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Village Theatre on Spadina Road—Toronto

April 21, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Village Theatre at 418 Spadina Road in Forest Hill Village (Spadina Village) was a gem in the heart of a small business community that

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Toronto’s old Shea’s Victoria Theatre

April 17, 2015 johndougtaylor

Shea’s Victoria Theatre in 1955. Photo from the Baldwin Collection, Toronto Reference Library S 1-3287 In the early decades of the 20th century, the name

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Toronto’s old Princess Theatre

March 22, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Princess Theatre on November 18, 1930. City of Toronto Archives, Salmon Collection, Series 1278 File 136. In 1880, a grand theatre opened in Toronto

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Toronto’s old Grant Theatre-Post II

March 16, 2015 johndougtaylor

                Grant Theatre in 1936. City of Toronto Archives, SC 488-1146 Of all the theatres explored in my posts, my fondest memories are of

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Toronto’s old Odeon Danforth Theatre—Post 11

March 11, 2015 johndougtaylor

Odeon Danforth Theatre, the film “Jassy” on the marquee. Released in 1947, it was a drama about an English squire and his daughter’s friendship with

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Toronto’s Paradise Theatre—Part II

March 7, 2015 johndougtaylor

                      Paradise Theatre c. 1946. Ontario Archives During the summer of 2014, in my quest to locate and photograph Toronto’s old local theatres, none of

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Toronto’s Revue Theatre-Part II

March 4, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Revue Theatre in 1938, Ontario Archives. The Revue Theatre at 400 Roncesvalles Avenue is one of the oldest surviving movie houses in Toronto, its

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Toronto’s old Radio City Theatre—Part II

March 1, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Radio City Theatre in 1941, Ontario Archives The Radio City Theatre was located at 1454 Bathurst Street, a short distance south of St. Clair

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Toronto’s old Odeon Humber Theatre—Part II

February 28, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Odeon Humber Theatre in 1993, after it had been divided into two auditoriums. One of the movies on the marquee is Woody Allen’s “Manhattan

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Toronto’s old Vaughan Theatre—Part II

February 27, 2015 johndougtaylor

The Vaughan Theatre c. 1947. Photo from the Ontario Archives, AO 2194. When I was a young boy, the Grant and Colony Theatres were my

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