Friday, July 31, 2020

Bunny Smith - Silent Movie Star

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When you are wandering here and there across old newspapers you always find the unexpected.  So while researching the early movie theaters o...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Forgotten Movie Theaters Chippewa Falls - The Falls I and II

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In contrast to most of our entries the Falls Theater in Chippewa Falls still exists.  Sort of. It opened on July 6th 1938 and was owned by...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Forgotten Movie Theaters Chippewa Falls - Lyric, Loop and Palace

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Note:  This is week two of my series on the history of movie theaters in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.  It is admittedly a topic of only local i...
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Friday, July 24, 2020

Forgotten Movie Theaters of Chippewa Falls - The Empire

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As I mentioned last time, the local paper seems to have had a preference for The Empire theater.  In that 1912 article about local picture h...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Forgotten Movie Theaters Chippewa Falls - The Gem

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Another contender for possible "first" movie theater in Chippewa Falls would be The Gem.  This one takes a bit more detective work...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Forgotten Movie Theaters Chippewa Falls - The Victor (also Rex and Rivoli)

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History is the story of things as they were, but even more so the story of things as they change.  So I've been pondering how recent eve...
Friday, July 17, 2020

An American Doughboy - Still Standing....for now.

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Road trips are an excellent way to discover new things.  But there are disadvantages too.  When just "passing through" you sometim...
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