|
|||
Information for this tour was contributed by Dave Felthous. Opened by Sterling Theaters in 1951 next to the year-old Northgate Shopping Center, the Northgate Theater has 1,300 seats, the back portion in a stadium-style level that extends over the sloped-ceiling lobby. Because the area was largely undeveloped at the time, locals wondered at the wisdom of building such a large theater in an unpopulated place. ("Who's going to drive all the way out there to go to a movie?") But time proved Sterling right; the Northgate became very popular and was a mainstay of the chain for many years. Initially a second-run theater, the Northgate converted to first-run films in 1966 with Cary Grant's final film, Walk Don't Run.
May 2005 photos from the Adam Martin collection. 2002 photos from the Matt Lutthans collection.
Return to the top of this page or Return to the main page
|
The content of this website is a research work in progress and is being provided to the public for informational purposes only. As such, articles may contain errors, bias, duplication, or need to be cleaned up. Some documents, images and logos contained in these documents belong to various organizations and corporations. Their inclusion here is for the benefit of the reader and for the benefit of the particular organization, but they are, in fact, the copyrighted property of those organizations. Their presence here does not imply any endorsement of CinemaTour by those organizations. CinemaTour is not affiliated with any cinema or circuit. © 1995-2024 Vision Entertainment Services. All rights reserved. www.cinematour.com :: 0.64 MB :: 6.52 MB |