramount%2C+Odeon%2C+Capitol%2C+cropped+again+from.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out The Capitol “closed for season” — go see something at the Paramount, eh? PMA, P-08-920-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e9a1f5dd-851b-4617-960d-ea2ab91b384f/1955+Jan+13+p7+Capitol+foto+nite+Calamity+Jane+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 13, 1955, p.7. Foto nites had been a popular draw for crowds since they were introduced at the Regent Theatre in the late 1930s. The initiative had extensive tie-ins with local merchants. But spring 1955 saw them come to an end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/43fc7c0e-e40d-4aa3-83da-2c461dfa41fa/1955+March+10+p7+Capitol+foto+nite+discontinued+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 10, 1955, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3c3f30fd-88f8-47e8-844a-9b9e469d8532/1955+March+16+p7+Capitol+Reef+foto+nite+discontinued+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 16, 1955, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b2e924f8-6191-4418-a47b-48c6d476f72f/1956+March+27+p7+Capitol+logo+20th+Century+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f724e313-f389-4fe9-afb8-a16b0ebf8a8c/1956+Sept+22+p7+Capitol+1st+movie+game+contest+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 22, 1956, p.7. Have fun and play! The Capitol announces the movie game contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cc04afc4-ac66-4b7e-9734-cb64c6163de4/1956+Oct+26+p7+Capitol+Forbidden+Planet+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 26, 1956, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6e29f309-8bb8-4d66-819f-5d48d8e1036a/1956+Nov+3+p7+Capitol+movie+game+winner+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 3, 1956, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/cc82ffd2-36f9-45eb-87be-b2af92cac3f3/1956+Nov+7+p7+Capitol+movie+game+winner+4+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 7, 1956, p.7. Doug Pinder, here the Capitol’s “relief manager,” was manager of the Peterborough Drive-in from 1956 to 1958. Shirley Holland worked at Kresge’s store; her father, Edward, was a foreman at Canada Packers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/170571f1-f164-439f-8e9b-33a172f260c7/1957+Nov+11+p7+Capitol+Hunchback+Lollobrigida+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 11, 1957, p.7. Not to be missed if, like me, you were a thirteen-year-old boy. A single feature, with advanced prices. Was it truly “an Ontario premiere”? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ff508690-d9fa-49e3-84c0-ebbaf29f64dd/1959+Feb+2+p7+Capitol+Bardot+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 Examiner, Feb. 2, 1959, p.7. The advantages of being an usher: Jimmy Lowes, who worked at the Capitol at an early age, says he “got to see a couple of Bridget Bardot movies (before I was eighteen).” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4fdb5424-0cec-4eff-964d-e39e5639bcaf/1956+Dec+29+Exam+p7+Capitol+Friendly+Persuasion+says+1st+run+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 29, 1956, p.7. Friendly Persuasion about to begin its long run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/618476ed-e3a2-40e5-aa80-d918ef5b86d2/1958+Jan+2+p7+Paramount+Odeon+Capitol+Tarnished+Angels+Jailhouse+Rock+Elvis+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 2, 1958, p.7. An array of filmic products at the three theatres, with the Capitol’s “First Time in Peterborough!” Personally, I saw the memorable Tarnished Angels, a Douglas Sirk movie, and, of course, would not miss Elvis, but somehow was not drawn to the “beautifully photographed” charms of Courage of Black Beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/15985767-3d7d-4223-a99c-b31486752347/1958+Jan+3+p7+moviexaminer+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 3, 1958, p.7. “Moviexaminer” was a regular movie review column — a rare thing in Peterborough since the days of Cathleen McCarthy in the 1920s and 1930s — that began to appear in late 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/bcfcdb0f-5757-4e86-a7ed-cac2abe58abc/1958+Dec+18+p7+Moviexaminer+col+crop+re+Capitol+double+feature+of+old+films.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out “Moviexaminer” column, Examiner, Dec. 18, 1958, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/21ffeee2-e9c2-45c9-abc5-bb04540c296f/1958+Oct+14+p7+Capitol+Attila+horror+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 17, 1958, p.7. “Exclusive Peterborough Showings,” of a decidedly different nature than, for instance, the long-running Friendly Persuasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/57d36493-35c4-482a-9c45-86159f74894d/1958+Dec+1+p7+Capitol+The+Blob+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 1, 1958, p.7. More “exclusive Peterborough showings.” The ad for The Blob (1958) does not give the name of its star, Steve McQueen, in his first leading role. Legend has it that McQueen had the poster for this film on his bedroom wall at the time of his death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/52148fe2-fb82-4d3a-a35e-97ed0327381b/1960+Nov+26+p20+Capitol+German+movies+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 26, 1960, p.20. Trying something more unusual, too: German movies, for one day only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/313b0cb5-a2e4-420d-985c-283daacc1dc4/1957+June+29+p9+Capitol+air-condition+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 29, 1957, p.9. The Capitol invests in air-conditioning for the coming summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c0537fc3-50e7-4143-b062-d0ca9000a56f/1961+Aug+16+p34+Capitol+last+program+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 16, 1961, p.34. The Capitol’s closing show, with its significantly old movies (the James Stewart western Winchester ‘73 (1950), and the film noir Criss Cross (1949), with no mention that it would be the final days for the theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/906f6a5b-b001-4988-b8eb-085636fd27d7/1961+Aug+19+p13+Capitol+Closes+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 19, 1961, p.9. The Capitol building would be sold “on the stipulation that it is not reopened as a theatre.” Manager Vern Marriott left to take up a position at the theatre in Hamilton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ca312e6a-6573-4656-841a-cdb6fe875dcf/1961+Aug+24+p15+Capitol+closed+wallets+lost+2+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 24, 1961, p.15. Always sad when a movie theatre closes; but it seems that something else goes missing, too. A comment, also, on the youthful audience of those days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619361444465-4PG4OTRGEY8YQRUOSE2G/George+St+looking+south%2C+Deluxe+Caf%C3%A9+on+left%2C+Woolworth%E2%80%99s+1+RM+snip+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 George Street looking south, nd but post-1961. The bright lights missing one bright light. Detail from a larger photo, PMA, George St theatres, P-08-920-1. Thanks also to Rick Mancini. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/81c54936-a9b5-4753-97c4-e9e91d482a77/1963+Feb+9+p13+Capitol+theatre+bldg+photos+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 9, 1963, p.13. The once-proud Capitol Theatre languishes in no-person’s land. But the theatre was never “razed.” Instead, later on it was renovated into a quite different kind of building, but the basic structure is still there in the 2020s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c83f3dd4-36b5-4384-a30a-bc0125d9b502/1963+Feb+12+p4+editorial+Capitol+theatre+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Editorial, Examiner, Feb. 12, 1963, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fa58f1b7-1865-4bc3-a820-b3147fc07062/1971+June+10+p19+Capitol+Theatre+photo+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 10, 1971, p.19. On this day in 1929, the Capitol screened the first “talky.” As the paper put it: “Times have certainly changed for the Capitol since June 10, 1929 when they had to turn people away from both evening shows and seats could be had for 53, 47 or 37 cents each.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/22e8fef4-38dc-4d24-b896-ca523a524df1/1975+April+25+p3+Capitol+fate+changed+crop+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 - Make it stand out “Capital [sic] Theatre’s Fate Changed,” Examiner, April 25, 1975, p.3. The paper did not take care to get the name right, either in the headline or in the body of the article. It also said the Capitol closed “in 1963,” rather than 1961. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615329071686-2WUQZATMC0Y5XZEXHPGH/2021+Curry+Village+etc+Capitol+location+Google+earth+maps.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Capitol, 1921–61 308 George St., 2021, Google maps. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-royal-once-more-192125 monthly 0.5 2022-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615834923177-UGOK7238XNKVLRKT62HH/Royal+August+1930+detail+4+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 The Royal Theatre, still there on George Street (looking north from Charlotte St.), August 1930. This was five years after it closed. A detail from a larger photo, Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F50 3.023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615836257421-C9TP196VAFZMMA1BN2PH/1921+Dec+6+p14+Allen+to+Royal+%26+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Dec. 6, 1921, p.4. Pappas, and the Royal, return amidst much personal fanfare. Stressing a combination of “entertaining and educative value” for Peterborough folk who appreciate the silent drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615837333608-CERW41Z6SGNO5XQVJBHE/1921+Dec+29+p10+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Dec. 29, 1921, p.10. On Christmas Day the Royal was “crowded to the doors” for both matinee and evening performances. Pappas gave the gift of free movies to children at a Saturday matinee on Christmas eve. “I made special efforts for Christmas week,” Pappas said on the 26th, “and I am sorry that hundreds were turned away yesterday.” He promised to show the same program the next two days so that no one would miss it. “It is the biggest treat of the year.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615837734583-36DHSJPGX21D61IDCQLN/1923+Jan+13+p9+Royal+Nero+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Jan. 13, 1923, p.9. “More people are in ‘Nero’ than have ever appeared in any motion pictures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615838033390-Q3SLUN3NO98DSVFK8IY9/1923+June+14+Royal+Talmadge+KB+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, June 14, 1923. The film had been released a year earlier, in spring 1922, and co-starred (the silent film) Harrison Ford. The ad suggests the film’s content in the figures of a fair damsel, a suitor, and, dangerously equated, an “Indian” character and caveman who seem to be offering advice. As it turned out, the picture was indeed a sexist tale with a racist twist in the form of an “Indian” character named Chief Big Tree (played by the actual Chief John Big Tree, of the Seneca Nation). (There was no mention in the plot outlines of a caveman.) The Primitive Lover was not a huge hit. The New York Times reviewer found it “an especially dull and pointless production.” Image thanks to Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615837941014-H4DXJ2VU9CWLPCNMQSIR/1923+Jan+26+p1+Pappas+Royal+radio+installed+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Jan. 26, 1923, p.1. Pappas exhibits one of the other modern communications technologies. Radio was just coming into its own in the 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615838639513-649C0I3GMAGNSL793NJN/1923+Oct+13+Exhib+Herald+2+Dominion+Royal+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Exhibitors Herald, October 1923, p.132. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615844322770-6SS246LHC9PKOC2ZY6C3/1923+Sept+1+p11+Royal+big+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Sept. 1, 1923, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615844591558-U97F4BWYO8Y6TKEC3FTZ/1923+Sept+29+p15+Royal+big+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Sept. 29, 1923, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615844657103-ULAI10ID7N02IW21OVKT/1923+Oct+27+p15+Royal+Married+Love+big+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Oct. 27, 1923, p.15. Promising to help “save even a few people from groping in the dark after married happiness,” this U.K. film (released June 1923) would be something of a foil to the likes of The Primitive Lover. With its fictional storyline — “a fireman's fiancée, ejected by her father, becomes a maid and finds small families happier than large ones” — it was only loosely connected to Marie Stopes’s controversial book “of the same name.” Stopes (1880–1958), a British author and palaeobotanist, was a campaigner not only for eugenics but also for women’s rights and birth control (while opposing abortion, at least publicly). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615844721173-VXMBZI8R2UH4Z3G9PH2G/1923+Nov+19+p11+Royal+community+link+%284%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Nov. 19, 1923, p.11. A community effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615844798843-I3LDT6EFDSM6S9EG0VDG/1923+Dec+22+p11+Royal+Sign+of+4+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Dec. 22, 1923, p.11. IMDb indicates that this British film (June 1923) was never released in the United States, but it certainly played in Canada. The film, one commentator says, was “practically a tour of the city,” showing well-known landmarks (announced through inter-titles) such as Putney Bridge and Hyde Park Corner — and ends with an impressive speedboat chase. “Practically all” of the British features handled by Dominion, Motion Picture News reported July 7, 1923, “have enjoyed excellent business in the Dominion since their introduction last fall.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615946331191-97O8BBN3ZN14HUF5P9XZ/1924+Jan+3+p11+Royal+Knockout+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Jan. 3, 1924, p.11. In The Knockout (May 1923),a boxer is knocked unconscious. After he comes to, he buys a race horse, is kidnapped, and his wife kills herself — but luckily it’s all a dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615946031952-G390XQBP5DP94TVMF8GI/1923+Oct+26+p17+Royal+firemen+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Oct. 26, 1923, p.17. Creative advertising that lights a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615995459137-SOLAXDC3W2M1M107XVNG/1924+March+31+p11+Royal+Pappas+Lyman+Howe+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, March 31, 1924, p.11. Pappas is back, though only briefly and serving up both quality and quantity. The Wanters (1923), which included Norma Shearer in the cast, was a love story of class differences, of snobs and snobbishness. Also on the program: a two-reel comedy, a two-reel Western drama, and a single-reel educational picture, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615997591505-AUMFI89UN06868ZRRZMZ/1924+April+15+p15+Royal+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, April 15, 1924, p.15. The initially prominent Pappas name is already gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615997741035-R6B271DZ1J4YQB02NVW3/1924+June+7+p2+Royal+for+sale+Hall+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, June 7, 1924, p.2. Reflecting a lack of desire on the part of the new owners to run the Royal. These owners, however, held on for another year and a half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615998914872-KHN2S0QEWL45BV62BC70/1925+Jan+15+letter+Dominion+Film+to+Hay+Royal.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Letter from L. Rosenfeld, Dominion Films, to Gustavus Hay, Grand Opera House, Jan 15, 1925. Business affairs for the Royal Theatre were being run through the Grand Opera House. By around that same time Jule and J.J. Allen had formed a new film exchange, Independent Films, which would take over Dominion Films and the Canadian rights to Columbia and Preferred Pictures, among others. Columbia Pictures of Canada would later absorb Independent Films. W.P. McGeachie is the manager in charge. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615999006610-HHVB2UY5G9JX3IMU3ETJ/PMA+Dominion+Films+Contract+March+23+1925+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Contract, March 23, 1925. Independent Films uses the Dominion Films Limited Contract form, simply scratching out the name and adding its own stamp. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615998270862-910GQHMRNS0AK90RD2WV/1924+Oct+30+p1+Royal+Irish+night+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 A front-page call for the local Irish community to come out and enjoy the show at the Royal; and, at top left, a “flapper” in competition at the Capitol. April Showers (October 1923) came from Preferred Pictures, a short-lived U.S. independent company distributed by Dominion. In the film an Irish-American lad in a slum neighbourhood goes astray in romance but finally boxes his way onto the police force. Here also at the height of the Roaring Twenties was the “jazz age” romantic comedy The Perfect Flapper (May 1924, First National Pictures), which also starred the popular Colleen Moore; she was appearing on two screens at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615998744179-FLBS50HSA5C9VO4D8BCG/1925+Jan+20+p11+Royal+hockey+returns+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Jan. 20, 1925, p.11. The theatres were always about more than motion pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615998623678-5TG472Z6BLVHRX468NO0/1925+April+23+p11+Royal+Hoot+Gibson+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, April 23, 1925, p.11. The big amateur show: “To-night is the night that fifty patrons of the Royal go home after the show with a worth-while prize.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1615999196653-S6W52PATB2F6U89RJ8UV/1925+Sept+12+p15+Royal+country+store+nite+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Sept. 12, 1925, p.15. An early announcement for Country Store Nite (April 27, 1925) promised: “To-night is the night that fifty patrons of the Royal go home after the show with a worth-while prize. ‘Country Store Nite’ is presented in an original manner and also provides plenty of laughs.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616081209908-RJXTNR6R8QO34OV975FK/1925+Nov+30+p11+Royal+ad+Reveille+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Nov. 30, 1925, p.11. Betty Balfour was publicized as the English Mary Pickford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616078669117-HVEGJ094Y8RTVTEC4XPV/1925+Dec+12+p15+Royal+show+you+the+town+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Dec. 12, 1925, p.15. The final “spasms” (and roars of laughter) at the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616078532268-JRJZU0SN8FR50JZVCPEE/1925+Dec+12+p15+Royal+closes+%285%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Examiner, Dec. 12, 1925, p.15. The Royal’s last hurrah. “. . . Closes Temporary for Improvements.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616080549241-LI93HQUPVASSPLZBVMRS/1925+outstanding+contracts+Royal+Theatre+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 Left hanging in the balance: a list of outstanding contracts accompanying a letter dated Feb. 15, 1926; these were films under contract that had gone unplayed. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616080159050-S25P4U98AIPLCQ12P040/Royal+Th+1929+snip+PMA+2000-012-003747-2+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Royal Theatre, Part 2, 1921–25 The lonely Royal Theatre, 344–46 George Street, October 1927, some two years after it closed — and the doors have posters advertising an event at the Grand Opera House. In 1939 its space would be converted into the Centre Theatre. A detail from a larger photo, PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-grand-opera-house-1905-37-part-2-the-demise monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619544643220-985FHIO4XUYGIL6F9GC8/Grand+Opera+House+exterior+Trans+Can+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The Grand Opera House, looking solid but not quite so grand, early 1930s — and oh so many and various products to take in from the street and sidewalk. That building is long gone; the Turner building next door remains in place today. John Hill, China shop, and Rutherford & Nugent, real estate, share the storefront spaces. To get to the balcony you entered the alleyway on the right side. Billboards had long sent forth their compelling messages fronting the street sidewalk to the left. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PG3 20a. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616503577941-X18DRE971CM3MV2IX7XX/1925+Pbo+dir+p3.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616503640299-JMT29V8P2HHY50S36W99/1925+Pbo+dir+p3a.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616498712598-UGH6YDTH7JPT6E7DKQ1H/1922+Dec+23+p11+GOH+de+Wolf+Hopper+Gilbert+%26+Sullivan+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Dec. 22, 1922, p.11. The shows failed to attract large audiences. Perhaps The Mikado had been presented one too many times in the city. Hopper made the poem “Casey at the Bat” famous, recording it in 1909 and apparently reciting it over 10,000 times, three of which were in Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616429314967-H5CFBDJI2LYM8GLHN765/1923+March+20+p11+GOH+Game+of+Life.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, March 20, 1923, p.11. One of the regular motion picture attractions at the Grand — “The First English Super-Picture.” The Game of Life (1922), from G.B. Samuelson Productions, was indeed the first British ten-reel feature, as advertised. Little appears to be known about it except that it presented the “great events of Queen Victoria’s reign seen through the eyes of three girls.” Survival status is unknown. Screened at “popular prices.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616445718729-H32M3MO7ZOHD22QBUWDF/1924+Feb+7+p11+GOH+Covered+Wagon+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Feb. 7, 1924, p.7. Of particular note is that management made clear that the Peterborough audience would not be able to see this film — the big picture of the year — at a cheaper price for quite some time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616446118026-BQX4LPVKWOK4CL86CV8T/1924+Feb+11+p9+GOH+not+a+picture+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Feb. 11, 1924, p.9. Movies had become so much the norm that for this stage play the Grand was again pointing out, “Not a Picture.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618849421434-QVML3OXWB2TGHAWOOMSU/1924%2BFeb%2B16%2Bp11%2BGOH%2BGriffith%2Bbig%2Bad%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The beleaguered Trans-Canada holds fast (for a while) and announces a big arrangement with United Artists to bring their pictures for first runs in Peterborough, sometimes to fill in “gaps between the road shows.” With the standard high-blown promise: “Picture offerings of this magnitude have never been shown continuously in Peterboro before.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616503217854-IRG3YL64ZP6J89XX7Z2S/1925+Pbo+dir+p149+GOH.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1925, p.149. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616933717929-BNMAH8TCO8C8X8P4SPDJ/1925+Feb+18+p11+GOH+Midnight+Express+%282%29+Dominion.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Feb. 18, 1925, p.11. Vaudeville and a motion picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616931822141-KMY45YIF0RI7B7RRQ2NF/PMA+invoice+GOH+Feb+7+1925+Midn+Exp+Accessories+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The Grand’s local owners — doing business with Dominion/Independent Films in Toronto. An invoice for publicity/advertising materials, Feb. 7, 1925. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616932027716-5OG6NKQ383JYABYJ1YL5/PMA+invoice+to+GOH+Feb+9+1925+Midnight+Express+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The cost of renting a film for three days. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616940765481-8JXULC5FGY96PA5T0LI7/PMA+letter+Independent+Films+April+7+1925+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye One of a series of letters and documents trying to sort out the problems related to contracted films. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616942413858-BIPXTDONOH3SS56K9W3P/1926+Feb+16+from+Ludwig+PMA+Outstanding+Contracts+2%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Letter from Ludwig & Ballantyne to Roland Glover, Feb. 15, 1926, after the transition to Theatrical Enterprises, with list of contracts still outstanding. Dominion Films vs. Hay file, PMA, F450. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616856929549-5W0VFY8H8OCWSSRM6JH6/1926+Jan+7+p1+Film+Daily+Famous+Players+buy+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Film Daily, Jan. 27, 1926, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617109264910-D778XD52JKKCGKXEP8V0/1925+Dec+3+Wkly+Exam+top.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Weekly Examiner, Dec. 3, 1925, np; also Examiner, Nov. 28, 1925, p.17. But instead of safeguarding and “guarantee[ing] high class entertainment which is so necessary in a city the size of Peterboro,” the transaction led to the speedy closure of one theatre, the Royal, and the gradual fading out of the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619544813735-8IJ0X34AHGMB6CFNX2B6/GOH+1927+PMA+2000-012-016188-69+pipers+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye A George Street parade (featuring the Peterborough Pipe Band) celebrating the 60th anniversary of Confederation, July 1, 1927. With the Comstock Furniture and Undertaking store, billboards, Grand Opera House, and J.J. Turner & Sons in the background. A Roy Studios photographer turned out that day and took a lengthy series of photos of the parade. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 2000-012-016188-69. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617156077100-EPVV1SY1CX0DW35WWTH7/Grand+Opera+House+GOH+2000-012-003826-1+%28Grand+Opera+House+-+1928%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The Grand Opera House, 1928 (probably September), still with the Trans-Canada name up top, and down below scattered posters announcing the appearance of the London stage actor Gordon McLeod. George Street still has its streetcar tracks. PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, GOH 2000-012-003826-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616871871171-S8Q725YCEJJOLT3VC5UL/1929+fire+insurance+map+Grand+Opera+House+1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Fire insurance map, 1929, PMA. The street on the left is George, with Water Street on the right. The “moving picture theatre” at the top is the Capitol. “Furniture” is the Comstock store, which included undertaking services. The billboards lining the sidewalk to the north of the theatre were covering up an array of sheds offering various services. “B’sm”: a blacksmith shop was tucked in there, facing Water St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1616871210625-6XAUNGD44KO4V60T0FZX/1929+Sept+7+p13+GOH+Desert+Song+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Sept. 7, 1929, p.13. Announced — “in the Flesh and Blood Real Living Actors” — but this promised event did not happen. Around the same time Warner Brothers turned the musical into an early “talkie” (released April 1929): “the first Broadway musical to be Vitaphoned in its entirety.” The movie’s cast included Myrna Loy, who easily made the shift from silent films (in which she was a bit of a vamp) to a long and solid career in “sound” pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617289739177-CQUWDH9RG16ZF1DBF5Q9/1928+June+4+p9+Wings+GOH+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, June 4, 1928, p.9. The last motion picture to appear at the Grand Opera House, a full year before the “talkies” arrived. Though no one knew it at the time, it was the first Oscar winner for best picture (awarded a year later). It had been screened a few months earlier, in February, when the lowest price for adults in the evening was $1.00. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617897223633-1TMJICLR2PDRX9KNLJGH/1928+Jan+31+p3+GOH+ad+Ben+Hur+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Jan. 31, 1928, p.3. Around that same time, ticket prices at the Capitol and Regent evenings ranged from 35 to 50 cents; at the Regent children’s evening tickets were 20 cents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617897697074-1Y522S0F40STJZIR15IT/1928+May+1+p13+Ben+Hur+ad+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, May 1, 1928, p.13. Ben Hur returns, at lower ticket prices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617053913689-P0E0ZBW4R016XBSTJKQN/1934+dir+p337+Theatres+GOH+closed+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1934, p.337. Listed as “closed,” but it wasn’t, at least completely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617367100827-BT7P00YIFSFOEW0LRYS4/1937+May+6+p11+GOH+pageant+pic+snip+-+Copy.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, May 6, 1937, p.11. A final glimpse of the yearly pageant, the Grand Opera House’s last hurrah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617369223150-LTV3W00DLT5HTAXCWW04/1937+May+13+p9+GOH+KB+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, May 13, 1937, p.9. Once again, promises are made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617377945257-32W5BLD484GOTY07BZYH/Hanson+1941+April+5+p12+Mtn+Pic+Herald+%283%29+Hanson+with+other+guy.