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Author Topic: How many Roxy Theaters? Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-21-2006 06:39 PM                        Any one of those names sure has a lot more class and style than some of the names of today, like "Wynnsong."  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 02-21-2006 07:10 PM                        Wow, according to Bill Gabel's post, in 1945 there were 28 Roxy Theaters in North Dakota!! Thats got to be the only time that ND has had the most of anything in this country (except for wide open prarie) My Roxy theater was built in 1936 by a Minneapolis based corporation by the name of "Wellworth Enterprises" I wonder if they were behind more of the huge number of Roxy named theaters in this state. This is how Langdon's Roxy currently looks from the street: Anyone got some more Roxy Marquee pictures?  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 02-23-2006 12:30 PM                        Steven, Wasnt your theatre originally converted from a fire house? I seem to have toured the place several years back ( I have pictures somewhere) And it seems that the guy running the place at the time told me this. I also have vague recolections of him driving some Honda civic hatchback with NOS Josh  |  IP: Logged Jarryd Beard Expert Film Handler Posts: 229 From: Hellertown, PA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 02-23-2006 08:05 PM                     There's one about a 20-30 minute drive from my house. It's located in Lock Haven, PA. Once a single, it's now a triplex. See their web page.  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 02-23-2006 09:05 PM                        quote: Josh Jones Wasnt your theatre originally converted from a fire house? I seem to have toured the place several years back ( I have pictures somewhere) And it seems that the guy running the place at the time told me this. I also have vague recolections of him driving some Honda civic hatchback with NOS Josh, sounds like you were talking to Andy. I remember him telling me that he gave a couple guys from Fargo a tour. If he told you it was formerly a firehouse, he was mistaken. The lot where Langdon's Roxy sits was occupied formerly by another theater named the Electric Theater. It was raised in 1935 to make way for the construction of the Roxy which was completed in 1936. I nearly met you on a Saturday night just before Christmas this year when my wife and I were at the Fargo Theater for "Capote" We were up in the booth with Dave and Zach just before the show started. Dave said something about "Josh being up front running the Organ remote" or some such. I said "Josh Jones like from Film Tech" he said "yep" then the show started and you were gone when it got over. Hope to run into you some time. Steve  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-23-2006 10:26 PM                       Here's home for me (literally). My pad is right across the hall from the booth. I can hear reel-end alarms in my kitchen. It's wonderful!  |  IP: Logged

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