The Theatres of Winnipeg
        (1900 - Present)

I broke the grouping below into three parts:
1)Main Street
2)Portage Avenue/Downtown from Main Street to Portage Avenue West
3)Neighbourhood/ your local neighborhood theatre
   acknowledgements to other websites below 

Main Street

Strand/Beacon    559 Main at Rupert
(Strand 1914-1930)(Beacon 1930-1961)
The Beacon was the home of The Manitoba Theatre Centre for half of the 1959/60 season.
The Royal Alexander Hotel is North Centre of the Photo, and on the right further down the street is the,
Cornwall Hotel at 567 Main Street, and further yet is the Brunswick Hotel at 571 Main Street.



Bijou     498 Main at William  (1904-1956)   The Clements Block (built in 1884)
Another vaudeville playhouse in Winnipeg was a new theatre named the Bijou, which opened on 15 January 1906.
Its owners had a large circuit of vaudeville houses in the United States. The initial performances - three shows daily -
for the opening week of this “family theatre” for “refined vaudeville” consisted of comedy acrobats, a wire act, stunts,
and a one-act comedy, The Silk Stockings, featuring the Four Ellsworth's.
For a popularly priced playhouse it was unusual for the interior to be decorated with plaster relief figures
and trimmed with gold. The solid brick building had an interior fireproof wall and was heated by steam.
The theatre was considered to be one of the best-conducted and most popular amusement places in the city.
Later it became one of Winnipeg’s first movie theatres.
The Bijou and adjoining buildings in "The Clements Block" burned to the ground 1979.
 
The photo on the left is from 1904 when the Union Bank Tower at 504 Main Street, (later Royal Bank Tower) is under construction, with the original City Hall, barely visible to the north/right.
The centre photo is from 1919. The White & Manahan store, is torn down and becomes "The Annex" of the Royal Bank with an address of 500 Main Street, as shown in the 1930 photo far right.
It appears that the building to the left of The Bijou can't decide whether it's a pool hall, tobacco shop, or a barber shop, or maybe it's all of them, or just older signs not taken down.
The Bank Tower and The Annex barely escape the fire of April 24th, 1979, but the "Clements Block" to the south is lost.

The Bank Tower and The Annex still exist today, although is undergoing some repair/cleaning on the outside and inside,
as Red River Community College will be moving in here in 2011 ... with a Culinary School, and a Student Residence.


Cinema Main    243 Main        (1993-1994)


Cinematheque    425 - 100 Arthur Street    (2002 - present)
Cinematheque is devoted to screening the very best in Canadian and World Cinema.
This theatre is part of the Artspace location in the Winnipeg Exchange District, in the Gault Building,
which was a large masonry warehouse, built in 1900, and expanded in 1903.



College Theatre     1296 Main at Church        (1921-1965)

Colonial/State     634 Main  (634-638 Main)   ( ? - 1943)
State Theatre        (1951-1956) other info

Columbia/Fox     606 Main (604-606 Main)   (1910 - ? )
Fox Theatre    606 Main at Logan        (1935-1961) other info

Elite/Unique     527-529 Main Street at Market Street   (c. 1903 - ?)
The Clements Block vs the Clements Block (West) across the street that housed the Bijou.

Oak Theatre        635 Main at Logan            (c. 1942 - 1950)

To NOT have been part of the building which now houses Mitchell Fabrics at 637 Main Street, (address could have been shifted)
the main floor of which was once part of the 5 Storey The Bon Accord Building (1906), which burned in 1945,
and was dismantled except for the main floor, THEN the Oak Theatre whose address at 635 Main Street,
would have had to have been on a much narrower Logan Avenue. I find this highly unlikely, since the Bon Accord entrance
at the rear of this building led to the upper floors, would probably looked directly onto Logan Avenue, and/or
The Oak Theatre years of operation should actually be (1945-1950) after the fire. Mitchell Fabrics who have been at this
location for 60 years, may have bought up the theatre space, for their own use.



Rex/Regent/Epic     646 Main St    (642-646 Main)     (1912 - 1986)
(Rex 1912-1923)(Regent 1923-1978)(Epic 1978-1986)

Originally this stretch of Main Street in Winnipeg contained 7 theatres in a two block area that included:
The Elite (1903), The Bijou (1905), The Star (1907) The Royal/Starland (1909), the Columbia/Fox (1910),
The Rex/Regent/Epic (1912) and the Colonial/State.