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Motion Picture Herald, April 5, 1941, p.12. Hanson had his fingers in more than one “Granada.” Here Hanson, on the right, is presenting Wannie Tyers, manager of the Granada, St. Thomas, with a silver plaque as winner of the O.H. Hanson prize for “leadership in promotional activities” among managers of the Hanson circuit of Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617376629351-6H6FSMUJX8HJXZFJKND9/1938+Aug+GOH+Granada+plans+AO+2+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Architectural plans for alterations to the Grand Opera House had been drawn up by June 1937. “Granada [G.O.H.] – “Aug. 1938 – 1 set of proposed plans,” Archives of Ontario, RG 54-10, 29.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617377203961-KHWGDN34AQ7QOO6OXLUS/1938+Aug+GOH+Granada+plans+AO+3+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye “Granada [G.O.H.] – “Aug. 1938 – 1 set of proposed plans,” Archives of Ontario, RG 54-10, 29.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617374774042-CFK0EKE3NSS9UO0ARYUL/1937+July+10+p5+Exam+GOH+seats+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, July 10, 1937, p.5. The seats leave the building. Among this group are the key figures of Harry Dahn (second from left) and R.M. (Rollie) Glover, long-time Examiner owner and partner in the Grand Opera House. The photographer was the Cripps Studio, which had been kicked out of its storefront space in the opera building to allow renovations to happen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617378530867-M1YUEC98IL6X18DW5H06/1940+Capitol+VR+4574-5+detail+GOH+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye The Grand Opera House is still there in this detail from a 1940 photo of the Capitol Theatre (where there is a lineup on the left). PMA, VR 4574-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617379456514-MPS8FUSHGOB7C51NIN21/1941+May+20+p9+GOH+chances+slim+top.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, May 20, 1941, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617713758868-B1QYHEJI91XFRQV25EJ2/1941+film+daily+yearbook+p896+Granada+snip+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye 1941 Film Daily Yearbook, p.896. The “Granada” was for real; it makes an entry (and in the 1940 yearbook as well). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617713204726-VGDAXRVLXVVPP5EFC65G/1941+Nov+29+p10+GOH+wrecking+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Nov. 29, 1941, p.10. The residue of the Grand Opera House: seemingly no end to what you could salvage from the wreckage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617378982515-G58UDO6TQFSTQRLUA2CR/1944+empty+GOH+site+%284%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye “Grand Theatre site (Looking West from Water St. Toward George St.), June 1944.” The Turner Building is to the left of the now empty space, which would in 1948 become the home of the Paramount Theatre. Across George Street are the buildings on the west side. Library and Archives Canada, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas_CN (Ont) 4435. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617397078068-S0QSTAUGLMRRJJ1F2IF9/1916+Feb+1+p13+GOH+Pygmalion+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, Feb. 1, 1916, p.3. From the lost glory days of the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618869036303-BS0IX4CUJZFSIJUQWAU5/George%2BSt%2Blkg%2Bsouth%2Bw%2BGOH%2Bnd%2Bsnip%2B2%2Bearly%2BPMA%2B2000-012-002675-1%2B%2528Moore%2BMonumental%2529%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Earlier days on George Street, looking south, with the Grand Opera House on the left. A detail from a larger photo, PMA 2000-012-002675-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618943422738-9DTGVAKJV8DG02782W5L/1951%2BMarch%2B2%2Bp7%2BPbo%2BLittle%2BTheatre%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Grand Opera House, Part 2, 1923–37: The Long Goodbye Examiner, March 2, 1951, p.7. Make way: always room for live theatre. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/centre-theatre-193956 monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618599235382-DMRF0Q6XZHJO5IR6EH49/1%2BGeorge%2BSt%2Bwith%2BCentre%2BP-14-010-1%2B%2528good%2Bzoom%2529%2BPMA%2BJon%2BOldham%2BMarch%2B2021%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A busy summer’s day on George Street, 1954, looking north, with the Centre Theatre on the right. Now showing: Crossed Swords (Italy/U.S.A., released July 28, 1954) with Errol Flynn and Gina Lollobrigida; and River Beat (U.K., released July 16, 1954), with Phyllis Kirk and John Bentley. These films played at Centre from Monday the 16th to Wednesday the 18th of August, not long after their release dates. Treasure Island (1950) may have been on the Saturday’s children’s program. On the left, on the northwest corner of George and Simcoe, the new Zeller’s building is not quite finished; it still has the construction hoardings out front. It opened in early October. This is a detail from a larger photograph, Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Park Studio, P-14-010-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618587409040-PUT8GKJ0O7MQ9VQQDMCQ/1939%2BFeb%2B28%2Bp10%2BCentre%2Bopens%2Bstrip%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Feb. 28, 1939, p.10. With congratulations from the city’s other two theatres — is that something that would happen today? — and a look back at the past (although Wonderland, the subject of this article, was not the “city’s first moving picture house”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618588209547-FQU3IAWO6XJG3U5B3V3L/1937%2BMay%2B27%2Bp9%2Btop.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, May 27, 1937, p.9. The beginning of a new era in Peterborough motion picture exhibition. The “Make Fourth House” subhead referred to a proposed conversion of the Grand Opera House into a new theatre, the Granada — but that failed to become a reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3d592ae7-431b-4a8e-8978-f7944de219b9/1938+Nov+21+Centre+construction+report+OA+letter+from+PDF+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Inspection report letter to the architect, Nov. 21, 1938. Ontario Archives RG 56 C-3, Container 29, File 29-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3c75cb08-b972-4df3-a78a-8a9a529904c9/Centre+AO+detail+from+photo+of+street+1947+Centre+superimposed+on+Royal.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out The Centre Theatre, 1947, superimposed on the old Royal Theatre building. At the top, the word “Royal” has by now more or less disappeared, leaving only “The . . . Theatre.” This is a detail from a larger photo by Morris Duke. AO, RG 56-11-0-202-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618588681262-8EWXMK4M951C1PFLMLO8/1+Centre+1939+July+10+to+12++snip.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A detail from a postcard of George Street, July 1939. TVA postcard collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618589219665-1XTPUFQR1KWZ4HC6706F/Centre+Theatre+from+bridal+book+snip+%284%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 An early view of the Centre’s seats, from The Canadian Bride’s Reference Book, Winnipeg, 1939, np. A note on the page promised: “The theatre will make you laugh, love and re-live your courting days.” Thanks to Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618604470976-83JBI88MHKUF4OL7AFHR/Centre%2BAO%2Bauditorium%2Binc%2Bbalcony%2B1947%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 The Centre Theatre auditorium, with balcony, 1947. Archives of Ontario (AO), 56-11-0-202-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619281088390-XVXOW34S2C9WI7KYIAPK/Centre+AO+auditorium+closeup+back+of+theatre.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A closeup of the back of the main auditorium, 1947. No doors block the auditorium off from the small lobby. On right and left are the stairs side leading up to the balcony. A detail from Archives of Ontario (AO), 56-11-0-202-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619100159877-5AIVIYHJCCE7VTYQ1W77/Centre+AO+lobby+1947+crop+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Centre Theatre lobby, October 1947. The small rectangular foyer is between the entrance and the foyer. Note the drinking fountain built into the wall between the doors leading into the lobby — and the potted ashtrays. A concession stand (or snack bar) would later take the space on the right. At the opposite end of the lobby is a stairway to the rest rooms. Coming attractions, in addition to The Jolson Story, are Margie (1946), with Jeanne Crain, and Abilene Town (1946), with Randolph Scott. AO, RG 56-11-0-202-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619382719973-QG8TV1PE163HQNY80BZO/Centre%252BAO%252Bview%252Bfrom%252Bbalcony%252B1947%252B%2525282%252529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 The view from the balcony, 1947. Archives of Ontario (AO), 56-11-0-202-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618589009093-YMYZC3DT70CCSBXBQ73H/1939+March+1+p9+Centre+opens.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, March 1, 1939, p.9. John Barrymore, a star of silent film days, towards the end of his career. “No expense has been spared.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618590533154-W7P7J13HJDX6QIP74U6Q/1+Centre+1939+July+10+to+12++Centre+George+Street+%28south+from+Simcoe+St%29%2C+showing+Centre+Lost+Patrol+on+marquee+2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A postcard with a view looking down George Street, with the Centre on the left, a few months after the theatre opened. The program — The Lost Patrol and Star of Midnight — provides a date for the image. You could also get the “lastest news.” Postcard, Trent Valley Archives (TVA) collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618590493870-664R7VGPMEFGM90ET8LS/Centre+1939+July+10+to+12+George+Street+PMA+1994-037+Jon+Oldham+March+3021+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 The original photo used for the postcard. For some reason the cloud formation differs; the postcard view pulls back to show more autos and the Richard Hall store on the right. PMA, 1994-037. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618600471498-65NOXV4U68QR7SODY2OO/1939+July+10+p9+Centre+Lost+Patrol+2+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, July 10, 1939, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1618606712899-8Z8XC2JH6ICKNNU65Y2N/1939%2BJuly%2B15%2Bp9%2BCentre%2BGrand%2BIllusion%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, July 15, 1939, p.9. The person doing the booking knew his or her craft. This complicated antiwar film (released two years earlier and edited for U.S. distribution), French director Jean Renoir’s first great international success, is on many all-time best lists. Another ad pointed out, “It strikes to the heart of humanity.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619032569503-EAHH0NSQK9ZVNWYDRLIB/1943+Aug+12+p9+Centre+British+newsreels+Goldstone+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Aug. 12, 1943, p.9. With the well-established personal touch now long-gone from our cinemas, the Centre apparently addresses complaints about U.S.-dominated newsreels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/eea4b35f-a617-4071-924f-b142fe4d86a5/1944+March+18+p54+showmens+trade+rev+Goldstone+Centre+snip+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Showmen’s Trade Review, March 18, 1944, p.54. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619032209698-RDKNVZAKLOZ9WN6K5QHG/1944+Feb+26+p7+Centre+annivers+%284%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Feb. 26, 1944, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619032324220-Z86C8WOANCA11D5T2XR7/1944+Feb+26+p9+Centre+anniversary+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Feb. 26, 1944, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619031635347-CCDRYW4LMVI19S7BOEBV/P-14-590-1%2B%2528George%2BSt%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 The Centre Theatre on a bright June day, 1944. At the very top of the building, the original “Royal Theatre” sign is still there, although in obvious decay. Down below, a few people gather outside the Nuttery, just to the right of the theatre entrance, possibly to buy treats for the movies. The Associated British News is also showing along with the double feature. The air conditioning was said to be “Cool as a Woodland Glen.” The downtown theatre is surrounded by shopping possibilities — Powers grocery store, McCannan’s Appliances, Neill’s Shoes — and nearby (to the south) the De Luxe Café and Silver Moon Grill, with the Bluebird Grill and Mayfair Restaurant up the street, north of Simcoe. In March 1949 the Nuttery moved down the street to 283 George, across from the Capitol, Odeon, and Paramount theatres. PMA, P-14-590-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619031913326-UJHY2FDZHWLJLDKMU2C3/1944+June+19+p7+Centre+Hostages+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, June 19, 1944, p.7. The movies showing when that photo was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619032112932-S3PRSV2YSRQ59ODL50CZ/1944%2BJune%2B15%2Bp6%2BNuttery%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, June 15, 1944, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619054424792-H6XR0X3DB53F20VVYEU6/Centre+on+George+St+PMA+P-12-799-1+%28Downtown%29+014+To+Have+and+Have++Not.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 The view up George Street north of the Charlotte St. intersection, September 1945. The Market Hall building is on the right, home to Antony’s Fruit Market (on the corner), Canadian National ticket office, Buehler Bros. Meats, Levison Shoes, Meyers Studios, and the De Luxe Cafe; what was once the Bradburn Building (containing the city’s original opera house), with Beatty Washer Store and the Silver Moon Grill, among others, is between Market Hall and the Centre Theatre. PMA P-12-799-1 (Downtown) 014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619054871395-K20ALKBD3P8TOGUVDW0O/Centre+on+George+St+PMA+P-12-799-1+%28Downtown%29+014+detail+2+To+Have+and+Have++Not+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Detail from the larger photo of the view up George Street, September 1945. To Have and Have Not (released January 1945) is playing at the Centre, with the “2nd Swell Feature,” Babes on Swing Street (1944). You could also, as usual, catch the latest news. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619055148768-5TJCEQJGB9FSC46YNNCR/1945%2BSept%2B22%2Bp7%2BCentre%2BHave%2B%2526%2BHave%2BNot%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Sept. 22, 1945, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d11acc09-1816-49d9-b7b5-17113ad693c3/1945+May+21+Centre+application+for+license+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out The final yearly license application from Sydney Goldstone, May 22, 1945. Ontario Archives, RG 56-9, Theatre Regulatory Files. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619029812363-FAWES1LCLVORON22BSIT/1946+Jan+19+p6+smoke+shop+Centre+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Jan. 19, 1946, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619030291887-0PH9QCX2P44U04P462RQ/1946%2BJune%2B14%2BFri%2Bp7%2BCentre%2Bon%2Bour%2Bstage%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, June 14, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619029716386-HN9RPEGL7TDGYVRRGOL4/1946+Aug+15+p5+Centre+low+mat+prices+loges+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Aug. 15, 1946, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619030017591-NCCR9EL75Y84XBFTCHYS/1946%2BNov%2B29%2Bp7%2BCentre%2BSat%2Bam%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Nov. 29, 1946, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619033483910-3V0BLK3RGXBDIO1DNUBV/1947%2BMarch%2B15%2Bp7%2BCentre%2BHenry%2BV%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, March 15, 1947, p.7. An Examiner editorial (probably written by Robertson Davies) congratulated the local cinema manager, “who has shown enterprise and faith in the artistic taste of Peterborough,” adding: “Henry V provides such images of magnificence as Peterborough youth has never known, and they should not miss it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619041119194-4NVEKJK6FG4JLRG1NLUW/1947+July+8+p7+Centre+notice+%283%29+Enchanted.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, July 8, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619041424643-FQWX6FBB89H3RRZHQKZY/1947%2BJuly%2B9%2Bp7%2BCentre%2BCapitol%2B%25282%2529%2BEnchanted.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, July 9, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619099424688-OFXZ999QSE8XYHVQW0OE/1+Centre+AO+snip+from+Centre+AO+from+across+George+1946+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Centre Theatre, October 1947. A detail from one in a series of government insurance photos. The Centre screened My Favorite Brunette (1947) and The Road to Hollywood (1947), featuring Bing Crosby, from Monday, Oct. 13 to Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1947 (starting with a midnight show at 12:05 Sunday night/Monday morning). The Jolson Story (1946) opened Monday, Oct. 18. It had played at the Capitol Theatre in April. Photo by Morris Duke. AO, RG 56-11-0-202-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2cae17a7-55a8-4010-acca-cd940cfb311d/1947+Nov+10+p9+Centre+photo+children+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Drawing in the kiddies, many for a good cause on a Saturday morning. Examiner, Nov. 10, 1947, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619383572185-BI198Z2J71T1JN244DA9/1949%2BDec%2B17%2Bp7%2BCentre%2Bfestival%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Dec. 17, 1949, p.7. Something of a film festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619100562629-5FEJXINTP2SSVBWKS5ZC/Centre+out+back+detail+from+view+from+Market+Square+1947+OA+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A closeup of the back of the Centre, taken from Market Square, October 1947, a detail from a larger photo, AO, RG 56-11-0-202-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619100838555-FU9MNJ6GB5CGL05H7TJ2/1953+Jan+27+p7+Centre+Faust+plus+sensational+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Jan. 27, 1953, p.7. One in a long list of opera-oriented programming efforts, Faust and the Devil (Italy, 1949), mixed in with fearsome subject matter of dubious quality: racist, sexist, sensational, to say the least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619101383869-DG7ORXOHS3SNBE23BY3G/1953%2BJune%2B6%2Bp7%2BCentre%2BAfrican%2BQueen%2BHigh%2BNoon%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, June 6, 1953, p.7. More standard fare. Re-runs of popular films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b03a45cc-ef4c-4611-88ac-b8df0edb0a27/1950+Dec+2+p7+Centre+first+run+again+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 2, 1950, p.7. From opera, a leap to a first-run but sensational program. Something for everybody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619103532846-XO5EA3C459REW71LYO7F/George%2BSt%2Bshowing%2BCentre%2B1940s%2Bfrom%2BPMA%2BGeorge%2BSt%2BCentre%2BTh%2BP-12-798-2%2B%2528Downtown%2529%2B011%2B%25282%2529.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Another view looking south on George Street, sometime in the 1940s. The Capitol marquee can be seen down the street, but as yet no Odeon or Paramount. For the “kiddies,” on Saturday mornings, the Superman serial and a colour cartoon. PMA, P-12-798-2 (Downtown) 011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619103985534-UKLFZKMUZQ3OE3EH4TTZ/1953+Oct+28+p8+Centre+new+screen+4+%283%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, Oct. 28, 1953, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6e03e9bb-a5ba-4b79-8867-d4aacd17873a/1953+Oct+28+p9+Centre+new+screen+top+1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 28, 1953, p.9. Not just another gimmick, like 3-D (“No glasses needed to view this screen”), it was “a new form of movie-showing . . .taking the cinema public by storm.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/efc3031e-38e4-44b2-934b-bee75e0c019e/1953+Dec+8+p7+Centre+Canadian+premiere+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 8, 1953, p.7. A Canadian premiere? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5e9df4b5-a5ea-47e5-9ee7-2e7ac5608140/1956+Feb+11+p7+Centre+prices+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Perhaps in a last-ditch attempt at survival, the Centre announces a new policy. Examiner, Feb. 11, 1956, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/511873e4-332c-4cd0-91c9-e97ad3d12e65/1956+Aug+2+p7+Centre+Roy+Rogers+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 2, 1956, p.7. Note the Centre’s logo, with the icicles; it was the first of the city’s movie theatres to have air-conditioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ee921e7b-8874-4be3-8833-cd2ce88d40bd/1956+Aug+7+p7+Centre+Blackbeard+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 7, 1956, p.7. Blackbeard The Pirate — a movie I always remembered, mainly because of how Blackbeard met his fate buried in the sand on an ocean beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1fbac3fd-2eca-419e-98b2-0746b5b32f89/1956+Aug+18+p7+Centre+Theatre+last+ad+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 18, 1956, p.7. The Centre Theatre’s last ad: a triple feature, and typical of its program over the final months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619105920904-SW2IZOOI1YQKQOQ5GA6F/1957+July+31+Centre+closing+4.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 Examiner, July 31, 1957. A year later, in an article “Theatre Ends Its Run,” the paper took a look back at the Centre’s past year of idleness. Even the “closed” sign had seen better days. A photographer caught Hugh Hunter, who was called in to help remove the remains of the theatre, in this case the projection equipment. That particular space on George Street had been home to a motion picture theatre since 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619105633118-9FJYS698FAEWWRRHNEAS/Centre+AO+detail+from+photo+of+street+1947+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - Centre Theatre, 1939–56 A couple of lost theatres in one: the Centre marquee and the fragment up top, left over from the Royal Theatre. A detail from the October 1947 street view of the Centre Theatre amidst a row of buildings that were later demolished. AO, RG 56-11-0-202-1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-odeon-194786 monthly 0.5 2022-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634500712337-VSGNXVOTL3YOE7E1M0Y7/Odeon+AO+street+view+1948+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Odeon, 290 George St. N., in mid-January 1948, about a month after its opening in December 1947. Next door, to the south, the Paramount Theatre is under construction. The film now showing, Abie’s Irish Rose (released December 1946), opened on Friday Jan. 16, 1948, and ended up being held over until the following Thursday. “Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl,” said an ad. The film was popular: it returned at least twice that year, to the Centre in late April and the Regent in November. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631111633395-G82GP96FGAJV8A8J8QOO/1947+Dec+31+p6+Variety+Odeon+Claude+Hunter+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Making the pages of Variety, Dec. 31, 1947, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630521553643-JN9GNXTQEJIPGG6H4LR7/1946+Nov+30+p70+Mtn+Pic+Herald+Odeon+salute+to+Rank.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Motion Picture Herald, Nov. 30, 1946, p.70. Odeon makes the scene, with a salute to Rank. “With their modern theatres, both technologically and culturally sophisticated,” Paul S. Moore writes, “Odeon could provide a film culture to match post-war cultural needs.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631820896935-ORLOCG7SF3TVLZXDHHQK/1945+Feb+17+p89+Box+Office+Nathanson+in+Hollywood.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The lure of Hollywood, even for the Odeon president. Boxoffice, Feb. 17, 1945, p.89. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630441503352-ZHE6RTK7OVNYHQCQYDKC/1947+Dec+15+p10+crop+what+queue.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 15, 1947, p.10. Three theatres on the same short block. What to do about the lineups? The “new theatre not yet completed” was to be the Paramount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630442823053-K6CS6JQXK674T2X8EU6F/1946%2BOdeon%2Btheatre%2Bconstruction%2Bcrop.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The lot at 290 George St. N. being cleared, 1946, with the surrounding construction barrier/fencing just being put up. The building being demolished might be the blacksmith shop that had stood there for a few decades; its address was 297 Water. Plenty of curious onlookers stopped to take a look. Across the street, on the west side of George St. (from the right) are: the Grand Hotel, Singer Sewing Machine Co., United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, Buchanan & Co. (china, crockery, and glass), and Dit Clapper’s Sport Shop (with radios and appliances). The building known as “the Lundy Block” houses apartments above. Trent Valley Archives (TVA), 1 F141948_file_3_001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631106995179-9Z0IV7R74Z4OX3E4OLFT/1947+April+19+p9+bldg+Odeon+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 19, 1947, p.9. Construction men do their work, and the curious must take care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630444566899-PY1RXTSNQE4LVCTSE4MF/1946+Odeon+theatre+construction+2+F14+file_3_006+TVA.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The preparatory work continues deep in the winter of 1946—47. By early December 1946, with good weather prevailing, Davidson Construction had made “good progress with the footing and foundation forms, managing to being just before cold and snow had set in and then carrying the work to completion through the winter season. Brick work on the was began in March 1947. TVA, 2 F14 file_3_006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630527261695-04CVEP67QOM8Q9ES2I8M/1947+Dec+2+p15+Odeon+staff+wanted+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 2, 1947, p.15. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630527341626-K0OYJAG5JGO3ANIZ84TJ/1947+Dec+3+p19+Odeon+mgr+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 3, 1947, p.19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630527527446-FCR9BSAXJS23I8WC99GT/1947+Dec+15+p13+Claude+Hunter.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 15, 1947, p.13. Claude Hunter managed the Odeon until around 1952—53, when — not surprisingly given his promotional record at the Odeon — he became a salesman at Comstock’s; he was gone from Peterborough by 1957. Corporate ownership meant that managers came and went fairly quickly over the following years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630522180490-V522S08B85XSSGCCUCUB/1946+Odeon+theatre+construc+TVA+snip.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Preparation for building, late winter/early spring, 1947. The construction work was not without incident. Early on the cold morning of Feb. 4 a fire broke out when a brazier on the theatre’s construction site got too close to the wooden cement frames. The fire department came to the rescue and prevented any serious damage. TVA, 4 F14, file 3_005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630522052318-WT85E4TVAAB6S45F1HK9/1946+Odeon+theatre+construction+5+Fonds+14+file+3+TVA+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The walls begin to go up, 1947. TVA, 5 F14, file 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5a0f9c3f-156a-4424-9d1b-5e5c51215123/Pbo+aerial+PMA+Odeon+Paramount+under+construction+P-12-667-3+crop+used+in+Odeon+page.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out An aerial photo showing George Street and Water Street, and in between, the Odeon under construction, with the Paramount just beside it in the early stage, c.1947. PMA, Odeon Paramount under construction P-12-667-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630522827553-QUTGLW83BHQTWEH8GB38/Odeon+construction+PMA+2000-012-001281-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Odeon under construction, 1947. At the back, and fronting on Water St., is the Peterborough Canoe Company; in the deep background, to the left, is the Quaker Oats factory; and in the far distance, centre, Armour Hill. King George Public School and the Westclox tower are also visible. PMA, 2000-012-001281-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630523231786-1F65LVMO17410I1OJANG/Odeon+AO+view+of+back+from+Water+St+1948+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The view of the back from Water St., winter 1948. The Paramount (to the left) is now complete. The back of that newest theatre displays an old poster for “Lucky Lott, hell driver,” from the time of the Peterborough Exhibition the previous July. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634510018367-YKY6F7NGAPL0U0QID4XL/1947+Dec+11+p7+Odeon+coming+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 11, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634510114786-Z9SSYW5YJ3TIWQ434AE4/1947+Dec+12+p7+Odeon+coming+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 12, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634510210088-2RY1QXPNU03V0I6T6K6U/1947+Dec+13+p7+Odeon+coming+patron+comfort+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 13, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634141838024-EEXA17NCRLTFLL4T46MZ/1947+Dec+13+p12+Odeon+sparkling+headline+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1632928881696-3CVKCRU7FTRX6K8E5XPL/TVA+F902+Market+Hall%3B+Comstock+and+Capitol+Theatre+Odeon+under+construction+002+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Another view of street life and the Odeon under construction, c.1947. TVA, F902. