The former branch of the Bank of Montreal on the northeast corner of Yonge and Queen Streets, the Variety Theatre on its east side (right-hand
Category: Toronto’s old movie theatres
This cartoon was in the Toronto Star on February 28, 2015. The cartoon brought back memories of the first time I saw the film “Gone
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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