Built in 1912 The Rex was the original name, then The Regent in 1923 and in 1978 it became the Epic.
As The Rex, it was one of the first movie houses only (no vaudeville) in CANADA.

Royal Theatre    496 Main Street    (1882-1884)
Winnipeg’s first police court at 496 Main St. was sold in 1882 to Henry Brown and Dan Rogers,
with its cellar then converted into the Hub Hotel and its upstairs portion becoming the Royal Theatre.
The building was demolished in 1884 to make way for the Clements Block.


The Star     530 Main Street    (c. 1907 - ?)
This address is difficult to figure out where it was ... obviously north of City Hall, and may have been
part of, or became the McLean Block, which included Stanley's Cafe and the Empire Photo Studio (1949).


The Royal/Starland         630 Main St  (626-632 Main)   (1909 - c. 1967)
1349 seats  (between Henry & Logan)                                                                                                           1955 Photo



The Starland stopped being a theatre after a small fire in 1967.


Pantages/Playhouse    180 Market Avenue E.    (February 8th, 1914 - 1923) (Playhouse 1923 - present)
On February 8th, 1914 Alexander Pantages, the wealthy American promoter from Los Angeles,
opened the newest theatre of his continental chain of theatres, also devoted to vaudeville.
He hoped that this would be one of several he planned to acquire through Western Canada to expand his circuit.
Initially the Pantages Theatre presented three performances each day, trying to outdo the two-a-day schedule at the Orpheum Theatre,
which turned out to be a profitable tactic. Actor Spencer Tracy and comedians Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton were among those that played there.
The heavyweight fighter Jack Dempsey challenged members of the audience to go a few rounds with him on stage.
The theatre survived for nine years before closing in June 1923, opening again in the fall as the Playhouse for stock performances.


Pantages Interiors


Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC)    174 Market Avenue E.  (November 2nd, 1970 - Present)

The following info was stolen from the Manitoba Theatre Centre Website
When John Hirsch and Tom Hendry founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1958,
their goal was to create great professional theatre with mass appeal.
Hirsch and Hendry met while studying at the University of Manitoba.
They first joined forces to form a children's theatre company and then later founded Theatre 77.
In 1958, Theatre 77 merged with Winnipeg Little Theatre to become Canada's first regional theatre, the Manitoba Theatre Centre.
The Theatre Centre spent its first decade in the Dominion Theatre, until the Dominion Theatre was demolished in 1968
to make way for the Richardson Building/Lombard Hotel complex.
(except for half of the 1959/60 season when it was forced to relocate to the Beacon Theatre while the Dominion's roof was repaired),
During construction of the new theatre, MTC presented two seasons at the Centennial Concert Hall.
On November 2, 1970, the Manitoba Theatre Centre opened at its present location.


Times Theatre    959 Main at Selkirk     (1936-1957)
Google Maps puts this address as the location of the current "Fish Gallery", and the shot from behind, shows a long skinny building, typical of a theatre.


Von's Theatre    Main & Selkirk     (1909-1910)
This theatre with out an address, just an intersection, may in fact be the same building above ... The Times Theatre

Winnipeg Theatre (& Opera House)(formerly Victoria Hall)    24 Adelaide Street    (1883 - 1932)

The Ukranian Labour Temple       591 Pritchard Avenue      (1918 - present)

The Ukrainian Labour Temple's spacious theatre allowed the Association's executive to rent their
facility to Ukrainian organizations in order to pay off construction debts which exceeded $47,000
in 1920. As a result, in 1919-20, every Ukrainian drama circle in the city performed in the new
theatre. Although this practice ended early in 1921, shortly after Labour Temple officials banned
the staging of Volodymyr Vynnychenko's Mizh dvokh syl (Between Two Powers), which was set
during the bloody Bolshevik occupation of Kyiv in early 1918 and demonstrated that Russian
Bolshevism was incompatible with the Ukrainian national cause, plays staged by the Ukrainian
Labour Temple Dramatic and Choral Circle remained the Association's most popular cultural
activity throughout the 1920s. In large measure, this was attributable to émigré journalist, critic,
playwright and short story writer Myroslav Irchan, the Ukrainian Labour Temple's writer-inresidence
between November 1923 and June 1929. Irchan and Mathew Shatulsky established a
Workers’ Theatre Studio and their productions consistently attracted enthusiastic, sell-out crowds.