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631623311805-GUAMDVEQGRFJE2UX0CHN/Odeon+AO+street+view+1948+front+entrance+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The main entrance, detail from the mid-January 1948 photo. The theatre front sported “Canadian stone” — with architect English seeking to create a “community building . . . specially suited to the community it was to serve” and “a lasting source of local pride.” The wide entrance way, with its three sets of glass panel doors, was something quite new in theatre design. Passersby were lured by the posters and lobby cards in the case in the middle; and could see inside to the lobby through the windows on the right. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630525640960-VGXCL5CJTU5F5WBGF9FX/Odeon+AO+entrance+with+ticket+booth+1948.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Inside the front doors, the ticket booth at the left. In comparison, the Capitol Theatre, opened by Famous Players Canadian in 1921, was now dated and old-fashioned — as well as being U.S.-controlled. The British films screened at the Odeon would help to set it apart from Famous Players’ Paramount, which would soon open next door. People walking up to that ticket booth would pay more or less the same price as at the other theatres: around 15 cents for children at matinees and 35 cents for adult seating on the main floor. The theatre boosted its prices for big features such as The Best Years of Our Life (in January 1948; it reran the movie in December of that year “at popular prices”). (The Centre Theatre kept offering slightly lower prices than the other three.) Children’s matinee prices were held at 15 cents, the same as the other theatres. Tickets for a new year’s show, midnight on Jan. 1, went for 75 cents (with a stage show included).Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630525550905-8S0T66YTZBQL65IMP9V9/Odeon+AO+lobby+%26+snack+bar+1948.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Odeon lobby, 1948. Archives of Ontario. Snack bar to the right, very small by today’s standards. The “lunch counter,” as a report in the Examiner called it, “fits snugly into a corner of the lobby to prevent activity here from disturbing patrons in the auditorium proper.” The lobby of today’s Showplace is more or less the same, with a small drinks bar in roughly the same place as the original concession stand. The auditorium had a main floor seating capacity of 754, with 244 seats in the smoking loges. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630526211829-V7N21NGVCYHWO3ARAI5Z/1947+Dec+15+p11+Odeon+crop.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 15, 1947, p.11. No effort spared (to draw audiences?): given postwar hydro regulations limiting the use of electric power for lighting business premises, Odeon management had seen fit to install a diesel-engined power unit to supply the extra electricity required to illuminate the marquee without breaking the rules. Rest assured — the Odeon, remarked the paper, would “be lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1632750243495-XF4DYM2YDZHYBTCP9BZ0/1948+Jan+9+p6+The+Film+Daily+Odeon.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Film Daily, Jan. 9, 1948, p.6. The provisions “for television,” at this and other such theatres, fell by the wayside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634141985407-EC70CR5MED7V2DVKV5HC/1947+Dec+16+p7+Three+theatres+congratulate+Odeon+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 16, 1947, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630526422692-U7ZO4K6UZMOIO24LCMTD/1947+Dec+16+p7+crop+Green+for+Danger.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 16, 1947, p.7. Green for Danger was also featured at the Fairlawn in Toronto, the first Odeon theatre to be opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634240025372-DU7S38EKRDDQAWMC59JH/1947+Dec+18+p17+dirty+night+downtown+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Moviegoers did have reason to complain, but it was about the weather, not the theatres. Examiner, Dec. 18, 1947, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/72529daf-34b4-40d4-9f82-b28bc06c2bf8/1948+Nov+10+p7+Odeon+spooks+on+stage.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 10, 1948, p.7. On the screen, Blood and Thunder (a mysterious film I have not yet been able to track down); on stage the supreme spook man himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a9e84682-f418-4047-b061-9f21a7aec4ae/1948+June+11+p8+Odeon+kids+movie+club+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 11, 1948, p.8. A polar opposite to spooks on stage? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631562412378-FSF0563LEOSGVAUIRKSJ/Odeon+AO+auditorium+from+back+1948+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Odeon auditorium looking towards the curtained screen. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631562313287-UMD8IWW5VJPHFMWV96KZ/Odeon+AO+auditorium+from+screen+1948+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The view from the screen, with the balcony above. The projection booth high up at the back. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-203-7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634241137450-FPY2RAVC1B43QKY8VEY7/1948+May+11+p7+Odeon+Song+of+My+Heart+top.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634241265930-V1VNBXEA5ADYBY1YBWS2/1948+May+11+p7+Odeon+Song+of+My+Heart+bottom.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 11, 1948, p.7. No, not Hollywood, but for moviegoers wanting something different, off the beaten path? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b3ca6a3f-6ab2-47d0-bc4e-6a9f5a590d26/1948+Jan+8+Odeon+Hunter+letter+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Theatre Regulatory Files, Archives of Ontario, RG 56.9, 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/00d6c2a4-3af7-4452-bf8e-fb3796aaf0fd/1948+March+17+p7+prize+Stairway+to+Heaven.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 27, 1948, p.7. With a tie-in to a local jewellery store, a section of the entry form for the Odeon’s Stairway to Heaven contest, asking film-goers to submit marquee advertising ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3fdec958-ab41-4ecf-ac36-fc2926bfa44c/1948+April+10+p444+Box+Office+Odeon+Hunter+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Boxoffice, April 10, 1948, p.444. The “Peterboro Pipe band” would have been the Canadian General Electric (or CGE) Pipe Band, formed in 1944. It was sometimes referred to as “the Peterborough Works Pipe Band.” The city had another pipe band, known as the Canadian Scottish band, the oldest such band in the city, formed after the First World War. Around this same time the CGE group was cited as the city’s “major band” — with about 15 pipers and 9 drummers, plus the pipe major. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6b88214e-d4de-45e6-86f5-91d3c1bef8f6/1948+July+16+p7+Odeon+Mom+%26+Dad+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 16, 1948, p.7. So sensitive that it called for an instructive talk on stage and segregated audiences. “Ignorance is sin, and knowledge is power,” the producers told the audience at the opening of the film. In the film a high-school girl gets pregnant, her boyfriend dies, and a local sex-ed teacher shows her a film about childbirth and the dangers of venereal disease. It’s all because her parents had refused to discuss sex education (called “personal hygiene”) with her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e92cb42c-eeda-4321-97c0-1dbabda21398/1948+Nov+20+p41+Boxoffice+Hunter+Babe+Ruth+photo+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Boxoffice, Nov. 20, 1948, p.41. The dressed-up window of the Kawartha Sports Equipment, 239 George (Wm Addyman), at the corner of Sherbrooke. But decidedly not a British film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d4f0cb9d-fd59-4770-90ef-e71db8a0c3eb/1948+Nov+20+p7+Odeon+Why+I+like+British+pics+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 20, 1948, p.7. A project to stimulate interest in British films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/38ab6beb-1dc5-4af7-9327-66331cf1297a/1949+Jan+6+p7+Odeon+why+I+like+British+pics.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 6, 1949, p.7. The winner admired the acting (including the bit parts), the “discriminating choice of suitable subjects,” the “authentic portrayal of suitable subjects,” and the portrayal of British life and avoidance of sentimentality. “As an adult of average intelligence,” he was glad to be “treated as such.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b55a8f33-5eef-470f-9b9c-333956c1155d/1948+Oct+9+p7+ads+Regent+Bambi+very+good+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 9, 1948, p.7. The Odeon, prominent amongst the other ads; here with its stage show sponsored by Ostrander’s Jewellers, and one of its many British feature films, Oliver Twist (1948). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/36f8bc21-f11c-497d-a264-a0bac2432ab3/1949+April+5+p8+Odeon+name+hidden+contest+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 5, 1949, p.8. Another Odeon publicity drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c5aa217e-e0a7-4c37-9234-9ef0b9daec9f/1951+April+16+p7+Odeon+contest.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 16, 1951, p.7. Luring the audience out for the early afternoon show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b253aa9d-0a41-47ff-9095-45ded2d741e9/1954+Jan+22+p7+Odeon+cookware+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 22, 1954, p.7. Luring an audience with a draw for cookware, and extra prizes. One half of the double feature was a British production: This Happy Breed was from the J. Arthur Rank studio, 1944, directed by David Lean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/772465ca-f98f-482c-8e32-4ec5b9a44345/1956+Sept+4+p7+Odeon+Away+All+Boats.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 4, 1956, p.7. The Sea Cadets proved a prime audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/29399465-a7ae-44b9-8ece-9c0ae85b7ef0/1952+Dec+16+p7+Odeon+note+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 16, 1952, p.7. Peterborough’s Odeon is celebrating its fifth birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d789ff0a-a7d5-4a26-a803-5bf8ec461098/1952+Dec+16+p5+Odeon+5th+birthday+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 16, 1952, p.5. The downtown merchants appear fully to approve the Odeon Theatre’s presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/d93107d5-3592-46ca-aaf9-391f4f269865/1956+Sept+22+p7+Odeon+special+announcement+foreign+films+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 22, 1956, p.7. The Odeon introduces a series of “continental” or foreign films — sometimes known as “art films” — an alternative to the standard Hollywood (and British) fare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a25b6873-ebdd-4572-ab55-a76a58491d00/1956+Sept+21+p4+editorial+on+films+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 21, 1956, p.4. An editorial all in favour of foreign films: how about enlarging your experience? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631549709765-F3QK0E11U7QE3WUINBAM/Odeon+exterior+PMA+Parkes+via+Rick+Mancini+%28RM%29+99-035-00372+odeonexterior.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Lining up just before ten o’clock on a Saturday morning for the “Odeon Movie Club,“ Dec. 29, 1956, on what looks to be a fairly warm winter’s day. Up the street the Capitol is showing “Two Rugged Hits” – Safari (1956, starring Victor Mature and Janet Leigh) and Raw Edge (1956, with Rory Calhoun and Yvonne de Carlo). The Odeon’s feature is June Allyson in You Can’t Run Away from It (released Oct. 31, 1956, Columbia Pictures), but the children would not be seeing that. Their program was Shirley Temple in Susannah of the Mounties (1939) plus cartoons and a chapter of the serial Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952, with Clayton Moore, famous for portraying “The Lone Ranger”). The kids are ready for fun and lined up all the way north to Charlotte St. Yolles Furniture is now where Comstock’s used to be, with Elliott’s Rexall Drugs and Swartz Furniture on the previously empty property in between. Coca Cola attendants sport white caps and soda fountain uniforms. The manager at the time was George C. Shepherd, and it appears that he might be there near the door, in the midst of children, with the bow tie and waving his arm. PMA Parks Studio, 99-035-00372; thanks also to Rick Mancini, who passed this to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6e105f96-6d8c-468d-af8c-5b4bdbfad3cd/1956+Oct+26+p7+Odeon+kids+free+coca+cola+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 26, 1956, p.7. Offering free Cokes and a “foreign coin” that day — not to mention a chance to win a plastic cooler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2300aa73-9da7-4689-8a24-22fd50f5c65a/1956+Dec+28+p7+Capitol+Odeon+Kids+Shirley+Temple+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 28, 1956, p.7. This time the ad doesn’t mention the free Cokes, but judging by the photo taken on the 29th, they were definitely on offer — and gladly accepted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fb73ee05-bcc9-4e75-85b7-ba6962e4be2c/Odeon+interior+with+kids+2+RM+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Inside the Odeon that day, Dec. 29, 1956. “Raise your Coca Cola bottles!” PMA Parkes Studio, Odeon interior 2 99-035-00372. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631563095104-GAC82XYQD7CFKFGZCOV6/P-14-377-1+%28Woolworths+Odeon+Cake+-+Dec+1955%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Woolworth’s store, on the corner just up the street, was apparently delighted to make an 8th anniversary cake for the Odeon. The theatre invited moviegoers to guess the weight of the cake; the winner got a free pass to the theatre. December 1955. PMA, P-14-377-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631563170810-BL3L0KJOY8DKDRUMUJL9/P-14-377-2+%28Woolworths+Odeon+Cake+-+Dec+1955%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The happy bakers display the anniversary cake, week of December 12, 1955. PMA, P-14-377-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/04ed0d49-e810-4339-9d5b-4775e0d44b66/1957+Nov+2+p7+Odeon+stage+event+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 2, 1957, p.7. The Peterborough Theatre Managers get together, with movies and a stage show, to fundraise for a community cause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/83d5b070-11ad-44bf-965a-58884a0c8cad/1961+July+4+p18+Odeon+anniversary+publicity+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 4, 1961, p.18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631116925294-JIMQXIOXUSUUUQ6UTQA7/1961+Aug+28+p6+Boxoffice+Odeon+Paramount.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Boxoffice, Aug. 28, 1961, p.6. Neither Chalmers nor Gilmor stayed long in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/888b465f-7bae-4bc7-bd42-80cc56e2c92b/1959+Nov+21+p20+Blondell+with+Fabian+3+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 21, 1959, p.20. Publicity in a period in which the movie audience tended to the youthful. Odeon manager Blondell mingles with a “jukebox idol” known more for his music than his movies (this was his first). In Hound Dog Man, a local reviewer said, the young star had “plenty of excuses . . . to let loose with his quite ordinary voice.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/68d2fc8d-7112-4895-9acf-c4930e42a535/1962+May+14+p22+Paramount+%26+Odeon+guarantee+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 14, 1962, p.22. The joint ownership offers a guarantee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a5f2b785-27a0-4941-879d-51ef87f15603/1961+May+27+p20+Odeon+Bergman+Smiles+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 27, 1961, p.20. The Odeon has a short foreign film festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/bbbb9140-1407-49f8-b061-8a637b9221bc/1961+Oct+16+p34+Odeon+Very+Important+Person+ad+with+local+names+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 16, 1961, p.34. Under new manager Kerry Gilmor, a rare ad that includes testimonials from local moviegoers. An Examiner reviewer on Oct. 22 was inclined to differ, deciding that it was neither good nor bad, but “middling.” Presenting the story of a German prisoner of war camp (akin to a “poor man’s YWCA”), the movie “is too detailed to be called a farce and too flippant to be called wholesome comedy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631565443632-IYPCTIF1OGZZTFCTCUF0/1963+May+20+p28+Odeon+Elvis+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 20, 1963, p.28. Decidedly youth-oriented, and when Elvis was still king and the most popular draw in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631565857551-HWS50SBPXS3I03QRHPU7/1964+March+19+theatre+party+KB+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 19, 1964, a local theatre party, with tie-ins. Image courtesy of Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631565547273-X7LA62Q8HOW72D5QGSP1/1965+July+2+p25+Odeon+Ski+Party+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 2, 1965, p.25. Popular fare of the time. But then the Odeon also screened Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) — a quite different story. I remember the long lineup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/42b5e837-5340-458e-a067-2922a08e2104/211129-1+George+Street+Scenes+crop+October+1962+-+April+1963001.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The Odeon on a campaign to win the vote for Sunday movies. At the Paramount The Manchurian Candidate (U.S., October 1962) is showing. TVA, 211129-1 George Street Scenes October 1962 - April 1963 001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/57826092-ec69-49b3-9211-069548583cb2/40869-12+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964012+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Youngsters lining up for a showing of the Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night (U.K., released July 7, 1964). The very first Beatles movie screened at the Odeon from Wednesday, Aug. 12, to Tuesday the 25th, 1964: 12 days. Here you can see the forlorn marquee of the abandoned Capitol just up the street. Photo by Nick Yunge- Bateman, TVA F340 869-12, Odeon Theater April 1964 to August 1964 - 012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/02ad2bfe-a3bc-43bb-ae22-a84a7c561139/40869-11+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964011+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Photo by Nick Yunge-Bateman, TVA F340 869-11, Odeon Theater April 1964 to August 1964 - 011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fbc7e21c-efd6-4481-b8ab-21e84a5ecd41/40869-1+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964001.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Big fans: Anthea Young, Sandra Whitehead, and Charmaine Finnemore do some research while they wait to get into the theatre to see A Hard Day’s Night. On the first day, Wednesday, teenagers began lining up at five in the morning — eight hours before the doors opened. These girls saw the film six times. Photo by Nick Yunge-Bateman, TVA F40869-1, Odeon Theater April 1964 to August 1964 - 001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7e749bfa-8ee0-4a38-b513-578aad0a56bf/40869-7+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964007.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Inside, and plenty of popcorn. Photo by Nick Yunge Bateman, TVA F40869-7, Odeon Theater April 1964 to August 1964 - 007. These photos appeared in the Examiner on the third day of the screenings, Aug. 14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/820f3a24-abee-4eaa-83b5-366234ecf517/40869-13+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964013.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out On the Odeon screen. While the photos of the moviegoers show a decidedly young crowd, the film itself was cinematically one of the 1960s’ ground-breakers. As historian James Monaco writes, its “jump cuts, fast- and slow-motion, and other cleverness . . . influenced a spirit of innovation in Hollywood feature film editing.” Photo by Nick Yunge-Bateman, TVA, F40869-13 Odeon Theater April 1964 to August 1964 - 013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f0a0f28e-d91c-434d-b658-37ff86c0790c/F340+Odeon+Mar+13+1987008+Close+Encounters+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Youngsters aged about 11 or 12 are leaving the Odeon, in March 1978, although they were not there to see the film announced on the marquee, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (which played at the theatre from Feb. 10 to March 16 (and was recommended as “Adult Entertainment”). The occasion was a “theatre party” for Examiner news carriers. TVA, Examiner photos, F340 Odeon Mar 13 1987006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7a4aa5bd-cda7-4aa8-b219-868ba225ecc6/F340+Odeon+Mar+13+1987006+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The party of Examiner boy and girl carriers inside the theatre that same day. There seems to be a slide projector set up on the seat in the middle of the first row. But popcorn was being enjoyed aplenty. TVA, Examiner photos, F340 Odeon Mar 13 1987006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/61eb1a4c-3e91-4dc0-b7d4-29fb3a1befcb/TVA+F340+C2+13+March+1978+21a+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out A few lucky news carriers pose with the Odeon manager, Howard Binns. The “next attraction” is Casey’s Shadow, starring Walter Mattau, which opened at the theatre on March 17. TVA, Examiner photos, F340 C2 13 March 1978 21a. This photo appeared in an Examiner ad aimed at attracting new carriers: March 17, 1978, p.22 and March 25, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b68a1415-2496-4b30-ad4d-32b677d1fcc0/Jedi+Lineup+10+best+Odeon+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a9f70c0a-9838-4834-9fab-d1afb28d7a04/Jedi+Lineup+3+Odeon+%285%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out The lineup for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, in June 1983. Return of the Jedi (released May 25, 1983), was screened at the Odeon, in theatre 2, beginning Friday June 17 and continuing into August. Showing at Theatre 1: My Tutor, which was on only from June 13 to Thursday, June 23, so the photo must have been taken during that time. Trent Valley Archives, Examiner collection, F340. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f428a940-63b8-4b77-a75e-df2e46162f01/Jedi+Lineup+4+best+Odeon+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631568431147-0T8FHWBRHRIQERZO1AS3/1984+July+26+p+Odeon+Dudley+Moore.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 26, 1984, p.17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631568495668-20BWYSQINQPNT7HDLB5L/1984+July+26+p17+Odeon+%26+Cineplex+together+%282%29.JPG Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 26, 1984, p.17. The Odeon and Cineplex together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631568928200-99E39A8656VHXI88DXS3/ShowplaceMG_3271+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Odeon, 1947–86 - Make it stand out What was once the Odeon and later the Trent Cinemas is now the Showplace Performance Centre — with mostly live performances but still the occasional moving picture show. Photo by Krista English, Jan. 15, 2015. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/the-theatres/the-paramount-194886 monthly 0.5 2023-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/df7edf86-6b96-4176-b0df-e7d116baf4cc/Paramount+1949+June+Command+Decision+LAC+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount, June 1949. The U.S. war movie Command Decision (released February 1949) was screened from Wednesday, June 15, to Saturday, June 18. “Paramount” was the new brand name for the expansion of Famous Players Canadian theatres, replacing the previously oft-used “Capitol” — and, in the process, numbering the days of Peterborough’s previous home of big movies, the Capitol Theatre, just up the street. On the sidewalk a mother and daughter appear to be engaged in a common activity of the time: studying the posters and lobby cards and trying to figure out whether this is a movie they should pop in and see. The curtains to their right hide the interior lobby. The ticket booth is on the right of the glass doors, next to the J.J. Turner building. Library and Archives Canada (LAC), 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4446. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fb4eebdf-c03e-4ad2-ae21-b6b4b581b9c1/1944+empty+GOH+site+Paramount+%283%29+LAC.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out A lot awaiting a building: the former site of the Grand Opera House, looking west from Water St. to George St., June 1944. The Turner Building is to the left of the now empty space, which for a while was used as a parking lot and would in 1948 become the home of the Paramount Theatre. Across on the west side of George Street are the “Lundy Buildings,” designated heritage properties. LAC,1996-135, Folder Cinemas CN (Ont), 4435. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e1d89855-2ce7-440f-adfe-6287d3661ab8/1946+April+9+p9+pt1+mvg+pic+theatres+Odeon+Paramount+crop+pt1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 9, 1946, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1f99684e-bdf8-43f7-8f96-62e8c7a343d8/Paramount+under+construction+PMA+VR+4799-1+%28JJ+Turner+Building+-+1948%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount under construction, 1948, as seen from the intersection of King and George streets. FCCC submitted a construction application for a $200,000 building permit to city council in June 1946. The architect would be Herbert G. Duerr, of Toronto, who had been actively engaged in designing movie theatres since the 1920s. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), VR 4799-1 (JJ Turner Building - 1948). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ed88179b-b986-40a1-a623-c8caa8175425/Paramount+under+construction+detail+PMA+VR+4799-1+%28JJ+Turner+Building+-+1948%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out A rear view of the Paramount under construction, with workers aplenty, seen from Water Street. At peak periods, the newspaper reported, some seventy men were working on the site. PMA, VR 4799-1 (JJ Turner Building - 1948). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/bd329a33-adea-483e-80b6-ab57905017eb/1948+Aug+28+p99+Boxoffice+FPCanada+to+open+eight+ths+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Boxoffice, Aug. 28, 1948, p.99. The big plans of Famous Players Canadian include Peterborough, among other far-flung places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f6c2e0b2-2df9-4148-9716-3f7eb9092a0e/1948+Dec+3+crop+Full+Page+Ad+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 3, 1948, p.10. A section of a full-page ad — which uses an image of the 15 concrete blocks on the theatre’s front to promote parts of the program. The words to the right side, “Bing Crosby . . . ‘Emperor . . .’” would presumably be on the marquee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1dce7b68-a4e1-41e5-8325-bf260bd6f8d4/Paramount+1949+June+Command+Decision+LAC+marquee.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Detail from “Exterior of the Paramount Theatre,” June 1949. Although the theatre opened on Dec. 6, 1948, the vertical “Paramount” sign and the sign to the left (“A Famous Player Theatre”) were not completed until the spring of 1949. Library and Archives Canada (LAC), 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4446. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6d00af47-c780-4bc6-851c-2aae83b4a6ea/1948+Dec+3+p11+Paramount+Simplex+projector+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 3, 1948, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e7012d62-5d4b-4768-8d3e-d1999a2e150f/Paramount+June+1949+audience+against+projection+room+LAC+4444+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out A jam-packed balcony for Command Decision, June 1949 — with the film projectors clearly shown above the heads of the audience. Library and Archives Canada (LAC), 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4444. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f916fcf0-0823-4acc-b3dd-bb6d7aac34de/Paramount+auditorium+from+balcony+LAC+4437+e011197511_s3+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount auditorium from the balcony, February 1949. LAC, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4437. “Even the tallest man can stretch out in comfort once he is seated and enjoy the unusual sense of relaxation as he watches the film. And if someone else wants in and out of his row the tall person can still remain seated while the others file in and out.” Examiner, Dec. 3, 1948, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fa7b8eed-53b0-4355-ac5c-de0251d47aaa/1949+Paramount+from+stage+to+rear+LAC+e011197511_s4+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount, from stage to rear, February 1949. LAC, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4438. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/3db7e440-8887-490a-8aa0-789519063759/Paramount+PMA+2000-012-005112-1+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The brand-new Paramount auditorium, main floor, 1948. PMA, 2000-012-005112-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5f3c3ba5-735c-4a80-94a6-e51d1c21e585/Paramount+AO+auditorium+c1950+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Paramount main floor auditorium, c.1950. Ontario Archives (AO), RG 56-11-0-204-10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/62829e21-6ecb-4076-87c8-9d16c6443dd1/1949+Paramount+lobby+curtains+on+windows+LAC+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount inside lobby, February 1949, with the doors to the foyer on the left. A doorman took your tickets and deposited them in the box to the left. The drawn curtains block the view to the street outside. LAC, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4441. