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12/7/2010 - Doug Taylor
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The Park Theater closed in 1955 and the admission I believe was either $. 14 or $. 19. The theater showed Old Movies and Class B movies. A sister and brother, Maude and Louie Sprike from Belmont, owned the theater and in 1955 they was in their mid 70's, which might have contributed to the closing of the theater.
I remember Maude running the ticket booth and Louie running the projectors. They always had somebody selling candy. Bob Rowe was one of those kids. My brother Mick and I met Bob about 2 years ago and spent better part of the afternoon across the Street from the Old Park Theater in a coffee shop reminiscing about the theater.
I wish I would have taken better notes, as Bob passed away about a year ago. Bob grew up a few blocks from our house and his mother was a Cub Scout Pack Mother and my oldest brother Jim was in that pack. Bob was a few years older than Jim. Bob Rowe retired as a Grand Rapids Policeman, but one very interesting thing about Bob is he had the second largest collection of movie wardrobe in the world, only second to Debbie Reynolds collection.
Bob was the unofficial Historian of the Park Theater and I'm sure Maude and Louie are proud of him. After Bob retired from the GR Police Dept. , he moved to Pioche, NV. where he started his wardrobe collection.
I just moved to the U. P. of Michigan and still have stuff stored away. When I find the pictures of the theater in the next few days, I will post them also.
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11/29/2010 - Doug Taylor
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John the Park Theater is still at 433 North Park St. and the American Legion is still down the Street where it has been forever. I use to go to the Theater when I was a kid. I will gather all my history I have on the Park Theater and post it as soon as I find it. My brother and I meet with Bob Rowe a couple of years ago.
He was the historian of the place for years, as he worked there as a kid. My brother said he just passed away almost a year ago. Bob lived in Arizona I believe? I also worked in the mid 60's at the Shell Station just 2 business to the east, after the theater closed and was going to rent one of the 2 apartments upstairs, but was told they were cold in the winter. Winter Winter Wonderland, You have the wrong theater.
Your thinking of the Star Theater and you got the wrong photo up there. I will post story and pictures as soon as I find my info. Doug Taylor.
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10/10/2010 - John
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According to the variance of searches done on this address, this building is either long gone, or an American Legion.
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9/9/2007 - WinterWinterWonderland
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The last movie I saw there was B&W: The Big Shoot in August 2004 when they let me make my own movie. The movie theater closed after Boy: Luna Satin released on August 25, 2004. It''s no fun.
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