1952 Movie Program
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Historic Theatres in Tampa
- Alcazar Theatre
- Bonita Theatre
- Broadway Theatre
- Carver Theatre
- Casino Theatre
- Cazin Theatre (1st)
- Cazin Theatre (2nd)
- Central Theatre
- Cinema Theatre
- Crescent Theatre
- Cuba Theatre
- Dreamland Theatre
- Eden Theatre
- Electric Theatre
- Falk Theatre
- Favorite Theatre
- Florida Theatre (1st)
- Florida Theatre (2nd)
- Franklin Theatre
- Garden Theatre
- Gasparilla Theatre
- Grand Theatre
- Greeson Theatre
- Howard Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
- Iris Theatre
- Kinodrome Theatre
- La Grande Theatre
- Lincoln Theatre
- Maceo Theatre
- Majestic Theatre (1st)
- Majestic Theatre (2nd)
- Montgomery Theatre
- New Kinodrome Theatre
- New Palace Theatre
- New Prince Theatre
- Nickelodeon Theatre
- Northtown Theatre
- Orpheum Theatre (1st)
- Orpheum Theatre (2nd)
- Palace Theatre
- Palma Ceia Theatre
- Park Theatre
- Pathe Theatre
- Poinciana Theatre
- Prince Theatre
- Rex Theatre
- Rialto Theatre
- Ritz Theatre
- Roxy Theatre
- Royal Theatre (1st)
- Royal Theatre (2nd)
- Sans Souci Theatre (1st)
- Sans Souci Theatre (2nd)
- Seminole Theatre
- Springs Theatre
- State Theatre
- Strand Theatre
- Tampa Theatre (1st)
- Tampa Theatre (2nd)
- Vaudette Theatre
- Venus Theatre
- Victory Theatre
- Westown Theatre
6 comments:
Listed in the 1950 Film Daily Yearbook...MacDill and S. Carlos (San Carlos?)...548 seats.
What a wonderful family movie theatre for South Tampa kids.....our parents felt safe to drop us off for the Sat.matinee cartoons...later in our Wilson Jr. High days it was a meeting place for "wanna be" couples ...too young for real car dates. great memories of innocent times..
A good photo is available through the USF library ..look for Robertson and Fresh Collection of Tampa Photographs......
Harriette Plant High Class of 55
This theatre was also the original home of the Palma Ceia Methodist Church, started more than 60 years ago. Pastor Paul Wagner and church leaders would meet every Sunday morning to sweep up popcorn boxes, etc. before they could hold services.
When the congregation moved to Bay to Bay & Dale Mabry and built its sanctuary, the leaders designed it with movie-style seats instead of traditional pews -- as a salute to the church's founding at P.Ceia Theatre.
After the theater closed, it was the meeting hall for the Mason's for many years. They kept many of the original seats and the basic layout was the same. Only recently has it been converted into law offices.
My dad managed that theater went we first moved to Tampa. 1955.....? Brother was usher and I was a regular pest with free range of the place. Great memories there.
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