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a84b2f4b-13f3-4298-a300-1f993114dff1/Paramount+AO+lobby+with+snack+bar+c1950+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Paramount lobby with snack bar, February 1949. The stand on the left says: “Ask the manager about our Exclusive Viewing Room for your private parties.” AO, RG 56-11-0-203-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9c2312b5-0723-4b94-a079-9a1dc7cd4b50/Paramount+entrance+from+street+Feb+1949+LAC+4439+e011197512_s1+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Looking through the glass outer lobby doors out onto the street. The Library and Archives Canada photo dates this as February 1949, but the posters in the entrance way are for the Walt Disney Productions’ Melody Time (released May 27, 1948), which played at the Paramount from Jan. 14 to Jan. 18, 1949. LAC, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4439. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ada30ecd-0d9a-4638-a2a8-e3ace6004c4b/Paramount+screening+room+1949+LAC+e011197511_s2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The “Private viewing room,” February 1949. On the other side of the projection booth, the theatre’s “crying room” for mothers, babies, and children would have had a somewhat similar setup. LAC, 1996-135, Folder Cinemas – CN (Ont), 4436. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0fa9b943-5698-4065-a035-88103849b9d3/Paramount+PMA+2000-012-005112-2+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out A lounge area, February 1949. PMA 2000-012-005112-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f7657a2e-c0dd-4966-af57-d4c766cce92f/1948+Dec+6+p7+Capitol+Odeon+Centre+Regent+now+five+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out For a brief time there were five theatres — with Bing Crosby playing at two of them on this occasion. With a special hockey train to Toronto, and the Happy Gang on radio. The Odeon had stage entertainment led by Del Crary. At the Capitol, Out of the Past (1947), one of the greatest of the film noirs. Examiner, Dec. 6, 1948, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f8c67166-1f00-4876-a299-0e82cf1d5272/1948+Dec+3+PMA+VR+4800-1+%28Paramount+Opening+-+3+Dec+1948%29+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out On stage at the Paramount opening, Dec. 3, 1948, manager Gordon Miller hands a cheque to Clare Collins, of the Rotarians. PMA, VR 4800-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/209ce43a-092d-4d07-a11d-19c851586f85/1949+Dec+3+p7+Paramount+1st+anniversary+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out The Paramount celebrated its first anniversary in style. I wonder if many people knew of the connection of the Paramount cashier, Margaret Howe, with the Warne’s Jewellers family, which were contributing to this event. Examiner, Dec. 3, 1949, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c11af4b4-21bc-4a50-a628-7975d598b8d1/1950+Dec+30+p7+West+Point+%26+Petty+Girl+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 30, 1950, p.7. The three theatres on George St., south of Charlotte, lined up with their offerings. Up the road, a fourth theatre, the Centre, was showing Cheaper by the Dozen and Susanna Pass (with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1090f8bc-8370-49f8-bc2f-8903f16a1a96/1955+March+5+p7+Three+Ring+Circus+Martin+%26+Lewis+2.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 5, 1955, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2141c702-51c0-4d73-b80e-d63bc06b0096/1955+Dec+19+p20+Paramount+staff+party+top+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1955, p.20. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8f758538-1c2d-4e4f-ac01-321d87df9153/1955+Dec+19+p20+Paramount+staff+party+bottom+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1955, p.20, continued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/60223ff4-b72d-4e18-82c3-9055a75ca4d0/1954+Jan+28+p12+Cinemascope+Comes+pic+screen+this+is+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 28, 1954, p.12. To address the issue of declining audiences due, at least in part, to the advent of television, theatres tried 3-D (for a short while) and then embraced new film technologies and larger screens, which did have an effect (along with the coming of “blockbusters”) and by the end of the decade and into the 1960s, audiences did return, to some extent. Manager Cauley pointed out that in The Robe, ”There were only five so-called close-ups used whereas in the ordinary movie of the past there were always at least a hundred.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5e828a88-410c-44e2-ac2c-bbddcb19edca/1955+Jan+27+p14+Seven+Brides+promo+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 27, 1955, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/eb463229-7d61-4550-98de-97706975d1b1/1955+Jan+31+p7+Paramount+Parade+of+Brides+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 31,1955, p.7. Announcing the Parade of Brides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b259bbf7-7ec6-4b6f-830f-b30db0c26f58/1955+Feb+1+p12+7+Brides+photo+%284%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 1, 1955, p.12. The lucky winners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7e56ed5f-a537-4183-b6ae-31f25ef8c27b/1956+April+6+p7+Paramount+Picnic+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, April 6, 1956, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4d656561-7fce-4096-96f3-c66d022fc882/1958+Dec+20+p7+Paramount+mothers+young+children+local+stores+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 20, 1958, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fba015fe-e365-4abc-82ca-b9aa116eb9c0/1959+Dec+19+p22+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1959, p.11. Working with local downtown merchants and providing babysitting services. According to Ontario government regulations, the “qualified matron” had to be in uniform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/8fba4fbf-d88e-4a2f-bba7-0e7ac64e7272/1961+Dec+20+p22+Odeon+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 20, 1961, p.22. And now there were only two. In the first few months after the consolidation of the theatres the films shown tended to be somewhat nondescript. The same page of the Examiner had a syndicated movie column in which the writer remarked that the producers of this period were “enamored with the downbeat and the depraved,” though that was soon to change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e5a9db8e-f4b2-4d1e-8a00-787abcb48c17/1964+May+Paramount+TVA+40584-2+Odeon+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964002.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Large audiences turned out for the likes of the Academy Award—winning Tom Jones, which played in May 1964. Trent Valley Archives, Examiner Collection, 40584-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ad819545-ef72-45ae-81d6-af68003ae9b8/Paramount+May+1972+LAC+4445+The+Godfather+5+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Sherry Migliaccio [Thompson] remembers that when The Godfather (“Adult Entertainment”) was showing at the Paramount, her sister worked on the concession stand — and saw the film so many times that she would “come home cursing in Italian . . . ‘Va fangulo’” [vaffanculo]. Sherry also worked at the Paramount, but so too, “at some point in our lives,” did two older brothers, one younger brother, and three sisters. All of the family had a great love of movies: “It became ingrained in our family culture.” Photo from Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Paramount May 1972 LAC 4445. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/27ab2fdf-56df-4ff0-a567-2b5125ebb6a4/1984+July+26+Paramount+only+%283%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 26, 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/57a18b89-cff7-464e-abc2-febd5035aade/1986+Nov+28+Paramount+Closing+Front+Page+%282%29.jpg Lives of the Theatres - The Paramount, 1948–86 - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 28, 1986, p.1. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2 daily 0.75 2024-09-09 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/margaret-howe-theatre-cashier monthly 0.5 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1f0c12c2-f73a-433c-843a-ca1c6675a66e/40584-4+detail+NYB+Paramount+Theater+April+1964+to+August+1964004.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out A crowd flows out of the Paramount after a screening of the (restricted) Academy Award-winning Tom Jones (U.K., 1963) in May 1964. The ticket booth in which Margaret Howe spent so much of her working life is on the right. This is a detail from a larger photo; Trent Valley Archives (TVA), Examiner Collection, NYB Paramount Theater April 1964 to August 1964, 40584-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0a57a235-ed7b-48be-a436-590792436269/1942+May+12+p12+Capitol+cashier+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Examiner, May 12, 1942, p.12. Every theatre needed a cashier or two or three, and as this ad makes clear, they preferred a girl or young woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1955fd57-cbb1-4f2d-8992-d83fce1d4260/1958+Jan+9+p7+ass+mgr+position+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 9, 1958, p.7. It seems that young women need not apply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2c078d71-8704-430a-a9c8-baed9084092c/1950s+Marg+Howe+snip+%285%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out A glimpse of the face I long remembered. Margaret Howe, 1972. Courtesy of Bob Howe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4d29e5c5-b5fc-420c-8721-4d86e4a78085/1950s+M+Howe+Centre+Theatre+v2+flipped+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Margaret Howe in a photo that appears to have been taken at the Centre Theatre ticket booth. She was at the Centre from 1942 to 1948. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/93e5463f-93cf-4ad4-bafb-19b673bc76e5/Warne+Downie+St+327+Google+earth+map+3.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out The Warne home, 327 Downie St., in the 21st century, just north of the near-triangular corner where Park and Downie streets meet Charlotte. The house at 327 Downie went up circa 1908–10. The building to the left, at the corner fronting on Charlotte Street, was in 1913 the site of a grocer, J. Everett Lillico (who lived at 325 Downie, an address that disappeared in the early 1920s); by the 1950s the building on the corner was the Parkway Pharmacy and Lunch. Google.com map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1afaec30-7c32-4597-ba4e-70bcd6429b74/1907+Pbo+dir+Warne+Bros+ad+p260.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Union Publishing Co’s Peterborough Directory, 1907, p.260. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/dab948c6-fba7-4a1b-85a9-2b25d55d1949/1910+Pbo+dir+family+crop.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out The Warne enterprises as listed in the city directory, 1910. Albert J. Warne, Sr., was the manager of Warnes Wholesale, but he was about to retire. Union Publishing Co’s Peterborough Directory, 1910, p.332. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/27d85537-a772-4b55-a8ad-da54ad51bd77/Warne+1917+Sept+5+p12+Warne+Bros+ad+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 5, 1917, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/bf671932-d09c-46ec-89e2-47b652ea884f/Warne+1917+Sept+6+p12+Warne+drug+store+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 6, 1917, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5e06c1a5-7b80-49f8-9395-eef206cad2f8/Warne+1932+Pbo+dir+family+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory, 1932, p.218. Ernest’s daughter Lenore eventually took over the music store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/efa6e4cf-fcf5-4f2f-8c80-f7a8979594bf/1950s+M+Howe+June+1942+in+front+of+cottage+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Courtesy of Bob Howe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/463e64d5-5d54-4c3e-af8d-6cbd9fbcd395/1953+Jan+6+p6+Mtn+Pic+Daily+cashiers+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Margaret Howe, Cinema Cashier - Make it stand out Motion Picture Daily, Jan. 6, 1953, p.6. Sharp eyes helped, too: in the 1950s cashiers in Ontario were told more than once to be on the lookout for phony quarters. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/coming-soon-james-stubbs-the-peterborough-entertainer monthly 0.5 2022-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f1f5778f-690d-4ccb-9f51-ebdb9e0bfd6e/2022+spring+Ontario+History+announced.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a65fdcab-5c6c-4a52-9452-96aa840540c9/Ontario+History+proofs+snip.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/9ef46a50-95b9-4ec3-b44c-a307ade254a3/1906+Dec+20+The+Liberal+p5+Richmond+Hill+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out A typical James Stubbs appearance, this one in Richmond Hill, as reported in The Liberal, Dec. 20, 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/2907549d-a10b-41aa-b853-018b457d9f9a/1907+March+9+p16+Pbo+Exam+Park+St+church+detail+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out From “Park Street Sunday School,” Examiner, March 9, 1907, p.16. “ . . . a prophet in his own country.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b37e4ffb-a417-4c21-9ed3-41620ff98a63/1906+July+26+p7+Pbo+Rev+Stubbs+house+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out Peterborough Daily Review, July 26, 1906, p.7. Stubbs is putting up two new houses on Water St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/40b7e40b-7b39-48bd-b95a-5aad506bad11/1906+Nov+26+p9+Pbo+Exam+Mrs+Stubbs+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out Peterborough Examiner, Nov. 26, 1906, p.9. Mrs. Stubbs has a bit of an accident in the new house, and two of the dailies reported on the incident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/ad5fde28-43bb-4e49-85dd-238ab78de8ed/1906+Nov+27+p8+Pbo+Rev+accident+on+stairs+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out Peterborough Review, Nov. 27, 1906, p.8. Husband James was off via train on one of his many trips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a350351d-a81f-4507-b150-8747b5c9d9c9/Stubbs+houses+659+%26+661+Water+St.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Now Published: James Stubbs, the Peterborough "Entertainer" - Make it stand out The James Stubbs houses, 659 and 661 Water Street, June 2020. Construction of the houses began in 1906, although no.661 was not occupied (and perhaps not finished) until around 1912. Originally, according to reports from the time, there was a ravine in the area between George and Water streets, which had to be filled in before lots could be sold. Stubbs bought three empty lots and (it seems) originally his son William was going to live in one of the houses, but that never happened. “Many Lots Are Changing Hands,” Daily Review, July 4, 1906, p.4; “Several New Houses Are Being Erected,” Daily Review, July 26, 1906, p.7. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/marypickfordcomestopeterborough monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628865852001-WECM63VR0KO2XOTHH6QN/1943+May+TVA+F327+McRae+scrapbook+Pickford+059+crop.jpg Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Mary Pickford, with (on the left) James E. Girven, Assistant CGE Works Manager, and (on the right) Ian F. McRae, CGE Works Manager, fronting some massive machinery. In the background to the left, a man still manages to work. May 1943, Trent Valley Archives (TVA), F327 McRae scrapbook, Pickford 060. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628866151173-KTR6VW8OGN0UZ97JY8M2/Gant+coming+out+of+CGE+3.jpg Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out My father, Ganton Clarke, in the foreground, leaving his job in the Instrument Lab and walking up Park St. from the CGE gates, c.1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628868101927-CQU8AU0W5L961WGA62Y3/1943+May+25+p5+Pickford+top+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, May 25, 1943, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628867473907-3IIX3CNT0BRJZ852IM6B/1943+May+27+p9+Pickford+%285%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628867812068-9Y6W2UJODHX4EPZTEK9K/1943+May+25+p5+Pickford+bottom+half+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, May 25, 1943, p.5. With the scheduled program, which does not include a quick visit to the Lift Locks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628888554274-NW60YWWPGP5SLXU97CWC/Pickford+%26+McRae+1943+TVA.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out CGE Works Manager Ian McRae with Mary Pickford at the Kawartha Golf and Country Club. TVA, F327, McRae scrapbook Pickford 062. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628869180610-AA9TRNFIIFK35GTIOJLT/1910+Dec+24+MPW+p1462+snip+Pickford.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out One of the earliest images of Mary Pickford as a motion picture actor. Moving Picture World, Dec. 24, 1910, p.1462. She had begun appearing in motion pictures in May 1909. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629027344559-G7B5992ALT3JY19VZI5Y/1909+Oct+9+p14+Princess+opens+Pippa+Passes+Mary+PIckford+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 9, 1909, p.14. Mary Pickford was there on screen on opening night at the Princess, in a tiny role as “a girl in the crowd.” The Biograph studio had released Pippa Passes; or the Song of Conscience (based on a poem by Robert Browning) only a few days earlier, on Oct. 4: The Princess was showing a very new film. On April 19 a Biograph prop boy (age fifteen) had spotted a “good looker” sitting in the studio lobby — it just happened to be Mary Pickford, age seventeen. Director D.W. Griffith decided to try her out with a screen test, instructing a group to improvise a scene for Pippa Passes; Pickford did not get the lead role for that film, but got a contract and steady work with Biograph beginning the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629027571231-NPHE55A6VSZUP8P1V6VV/1909+Oct+14+p5+Princess+Pickford+Broken+Locket+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 14, 1909, p.5. In The Broken Locket (September 16, 1909), directed by D.W. Griffith, Pickford had a leading role as the “trusting sweetheart” of a young man gone wrong through drink and womanizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629032034080-XQ0FJBDHHATR1Y0VY956/1910+Dec+31+p+17+Variety+Mary+Pickford.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Variety, Dec. 31, 1910, p.17. An early acknowledgement of the on-screen impact of this new actor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629032831482-0RS7KQT8RT2G6X6B9OOQ/1911+Dec+6+New+York+Dramatic+Mirror+Pickford+cover.jpg Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629032378279-LLJSWAWX9WJK02CRBR06/1911+Feb+11+p290+MPW+Mary+Pickford+%26+includes+mother+Jack+Lottie+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Moving Picture World, Feb. 11, 1911, p.290. At the Imp studio, a family affair, including mother Charlotte (Mrs. Smith) in the middle of the back row; in the front row, brother Jack (John Smith) in the centre and sister Lottie to the right; behind them, Mary in the centre of the second row. Her first husband, Owen Moore, is to her right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629032938361-IMAZA7DSN9QSWOEW9NBD/1911+Jan+7+p4+moving+picture+news+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Moving Picture News, Jan. 7, 1911, p.4. The first of a series of “Little Mary Imps,” this one including newly wedded husband Owen Moore. It was a disastrous marriage that ended in 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629034102242-OAFDBC3AENMI20RP03WW/1914+Dec+26+p8+Review+1st+Mary+Pickford+mention.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 16, 1914, p.8. The first mention I’ve found of Mary Pickford’s name in the local paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629034306360-1D2DT4XG3PF1LQIFNKJE/1915+Jan+4+p8+Mary+Pickford+Caprice+Empire+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 4, 1915, p.8. The name “Mary Pickford” is now featured on ads, and would remain so for years. Here she is being announced in a coming picture as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629034597316-2KRXG6AXMXKXTTZMNXAC/1914+July+11+pp150-51+MPW+Mary+Pickford.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Moving Picture World, July 11, 1914, pp.150—51. She was now under contract with Famous Players. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629035012461-O1N5G7B1RYUHGH9OA940/1921+Jan+12+Allen+Pickford+detail.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out A portion of a lavish window display for the appearance of Mary Pickford in Suds (June 1920), which screened at the Allen Theatre from Jan. 10 to 12, 1921. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), VR 2280. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629035525725-S20NY9G4MEIU2IJVCN6P/1928+May+25+p13+ad+Best+Girl+Pickford+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, May 25, 1928, p.13. A “capacity audience” for the first evening’s showing. “The little star is in her very best vein,” said the local reviewer, Jeanette, in a film that has “a profusion of the little human touches that make the onlookers chuckle in sympathy, and there is plenty of comedy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629036065311-KOGF96RFN6NT8TXEOQNN/1932+July+18+p9+Screen+Oddities+Pickford+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, July 18, 1932, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629036536046-KJ983OU2CNYP1UPLDW8Y/1943+June+12+p10+Mtn+Pic+H+Pickford+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Motion Picture Herald, June 12, 1943, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629037018361-ZC1EE60MMVGS03X8EMHW/1954+July+12+p18+Mary+Pickford+crop.JPG Faces in the Crowd - A Wartime Story: Peterborough Welcomes “America’s Sweetheart” - Make it stand out Examiner, July 12, 1954, p.18. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/desperately-seeking-projectionists-part1 monthly 0.5 2023-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624545885905-VWD6MALZQVAQ1PDDQ51B/1908+Handbook+Operators+Handbook+p78+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out C. Francis Jenkins and Oscar B. Depue, Handbook for Motion Picture and Stereopticon Operators, Washington, D.C., 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624661917257-3J3P447YJVW7AM6EG4OF/1927+March+26+p329+MPW+early+projectionists+top+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Moving Picture World, March 26, 1927, p.129. “The projector of early days was . . . a rather tiny affair.” The article points out that considerable change occurred for projectionists from 1908 to 1927 — but if that was a “far cry,” in the next century even more stark changes were yet to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624548879798-66HC4M1MYYY38ZEIGUR4/1906+Sept+1+p748+NY+Clipper+operator+wanted+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out New York Clipper, Sept. 1, 1906, p.748. Man needed, when motion picture theatres were just beginning to exist. Apparently it would help to be able to do sign painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626210346505-HFLRLOEMT0OIFT4UI2MS/1909+Pbo+dir+Hannah+cropped.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory for the Year 1909: the first sighting of a Peterborough theatre “operator.” Ernest Hannah, operator at the Royal, had previously been a theatre manager. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624647147991-0NQG2CHK4I6GZ5C9N2DG/1914+Pbo+dir+Allen+mvg+pics+top+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory for the Year 1914, with Wm J Allen, “opr moving pictures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624646598853-ZB5SAR6LJU2NC2HQ1OYO/1924+Pbo+dir+Chas+Tucker+projectionist+GOH+top.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Vernon’s City of Peterborough Directory for the Year 1924, with Chas Tucker, “projectionist Grand Opera House.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624628438311-VN8X9PDBA4BE66GVUH01/1939+Feb+28+p10+re+projection+Centre+opening+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out From “Floor Coverd [sic] with Sawdust Planks,” Examiner, Feb. 28, 1939, p.10. “ . . . a gurgle or two from the machine.” A reporter looks back at one of the city’s earliest cinema viewing experiences, this one involving the Wonderland theatre, c1907. The projector had “an annoying habit of breaking down at the most thrilling moment.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624885598597-EEUXIKN0PPF5213PRNBU/Mechanics+of+a+Projector+YouTube+video+clip+1.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624885653794-U53FGI480MIZHOT94CTS/Mechanics+of+a+Projector+YouTube+video+clip+2.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out “Engineer Guy: Mechanics of a Projector,” YouTube video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629114102455-VQFFXUWKFMQE0P8WAVKS/projectionist+2014-01-06+11.27.11+%282%29.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Long-time downtown projectionist Tom Vyse carefully checks out the film for the Canadian Images Festival, March 1978. Thomas G. Vyse worked as projectionist at theatres in Peterborough from 1970 to around 1988, including a stint at the Peterborough Drive-in. By 1979 he was at the Paramount and Odeon, where the Canadian Images festival screened some of its films. Canadian Images, F340_B37. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629143379165-BKUUQALHITDPP4ZCW1Q2/Richardson+Motion+Picture+Hdbook+1910+operators+bottom+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out The varied tasks and concerns of the early projectionist. Richardson, Motion Picture Handbook, 1916, p.169. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624550412887-NXHB3DKUM0MTIUKYOGJ5/1950s+Queen+Mary+projectionist+badge+4.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Cherished Queen Mary Public School badge, c.1957. Author’s collection. In the 1950s Queen Mary Public School had one of the city’s best (and newest) auditoriums (used annually for the Peterborough Summer Theatre, among other events). Many a film was screened there, educational and otherwise. It had a projection booth high up at the back, with a separate entrance up some stairs from the lobby area; and students (like myself) could be trained as projectionists – and earn a badge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624550563962-PM5CTCG7XQTV8EYV0FS3/1910+Oct+22+Mvg+PIc+W+p949+projection+operator+-+Copy+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Moving Picture World, Oct. 22, 1910, p.949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624549344847-EB5FSHC1021TEYZNNLAX/1908+Jan+16+p6+fire+in+theatre+St+Catherines+1+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 16, 1908, p.6. The fire hazards of the new industry were widely known. Fortunately, this kind of event did not occur in Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626435825449-OVHKM2KYKE5BPQ1WEZL1/1912+Aug+17+p1+Review+fire+operator%27s+box+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Daily Review, Aug. 17, 1912, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624549076405-27WRYTV59YXZUR6UFBUF/1907+Feb+23+p5+Variety+operators+unionize+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Variety, Feb. 23, 1907, p.5. U.S. operators begin to unionize. Canadian operators soon followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626431233570-7QNLBQFV9LRB9RF3NI81/1912+May+31+p7+Review+changes+in+law+mvg+pic+houses+operator+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Daily Review, May 31, 1912, p.7. Apprentices can also work in the “machine cabinet” — with a July 10 Review editorial estimating that there were now about 260 men in Ontario qualified to operate the province’s 262 licensed moving picture projectors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626433574562-JW0JY3RVIN4XIVU06FP9/1912+July+10+p2+Review+mvg+pics+licenses+operator+value+of+mvg+pics+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1625235035516-SLB40WCBZ0EPX9FJL1SQ/1908+Jan+10+p8+Crystal+wants+piano+player+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 10, 1908, p.8. The Crystal required a new piano player to replace “the young lady pianist” who was leaving to go back home to Nebraska. The man who answered the ad, Herbert Birchall, would also take on work as an operator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1625235132077-4MFG6ANJJP1SY4QEBI8F/1908+Jan+14+p5+Birchall+Crystal+job+pianist+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 14, 1908, p.5. Herbert Birchall comes to the Crystal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624550759058-9BTE2RX804IXA32WYXJS/1914+March+7+p1+Clayton+union+house+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 7, 1914, p.1. Manager Herbert Clayton makes sure that the local organized labour movement (a good size of his potential audience) knows that he is doing his best to employ “union operators.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624551209470-73EPLB82WNHVT29UQ0PH/1914+March+7+p13+Clayton+notice+union+operators+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, March 7, 1914, p.13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624661583972-0ZYGAYFJKRIUPUN4UFXI/1916+May+22+p9+Tiz-It+Mrs+Jones+union+operator+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 22, 1916, p.9. In wartime, a rare female manager, Mrs. S. Jones, reassures her patrons that she has a union operator, the best around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624647540942-UGQ83RIVXVYTCSO2YUR5/1915%2BKinematograph%2BWeekly%2Bsnip%2Bjoking%2Babout%2Bwomen%2Bfrom%2Bcinemaprojectionist.co.uk%2B%25282%2529.