Portage Avenue:

Arlington Theatre    863 Portage at Arlington        (1920 - 1956)

Capitol Theatre            295 Portage and 313 Donald    (Feb. 14th, 1921-1991)   (1979 Cinema 1 & 2)         The Capitol was demolished in 2003
 
         Portage Avenue Entrance which disappeared for the already existing Donald Street Entrance sometime prior to 1965.

Donald Street Entrance (1959)


Ramp Way Entrance Off Portage Avenue                                      Interior Seating


Convention Centre Cinema     375 York (1975-1996)


Dominion Theatre    175 Portage Ave. East at Main    (1904 - 1957)
1904 Dominion Theatre - 1911 becomes the Empress Theatre - 1915 becomes again, the Dominion Theatre other source
The Dominion Theatre opened on 12 December 1904; it was intended for “high-class” vaudeville “such as ladies and children may properly patronize.”
The solid brick building had a 1,100-seat auditorium on the main floor, and both its balcony and gallery were equipped with steel fire escapes.
It had a self-contained electric lighting system and a steam heating apparatus, features that complied with new public safety regulations.
The theatre was home to the Permanent Players, a stock company that was popular in the period 1910-1912.
Soon after it opened the theatre joined an extensive circuit of vaudeville theatres in the United States.
Over the years it also sponsored many amateur performances; it hosted a musical stock company and the John Holden Players.
The Dominion also served as a movie theatre and eventually became the home of the Manitoba Theatre Centre from 1958 - 1968.
In 1968 it was demolished to make room for the Richardson Building/Lombard Hotel complex.



Dreamland Theatre            (1903 - ? )

Portage Place/Globe Cinema    393 Portage Avenue    (Portage Place 1987 - 2001)
(June 2002 opens as Globe Cinema)



Majestic/Imperial/Rialto/Downtown - 363 Portage Avenue at Carlton
Majestic (1911-1916)    Imperial (1916-1921)    Rialto (1921-1968)    Downtown (1968 - 1984)

From the age of 10 and up we used to go to the Rialto for triple Horror, Sword & Sandal,
and Tarzan Movies, during the Christmas and Easter breaks from school.
One of the projectors always seemed blurrier to me.

Eaton Place 7      234 Donald      (1981-1991)  (demolished to expand food court)

Furby Theatre     597 Portage at Furby      (1929 - Feb 28th, 1952)



Gaiety Theatre / Eve / Colony    459 Portage Avenue (457-459)
(Gaiety 1912-1973)(Eve 1973-1975)(Colony 1975-1985)



Garrick Theatre     330 Garry St. (1921-2002) (twin screened in 1967)




Province Theatre/Rio Theatre/Grand Theatre       209 Notre Dame Ave (1915-1961)
Opened about 1915 as the Province Theatre offering vaudeville and films.
The Province closed in 1937. The interior was remodeled in the art deco style
and included a new marquee and signage outlined in neon to replace the original 'Province' lettering
which had been outlined in individual bulbs on the building's pediment.
The theater was renamed the Rio, reopening in 1938. Sub run double features were the normal fare
until it closed once again in 1950.
A further minor remodeling, mostly to the marquee and signage was carried out and it reopened
in the same year with yet another (and final) name change to the Grand.
It operated in it's last years as a grind house leaning heavily on double and triple features consisting of westerns and 'B' movies.
The Grand closed in 1961 and was demolished along with surrounding buildings to make way for The Bank Tower Plaza.


            Earlier years still as the Province (circa 1915)                                                 By 1921 the Province had already removed the tower of lights.

 
The GRAND in the 1950's

The Province/Rio/Grand would have been right in front of the giant videotron on Notre Dame, on the parking lot entrance.
The Theatre's neighbour on Notre Dame is the Electric Railway Chambers Bldg. at 213-219 Notre Dame, which still exists today.


IMAX Theatre    393 Portage Ave    (1987 - present)



Lyceum      292 Portage Ave   (c.1920-1968) (now Radisson Hotel location)
Eaton's is on the far right

Metropolitan/Allen   283 Donald (281-285) near Portage Ave     (1920-1987)
The Metropolitan Theatre opened as the Allen Theatre on January 2, 1920.
The name changed to the Metropolitan Theatre and had its grand re-opening in 1923.
The first sound-synchronized “talkies” were screened in Winnipeg’s Metropolitan Theatre on 26 October 1928.


  
It Appears That Canad Inns Have Taken Their Commitment Seriously ... very nice clean up.                                                              It is going to be a "Banquet Emporium".

