Located in the same downtown block of Elm Street as the Majestic
Theater and the Melba Theater (later Capri), this Interstate Theater
operated theatre opened in 1937 and had a small box office opening on
the street that led into what appeared to be an office building. The
entry off Elm Street ran straight to the rear of the house. There were
no distinguishing decorations inside that I recall (dating back to the
1960’s), but it was obviously one of Interstate’s crown jewels. There
was a large, vertical sign on the front.
It played many hard ticket, reserved seat bookings, including “Exodus” in 1960 and “Cleopatra” in 1963.
The Tower Theater was closed in 1970 and the building was remodeled, the theater house portion became an entry mall that faces the street behind the building – Pacific Avenue. The building has been closed, but is due (in 2008) for remodeling into condo and apartments in the next couple of years.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19850
INTERESTING,THAT,OSWALD,THE SUPPOSED,ASSASSIN, OF, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,WAS,CAPTURED,IN, A MOVIE THEATRE, SHOWING,'WAR IS HELL'...
MAYBE,SOME, CONSPIRACY, THEORISTS,HAVE,TOUCHED, ON, THE TRUTH?.
CHICAGO MOBSTERS, ARE, CONSTANTLY,REFERENCED,AS,BEING,RESPONSIBLE,
ALONG,WITH,THE CROSS DRESSING HEAD, OF, AMERICA'S, F B I.
BUT,WHY,DID,OSWALD,RUN, INTO, A THEATRE?...
WERE,A BUNCH, OF,ACTORS,FRIENDS,INVOLVED..WHO, KNOWS?..
MAYBE, AN, INVESTIGATION,INTO,TOURING, THEATRE GROUPS, COULD, UNEARTH,
SOME,LIKELY,CANDIDATES? ...FOR,THE MISSING HOBO?...FROM, THE GRASSY KNOLL..
NIGHTMARE ,ON ,ELM ST?.
It played many hard ticket, reserved seat bookings, including “Exodus” in 1960 and “Cleopatra” in 1963.
The Tower Theater was closed in 1970 and the building was remodeled, the theater house portion became an entry mall that faces the street behind the building – Pacific Avenue. The building has been closed, but is due (in 2008) for remodeling into condo and apartments in the next couple of years.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19850
INTERESTING,THAT,OSWALD,THE SUPPOSED,ASSASSIN, OF, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,WAS,CAPTURED,IN, A MOVIE THEATRE, SHOWING,'WAR IS HELL'...
MAYBE,SOME, CONSPIRACY, THEORISTS,HAVE,TOUCHED, ON, THE TRUTH?.
CHICAGO MOBSTERS, ARE, CONSTANTLY,REFERENCED,AS,BEING,RESPONSIBLE,
ALONG,WITH,THE CROSS DRESSING HEAD, OF, AMERICA'S, F B I.
BUT,WHY,DID,OSWALD,RUN, INTO, A THEATRE?...
WERE,A BUNCH, OF,ACTORS,FRIENDS,INVOLVED..WHO, KNOWS?..
MAYBE, AN, INVESTIGATION,INTO,TOURING, THEATRE GROUPS, COULD, UNEARTH,
SOME,LIKELY,CANDIDATES? ...FOR,THE MISSING HOBO?...FROM, THE GRASSY KNOLL..
NIGHTMARE ,ON ,ELM ST?.
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