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Kinematograph Weekly, June 24, 1915, p.18. A vintage cartoon exemplifying the male prejudice against women replacing men in cinema jobs — even amidst the shortage of male labour in the First World World. It is a section of a larger cartoon that shows women not doing particularly well in other cinema roles: bill stickers, ushers, “lady film agent,” and producer. Thanks to the Cinema Projectionist website for drawing this to my attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624648099260-0L0OUCNEM30FMXWKMTYY/Film+Krant+ocean+scene+3.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out The few women who entered the projection booths would not surprisingly prove to be just as adept at the job as were men. With the male shortage prevailing in Britain during the Second World War, many women were able to get into “the box” — and became known (of course) as “projectionettes.” After that, in peacetime, at least a few women in Britain remained or found their way into the work. Still, women in the booth remained uncommon for decades. This image is a frame from the short film 24 Frames Per Century, dir. Athina Rachel Tsangar, 2013, a homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963), in which “A pair of film projectors discuss their impending obsolescence.” From the montage film “Do Pay Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain,” Film School Rejects, De Filmkrant, YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624662066975-LS1UBL9AGIBDV7UMB88C/1917+Sept+1+p17+Royal+union+operators+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 1, 1917, p.17. The film stars are women — Norma Talmadge and Marian Sais — but the ad also emphasizes “union operators” and the “first-class Machinists.” Within a decade or so operators or projectionists would disappear from the publicity, becoming a kind of invisible presence in the booths high above the back of the new theatres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1628195945877-2D3SREQDKEDGP2WUUQL5/Fife+PMA+Bio+17719+%28Mr+H+Fife+-+1916+Dec+23%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Herbert Fife and his wife Eliza in 1916. PMA Bio 17719 (Mr H Fife - 1916 Dec 23). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624648785106-S0UGRTXEJ5VE52OS48PW/1918+Oct+26+Mtn+Pic+News+projectionist+ad+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Motion Picture News, Oct. 26, 1918, p.2718. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626212539395-PS9LX61CZ23LMZRDZI4V/1909+Sept+25+p4+Review+Crystal+Bartleman+good+pics+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Review, Sept. 25, 1909, p.4. The operator Bartleman revealing the possibilities of the early motion pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626726771361-BHP73ASFTFMO0KUJD072/1956-57+Yearbook+Can+Mtn+Pic+Industry+p157+union+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Bottom, right column: the Peterborough operators labour contingent, 1956-57 Yearbook Canadian Motion Picture Industry, p.157. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626299690915-T5N451NLPBONFFUBNWX0/1947+November+Int+Project+p21+pic+of+projectionists+J+Adamson+Pbo+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out The delegates to a convention of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Picture Machine Operators of the U.S.A. and Canada in 1922 include John Adamson of Local 432 in Peterborough — though he was never listed in the city directories as an “operator.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626299993304-YNTASLGBAQOCWQB9YYMW/1947+November+Int+Project+p21+detail+J+Adamson+Pbo+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out John Adamson, front row, centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624566746912-SR7V040BE5OEQIEWAXQX/1936+Nov+14+p36+Mtn+Pic+H+Taylor+pic.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out To support his family, William (Bill) H. Taylor, born July 24, 1891, in Lennoxville, Quebec, got a job at the age of 13 at Canadian General Electric in Peterborough. About two years later he lost both legs in a railway accident. Some Peterborough men raised money to help him get artificial limbs. Bill didn’t take to the devices and instead began to wheel himself around on a little wagon propelled by hand, which he continued to do over the following years. Still at a young age, he began to hang around motion picture theatres and picked up some knowledge of projection. He apprenticed in Cobourg and worked as a projectionist for a short time in both Toronto and Peterborough in the 1910s. From about 1921 until days before his death in 1945 he worked in Cobourg, first for the Allen Theatre and soon for Famous Players Canadian when they took over the theatre and later established the new Capitol. As a sign of appreciation for his work and abilities, the company’s projection supervisor installed special equipment “to suit his requirements.” The image is from “Short on Legs, Long on Ability,” Motion Picture Herald, Nov. 14, 1936, p.36.See also “Famous Players Appreciate Services of Cobourg Operator,” Examiner, July 2, 1931, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626454017210-C6VLLL8DWD2EYM70KGT2/1951+June+21+p4+Capitol+projector+ad+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, June 21, 1951, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626452865721-MA5GFXLGRDR0CSD4XBRW/1948+July+10+Cooke+headline.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626452969490-T2DC89RRQII1NB7WINHV/1948+July+10+Cooke+1st+para.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626453071093-FBPYPEN0N8E29XYD35AB/1948+July+10+Cooke+crop.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, July 10, 1948, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626659435102-6FMH8S0SHL925CMB7OLA/1946+Dec+7+p13+labour+election+ad+mtn+pic+operators+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 7, 1946, p.13. The city’s motion picture operators join with the rest of the local labour movement to push for much needed change in city politics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624568788747-PA414ZQG96905FXVFJ2B/projectionist+Canadian+Images+Joy+Simmons+1978.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Women have been largely absent in the world of commercial cinema projection, long considered a male domain. Bucking the trend, as a student at Trent University in the late 1970s Joy Simmonds (originally from Toronto, now living in Peterborough) got a job as a projectionist in the university’s Audio-Visual Department. After some training she went on to project films in classrooms and lecture halls, including Wenjack Theatre. She was there making sure the films got a good showing in the first year of the Canadian Images Film Festival in March 1978. Later she became a teacher, and nowadays she is a therapist/musician/grandparent. Courtesy of John Wadland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624734605922-MCHK5LK3B041YR1NG8JC/Mustang+Drive-in+projection+booth.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 1 - Make it stand out Photo by Jay Callaghan of the old projector room at the Mustang Drive-in, about two years after its closing in 2012. From “Stunning Images of the Old Mustang Drive-in,” PtboCanada.com, May 25, 2014. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/desperately-seeking-projectionists-part2 monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626299203342-W2FQAN9DIXWDZNYSKWV2/Centre+Theatre+detail+projection+booth+auditorium+AO+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Light flowing from the Centre Theatre’s third-floor projection booth. A detail from a larger photo, 1947, Archives of Ontario (AO), 56-11-0-202-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626522375790-CFPMQ4QZW36TKXGNGLHB/1892+Dec+19+np+Exam+Schneider+jewellery.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 19, 1892, np. The Schneider jewelery store, already a fixture in downtown Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626522665268-AVANTE6NZ8V4LIPJALZL/Baumer+family+1906+crop+from+Paul+Board.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Emile Baumer (on the left) and his brothers in Bischwiller. Courtesy of Paul Board, Montreal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626522957983-IP196SNHWE0GRTWDL5ZW/Baumer+567+George+St+4.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out The house the Baumers once lived in, 567 George St., as of summer 2019. At one time a few theatre seats graced the porch — and plenty of music was played inside: Emile’s daughter Marthe was an accomplished pianist who played for silent pictures. The house was later subdivided into apartments, and in the 1950s was owned by the Rishor family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626523318323-T99OTNAEOHSNQH391FJH/Baumer+Mom++family+1905+Paul+Board+%282%29.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Emile Baumer, wife Eugenie, and daughters Marguerite, born in 1902, and Marthe, born in November 1906. They came to Canada, and Peterborough, in 1913. Courtesy of Paul Board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626525571631-3ZMMQPNF98JI4O8Y2KRS/Baumer+Emile+photo+touched+up+PMA+file.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Sergeant Baumer at war. “Soldiers from Peterborough and District in World War I,” file, Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626525316369-XXZN9ZOEXEMEJED5JGUO/Baumer+Portrait+from+Paul+Board+%283%29.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out A framed portrait of Emile Baumer, age nineteen. Courtesy of Paul Board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626526769658-YWKXZOODI8S9FYO0EG2Q/Baumer+Emile+1921+crop+PMA+Bio+19648-2.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out This photo was taken around the time of Marguerite’s marriage to Edward Armstrong, which took place in Peterborough in March 1921; she was 19, he was 22. Back row, from the left, Marguerite, Edward, and Eugenie; front, Marthe and Emile. (Marthe married Charles Maxwell Board in 1934.) PMA, Bio, 19648-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626622069274-PFZHDOC4AHOJO3NJI6IY/Ristow+Harry+from+Capitol+staff+photo+1930.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Harry Ristow, outside the Capitol Theatre, 1930. A detail from a larger photo of the Capitol staff lined up outside the theatre. Courtesy of John Trennum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629549470310-RFEJDL2QT9KLB99FMUZJ/2019+April+14+NY+Times+projectionists+pt3+crop.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out James Barron, “How a Movie Projectionist Keeps the Dying Art of Celluloid Alive,” New York Times, April 14, 2019. As a result of the varied and highly skilled tasks involved, Barron says, the role of projectionist became a “niche trade.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626622835094-P3WYV2WOU01VZYKWR9IH/1957+March+Ernest+Young+snip+internationalpro+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out International Projectionist (New York), March 1957, p.25. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e6ea574e-0967-489d-a5ec-db04be4f1b41/1957+May+2+p17+Young+Newton+projectionists+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Examiner, May 2, 1957, p.17. Lloyd C. Newton worked at the Centre Theatre from its 1939 opening until 1947, and after that at the Odeon until 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626653414736-NBTTIH1NPQST3OJP20BI/Corrin+in+PCVS+Echoes+1938+2.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out PCVS Echoes, 1938. Don Corrin is in the front row, fourth from the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626653063196-I27TNJHUISVM6GQY214I/Corrin+1962-63+yearbook+p132+Don+Corrin+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Film Weekly 1962-63 Year Book Canadian Motion Picture Industry, p.132. Donald M. Corrin is the president of Famous Players Programs, based in Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1626659995327-5LLRQICGM1Z7UU8SSCC0/Corrin+2008+Examiner+Trigger+Talk+photo.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Desperately Seeking Projectionists, Part 2 - Make it stand out Another one of Don’s many interests. From Elwood Jones, “A Finger on Shooters’ Pulse,” Examiner, Dec. 27, 2008, pressreader.com. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/mike-pappas-peterboroughs-lively-movie-man-of-mystery monthly 0.5 2022-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621452204657-40IM5YAPJ0SYS7IZYBJX/Pappas+cigar+store+interior%2C+no+date+NAC+%283%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Mehail Pappakeriazes (better known as “Mike Pappas”), in the middle, at the counter of his cigar store, 339½ George St., c.1907, with an unknown man. Along with a sleepy dog, a handy spitoon, and plentiful cigars, there is a poster for an upcoming vocal and instrumental recital. The hand-printing of the Pappakeriazes name and address at the bottom was superimposed on the photograph. National Archives of Canada, nd, B-004541. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622322738679-4X234WZWQO19SRM457GN/1921+Oct+13+p1+Pappas+back+in+movies+4+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 13, 1921, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1624028438930-NOFJJZD5V4WJJLJB5Y2Y/1921+Oct+13+p1+snip+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 13, 1921, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621460075030-ILM20D5G4WIDKJKPYSNL/1905+Jan+16+p1+Pappas+Pappak+gets+premises+crop+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 16, 1905, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621599349621-R03PU5VOX16QML6UB7AX/1905+June+20+p7+Review+Demetres+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Review, June 20, 1905, p.7. Originally called Olympian Candy Works (with its own candy maker), the shop specialized in ice cream and “bon bons of all kinds.” Its manager was yet another Greek newcomer, George Andreanopolis, with his name shortened to “Andros.” The store quickly became known just as “Demetre Bros.” The brothers apparently had similar establishments in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, and Kingston. They did not stay long in Peterborough. F.G. Demetre at least went off to establish great business success elsewhere (including building a chain of theatres in Montreal). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621519688272-TSBTNDOQV5C5BCV4EA7F/1905+March+15+p8+Pappas+ad+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 15, 1905, p.8. Although Pappas advertised his new shop as located at 337 George, other evidence indicates that it was actually at 339, formerly the home of C. Wilhelmy, an electrical contractor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621535887131-33CIJ0JQUS9YMPV9H4XL/1905+April+5+p2+Pappas+Greek+shoe+shine+daily+ads+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, April 5, 1905, p.2. The 337 address. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622384998195-552B3AYY1H09UPM5SHB6/1905+May+1+p3+Pappak+shoe+shine+name+appears+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, May 1, 1905, p.3. Here the address is 339 George. The “Pappakeriazes” name appears, along with another store address in Kingston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621542302390-JBQZNG0TG1TZLJUIVDZX/1905+Sept+12+np+Morn+Times+Bus+Change+Pappas+Dolan+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Morning Times, Sept. 12, 1905, np. Here Pappas is purchasing the Nolan store at 337 George, although that was the address given earlier in ads for his shoe-shine shop and shooting gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621519857151-ED9IYR5ZUEXWFYH3S6WJ/1905+Pbo+Dir+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Peterborough Directory, 1905—06, p.207. Now with two addresses, soon to add a third. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/06430db5-8345-4f37-a447-982ccca9b881/George+St+with+Pappas+sign+from+TVA+photo+F50+5.232+Streetcar+Down+George+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Pedestrians stroll by the thriving Pappas enterprise at 337 George St., c.1905—6. Detail from a larger photo, TVA, Electric City Collection, F50 5.232 Streetcar Down George. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621453898342-BUDJ2KE9VX4WOKQNSQPP/1906+Feb+1+p6+Pappas+snip.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 1, 1906, p.6. Pappas would be a relentless self-promoter, of both his business and himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621601739300-RZOEOCNJRDW395LTPTVQ/1906+Feb+10+p11+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 10, 1906, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621601815694-599C6K9HTCYR53AWA2PM/1906+Sept+21+p5+Rev+Pappas+ad+daily+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Review, Sept. 21, 1906, p.5. The two spaces on the west side of George St., with James Dolan still there as manager. Dolan was suffering from a serious illness, which no doubt led to him giving up his business interests. He kept coming to the store to help out, however. In September 1907 the Morning Times noted that customers visiting the cigar store were pleased to see the very popular “Jim” return to “his old familiar place behind the counter . . . assisting Mr. Pappas to hand out the cigars and tobacco and gather in the filthy ‘lucre.’” Dolan died just a couple of months later from Bright’s disease and complications at age sixty-five. He was acknowledged as “one of the best known residents” of the city, “highly esteemed . . . his friendly and pleasant manner will be greatly missed.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622387831315-ZU830CNK2TH0OBHN9XAC/1906+Nov+3+p4+Rev+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Review, Nov. 3, 1906, p.4. Now on the other side of the street too, with a barber shop. “Mr. Pappas’ enterprise has been very marked since he arrived in the city, and from this latest addition to his business one can easily recognize that he has spared nothing in the equipment of this bright, clear, and beautiful shop, which is opened to-day.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622387400478-AX3JI2TADCAPTSXDS1MH/1906+Nov+3+p12+Pappas+%26+Marx+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 3, 1906, p.12. Trivia contest, anyone? Pappas opened his new palatial cigar store on the same day that a very young Groucho Marx (then known as “Julius”) appeared live on the stage of the Grand Opera House in The Man of Her Choice. It was also the day of another historic moment: a penny arcade (complete with motion pictures) opened further up on George St. in a storefront and would eventually become the city’s first nickelodeon, or motion picture theatre: the Colloseum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621609982697-TAIFH56KRUPCVCU4WHXZ/1906+June+26+p1+Pappas+court+case+two+Greek+boys+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, June 26, 1906, p.1. The names George and Louis “Pourgeordia” appear (as they did about a half-dozen times in articles in the Examiner and Review at that time), but it is clearly the Louis and George who soon became known as “Yeotes.” It is also difficult, given the newspaper copy, to know whether it is “Pourgeordia” or “Pourgeordis.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621605056333-1BS2ZISTZW8WDTO5S3WW/1910+Pbo+dir+p344+Yeotes+Bros+ad+%26+addresses+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Union Publishing Company’s Peterborough Directory, 1910, p.344. The boys make good. Still “rooming” above the store. At this point Pappas was still selling cigars at no.399. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621613011115-FLRGJR3Y6RQNJD0DUZIE/George+St.+looking+north%2C+1914%2C+Pappas+name+on+left+detail+-+Copy+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out A detail from a booklet, Peterborough, “The Electric City: Views of City and District,” p.6, of Roy Studio photos, issued in 1914. The view shows George St. on the west side just above Charlotte, and the Pappas name can be dimly seen on the left, above a cigar store sign. The Yeotes shop was next door to the north. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621969619593-DS7G74A3TAQNR00RFJ3F/1908+Dec+8+p4+Pappas+pool+room+licence+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 8, 1908, p.4. Pappas and the other tobacconists vs. city hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621612816502-EM1R3YC6DAPB5H9FZT84/1907+Dec+23%2C+p6+Review+Pappas+mvg+pic+promotion+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Review, Dec. 23, 1907, p.6. This visit was almost a full year before Pappas opened the Royal. Wonderland and the Crystal were already in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621959970339-BAVJ1RS1H8S4VYB05DHL/1908+Sept+21+p7+Pappas+new+theatorium+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 15, 1908, p.7. Plans for the new theatorium take shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621969144834-ERM9ADKWNV0JY3DU28XY/1909+Sept+29+p7+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 29, 1909, p.7. He got the “best Tonsorial Artists” too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621970414124-7VVVTLN5TF3T0QMHNJKN/1909+Jan+9+p1+Royal+whole+ad+Pappakeriazes+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 9, 1909, p.1. An early front-page ad for the Royal — with the Pappakeriazes name up front. Here the price was ten cents for the combination of films, an illustrated song, and vaudeville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621970469482-3LK7S07J4OMUWLQKZCJ4/1909+Feb+2+p1+Royal+Beveridge+Miller+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 2, 1909, p.1. A month later the advertising switches to “Pappas.” The price goes back to five cents, even with vaudeville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621970916572-PHK1S5ZPM2P8DYQMIOQZ/Royal+marble+top%2C+plaque+undated%2C+resize+found+at+Mattress+Factory+2004+photo+by+KB.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out When “moving pictures” were the latest thing. A more unusual form of advertising: a marble table-top plaque, undated, but clearly before the Royal switched to the ten-cent price for evening tickets in July 1910. Thanks to Robin and Hermione Rivison, who found this and other discarded pieces of marble when they moved into what was once the Mattress Factory on Mark St. in East City. Photo courtesy of Ken Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621968891043-0KSLMEY3JNDA014D3L7E/1909+March+24+p12+Pappas+businesses+for+sale+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 24, 1909, p.12. Attempting to sell some of his businesses, including a Toronto restaurant, to concentrate on motion pictures, apparently without much success. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622404718868-00YTL13FH4XUXA1PZN4Z/1910+Aug+9+p4+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 9, 1910, p.4. A quite enthusiastic letter to the editor, around the time Pappas had taken over the Princess Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621975369939-9OPDS43XAYO8VQ1TYNO1/1911+Oct+20+p1+Royal+ad+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 20, 1911, p.1. According to the hype, Pappas was making “arrangements with leading film firms of the world.” The Royal was now seating about six hundred, “and every seat these days is needed . . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622059755950-AQ710XT7K5QRQ2J6PGL4/1914+Nov+13+p13+Yeotes+%26+Pappas+pool+rooms+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 13, 1914, p.13. Pappas has a new “scientific pool” room, with a special attraction — and in competition with his nephew, Louis Yeotes, who also cleans hats and shines shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621974474502-20PQHPG7Z0PUL2N7XZ1F/1915+March+9+p9+Pappas+Royal+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 8, 1915, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621974599521-9AHJWSJV201YFS1RFF0K/1915+March+9+p9+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 9, 1915, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621976427317-LJO55XK89JMR8TR8X1J5/1917+Aug+7+p9+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 7, 1917, p.9. The “coolest and pleasantest play spot” in town, with lots of Chaplin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621977124343-XX8TIH6SUFUUIDW0OU72/1918+Feb+8+p7+Pappas+Royal+%26+GOH+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 8, 1918, p.7. After the fire, Pappas temporarily moved his films to the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622062226747-I2Q49GNGNMWKY1DF57HV/1918+May+1+p8+Royal+Pappas+Cleopatra+GOH+booked+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, May 1, 1918, p.8. Pappas booking Cleopatra, with Theda Bara, at the Grand Opera House. The “first time” the film had been shown outside the larger cities, he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1621976837280-KNHBNRYGVKL6LI21U4NV/1918+Dec+24+p5+new+Royal+Th+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 24, 1918, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622055638806-V6JEWO360RIGP2BR5392/1919+March+29+p12+Royal+Pappas+to+Paramount+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 29, 1919, p.12. Pappas still promising personal attention as a “link” in the Paramount chain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622035732304-E1AVOSNIDWEDPUWJ4TUR/1921+Dec+2+p19+Regent+Pappas+last+time+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 2, 1921, p.19. This was the final Regent ad bearing the Pappas name before he jumped back to the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622416562686-2G5ESEH2V0EGCOBLFS0W/1921+Dec+6+p14+Allen+to+Royal+%26+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 6, 1921, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622416657518-ZBS5K5IX5563B5PPHX8B/1921+Dec+21+p14+Royal+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 21, 1921, p.14. Pappas back as both owner and manager. “For fifteen years”: that would put it back to 1906 — but the Royal opened in December 1908. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622417435977-YTF7ENVPEBVINAQN8IHP/1921+Dec+27+Royal+Pappas+article+cropped.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 27, 1921, p.14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622060353241-NRPW48PUZOWXR8OE3HS4/1923+Jan+26+p1+Pappas+Royal+radio+installed+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 26, 1923, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622060636549-ICC5Z3S0SIZL8RXSIFX8/1923+April+2+p9+GOH+Pappas+Nero+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, April 2, 1923, p.9. Renting the Grand (once again) to show films: an idea that did not work out. He had screened Nero at the Royal in January, which may have accounted for the poor turnout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622126707137-MGXVWN940ASUK7TESJF5/1923+April+4+p11+Pappas+GOH+notice+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, April 4, 1923, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622127364920-MWQC5NK3KEMS49A2YJBN/1924+April+16+p11+Royal+Pappas+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, April 16, 1924, p.11. The final sighting of Pappas as theatre manager. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622127674956-BZ93T0VWW01HC3DCVZXQ/1924+July+3+p5+Burleigh+Falls+Pappas+crop.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, July 3, 1924, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622129641755-2PIJAGPPDRAVVH6ZB6LY/1927+Aug+11+p16+Globe+Osgoode+Hall+News+Pappas+court+action.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Globe, Aug. 11, 1927, p.16. In the right-hand column, assuming this is our Mike Pappas (which seems likely): possibly yet another court action and a spot of trouble, an order of foreclosure; result unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622129926760-LWCM3VQ8N4O6TSZNJJLU/1935+TO+dir+p+Maud+wid+and+daughters.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Toronto city directory, 1935, p.978. “Maud (wid Mich)” and her two daughters, Christine and Marie, living at 85 Laing Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622130284945-8Z5GKQN4FNU2PR8884GY/43+1947+March+15+p9+Pappas+snip+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, March 15, 1947, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/21a3f8c0-4013-4e2c-8d2c-0f4804abdbcd/Pappas+at+cigar+store+LAC+detail+Pappas+alone+nd+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out A detail from the larger photo of Mike Pappas and another man at the counter of his cigar shop, 339½ George St., c.1907. National Archives of Canada, nd, B-004541. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/0efa3207-618d-44ad-8554-a60d61e065a7/Pappas+at+Royal+1917+Royal+photo+newsboys+snip+maybe+Pappas+%283%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out The man standing behind the newsboys in the door of the Royal Theatre, February 1917, is most likely Mike Pappas, owner and manager at the time. This is a detail from a larger photo, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 2000-012-002915-1 (Newsboys at Royal - Feb 1917), courtesy Peterborough Museum and Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/fc6efccc-6c48-4223-a441-1cac8d6b3e66/1951+Dec+12+p5+Pappas+death+top+for+article+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Mike Pappas: Peterborough’s Cigar Merchant Turned Movie Man - Make it stand out Examiner, Dec. 12, 1951, p.5. Pappas in fact had dabbled with the Crystal Theatre as well, making it three theatres under his command for at least a short time. He also ran films briefly at the Grand Opera House. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/herbertclayton monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612969177084-PCWE7F2FFZD7YSU8G4MN/VR+7918-1+%28Red+Mill+Theatre+-+Apr+1912%29+%284%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Outside the Red Mill Theatre, April 1912. Of the three men in the middle, the theatre owner/manager Herbert Clayton is on the left. The other two, one kneeling and the other standing, were theatre employees. The passersby seem quite curious about it all. This photo is from the collection of the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, VR 7918-1 — but it also appeared in the Peterborough Evening Examiner, April 1, 1912, with the caption: “THE POPULAR HIGH-CLASS PICTURE PALACE, George St. Big Attractions All This Week. Don’t Fail to Hear D’ANGEO The Great Italian Singer. Special Big Show for Ladies every afternoon.