Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Tonight Marks Eighty Years

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Posted by Bill Enos (Member # 440) on 12-24-2008, 10:38 AM:

Tonight the Byrd Theatre will mark 80 continuous years of operation. Doors opened December 24, 1928 at 7:00PM we'll open a little earlier tonite--6:45.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 12-24-2008, 09:52 PM:

Good luck to you and the theatre, Bill..and hope another 80 yrs can be had at the BYRD ...! - Monte

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 12-24-2008, 11:19 PM:

We celebrated our 70th earlier this year. Older movie houses definitely have a feel all to themselves. All the best for the Byrd, and many more years of delighting the movie going masses!

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 12-25-2008, 05:18 AM:

Congratulations Bill. [thumbsup]

Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 12-25-2008, 06:17 AM:

Congratulations to the Byrd Theatre and to the creative management and dedicated staff who have kept the lights on and the doors open. Thanks to the Wutlitzer pipe organ and those who lovingly care for it making this theatre so unique. Great job!

Sincerely
KEN [thumbsup]

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-25-2008, 03:35 PM:

Congratulations! Break a leg.

Posted by Tom Doyle (Member # 1474) on 12-29-2008, 01:42 AM:

Funny, I read recently that one hundred years ago, on Dec. 24th, 1908, the mayor of NYC closed hundreds of movie theaters.

Congratulations! No doubt you'll have many more years of successful operation. I'll have to make the drive down sometime. Any interesting stories about the place through the years?

Posted by Damien Taylor (Member # 4255) on 12-29-2008, 09:09 AM:

Oh yeah, forgot to ask along the same lines as Tom's question, do you guys have any ghosts?