The following was stolen from The Winnipeg Sun : After nearly 25 years sitting vacant, the historic Metropolitan Theatre will finally be brought back to life.
Canad Inns president Leo Ledohowski unveiled plans to transform the 92-year-old landmark on Donald Street into a “vibrant downtown venue.”
“It will be a food and beverage emporium of the highest calibre.”
Canad Inns will invest more than $13 million in the project, while the city and province will provide $1.5 million each.
Plans include a banquet facility to accommodate about 1,000 people. The slopes in the theatre will be converted into tiers,
where each level will have an unobstructed view of the stage, Ledohowski said.
The Met was built in 1919 and began as an Allen Theatre and later operated as a Famous Players Movie Theatre.
The theatre closed its doors in 1987 and has been sitting vacant ever since.
Canad Inns purchased the Met from Centre Venture, a downtown development agency, in 2006 for $100,000.
The only structural change will be a new wing where a kitchen and washrooms will be located.



Monarch Theatre    ???     Portage Avenue



National Theatre/Victoria Theatre       300-302 Fort Street     (1919-1926)
Various websites identify two different theatres on Fort Street without verified addresses. I believe they are one in the same at various periods in it's lifetime.
In the photo on the right, if you look closely above the lights you can see the end of the word "Victoria", and I am reasonably sure the data stating that the
National Theatre was right beside the Vendome Hotel is accurate. This building was obviously a vaudeville house before becoming a theatre.
If you look at the arrangements of the lights around the architecture, they appear to confirm that it is in fact the same building.
In the awesome night time photo you can actually see three (3) theatres - The National, The Orpheum, and The Province on Notre Dame.



Walker/Odeon/Burton Cummings     364 Smith Street at Ellice   (Feb 18th, 1907 - present) (Odeon 1945-1990)







Orpheum Theatre     283 Fort Street    (1911-1946)
The Orpheum Theatre, one of the chain of Orpheum Theatres in the United States, opened on 13 March 1911,
with the Lieutenant Governor and his party in the audience.
The opulently decorated and furnished auditorium could seat 2,000 people.
Audiences paid from $1 to $5 for afternoon shows and from $1.50 to $7.50
for evening performances and they enthusiastically welcomed the twice-daily shows.
The Orpheum became one of the leading vaudeville stages in Winnipeg, along with The Dominion, The Walker, and The Pantages.
Among the top American entertainers that performed there were Ed Wynn, W. C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Fannie Brice,
Harry Houdini, Jack Benny, and Eddie Cantor; foreign performers included actress Sarah Bernhardt and British music hall star Marie Lloyd.
Performances continued for thirty-five years.

Northstar Cinema 1 & 2    286 Portage Avenue    (1969-2001)


Neighborhood  Theatres

Acadia/State    572 Selkirk near McGregor Avenue   (vacant lot)

Crescent Theatre     654 Corydon Ave at Hugo  (1925-1955)

Elm Theatre    392 Talbot at Allan      (1938-1957)

Garden Theatre    Kevin at Hespeler        (1926 - 1930)

Garden City Cinema (2 in 1979)    2305 McPhillips Street    (1970-2010)          Marquee sign is gone, but they left the 1 & 2


Deluxe/Hyland Theatre    1525 Main Street at Matheson    (1936 - ?)
renamed Hyland in 1966    now a synagogue


Karnack Theatre    ???

Grant Park Cinemas     1120 Grant Avenue (1969 - present)


Kings Theatre         1771 Portage Ave at Berry   (1929-1990)(1993-1996)


Kildonan Place 6    1555 Regent Avenue West     (1989 - present)


Leland Theatre            ??? Selkirk Avenue (Ukrainian Owned)

Lodge Theatre         (1953-1958)

Mac's Theatre/Cinema 3/Ellice Theatre & Cafe       585 Ellice at Sherbrook
(Mac's 1933-1966)(Cinema 3 1969-1994)
In 1960, when I was 10, on a dark stormy night, I went to the Mac's on the bus,
by myself, to see "Tarzan and the Moon Men", as it was advertised in the paper.
Well there was No Tarzan ... No Jungle Jim ... It was Johnny Weissmuller playing
himself in "Jungle Moon Men" (1955). The surprising part was that once inside,
The Mac's was identical in every way to the Windsor Theatre.


Northstar Cinema II       (1970-2001)


Cinema City 8  Pembina   (1995 - 2004)    1910 Pembina Hwy at Bishop Grandin Blvd
Pembina Cinema City (aka), this theatre was around in the 90's, at the end of the strip mall,
where Future Shop and Staples exist today. It has been replaced by a Dollarama.