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613051413206-3AHWEZ9M0BDZUR271STS/1910+Jan+29+p29+Pbo+entertainmt+snip+billboard.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Peterborough places of “amusement” as of 1910. Billboard, Jan. 29, 1910, p.29. Billboard was published in Cincinnati, New York, and Chicago. In 1912 the Crystal would be transformed into the Red Mill Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612970623173-VSZRZS680UCRSM0H5NHG/1912+May+18+p7+age+of+hurry+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Evening Examiner, May 18, 1912, p.7. Not exactly Peterborough, but a representation. Based on the historical record, there would have been more women bustling about than are shown in this drawing. An Examiner editorial in support of women’s suffrage, April 10, 1912, noted with a sense of revelation that “women are, in these days of activity, compelled to associate with men in crowded street cars, and in the lobbies of theatres.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612971046412-W4V1HED0DK8OZPE5V0ES/1912+April+6+p1+Red+Mill+mgr+Clayton+pic+%283%29+a+most+unusual+ad.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, April 6, 1912, p.1. A most unusual ad. Says Clayton: “We lead, others follow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612973788943-WD9S9HW0WVHLJK9DNNXM/Clayton+H+Red+Mill+Theatre+1912+PMA+Bio+10868-2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s A very well turned out and dog-loving Herbert and Florence Clayton, Peterborough, 1912. PMA, Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Bio 10868-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612974361713-LXEO7TU1FIY7913N626E/1921+Feb+9+p10+McNabb+La+Mode+ad+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, Feb. 9, 1921, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612974680492-HH3VQX6RHALPZ086I2PP/VR+7918-3+%28Red+Mill+Theatre+-+Apr+1912%29+snip+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Clayton in the doorway of the Red Mill Theatre, April 1912. This is a detail from a larger photo. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, VR 7918-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612976751316-IV5IDOTAAWBR7KN0V2EN/1912+June+5+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Clayton+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, June 5, 1912, p.5. Coming soon — a new projector, now on display in the nearby optician’s window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612976498248-SD8UJBGWR0K2IYXWLFJ5/1914+April+15+p13+Red+Mill+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, April 15, 1914, p.13. The ticket price for evenings had gone up from the original five cents to a dime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612976238456-Y3U4FNKY3VSC3J8D304W/1912+May+25+p1+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, May 25, 1912, p.1. “Daylight” pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612989707365-FCKSQ2CZD63D4W6PS8EC/1912+April+13+MPW+p102+Nick+Carter.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Moving Picture World, April 13, 1912, p.102. The newspaper ad (below) puts it at 4,000 feet and four reels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612996201676-0O958G1UYLROONX63JVT/1912+April+25+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Nick+Carter+2+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, April 25, 1912, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613138572035-B2TZ54EAGX9A170H917Y/1914+May+20+p8+M+Times+Royal+minstrels+strictly+union+ad+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, May 20, 1914, p.8. Later, after Clayton took over the Royal, it was “strictly union.” With the ever-popular minstrel show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612990816854-VENQMF9VPQ8GMDAFBH17/1912+April+13+p1+Red+Mill+Ogden+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612991065267-ODNINE070SM9SB4PW9RH/1912+May+8+p5+M+Times+Clayton+loses+temper+top+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Morning Times, May 8, 1912, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1612990575320-9J6X9YL1LPKVYNRPGQ1E/1914+April+25+p15+theatres+2+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, April 23, 1914, p.11. All managed by Herbert Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613059764742-KNE1QWUGLYFTBO8G8JZS/1914+Oct+15+p8+Review+GOH+plus+3+others+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, Oct. 15, 1914, p.8. The sweep of amusements in the city, autumn 1914, with considerable competition, including a big motion picture of the Trojan War (from Italy) at the Grand Opera House (more expensive, at fifteen cents). Each in its own way claims to be the best place to go; and with the lineup on the bottom right, Royal, Princess, and Red Mill, all controlled by Clayton. At the Red Mill, a “special invitation to all the working class.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613062352445-EI8W3T5TMP7CM2XMRXIU/Clayton+H+Mrs+Red+Mill+Theatre+1912+PMA+Bio+10868-3+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Mrs. Florence Clayton, 1912. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, Bio 10868-3. Florence Clayton was closely involved in her husband’s financial affairs, both in Hamilton and Peterborough. There is a story about her catching a lucky break in August 1913, when one of the big disasters in Peterborough history occurred: the collapse of the large J.C. Turnbull department store. Florence had planned to attend a bargain sale at Turnbull’s that very day, Aug. 28, but after being very busy the day before, she slept in. At nine o’clock that morning she telephoned a friend and cancelled a plan to go to the store — “Thus, in all probability,” said a newspaper report, saving her life. Sixty people were in the building, and five people died. “Lucky Me Overslept,” Morning Times, Aug. 29, 1913, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613062406282-DZR3BE0GP9D38YLOK8G9/Herbert+Clayton+son+approx+3+yrs+old+from+Kent+C-page-0+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Herbert and Florence’s adopted son, John, at about three years old. Courtesy Kent Clayton. This photo of toddler John as an angelic Cupid was apparently taken for a contest in search of a baby “Hollywood star.” John won the contest locally, but his grandmother would not let him go. Little John was a performer, too. At a benefit wartime concert given for B Company, 56th Battalion, Kingston, amongst several Peterborough people who appeared was the “little three-year-old son of Sergt. Clayton,” singing three songs. “To-Day’s Military News Continued,” Examiner, Nov. 26, 1915, p.12. About three months later John appeared in Peterborough’s Grand Opera House at a concert in support of the 93rd Battalion: “Little Jack Clayton, son of Sergt. Herb. Clayton of the 59th, brought down the house in his singing of ‘Good Luck to the Boys of the Allies,’ ‘We’ll Never Let the Old Flag Fall’ and ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning.’” The opera house was packed, and the gallery had to be opened to accommodate the people who arrived late. “New Instruments Were Presented,” Examiner, Feb. 19, 1916, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1631016875544-6MJD22RLTVF81D4X9L8W/1912%2BMarch%2B30%2Bp1%2BRed%2BMill%2BDangelo%2B%25282%2529.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s - Make it stand out Examiner, March 30, 1912, p.1. Clayton makes his appeal to a wider audience with the Italian operatic singer D’Angelo plus his local singer, Mr. Donaldson, along with his “big special show for ladies and children every afternoon.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613057690356-LEMIXK7TBOD65XS3GQAV/1914+Dec+11+p13+Royal+Red+Mill+Princess+last+ad.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, Dec. 11, 1914, p.13. Clayton’s Royal, Red Mill, and Princess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613162072037-20LN9K0OBLFDRZKJM7UP/1915+April+23+p8+Review+With+the+movies+headline.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613162135491-LPS5TE0J1L3T1LSDDTTI/1915+April+23+p8+Review+Tiz-It+film+in+fire.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s “With the Movies,” Review, April 23, 1915, p.8. The things a manager has to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613166870601-IYXT9X3GNCVO1Y72IUIU/1915+May+4+p8+Review+Tiz-It+Clayton+Pickford+ed+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, May 4, 1915, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613141873451-D2KLYT5RQSLBOB819ZH5/1915+May+5+p7+Red+Mill+Tiz-It+Foster+Devey+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, May 5, 1915, p.7. With Peterborough’s church organist and choir director (and opera conductor) Richard J. Devey supplying the music at the Red Mill, Mrs. Eveline Foster and her orchestra at the Tiz-It — and Mary Pickford on screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613167255771-8PHJSXU68AR3DOAPFFSS/1915+May+11+p8+Review+Tiz-It+ad+Clayton+war+pics+ed+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, May 11, 1915, p.8. “Pictures of the Peterborough Boys Who fell fighting . . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613222962996-GGLFY8XEYFK0NNC3OLGN/1915+May+11+p8+Review+Tiz-It+war+pics+Clayton+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, May 11, 1915, p.8. In press copy that Clayton supplied, the Review promotes the “pictures of the Peterborough boys” — “only the mothers of Canadians know what it costs Canada.” Ironically, a couple of months later Clayton himself would heed the call to war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613223501269-FE7XHCQK68GGUS0XYZAS/1915+May+13+p8+Review+Red+Mill+vv+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, May 13, 1915, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613223554864-ZF3K3BG5KQ0KGKM07A4I/1915+May+13+p8+Review+Tiz-It+opening+of+Universal+City+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Review, May 13, 1915, p.8. The Universal City film studio officially opened on March 15, 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613144725853-DTKBHJ795QNFGI8GR0G1/Clayton+H+1915++PMA+Bio+15412-1+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Herbert Clayton, 1915. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, Bio 15412-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613144835306-PZQ8Z5FB6D5MK2IMRKOI/Clayton+H+1915++PMA+Bio+15412-3.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Clayton with son, John and Florence, 1915. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, Bio 15412-3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613144510026-Q0JXB6QMFT42EAEWAB7Q/Clayton+Herbert+snip+with+son+from+Kent+C.+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Clayton with his son, John, 1915. Courtesy of Kent Clayton. This photo is also in the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, Bio 15412-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613232909212-6VS8MTQQN6TUGGILX8CN/army+record+Clayton+H+p42+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Personnel Records of the First World War, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1779-52, Item no. 104739. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613232303009-G9PS6HPUCK9N16MBYGAE/Clayton+postcard+rev+May+5+1916+from+Kent+C+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s A postcard sent home, May 5, 1916, showing the camp that he was staying at in Shorncliffe, the largest of the bases located on the Kent coast and just 20 miles from France. “Kisses for the babe and you all . . .” He writes that things are going well and he is having “a fine time.” Courtesy of Kent Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613236508346-FFVH4G76HK9TJO6O4KKQ/Clayton+Herbert+army+photo+Kent+Clayton+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Clayton, in the middle, with his troop somewhere overseas. Courtesy of Kent Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613231122853-4BFFLB20VTZYUODF3RIT/Grande+Place%2C+Poperinghe+postcard.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Grande Place, Poperinghe, Belgium, postcards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613231145616-LPFUOK57B9DUQ0FWB4Y1/Poperinge+postcard+2.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613233242601-6KSCK9XWFSQLOUWPCTM2/army+record+1915+Clayton+attestation+papers.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s LAC, Personnel Records of the First World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613233485435-DSQAAUEI9L6JNUM4329U/army+death+inquiry+Clayton+p11+snip+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s LAC, Personnel Records of the First World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613233785613-II1JFRX84Q4D3O5YER15/army+death+inquiry+Chesny+snip+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Testimony of second witness, Capt. L.A. Clemens. LAC, Personnel Records of the First World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613234624437-AUZVH8HLYJ45CSG37ADI/army+record+Clayton+H+p37.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s LAC, Personnel Records of the First World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613236380760-OCQXBB927BB1RS998T11/Bayonet+training+film+1st+wld+war+2+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s “1917 on Film: Canadian Troops Train for the First World War,” YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613237288729-L5SDXT8WQMO9DAMS559A/Clayton+grave+marker585252_1+%283%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Clayton grave marker, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. www.veterans.gc.ca/ eng/remembrance /memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/585252. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630945266027-9L3Y6JJKSWKC23J8E1KR/1929+April+15+p12+McNabb+store+notice+re+death.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s Examiner, April 15, 1929, p.12, upon the death of Florence Clayton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613773552252-J5UJSGYAYGAV4WLNNNII/Clayton+war+memorial+3.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s War Memorial panel, Confederation Square, Peterborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1613237726944-6W70V5OC87P9191TNPFM/Clayton+gravestone+Little+lake+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s The Clayton family grave, Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Find a Grave website. Unfortunately, the “Find a Grave” photographer captured his own legs in the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630944765936-G7Y0RMV18RZ1I0YXUXHV/1915+March+16+p8+Review+Tiz-It+inviting+entrance+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s - Make it stand out Evening Review, March 16, 1915, p.8. Clayton puts his mark on the downtown landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1630945123142-U2C9RRAWS22VE0F8IP1R/1915+March+10+p12+Clayton+Tiz-It+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Herbert Clayton: The Rise and Fall of a “Theatrical Man” in the 1910s - Make it stand out Examiner, March 10, 1915, p.12. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/a-showman-and-a-performer-buffalo-bill-in-person-and-on-screen-and-peterboroughs-own-oklahoma-jack monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611614534655-6HHKDUTIJJHUJXJ722Z7/40A-44+%283%29+Crystal+Buffalo+Bill+top+PMA.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough A wintry day on George Street, December 1910: a case study in early local motion picture publicity. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA), Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, 1978-012-40A-44. The Crystal Theatre, 408 George Street: a typical storefront theatre (or nickelodeon) on the main street, embedded in a stream of commercial interests in the heart of downtown. One one side, to the north, an optician (C.A. Primeau), the Boston Café, and a butcher, David W. Porter. On the other, to the south, a shoe store (J.W. Miller & Sons) and the Peterborough Music Co. Upstairs above the Crystal were offices for the Division Court Clerk, the American Consular Agent, and a dentist, plus the Belmont Club and Foresters Hall. A busy place, and especially so on this Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611516552296-988IJZ7ZFLGOYULZQ432/12+1910+Dec+9+p9+Crystal+Buffalo+Bill+ad+%282%29+poor+quality+but+just+for+the+record.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, Dec. 9, 1910, p.9. Poor quality, but just for the record: the one newspaper ad I have found for the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611584208659-1KS6TP6HO9CFODZ5S55Y/1910+Dec+10+p10+mvg+pic+%26+naked+eye+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611516415550-05NW4HH5EM96N27WDVTE/27+Crystal+theatre+snip+Buffalo+Bill+poster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough A detail from the photo of the Crystal Theatre, Dec. 10, 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611517006185-7U2ECY3E3N2TQSQ10EX3/40A-44+%283%29+Crystal+Buffalo+Bill+detail+PMA.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough The actor, as “Buffalo Bill,” on what was called a “charger,” outside the theatre. A detail from the larger photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611516771338-G6VWKAE01DHY479NVCEL/1910+Dec+12+p5+Review+snip+title+Crystal+Buffalo+Bill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Daily Evening Review, Dec. 12, 1910, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611518142130-C90QAWR4T49XGPO7IZ4L/20+buffalo_bills_wild_west_show-wr+Smithsonian+mag.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Circus poster for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, Wikimedia Commons and Smithsonian Magazine <www.smithsonianmag.com/history>. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611518335556-Y1LE8TETUC1MU1PM9XEY/1+1880+Oct+23+np+Daily+Eve+Review+Buffalo+Bill+opera+hall+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Daily Evening Review, Oct. 23, 1880, np. Buffalo Bill’s Combination Acting Troupe, appearing indoors at Bradburn’s Opera Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611518391010-JYN08PV6X6PUU9QKUUZ1/2+1880+Oct+28+np+Daily+Eve+Review+Buffalo+Bill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Daily Evening Review, Oct. 28, 1880, np. Gaining the “rapturous applause” of a large Peterborough audience. Unlike the ever popular minstrel shows, usually with white people in blackface, William Cody travelled with indigenous peoples in his act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611518707692-IS2TUAKTIVS1EV9E5H2K/3+1897+June+18+Daily+Rev+p4+Grd+Jub+Chorus+%26+Buffalo+Bill+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Daily Review, June 18, 1897, p.4. Laying the ground for the July visit of the legend, W.F. Cody: he will indeed be present — and local audiences would see the same vast exhibition presented at the Chicago World Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611518867762-5D9VX0P5B1SVGB0IO68C/4+1897+June+17+Daily+Rev+p4+Buffalo+Bill+3+%283%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Daily Review, June 17, 1897, p.4, announcing the July 3 event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611526324844-WL3MP7IQJMHTO2QKGFVZ/7+1897+June+28+np+Exam+Buffalo+Bill+3+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, June 28, 1897, np. Other ads mentioned a covered grandstand able to seat 20,000 people, and the presence of Miss Annie Oakley, “the Peerless Lady Wing Shot,” the standard cavalcade through the streets, and three magnificent bands of music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611525009109-TF2UOUWC7R6WT8D5EU26/8+1897+June+28+np+Exam+Buffalo+Bill+5+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611525293516-2B3XENKTQBFWV81TR5KX/9+1897+June+28+np+Exam+Buffalo+Bill+5+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough “All kinds, all colours, all tongues, all men fraternally mingling in the picturesque racial camp.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611522779059-UXPA2L2P8ZTT26H5GU03/19+Buffalo+Bill+Classics+Comic.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611525641401-TNG5P1SQQF7ZREUB8UD5/18a+Buffalo+Bill+frame+video.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough A frame most likely from Life of Buffalo Bill (1912), showing scenes of the older William F. Cody on horseback, and a dream sequence with a younger Buffalo Bill, plus views of the Wild West Show tour. YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611594609105-RB5RBGY190NHOSR684DH/Buffalo+Bill+film+Blackhawk+productions+BB+1910+film+title.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough The title frame of the film as reconstructed years later by Blackhawk productions — which might not have been the title that the audience at the Crystal saw. YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611593514004-SPD2VWYR6BUI6AKBJ4DV/15+1910+Oct+8+p389+MPW++Buffalo+Bill+2+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Oct. 8, 1910, Moving Picture World, p.389. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611594897484-SC5O4IQ7JGALTKAKMQKU/Buffalo+Bill+film+Blackhawk+productions+BB+1910+film+scene+3+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough A frame from the 1910 film. In one of the extant sequences, a “Grand Review” of the wild west show, “Cody rides into the scene and sweeps off his hat.” Segala: Buffalo Bill and the Silver Screen, p.36; YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611593771363-0623XPVV3GB8P7R7J78N/17+1912+May+4+p467+MPW+Life+of+Buffalo+Bill.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Moving Picture World, May 4, 1912, p.467. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611593994123-1IC9GY9J8243QG4TGZ32/21a+1922+Nov+1+p11+Royal+Buffalo+Bill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, Nov. 1, 1922, p.11. A Buffalo Bill serial at the Royal Theatre. This film, produced 1922–23 by Universal Pictures, is presumed lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611594050975-KQGY3CMOWMLRZKU0AIX2/22+movies+1944+Aug+30+p7+Capitol+Buffalo+Bill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, Aug. 30, 1944, p.7. A first run showing of Buffalo Bill — plus Canada Carries On and the Latest Canadian Universal News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611594113749-QB74BLKPI0BM9B40OPLH/23+1946+Feb+16+p7+Centre+Buffalo+Bill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, Feb. 16, 1946, p.7. Joel McCrea’s Buffalo Bill returns for a second run at the Centre as part of a double feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611595519148-YV3UUBZFNMH2R6N0J19Z/Oklahoma+Jack+%28Front%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Oklahoma Jack, a publicity photo from his show days, sometime before 1911. PMA, Oklahoma Jack fonds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611595738016-Q3WIPNB8CR0OQLIA7GZY/Oklahoma+Jack+%28Roy+Image%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Thomas Harper Aiken in his backyard in Peterborough, cigar in mouth and in his “Oklahoma Jack” outfit — having pulled his “furry chaps” out of an old trunk. PMA, Roy Studio photo, undated, Oklahoma Jack fonds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611595884285-ZNO2D46TX45BV0TVP3D3/Oklahoma+Jack+%28and+Chief+Lo-Deer%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough PMA, Oklahoma Jack fonds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1611612176148-QCH6AGME94C2NI3VDUBP/1946+Sept+12+p9+Oklahoma+Jack+Buffalo+Bill+pt1+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - From Buffalo Bill to Oklahoma Jack: The Wild West Tries to Come to Peterborough Examiner, Sept. 12, 1946, p.9. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/mrs-eveline-mary-fostersilent-filmmusician monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603900933906-SACXX21ZOQOX1WXXNFFS/a1916+GOH+Geisha+Mrs+Foster+detail+PMA+2000-012-003805-1+%28Geisha%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Mrs. Eveline Foster, on the left, in the orchestra pit at the Grand Opera House for the November 1916 performance of The Geisha. In the middle is musical director Richard J. Devey and his wife, who was stage manager. The two on the right are unidentified. This is a detail from a larger photo: Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA) 2000-012-003805-1 (Geisha). The full photo showing the orchestra and stage for The Geisha performance appears later on this page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603973485492-7BZSXVTIUIOW4CHNNTNS/a1916+Bio+16009+%28Mrs+John+A+Foster+-+1916%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Eveline Foster and her two children, Irene (standing) and Myrtle, 1916. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, Bio 16009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604240525657-KHLAZNJRQYYTLTTEDOOK/1910+Aug+24+p1+Royal+5+cents+Princess+reopened+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Aug. 24, 1910, p.1. The Royal Theatre and the Princess — both under Mike Pappas for a short time — and their music. This was about the time Pappas went to Toronto to find films and more music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603974667022-ST4BJ2QOQFQUDUQKS8BL/1912+April+19+p5+Review+Red+Mill+Mrs+Foster+2+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Review, April 19, 1912, p.5. The newspaper ads theatres featured the music to be heard as much as the films to be seen. “Mrs. Foster’s Orchestra make up a very good bill of music.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603974912022-57FJ0PYLXQROU268GI4W/1912+March+25+p5+Review+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Review, March 25, 1912, p.5. Announcing “the same old genial smile” and Mrs. Foster’s “The Nightingale Violin Solo.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603975981836-IFIMXNP4U6NUF8SPIIJF/1911+Nightingale+song+F.B.+Haviland+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster A popular tune of the day. I suspect this was the song being played that day by Mrs. Foster: monographic, F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., New York : [1911], Library of Congress collection 2016571666. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605823466146-XGMXPB1EFKB3KBZ5WPNS/Red+Mill+April+1912+PMA+VR+7918-2+snip.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Evelyn Foster, on the left, stands outside the Red Mill Theatre with other employees towards the end of March 1912. The owner, Herbert Clayton, is in the doorway. Other employees at the time were singer George Eyres, usher Charles Leahy, and singer William Donaldson (who would double as an usher when requested). This photo is from the Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA, VR 7918-2. The film So Speaks the Heart played at the theatre March 27-28. The photo appeared in the Examiner, April 1,1912, p.1, and in a December 1957 Peterborough Weekly Review article about Eveline Foster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605792274442-3IHUHF3KUAG2JU92J83K/Ernest+Fenwick+PMA+Bio+9473+%28Fenwick%2C+E%29+snip+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster A studio photo of Ernest Fenwick taken in earlier days in Tunbridge Wells. Eveline ordered a copy of this photo from the Roy Studio in Peterborough around 1911. PMA Bio 9473. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1603975215875-JLTJ0MZWZFF7LTBTM8Q6/1908+April+18+Levante+letter+of+recommendtn+1+NF+scan+Mrs.+Foster_0007+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster A letter of recommendation from Madame Levante, April 18, 1908. Thanks to Nick Foster for this document and for several photos that appear here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1605469585249-8UG07KC8FV0OZ0LBSOTQ/Crystal+Palace+Ontario+Archives+photo+snip.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster The glittering lights of Toronto and the Crystal Palace motion picture theatre, on Yonge St. near Richmond, c.1915. Archives of Ontario, F 4436. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604248451305-D4CQI27UZND7TA9FCW4N/1910+Sept+17+p1+Princess+Fenwick+Foster+%283%29+1st+one+spotted.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Sept. 17, 1910, p.1. This ad is the first I spotted related to Eveline Fenwick/Foster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604248823760-5DWYIQVWEUNSOWV9D97F/1910+Oct+13+p1+Royal+Fenwick+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Oct. 13, 1910, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604250333804-WQ7VHSS34X9GZSOHIPZ1/1914+Nov+16+p12+Exam+Foster+window+cleaning+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Nov. 16, 1914, p.12. John advertised regularly for work in the newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604249181719-H6MVXPQ6WLXB01QQR6PK/1915+Dec+11+p14+army+John+A+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Dec. 11, 1915, p14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604249266013-8MPY5E5X0OZF8TX1ZX4H/1917+April+28+p1+Pte+John+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, April 28, 1917, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604412725523-I53ZCXV24F476GQ1PVMM/Foster+John+WWI+attestation+paper+top+%282%29.png Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster A portion of John Foster’s military service attestation paper, March 29, 1915, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604249454752-8VZ7WZD9Q6JZZT4L71PC/1915+April+15+p11+Royal+Tiz+It+Mrs+Foster+Adv+of+Kathlyn+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, April 15, 1915, p.11. Mrs. Foster’s Orchestra at the New Tiz-It. Competing against the well-known serial Adventures of Kathlyn at the Royal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604325703426-RSE1FWQ465K97AHHZXY7/a1915+March+23+p4+Tiz-It+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, March 23, 1915, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604325729495-JD6C72ZSCTQMWK9YJBME/a1915+April+15+p11+Tiz+It+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, April 15, 1915, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604249681773-WWUJMV4WCVV44APD6D89/1916+April+22+p19+Mrs+Fenwick+Red+Mill+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, March 18, 1916, p.7. Featuring Special Music” by Mrs. [Agnes] Fenwick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604332985770-R8K2S1TX17G9THBO2J00/1917+May+11+p15+GOH+HMS+Pinafore+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, May 11, 1917, p.15. Under the direction of the Conservatory of Music’s Ruppert Gliddon, the violin section included nine players, including Mrs. Foster. The orchestra alone, it was said, was “worth the price of admission.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604250145276-7ZEJRQU3X9GQB25S9KTV/a1916+GOH+Geisha+Girl+Mrs+Foster+PMA+2000-012-003805-1+%28Geisha%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster The Geisha: A Story of a Tea House, an Edwardian musical comedy, was performed at the Opera House on Thursday, Nov. 30 and Friday, Dec. 1, 1916, by the Peterborough Operatic and Dramatic Society, under the direction of Richard J. Devey (organist and choirmaster at St. John’s Anglican Church). The presentation was “in aid of the Funds of the Peterborough Progressive Club” – to help the Peterborough boys overseas. Devey had also staged the Geisha in 1910, along with many other events over the years at the opera house. The orchestra included violins (three, one whom was “Mrs. Foster”), cornet, clarinette, bass, and drums. Devey probably played the piano. Oddly, the program for the evening listed seven musicians, all male except for Mrs. Foster. Possibly the woman in the photo next to Devey was filling in for one of the male violinists. Balsillie Collection of Roy Studio Images, PMA 2000-012-003805-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604332814033-QO8AUCZYVQQ41ZH5APNH/1917+Dec+24+p11+Mrs+Foster+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Dec. 24, 1917, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604325398820-MXR32KA6XU77ID2G7JVI/1921+Dec+21+p14+Royal+%282%29+pianist+%26+violinist+at+the+time+Mrs+Foster.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Dec. 21, 1921, p.14. The “high-class pianist and violinist” was undoubtedly Eveline Foster. Meanwhile, in this ad Mike Pappas goes to great length in extolling the virtues of his theatre as a “locally owned” enterprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604325483292-8YCYGBAJYARLAMFZUP0G/1922+Nov+2+p11+Royal+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Nov. 2, 1922, p.11. The evening of the 2nd saw a capacity crowd; the standing room only sign had to be placed out front, and several hundred persons were turned away. The special attractions, The Sign on the Door and the opening episode of the Buffalo Bill serial were “backed by four reels of comedies and entertaining music by Mrs. Foster and Miss Hurley.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604346712479-BCS7ERND4YN2B7EXVO4E/1925+Jan+13+p11+GOH+World+of+Passion+ad+%283%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Jan. 13, 1925, p.11. Jan. 13, 1925, p.11. The World of Passion (U.K., 1923) was distributed in Canada by Dominion Films, which had a close connection to the Grand Opera House. Its original title, The Wandering Jew, was altered for the Canadian market. It was presented at the opera house with “live” prologues (conceived by Mrs. W. McKee Bingham) preceding the first and second halves of the screening. As a report said, “The music for the entire production is under direction of Mrs. Eveline Foster.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604346853910-6MXLKJDM2KLUAOQKGTMD/1925+Jan+19+p11+Royal+ad+orchestra+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Jan. 19, 1925, p.11. The “Incomparable Royal Six,” led by Eveline Foster, provided both an overture before the film and “the musical setting” — that is, music to accompanying the film itself. A few days later it was a seven-piece orchestra, newly installed in a curtained enclosure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604346933693-UJSH04U515GAAD86NJ7C/1925+March+31+p11+Royal+ad+Scaramouche+%282%29+-+Copy.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, March 31, 1925, p.11. “The rapture of young love against the roar of the French Revolution,” said the press notice. In this case Eveline Foster did not have to improvise. The studio, Metro Pictures Corp., provided exhibitors with a musical score. As an Examiner notice, “ ‘Scaramouche’ Opens to Big Crowds at the Royal,” put it: “The musical accompaniment is written for the production and under Mrs. Foster’s able direction adds much to a perfect evening’s entertainment.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604336926209-WAM8Z6NGQG2YX3MVNVCA/1925+May+23+p15+Capitol+sacred+concert+ad+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, May 23, 1925, p.15. As a regular member of the Capitol Orchestra, Eveline Foster’s name was not in the ad, but a newspaper article mentioned her involvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604352366781-7TUOQ7H4M4B7881K4D8O/1918+July+15+p8+ad+Garden+Party+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, July 15, 1918, p.8. Favoured by perfect weather, “The dance attracted scores of the young people to enjoy the splendid music provided by Mrs. Foster and Miss Florence Gladman.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604352417214-MRXCKOSO5JT6TPIPYSXN/1919+Feb+20+p5+Fenwick+%26+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Feb. 20, 1919, p.5. With mother, Mrs. Agnes Fenwick, providing “the instrumental,” Dorothy Fenwick singing, and Eveline Foster on the violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604352531912-8J77XEHG3QFNWK0YXTHB/1920+March+27+p9+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, March 27, 1920, p.9. Celebrating with Scotsmen (and women?) and playing the latest music as the “Symphony Three.” The Woodmen of the World Hall appears to have been located in the St. Alphonsus Lyceum building on Simcoe St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604352479457-PYV5XRW59D26EKQ5JREV/1920+April+17+p9+Mrs+Foster+at+a+tea+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, April 17, 1920, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604355066336-JIPEEVZWJVG2HX9UE1IC/1919+May+21+p3+Stoney+Lake+trips+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, May 21, 1919, p.3. Excursions by boat to Stoney Lake — often with music on board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/dff51d78-6587-4280-bc0e-eeb94a0bac82/baumer+from+GA+steamer+Stony+Lake+1914+Mrs+E+Baumer+%26+girls+GA+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster - Make it stand out Eveline Foster fondly remembered playing on the lake steamer Stoney Lake. Here it is in 1914, in this case featuring as passengers the family of Peterborough projectionist Emile Baumer. Thanks to Gerry Armstrong, grandson of Emile Baumer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604518674755-KIC9V5JGX8L7SGQMFP44/1920+Oct+16+p8+Mrs+Foster+Trinity+church+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Oct. 16, 1920, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604519075229-8BAS7KU4TLXGIHB54J6R/1922+Nov+4+p8+Mrs+Foster+George+Street+church+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Nov. 4, 1922, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604519161181-9XT236USQWH7X6VYLXZ0/1946+Feb+16+p3+Knox+church+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Feb. 16, 1946, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604519202700-E435DLG0LIKRULO4BT4V/1947+Nov+29+p10+Knox+Church+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, Nov. 29, 1947, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604519783624-U1VVHP7PDOIFNOR12X6X/a1941+May+3+CGE+Musical+Society+detail+NF.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster A portion of the Canadian General Electric Musical Society, 1941. Eveline Foster, front row, middle. For full photo, see below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604519644968-6VW89A1L72JAEV4ROPTM/1941+May+3+CGE+Musical+Society+NF+scan+Mrs.+Foster_0015.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster She played in almost everything going over the years. Here, in the CGE Musical Society, 1941. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520682838-FTVA5QDBLB0U974EAESS/year+unknown+HMS+Pinafore+scan+Mrs.+Foster_0014.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster The Knox United Church Theatre Group, presentation of HMS Pinafore, date unknown (c. early 1950s). Eveline Foster is in the second row, second from the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520054913-9OTHDER3LTRKIXFAGRZE/1950+Feb+6+Banquet+Club+Scan+Mrs.+Foster.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster And she smoked! At annual banquet of the musicians union, Feb. 6, 1950, held at the Aragon Dance Hall, Peterborough. Left to right: Gordon K. Fraser; M.P., Eveline; Mr. Murdock from Toronto, Canadian representative for the union; Mrs. Murdock; and Cecil Searles, secretary of the Peterborough local 191, American Federation of Musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520439564-32ZCSE21XR1IWNMJISDP/1950+March+International+Musician+scan+Mrs.+Foster_0011+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster International Musician, March 1950. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520224787-V2ONOX2CDWR84U9WNCJV/1955+April+International+Musician+p18+re+radio+program+Jan-Feb+2+NF.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster “The Melodic Strings of Peterborough,” International Musician, April 1955, p.18. From an article, “Smaller Ensembles . . . their place in public performance.” Left to right: Olive M. Searles, piano; R. Cecil Searles, violin, leader, and secretary of Local 191; Bernard Holloway, violin; Thomas Smith, cello; Paul Konkle, bass; Eveline M. Foster, violin; George Simmons, violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1610403132561-EUQCX1AO3OB1GXNRAQHJ/1951+April+20+p15+Happy+Daze+minstrel+show+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster Examiner, April 20, 1951, p.15. Back by popular demand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520553315-YNKQMP553VLWI066Q046/1968+March+11+photo+Mrs+Foster+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster The caption does not jell with the story she gave in a 1957 article, in which she said she started violin lessons at seven, piano lessons at nine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1604520888257-1L9CBIXAEWRXMK9T6DBO/1968+March+money+tree+scan+Mrs.+Foster_0012.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster On the occasion of her 80th birthday, a gift of a money tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1606140208333-YSIYNZVWYJ452LCB9ALV/1966+Feb+23+np+Examiner+Ozawa+humbled+scan+NF+Mrs.+Foster_0016.jpg Faces in the Crowd - The Long and Splendid Musical Era of Mrs. Eveline Mary Foster https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/in-search-of-an-elusive-guy-named-george-scott monthly 0.5 2022-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000204440-EQN9OJO9V7F8HU4ORGET/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The American Film Company (AFC), California, camera unit, 1916. Scott is in back row, far right. Courtesy Dana Driskel, University of California at Santa Barbara. This photo also appears in “Flickers and Flashes,” New York Dramatic Mirror, 1 July 1916, 32, and in the Ontario History article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000205497-7HW9XP854RHW6VGMQTH1/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000207642-7C8R03L8C9F5FUQ7P0KT/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000208669-LNHAWMYO0HHS44JIWUNB/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Ontario History, published by the Ontario Historical Society [link], Vol. CXII, No. 1 (Spring 2020), pp.1–25. In case you can’t read the small print at the bottom of the opening page: “Many people helped in the research and writing of this article. I particularly want to thank Paul Moore, David Pfluger, Luke McKernan, Raphaël Millet, Amanda Crocker, Ruth Kuchinad, the anonymous reviewer for Ontario History, and, as always, Ferne Cristall.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000209927-D3HL43V04ZVJZ0U6Q1QE/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story “Floor Covered with Sawdust, Seats Were Planks, in City’s First Play House,” Examiner, Feb. 25, 1939, p.10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000211456-2MMW3KUK5G9ANP9MDUPD/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Ancestry.ca findings in part, thanks to Amanda Crocker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000212814-WISC3W084XT0S2JJJBNA/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Record of his parents’ marriage, in England, 1864. They had been living in India, and moved back there after the wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000213933-RSZ038HJU41ZIO43OYL9/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000214507-PI8B16S8PB2T4EW2G6LJ/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000215757-J1H2Q89RI4OUKPJK5HBX/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story James Scotney George, age nineteen, wins a prize in German in the April 1892 examinations of the Sociey for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, London, 1892. The family moved from India to London in the 1880s. Father Edward Claudius Scotney George died there in 1886. www.jstor.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000216644-DKCQGTITSKWLZF67GZA1/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story A section of a list of “Personnel” in McKernan’s Charles Urban website, <http://www.charlesurban.com/index.html. Terry Ramsaye, also on the list, went on to become a prominent film historian, author, and editor of Motion Picture Herald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000219032-4HJZ96ZXT3G6G18ECOJN/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story McKernan, ed. A Yank in Britain: The Lost Memoirs of Charles Urban, Film Pioneer, p.42. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000220219-URUOGY5IPAZX9D64ARMO/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Phonoscope, May 1897, p.4. Scott began working at Maguire and Baucus in the mid-1890s, and met up with Charles Urban, who came from the United States to work there. In London, under his own name Urban soon started his own company, which became a foremost early film distributor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000222054-5KNG3MO995T8PFRQ7560/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The Charles Urban Trading Company catalogue cover, 1903. Urban would distribute Scott’s Great Toronto Fire. It also distributed the films of Georges Méliès; and Georges’ brother, Gaston, would also be a key factor in Scott’s life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000223503-T4Z802MAQ9HWBW302BMM/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story From Chronology of Japanese Cinema, listings for 1900: “a certain camera operator named George Scott.” It is not known for certain whether or not Scott made this trip. According to his own later account, he travelled a good deal in his early years, as well as later on. Stephen Bottomore refers to Scott and this trip in his dissertation (noted in the sources, above). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000224509-DTN2SQXS53AKYPCNAFWI/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Frames from Great Toronto Fire (1904), Library and Archives Canada, YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000225030-79IWZKDVR1HTDE8KKLWX/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Photographed by Scott, who happened to be in Toronto at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000226764-91NG6DL3NN49HHDGLLAD/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story City of Toronto Directory, 1905, p.834. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000228420-UWFK8UAVDVM20IKDKNPO/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Newmarket Era (Ont.), Sept. 9, 1904, p.7, advertising a showing of the “Great Toronto Fire” on its midway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000229591-NBCYNPVWR70H8JEKLGRF/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story New York Clipper, Dec. 2, 1905, p.1061. The Great Toronto Fire is among films being distributed in the U.S. by Lewis Swaab & Co. It had wide distribution in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. You can still see the film today, on YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000230719-OE76LYWFETOQIYAYP8DT/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story A snip of a letter from Scott to the city to inquire about showing films on Toronto Island. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 688, File 16, Three Communications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000231462-357L2D2ZFA674G7TIGXY/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 23, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000232256-OPABBJXNND2DEVJP1WBW/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Examiner, June 8, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000233817-35JWVEXA21IIOKYKBY2S/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Union Publishing Co.’s Peterborough Directory, 1907, p.31, street listings (George St.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000235400-73PTFQA0SHDSNAPZP3OR/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Peterborough Directory, 1907, p.239. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000237116-ZJPVTTHRNAQTUO7HSJVN/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Peterborough Daily Review, Jan. 26, 1907, p.5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000237950-535DM80H1X0LY6VAPT4R/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Daily Review, Feb. 2, 1907, p.5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000238978-BRX5PCLTJKPG4LX2978E/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Examiner, June 11, 1907, p.11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000240342-B5NYD8WWCJQNB529LLL9/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Peterborough Directory, 1907, p.116. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000241280-CMFGUIOHWFR2G17CC6LE/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Toronto City Directory, 1907, p.952. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000242081-2F4ZZRIHK1B1UHNDEC2E/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Toronto City Directory, 1911, p.107. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000243188-FKV3C5NUSRQBCPCYX2QQ/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, Aug. 3, 1912, p.438. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000244214-WXRSXX0V6XQR9S04BYNM/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story “Melies Globe Trotters Reach Tahiti Islands,” Moving Picture World, Aug. 24, 1912, p.774. Off on this trip; not in this photo, but it indicates he is missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000245504-0WUXXFQEF2CU6VWEX7T9/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, Dec. 14, 1912, p.1061. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000246251-N7DJT0Z16E3Q4CFTSCGY/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, May 17, 1913, p.688. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000247438-MEUXHWG56KRC6YKP5F6T/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, Jan. 17, 1914, p.279. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000248428-6OAGF3VNED56A7GJO4OU/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, Feb. 15, 1913, p.731. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000249806-J96DDQFIE4SU58D5KSBQ/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, May 31, 1913, p.979. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000251503-ZMT15ZFJ1NSDZUJPNOGX/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, Sept. 27, 1913, p.1451. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000252352-S4DYDJGXNHAIMRMO7L7J/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Scott at the camera with Japanese children, c.April 1913. Courtesy of David Pfluger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000253363-DXPG1JLQO8W87XKCOBHT/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story “Real Tales about Reel Folk,” Reel Life, May 29, 1915, p.20. With Thomas H. Ince, said to be the creator of the Hollywood studio system. Scott is third from left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000254108-NLG6BDSN48TT9XYISBTH/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000255636-ZH2USUV09IIVTRC8FXOU/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Theatrical poster, Secret of the Submarine, 1915, IMDb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000257337-K06BS6U7ZC8TESCZ8336/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story “Veteran George Scott,” New York Dramatic Mirror, July 1, 1916, p.32. This article gives a bit of George Scott’s personal background, according to his own account and perhaps embellished. Around 1915—16 the American Film Company lot in Santa Barbara, California, was one of the largest motion picture studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000258978-P5PPKE8FVXM8140PPMHE/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, June 8, 1916, p.1656. Scott is said to have worked on this serial while at the American Film Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000260718-9Y4QYS9TNFZOFHSZGOLY/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture World, July 15, 1916, p.410. For me this was a key article — connecting George Scott of The Great Toronto Fire with the Méliès Company. It also mentions the Charles Urban Company being in Toronto in 1904. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000262211-6WPLJ7F3B9D37KVC4ORT/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000263607-B68XMB4LOEVQSK63A8R7/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Title frame, and, below, credits, from Straight Shooting (1917), from YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000264769-DLZK3TME500A77S6XI83/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Moving Picture Weekly, Aug. 11, 1917, p.19. Scott did the photography on Straight Shooting, the first feature-length picture of renowned director John Ford (billed as Jack Ford on the film), released August 1917 from the Universal studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000266094-QN5EYK3Z55XRF1H0M02H/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000266850-2V4KWGRSMWS6D1UAKL59/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Straight Shooting poster, 1917, Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1589816949038-QA6JCU2YFQX8VF27E0NH/1917+Scott+motionpicturenew+Aug+11+p1017+snip+1.jpg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000276947-PQLPCOJCXQJUMMW18JFS/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Motion Picture News, Aug. 11, 1917, p.1017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000278078-I84UVANG29IL6CDIR0OL/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000279678-RWTKQCL70WI7IUZDUNOA/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Exhibitors Herald and Motography, Aug. 2, 1919, p.39. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000280198-EHTPYM9XZQDKZW9882GO/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Exhibitors Herald and Motography, Aug. 2, 1919, p.40. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000281390-WMZP4G78PM6CQTFLLJY1/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story “Universal’s Cape to Cairo Expedition,” Moving Picture Weekly, July 26, 1919, p.24. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000283162-D5LDB8687D1H0Z1RRCDU/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Film Daily, Oct. 15, 1919, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000283794-OMKPI6VYLVVA9VYMJ9A8/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000284984-TDAMO0CCH2BDI6XL8ACP/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000286257-VBLG17V6KV2MS9M2CZWM/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000287150-3C68VMGQ5J7C8S3UF35X/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Variety, Jan. 25, 1928, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000287859-6EAQ8R0HJMXIJA8SNB5T/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The Lompoc Review, March 20, 1928, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000288626-KSYIRZTDP2N1135B4HEJ/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The Lampoc Review, March 20, 1928, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000289747-Z62YU0LQ7AX4O7CH0N58/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The Lampoc Review, March 20, 1928, np. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000290507-2PEDHWUH33T6SBZICJZS/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Ottawa Journal, Jan. 11, 1929, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000291652-SYRW6SHL4K7LB4XT9MKA/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Motion Picture News, Jan. 19, 1929, p.180. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000293720-IZLR7PFXRMTGYY2V4RSS/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Variety, Jan. 16, 1929, p.59. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000294651-2PG97FYX9UQ7AWN7X85R/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story Although Scott died in L.A., “Find a Grave” has a notice for him in the Pleasant Street Cemetery, Kamloops. The date given is his correct date of death, although his birth date appears to have been unknown to the person who made this entry. His mother and at least three of his siblings had immigrated to Canada around 1900, taking up residence and working a ranch in the Kamloops area. They have a family plot in the cemetery, where his mother and a brother are buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595000295930-U4MB14PAZN5IX8A0C5VV/image-asset.jpeg Faces in the Crowd - In Search of the Elusive George Scott: The Story Behind the Story The headstone reads: “In loving memory of our Dear Mother Louise Nurina George, Born March 18 1843 Died Sept. 3 1904, Good Wife and The Best of Mothers. Widow of Edward C. George Late Presidency Post Master of Benegal India. Photo by Valdine Ciwko. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/walter-curley-noyes monthly 0.5 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/98b193e9-7cf2-4ee9-af88-6bbc0169e94b/1960+Oct+15+p18+Noyes+photo+%282%29.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Walter "Curley" Noyes—A “George Street fixture” - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 15, 1960, p.18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595189026710-RQUU864PHTBHU897B8FE/Noyes+Walter+and+his+sister+Florence+soon+after+their+arrival+in+the+city+courtesy+of+Ivan+Bateman.jpg Faces in the Crowd - Walter "Curley" Noyes—A “George Street fixture” Walter Noyes and his sister Florence soon after their arrival in the city. Courtesy of Ivan Bateman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595189973837-WTBWDXLK7KNNEHD6MDCR/1913+Jan+2+p4+Daily+Review+GOH+Rainey.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Walter "Curley" Noyes—A “George Street fixture” Daily Review, Jan. 2, 1913, p.4. I like to imagine that Curley Noyes was there at the Grand Opera House, helping out, when this $250,000 production, on tour to a few select cities in Canada, played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595190202597-XBUUNSXXBCHQYJ0YZTYN/1961+Aug+Capitol+closes+from+Eric+L+collection+ReFrame+exh+%282%29.JPG Faces in the Crowd - Walter "Curley" Noyes—A “George Street fixture” I am certain he would have been there for this August 1961 closing program. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/Peterborough+Ontario monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/audience monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/diversity monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/feminism monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/theatres monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/other-writing-2/category/class monthly 0.5 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/books daily 0.75 2024-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5d21a061-a4b1-41d0-a367-ead2ecd79ece/LivesOfTheatre_pre-cover.jpg Books - Lives of the Theatres The life and times of theatres in Peterborough, the spaces and places where people saw movies – from the first films shown in 1897 through the Royal, Capitol, Paramount, and Odeon (among many others) to the Galaxy Cinemas of the 21st century. And the repertory theatres, festivals, and non-theatrical showings too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5d21a061-a4b1-41d0-a367-ead2ecd79ece/LivesOfTheatre_pre-cover.jpg Books - Lives of the Theatres The life and times of theatres in Peterborough, the spaces and places where people saw movies – from the first films shown in 1897 through the Royal, Capitol, Paramount, and Odeon (among many others) to the Galaxy Cinemas of the 21st century. And the repertory theatres, festivals, and non-theatrical showings too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/51a8b331-2235-4385-a0bd-b520451477bf/ShowPeople_pre-cover.jpeg Books - Show People Stories about the countless people who went to the “picture show” in Peterborough – and others who made it possible: owners and managers, door attendants, cashiers, ushers and usherettes, projectionists, musicians, and many more. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725308593203-5H4QEI4W8ZI8GHNRMLEC/John+Wadland.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725308593203-5H4QEI4W8ZI8GHNRMLEC/John+Wadland.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725308593212-6XUR72KF67272COAOQX8/Zoe%CC%88+Druick.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725308593884-MUJ8C0KGF25UOM52BPA9/Luke+McKernan.