Cinema City 8 Northgate   1399 McPhillips Street    (1998 - present)



Cinema City 12 McGillivray    2190 McGillivray    (2005 - present)





Osborne Theatre    108 Osborne Street South at River  (c.1920 - 1956)

Park    698 Osborne St. South at Rathgar    (1914 - 1986)                                           (reopened in 2006 as Park Theatre & Movie Cafe)
 


Parkview        ???


Palace Theatre         501 Selkirk Avenue at Powers/Andrews        (1926 - 1964)



Paris Theatre    218 (220) Provencher Avenue at Aulneau    (1939-1959)


Plaza Theatre     104 Marion St at Tache   (1926-1962) (822 Seats) (Norwood Hotel)
In the 1920's & 1930's this location was an apartment block, that my grand-mother managed.
Where the bar of the Norwood Hotel is now, was my grand-mother's kitchen.
My mother went missing one Saturday afternoon, when she was five years old,
and my grandmother had the police from across the street, looking for her everywhere.
At 4:30 she walked out of the show. The owner had seen her outside, at 1:00 o'clock,
ushered her in for free and gave her a drink and a popcorn. She had a great time.
It normally cost my mother Florence 5 cents to go to a Saturday Matinee.
With this address, and the current address of the Norwood Hotel being 112 Marion Street,
The Plaza must have been where the newer part of Norwood Hotel is now.


Polo Park Cinema/Pace Theatre    1486 Portage Avenue   (1962-1994)
renamed Polo Park Cinema in 1967



Queens     239 Selkirk Avenue (Jewish Owned)                                                                                                                    Gunn's Bakery is just to the west (left)


Rex Theatre    322 Tache at Goulet    (1949-1953)

Roseland Theatre    Sargent near Arlington    (1904 - ?)
This may in fact be a misnamed Rose/Towne/Venus/Festival at 801 Sargent  at Arlington (1926-1983)
although it's date, pre-dates the Rose Theatre date of 1926, which appears below.

Roxy Theatre    385 Henderson Hwy at Montrose    (1929 - 1960)
(Roxy Bowling Lanes)



Silver City Theatres/St. Vital 6      1225 St. Mary's Road      (1998 - present)



Silver City Theatres/Polo Park    814 St. James Street    (1999 - present)



Town Cinema 8    301 Notre Dame    (1981-present)



Rose/Towne/Venus/Festival    801 Sargent  at Arlington     (1926-1983)
Rose (1926-1964) - Towne (1964-1974) - Venus (1974-1979) - Festival (1979-1983)
(currently "Wild Strawberry)



Tivoli     115 Maryland at Westminster    (c. 1927 - 1958)

Tower Theatre    580 Mountain at McGregor    (1937-1961)
The theatre was torn down to make room for the Safeway at this location.
Judging from the addresses across the street, it probably stood, right where the Safeway Sign is.



Transcona /Apollo Theatre     109  Regent Avenue W.         (1912-1960)

The Transcona Theatre (1911) later became the well-known Apollo Theatre.
This movie house was a Regent Avenue landmark from 1912 until 1960. Mr. Triller operated the theatre.
I found one report that it was supposed to be torn down in 1969. Another report said it burned down in 1969.
Following Info & Photos Courtesy of the Transcona Historical Museum:
Built in 1912 and originally named the Transcona Theatre, the building was located at 11 Regent Avenue.
The classically influenced building was renovated prior to the 1930s to reflect the Spanish Mission style. It was well known for the star painted ceiling inside.
Originally the theatre hosted vaudeville acts and plays but after the renovation found a new audience as a movie house.
Also sometime after the renovation, the name changed from the Transcona Theatre to the Apollo Theatre.
In 1958, when the town of Transcona changed their street numbering, the Apollo's address changed to 109 Regent Avenue West and by 1961, the Apollo ceased to exist.
From our records, the Apollo Theatre currently resides in the space used by Another Look Bridal Fashions and the River East Transcona School Division,
as well as half (cut vertically) of the Stone Elegance site.


Uptown Theatre    394 Academy Road at Ash   (Dec. 24th, 1931-1960)
(Academy Uptown Bowling Lanes)

Vogue        750 St. Mary's Road    (1944-1955)
(Josie's Restaurant 60's -70's / Bobbie's Restaurant currently)
My Mom and Dad would walk down to this theatre, in late 1949 and early 1950,
when my Mother was pregnant with me.