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725308593997-XSV5CRIU191MA5FN43S5/Ian+McKay.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1725732115679-A6QD5DR0RONA720VVP0Y/Groucho+Marx.png Testimonials https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/prologue daily 0.75 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501442602420-2W9M2GPUYWYA64Z1U9B5/George+St.%2C+south+of+Charlotte%2C+1961+RP.jpg Prologue: The Ghosts of Theatres Past https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/4603466f-82fd-4653-b504-a21d5f54387a/1961+July+28+p3+Pbo+in+1898+Hunter+%26+Water+St+John%27s+church+3+%282%29.jpg Prologue: The Ghosts of Theatres Past - Make it stand out Two views of Peterborough in 1898, which would have been just after the first motion pictures began to arrive in town. At top, the corner of Water and Hunter streets, looking west towards Charlotte, including the Imperial Bank of Commerce on the corner to the left, and the Post Office on the right. The bottom photo is of St. John’s Anglican Church, with Hunter Street to the left, at the bottom of the slope. Reproduced in the Examiner, July 28, 1961, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600604047132-SDH8AONN5W7992JHMVE8/Regent+Th+2.jpg Prologue: The Ghosts of Theatres Past The old Bank of Toronto (later Toronto-Dominion) at the corner of Hunter and George, with the Regent sign peaking out near the top left corner. Courtesy Trent Valley Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1586185867578-GY2VZ67UQ3288CWQTQNL/2019+April+8+Examiner+article+photo+3+Clifford+Skarstedt.jpg Prologue: The Ghosts of Theatres Past The would-be author, in front of Hobart’s Steakhouse, which then became El Toro. From 1929 to 1949 it was the site of the Regent motion picture theatre. Photo by Clifford Skarstedt, Examiner, spring 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1504278781536-4A42QHOADOID1446UI6C/image-asset.jpeg Prologue: The Ghosts of Theatres Past Examiner, Aug. 30, 1924. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-1 daily 0.75 2022-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501780574341-K4JO0CHCMGT2XKDP169J/Impact+1+20170803_075232.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/47c930a7-432b-4aa9-a0b2-926f332b1c80/1909+June+16+p7+Exam+Pbo+pic+shows+2+%282%29.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going - Make it stand out Peterborough Examiner, June 16, 1909, p.7. At this time, with motion pictures in their infancy, Peterborough had two dedicated theatres, the Crystal and the Royal (plus the Grand Opera House), with more to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1502981310371-L6C4G1XWFSP3W1OFHS7Q/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1602858398408-HTEBPSMQSX4WXXFU7TA7/1950+Feb+11+p4+The+Marchbanks+Correspondence+%282%29+again.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going From around the time I started going to movies: the Examiner editor (1942—63), playwright and novelist Robertson Davies, liked going too; and he had a good sense of the clichéd niceties of plot. “The Marchbanks Correspondence,” Peterborough Examiner, Feb. 11, 1950, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1503088988258-D9QGM5V97M80YP7T84UX/p38107_p_v8_aa%5B1%5D.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600532448933-JKAECNEBX8LNMA5GGVG8/1940+Jan+3+p11+cartoon+Dagwood+movie+%282%29.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 3, 1940, p.11. What’s on at the movies? Even Dagwood wants to know. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599398811806-C4X0CYWSRSBWZ4XSIXWF/1953+February+p12+photoplay+lets+go+to+movies.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Photoplay, February 1953, p.12. My movie-going experience began in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when it seemed that “going to the movies” was simply the best thing to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1629398718296-MFX2V0O87VLT08LNEJAP/1948+Feb+10+p9+old+people+go+to+movie+Cauley+%282%29.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 10, 1948, p.9. This fascinating little article offers a glimpse of people who either could not afford to go to the show, or were not physically able to do so. Sometimes people needed help getting there. It’s hard to believe, given the increase in attendance in the 1940s, that someone had never even been to the pictures before. Anson House was a Protestant “old folks home.” The House of Refuge (a provincially mandated county-built and operated long-term care facility), in Lakefield, and Providence House, 364 Rogers (Roman Catholic) were institutions for the needy and aged. The movie they got to see that afternoon? Welcome Stranger (1947) with Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, and Barry Fitzgerald, along with a couple of short subjects: George Pal Puppetoons and Sponge Divers, with the Latest Canadian Metro News. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617585677577-7KTKOKDZZB8UVBURSV9F/1+P-14-010-1+%28George+Street+at+Charlotte+-+Looking+north%29+Centre+%282%29.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going George Street, looking north from Charlotte Street, mid-August 1954, around the time I was going to movies as a youngster. If you look closely you can see the Centre Theatre up the street on the right, with a marquee advertising Crossed Swords, with Errol Flynn and Gina Lollobrigida. Peterborough Museum and Archives, P-14-010-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1558959509316-KYQ7TQNHAFPLERRRZHOM/1908+Sept+19+p1+Pappas+ad.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Downtown cigar merchant Mehail Pappakeriazes — known around town as Mike Pappas — established one of the first standalone motion picture theatres in Peterborough: The Royal (1908—25). This ad was in the Examiner, July 1908, p.1, not long before the theatre opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1558960632826-B522IZCA0934SOK7KLUV/1897+Jan+22.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Evening Examiner, Jan. 22,1897. The motion pictures arrive at Peterborough’s Bradburn’s Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f4c414e2-d383-4624-836c-4f40c282ea17/1913+Jan+15+p2+Review+mvg+pic+show+poem+%282%29.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going - Make it stand out Evening Review, Jan. 15, 1913, p.2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1558963650985-X7QJMDDBT0OKNF1K5E5X/1913+December+p90+Mtn+Pic+Story+Mag+take+us+in.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going “Please, Mister, Take Us In?” The motion picture habit develops early. Motion Picture Magazine, December 1913, p.90. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1558963273667-WN9QU6VN07DEL4U3TF4N/1921+July+28+p6+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+do+you+like+Pbo+2.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Peterborough Weekly Review, July 28, 1921, p.6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1634931433695-CD3W5DQG0SR7H5IG4MN4/1954+Oct+8+p8+Here+to+Eternity+plus+local+merchants+%282%29.JPG Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going - Make it stand out A remarkable trend with the downturn in movie attendance in the 1950s was the continual tie-in of the movie theatres with local merchants. This image represents ony a half-page of the offerings on this occasion. Examiner, Oct. 8, 1954, p.8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600953050572-SBTKZTE6Q1WE8FKDKAEW/1949+Dec+3+p15+Pbo+lkg+back+map+whole+3.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1600953074875-CDB76J9MMJ75UJI6QB5A/1949+Dec+3+p15+Pbo+lkg+back+map++amusemts+detail+7.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going Examiner, Dec. 3, 1949, p.15. Above, a detail from the map as a whole (left). An interesting mapping of the city’s history — “A Century of Progress” — from 1850 to 1950. The detail above features some of the historic marks of the “amusements.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1558961811364-S4QC9O9CY0GZTR52GQOV/CI+George+Street+with+banner+1984+Examiner+photos+TVA+2.jpg Chapter 1 - From Here to Eternity: Memories of Movie-Going George Street, Peterborough, 1984. Examiner photos, F340, Trent Valley Archives. Thanks to John Wadland. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-09-12 https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-2 daily 0.75 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501780795418-EANKUS3NS4BLYYX75III/CinematographeProjection--+from+Peter+Steven.png Chapter 2 - The Early Years: Peterborough in Wonderland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1502981439702-YI53B82LR3CIZ9Q5XHPP/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 2 - The Early Years: Peterborough in Wonderland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559670132210-YJX8RQUCOB90YCHH3OLR/1896+Lumiere+Cuirassiers+%C3%A0+cheval+snip.JPG Chapter 2 - The Early Years: Peterborough in Wonderland What those spectators saw: the “Cuirassiers à cheval,” from the Lumière brothers’ Cinématographe films, from Lyon, France, 1896. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-3 daily 0.75 2021-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501792927425-AZC58COZRNI6MAYLYLNX/Charlotte+St.+postcard%2C+clock+tower+in+background+%28TVA%29+%282%29.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619117223731-T5SAM4JZSWW3GEXNJC54/1905%2BApril%2B12%2Bp2%2B%25282%2529.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Examiner, April 12, 1905, p.2. Preparation for summer amusements at the park, though no hint yet of “moving pictures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619118542515-7OOZVCWGP45LTQI9V5LA/1905%2BAug%2B3%2Bp1%2BMT%2B5000%2Bpeople%2Btop%2B%25282%2529.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Morning Times, Aug. 3, 1905, p.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619116209846-AXW2UR4HGWOAK24CR3Y1/F148_file350_Charlotte_Street_postcard001.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Streetcars on Charlotte, some of which made their way to Jackson Park. Clock Tower in background. Trent Valley Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1591995734409-BOL4NOUBE85Q2EQE0VK3/Pagoda+Jackson+Park+c.1930+TVA.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619182075556-3UPMTENXU5JW3MTKR0N6/1906%2BJuly%2B21%2Bp8%2BEve%2BExam%2BNovelties%2Bcrop%2B%25282%2529.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Evening Examiner, July 17, 1906, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619182208592-JISTNTAZTJS9QNQ6PS8B/1907%2BJuly%2B9%2BJackson%2BPark%2Bpictures%2Bstory.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Examiner, July 9, 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1619182394675-DWWXZCBIXUOQMCYBVUVX/1908%2BJune%2B26%2Bp4.jpg Chapter 3 - Moonlight, Music, and Motion Pictures in the Park Motion pictures at the park continued for several years. Examiner, June 26, 1908, p.8. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-4 daily 0.75 2019-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501780870669-E4Z2263KBJ9YPBWW3ERU/Crystal+front%2C+with+Shepperleys+%28MS%29.jpg Chapter 4 - The Electric Theatre and Modern Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1502981914777-KX5EASI80QRB89KL7FU5/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 4 - The Electric Theatre and Modern Life Examiner, July 30, 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559670956808-JQ4RABJXFH71EA3PZGNZ/1907+July+25+p8+Wonderland+opens+1+%282%29.JPG Chapter 4 - The Electric Theatre and Modern Life Evening Examiner, July 25, 1907, p.8. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-5 daily 0.75 2020-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501792353596-FWAAPGNMVV10WC79ZOF0/Royal+Theatre+1.jpg Chapter 5 - From Bradburn to Turner to Pappas: Opera Houses and the Royal Treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1502982010757-BMG7RDQU5TW2LB1HUBM2/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 5 - From Bradburn to Turner to Pappas: Opera Houses and the Royal Treatment Peterborough Review, Oct. 31, 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559671643230-ADAWJ4YG8PJFT278M78G/1905+March+31+p4+Pbo+Wkly+Rev+op+house+needed+4.jpg Chapter 5 - From Bradburn to Turner to Pappas: Opera Houses and the Royal Treatment Peterborough Weekly Review, March 31, 1905, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1539817056138-8RV7H7IXLLLUXJTUGN6Q/1907+Sept+23+np+GOH+Evil+Men+Do.JPG Chapter 5 - From Bradburn to Turner to Pappas: Opera Houses and the Royal Treatment https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-6 daily 0.75 2019-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501780533130-RIERT2KSXLJ2MDPG2JCH/Vorse+Picture+Show+Audiences.jpg Chapter 6 - The Early 1910s: New Features in a Dramatized Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1502982234986-C94NLQJ36VOQ525MBGU5/image-asset.jpeg Chapter 6 - The Early 1910s: New Features in a Dramatized Society Mary Vorse, with drawings by Wladyslaw T. Benda, “Some Picture Show Audiences,” Outlook, 1911. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1539817696964-0PXGHCO5QNALI2KDYDQV/1911+Jan+9+p8+Royal+ad+goats.JPG Chapter 6 - The Early 1910s: New Features in a Dramatized Society Examiner, Jan. 9, 1911, p.8. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-7 daily 0.75 2017-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501792428335-8T4XEQALWTTIG6BL8FDL/Empire+Theatre%2C+C.R.+Banks%2C+in+Overland+car%2C+with+children%2C+early+1920s.jpg “No More Dark Night” – Building the Motion Picture Habit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1503089061684-SVWA788O924INYGV3X10/1913+Dec+9+p1+three+th+ads+Great+Pearl.JPG “No More Dark Night” – Building the Motion Picture Habit Examiner, Dec. 9, 1913. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-8 daily 0.75 2020-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501792490225-N2VJLD6HEBDMGP3RPHFY/Royal+Theatre%2C+newsboys+%28MS%29+%5BRP%5D.jpg Chapter 8 - War, “The Empire,” and “Unusual Thrills” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1590324117845-IRTY0CW07ZU02I1XQ7TB/1915+Recruitment+Rally%2C+from+I+Grew+Up+Facebook+page+from+Gina+Basciano+Martin.jpg Chapter 8 - War, “The Empire,” and “Unusual Thrills” Recruitment rally, Armouries, Peterborough, 1915. Source unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1503089166883-7K3HBJHSN8K8HDL5TL27/1915+Sept+10+ads+5+theatres+p11.JPG Chapter 8 - War, “The Empire,” and “Unusual Thrills” Examiner, Sept. 10, 1915. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-9 daily 0.75 2020-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501792634497-OUHJRE24D8X9754VFP9V/F50+5.106+Grand+Opera+House+exterior+%28Jones+%23176%29+RP.jpg Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595187295358-8EGJK55SN6F0B2EDF1RV/1918+Dec+24+p7+GOH+attractions+%282%29.JPG Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age Filmic (and war) plus vaudeville attractions at the Grand Opera House. Examiner, Dec. 24, 1918, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595187477599-DGYQJ2CUHELN7BSEM5M0/1918+May+18+p3+moviegoing+%282%29.JPG Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age Fantasy or Realism? — youthful moviegoing. Examiner, May 18, 1918, p.3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595187788342-COA3AP13KNGFHHUSYZGC/1920+April+1+p12+Tyrone+Power+%282%29.JPG Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, April 1, 1920, p.12. Tyrone Power, the senior, father of movie star Tyrone Power; and a rare Canadian production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595188019508-4NOYKJRYEBVB5HEUQ7W2/1920+May+21+p12+GOH+Tyrone+Power+%282%29.JPG Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age A return engagement. Examiner, May 21, 1920, p.12. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1595188137232-B2597DMQIWSGP6TI8EH5/1918+Dec+24+p7+Empire+Bessie+Love+%282%29.JPG Chapter 9 - The Post-War Years: Entering the Corporate Age Examiner, Dec. 24, 1918, p.7. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-10 daily 0.75 2017-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1501780489369-UED5TY73W7Z6EKSA0EK5/McCarthy+Kathleen+from+Examiner+30+April+2016.jpg Chapter 10 - The “Age of Amusement” – from Silent to Sound, and a Writer Called Jeanette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1512918475320-WKP2GMEYGQLVC2Q8SEUG/1924+Feb+23+pt+2+p11.JPG Chapter 10 - The “Age of Amusement” – from Silent to Sound, and a Writer Called Jeanette Examiner, Feb. 23, 1924. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/chapter-11 daily 0.75 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534811052473-UXI08XJLSMPYGOMIVZQ1/1927+Capitol%2C+with+Al+Sharpe%27s+store+snip.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534812076217-NG44FV17JKWOURW5S9D3/1929+June+8+talkies+snip.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1559648475423-9NONLXFPNDW3LRCA1GUD/1930+Aug+11+p9+Capitol+Show+Girl+%282%29.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression Capitol Theatre ad, Peterborough Examiner, Aug. 11, 1930, p.9. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534879569061-4I3Q4Q4L0M4DVBE9HD8A/1929+June+7+p7+Capitol+The+Barker.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression Peterborough Examiner, June 7, 1929, marking the end of the silent film era at the Capitol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534880670879-H4STUJ5RPSXA3SDPHDZE/1929+June+8+p13+talkies+ad+pt2+%282%29.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression Peterborough Examiner, June 8, 1929. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534811867175-OOFXA91R5RNSG7537XQ6/1929+June+8+p7+talkies+pt+4+Stewart.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression "Long Heralded Talkies Ready at the Capitol, Peterborough Examiner, June 8, 1927. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1534812887500-681NQ55ETZIHF3XZBFFN/flashy+new+Capitol+sign.JPG Chapter 11: “Our Screen Will Be Heard”: The Talkies . . . and the Great Depression The flashy new Capitol sign, c.1930s. https://peterboroughmoviehistory.com/introduction daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a86e9456-6a9b-4b18-beb8-576b62183e57/George+St+theatre+row+Mangano+film+August+1954+P-12-880-1.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5044f44f-ce02-4d54-a983-0c0c2baa694a/1929+July+3+p12+Pbo+always+amusements+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, July 3, 1929, p.12. Although the article has no byline, it was almost certainly written by Cathleen McCarthy, who also wrote movie reviews under the penname of “Jeanette.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1f06d427-1231-4ec2-ac04-f0696fb4561e/1911+Aug+12+np+Pbo+main+Street+Royal+Princess+ad+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out The business and theatre district in 1911, looking south on George Street to the Clock Tower at the corner of George and Charlotte. The Grand Opera House was in the block below Charlotte St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/a86e9456-6a9b-4b18-beb8-576b62183e57/George+St+theatre+row+Mangano+film+August+1954+P-12-880-1.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Peterborough’s “theatre row,” George St. south of Charlotte, August 1954. Peterborough Museum and Archives, P-12-880-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6e20c55f-1430-4074-ae03-3d0a2e454c62/1962+May+14+p22+Paramount+%26+Odeon+guarantee+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Peterborough Examiner, May 14, 1962, p.22. Theatres that come with a guarantee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1576446442080-LHL12IDMPL7NQG70TAEN/DSC08242+ReFrame+festival.JPG Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Rewind: The Electric City Goes to the Movies. The ReFrame film history committee in 2014: from left to right, back row: Michael Eamon, Robert Clarke, Richard Peachey, John Wadland; front row, Eric Lehman, Briar Sutherland, Krista English. Missing: Mickey Renders, Brittany Cadence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1587913570893-TDJH82J3WCA6AF07JPRY/Reframe+exhibit+bldg.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" The ReFrame anniversary exhibit takes over the ground floor of the historic Turner Building, corner of George and King, next to the Venue (once the Paramount), 2014. This same building was once neighbour to the Grand Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b770e055-00e7-4059-a751-1bbcb88c9875/ReFrame+project+TV+Gazette+2014+%282%29.JPG Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out The origin of this seemingly never-ending project. And I’m still working on Cathleen McCarthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1601394417532-14OGLEL1Q6T80LDOPOFT/1949+Dec+3+p15+Pbo+lkg+back+map++amusemts+detail+7.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" A detail from a larger image, “Peterborough, 1850—1950: A Century of Progress,” by artist Gord Bailey, Examiner, Dec. 3, 1949, p.15: mapping just a few of the amusement-history highlights, including the first motion pictures, 1897, and alongside that, the first television demonstration (presumably in town), 1949. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/47d33a95-2ec7-4511-83b0-a4c2e881ff54/1957+Oct+12+p7+drive-in+last+night+Capitol+Odeon+Paramount+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 12, 1957, p.7. Three movie theatres, a drive-in (closing for the season), radio, and there is always Bingo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5c629983-1948-4536-a536-c47cd50056c9/Canadianfilm.ca+logo.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1597245333916-RW0HYXSG9JD729NDXYBM/1909+Dec+31+MPW+p958+image+on+the+screen.JPG Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Moving Picture World, Dec. 31, 1909, p.958. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/df528a8c-1514-4ccb-bb8b-28c4a9e54694/1915+April+23+p8+Review+With+the+movies+headline.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Peterborough Daily Review, April 23, 1915, p.8. This was during a period in which the word “movie” was spanking new — and under suspicion as being not quite serious enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/6ed62c14-1dfe-4760-8fe0-d98d89384d01/1948+July+30+p4+Alpha+column+theatres+in+Pbo+drive+in+larger+%283%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out In the late 1940s, for a brief time, Peterborough had five and a half movie theatres downtown (counting the soon to arrive drive-in on the Lakefield Road). “Alfa,” Examiner, July 30, 1948, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/64a73a0e-7c12-4e26-adc3-4cb9c3c8eca8/1961+Nov+24+p4+letter+names+of+theatres+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Nov. 24, 1961, p.4. An excellent starting list. There were indeed a few others — and it was the “Empire,” not the “Empress” — but it is heartening to know that remembering the theatres of the past is not an entirely lonely pursuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5736eae0-ab77-456a-90ce-0b71c7184f52/1962+March+24+p20+film+council+film+festival+2+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, March 24, 1962, p.20. The earliest of the city’s film festivals. It was not all about movie theatres. In 1962 the Peterborough Film Council presented its 12th annual festival, held in Queen Mary Public School Auditorium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/dc72300a-bbe1-4cf6-bd8e-e772e0c7e0b3/1962+Feb+21+p30+Odeon+Paramount+two+theatres+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 21, 1962, p.30. After the 1961 closure of the Capitol, Peterborough’s two theatres, both managed by Odeon Theatres Canada. There was, apparently, a choice: the “Big Show Playhouse” or “Your Best Show Value” (with double features). The management asked: “Do you prefer to see one big movie at a time or a couple on the same program?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1576674750915-7YNNBTM8YR1A229YPTZ4/1950s+M+Howe+Centre+Theatre+v2+%282%29.jpeg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Margaret Howe, at the Centre Theatre box office. Courtesy Bob Howe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1622587075337-EE3HE88G1RAZ6PS3KQ1J/1904+March+28+p4+Pbo+Exam+46+nights.JPG Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Peterborough Evening Examiner, March 28, 1904, p.4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1617637158492-3EASIB029EHJX32JSJ1H/1939+Feb+28+Centre+Th+Payne%27s+Coffee+%282%29.JPG Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Examiner, Feb. 28, 1939, p.11. Before there was popcorn you could always grab some pie after going to the theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1599080748627-Y3UPMD78ZNU4DHFXMT72/1915+Dec+17+p4+Red+Mill+Royal+Empire+%26+Tiz+It+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" Examiner, Dec. 17, 1915, p.4. In the mid-1910s downtown Peterborough had four dedicated motion picture theatres (often presenting vaudeville acts as well) — and the Grand Opera House also screened films regularly. With three out of these four theatres advertising Chaplin films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/1fed98e9-2f04-451a-8a24-dbd71a75a5c3/1949+Aug+8+p7+Odeon+Impact+%283%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Aug. 8, 1949, p.7. Lasting movie memories . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/20bbc1f3-b799-4128-96e0-80ae57cca034/1958+April+11+p7+moviexaminer+Indians+crop+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, April 11, 1958, p.7. A much too well-worn formula. The “Moviexaminer” column began to appear regularly in late 1957. The initials “J.W.S.” appeared at the end of the article. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/b12c14a5-3ded-49db-a48b-4ffefebe6c35/1958+Jan+10+p7+Odeon+kids+Gene+Autry+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Jan. 10, 1958, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/655db037-8914-484c-8561-1bc74059843b/1958+Feb+14+p7+Odeon+kids+Indians+%283%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 14, 1958, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/e3d3231e-ad6d-4bdb-823f-b10d40ecf70b/1958+April+11+p7+Odeon+kids+War+Paint+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, April 11, 1958, p.7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/c8d553d5-104b-486a-b56b-a1e2dff054a0/1958+July+11+p7+moviexaminer+crop+open+season+on+Apaches+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, July 11, 1958, p.7. A regular local review column, “Moviexaminer,” by a staffer. The reviewer recognizes the conventional Western scenarios amidst the entertainment, but has no opinion, it seems, on the offensive treatment of Indigenous peoples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/5e97f618-ac0a-4b96-9926-6deb59f9d71c/1960+Feb+25+p31+Indians+get+raw+deal+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 25, 1960, p.31. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/14a35608-8092-476e-a68d-41e5ebcdc1e1/1962+Sept+5+p28+Movie+TV+Indians+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 5, 1962, p.28. It was not exactly a hidden critique. From time to time articles like these. from 1960 and 1962, would appear in the newspaper to raise the issue of misrepresentation of indigenous peoples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/f363f57a-391a-49fe-a19a-dc4cfedfa723/1962+Sept+6+p4+horrible+editorial+TV+Indian+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Sept. 6, 1962, p.6. The Examiner editor’s response to the issues raised in the article “Movie, TV Indians Said Leaving Bad Impression” was essentially: let’s just leave it as it is. After all, these characters are treated in the same way as are lawyers and doctors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/07ef4d0c-9822-48fc-86d0-5db0de89e671/1963+Feb+28+p19+Canada+had+virgin+lands+top+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Feb. 28, 1963, p.19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/61997af5-e116-4223-9ffb-152c32f83bd2/Barrie%27s+Roof+crop+27+Jan+1960+Paramount+Odeon+Capitol+The+Prodigal+Lana+Turner+PMA+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out A view from on high of Peterborough’s “Theatre Row,” January 1960. Looking south down George Street, from a perspective up in the Market Hall building on the northeast corner of Charlotte and George. The Capitol, Odeon, and Paramount theatres lined up in a busy downtown. The Capitol is screening The Prodigal, with Lana Turner. From the early days of “opera houses” and the advent of motion picture theatres in 1907, the downtown area was the centre of social and cultural activity – and, despite suburbanization and the loss of these particular movie theatres as fixtures, it remains so today. Still, the city’s distinctive “Theatre Row” itself had only a few more years of life. Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/7f5a0d56-44a6-44b7-bd0b-0bc162dfa0b0/1964+May+16+p5+movie+houses+filling+Tom+Jones+pic+2+%283%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, May 16, 1964, p.5. TV, postwar suburbanization, and other cultural shifts did not destroy moviegoing, although audiences had declined from the heights of the 1940s. New cinematic styles and (among other things) an “accent on sex,” as exhibited in Tom Jones (U.K.,1963), helped. The audience tended to be youthful, and favourite film fare less than highbrow: the most popular movies of the 1960s in Peterborough were Elvis Presley pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/597b24ddcd0f68aa80828196/863b375a-27e6-4f04-98e8-6a781dbe1e29/1961+Oct+2+p24+drive+in+Paramount+Odeon+film+society+%282%29.jpg Introduction to "Packed to the Doors" - Make it stand out Examiner, Oct. 2, 1961, p.24. With the closing of the Capitol in August 1961, Peterborough had only two downtown theatres (operated by the same company), along with a drive-in (which closed for the season after a midnight show on Oct. 8). But it also had a short-lived film society, which would screen a film a month for the next eight months.