Windsor Theatre    592 St. Mary's Road at the St. Anne's Junction  (1944-1976)
Owners were Mr. & Mrs. Johnson, who lived close by and were members of the St. Vital Legion.
This is the theatre that I went to from the age of six, for the Double Features on Saturday afternoons.
You needed 55 cents to go - 15 cents to get in - 10 cents for a drink - 10 cents for a popcorn -
- and 2 x 10 cents for the bus ride there and back. I think I used to bring 20 cents for popcorn.
We were all grieve stricken, when it went to 25 cents, and then very quickly to 35 cents.

Mr. Johnson would sell tickets, while his wife sold popcorn, drinks and candy, at the confectionary.
At 1:00 o'clock, Mr. Johnson would walk down the aisle, and open the curtain by hand, and then walk
back up to the projector room, and the movie would start. Mrs. Johnson would patrol the aisles, and if
anyone was being rowdy or too noisy, she would smack them with the ruler she carried.
Intermission brought weekly draws, for popcorn, drinks and free tickets to next week's matinee.
We had to hurry home, after the show, to watch "Wild Bill Hickok" at 4:30 on CBC Television.




Wonderland     595 Sargent at Sherbrook    (1926-1956)

Valour Theatre    1302 Portage at Valour        (1937-1960)

Base Theatre   (CFB)     (1955-2000)

Lyric Theatre - Assiniboine Park       (1999 - present)

The Lyric Theatre is a large outdoor stage located next to the Pavilion. It opened in 1999.
It carries on the tradition of a bandshell near the Pavilion that started in the 1920s.



Drive-In Theatres

Airport/Airliner     Ellice and Madison    (1952 - ?)
(became the Airliner c. 1964)
As a small child, in the 50's, when my Grandmother lived on Queen Street, we could walk to the end of her street, sit on
the grass and watch the movies. The hanging speakers in those days were easily heard from outside the fenced compound.


Northmain Drive-In       Main Street North    (May 3rd, 1951 - 1980)  A Millionaire Drive-In is across the street.
The Drive-In is Lot 32 Main Street.        Club Copacabana is Lot 35 ... so they are both between Red River Blvd. and Drury.



Pembina Drive-In        Pembina Hwy        (July 19, 1949 - c.1975)
This was the first drive-in theatres in the midwest and was built by Jack Miles in 1949, followed by the Eldorado Drive-In in 1950.

Jack Miles owned Allied Amusements Ltd., which later became Western Theatres Ltd. and at one time owned and operated
18 movie theatres in Winnipeg, which included, The Uptown, The Palace, The Plaza, The Rose and The Roxy Theatres.
Jack Miles died in 1951, but the family owned business continued for 2 decades and still owns the Uptown Bowling Lanes building.


Odeon Drive-In        4415 Portage Avenue    (Sept. 20th, 1963 - Sept. 2007)     (998 cars)



Starlite Drive-In        Regent Avenue    (c. 1954 - ?)      (Transcona Hwy - another source)

Eldorado Drive-In Theatre    Henderson Hwy & Eldorado St.  (June 29th, 1950 - 1955)

Circus Drive-In        Portage Avenue / Kirkfield Park    (Aug. 14th, 1952 - 1955)

Lockport Drive-In    (1954-1955)


Theatres Remaining In 2011



Internet Credits & Links

All of the sites below provide great information and photos,
but in some cases their information is conflicting or lacking detail.
In appreciation of their effort, I have gleaned from all of them,
and tried to put it all on this single page.    - Thanks, Bob

Cinema Treasures

Cinema Tour

Peel's Prairie Provinces

This Was Manitoba

Manitoba Photos

Manitoba Movie Theatres

Winnipeg Images - George Siamandas

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections (flickr)

Movie Theatre.org

Skyscraper City - Winnipeg Developments

Google Maps - Street View

Manitoba - Digital Resources On Manitoba History (Tribune)


My Other Websites

My Winnipeg Dance Pages
Dance Events in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada

Jock Mahoney Tribute
The Range Rider
Yancy Derringer
Tarzan

My Mother's Tarzan
Tarzan Movie History

Horse Opera
Cowboys of the Silver Screen
and Television

Two Old Sisters On Main Street
The Union Bank Tower (1904)
The Confederation Life Bldg. (1912)
on Winnipeg's Main Street (history)


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