WASHINGTON MOVIE THEATRES and DRIVE-INS

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KENNEDY 326 Kennedy NW June 15 th , 1939-1974 958 seats Owners: 1939-1953 Warner Brothers 1953-1967 Stanley Warner 1967-1972 District Theatres 1972-1974 A-IV Theatres KEY 5 SCREENS 1222 Wisconsin NW in Georgetown April 9 th , 1969-1997 5 screens in 1987 or 1988 WASHINGTON MOVIE THEATRES AND DRIVE-INS | movie-theatre.org
KNICKERBOCKER 2454 18th St NW October 13 th , 1917-1922 Harry M. Crandall owned it. The Knickerbocker Theatre was built in 1915 for Harry M. Crandall, who owned a small chain of theaters in Washington, including the Lincoln and Metropolitan Theatres (and later, the Tivoli). Reginald Geare on Columbia Road designed it, with a sedate Georgian Revival facade that followed a curve on Columbia Road. The three-story facade, of limestone on red brick, also had touches of Colonial Revival and neoclassical styles. The interior of the 1700-seat movie house was a graceful and not overly decorated blend of Adam and neoclassical styles. On January 22nd, 1922, during an intermission in the hit comedy film, "Get Rich Quick Wallingford", while the orchestra was playing, the Knickerbocker's poorly constructed roof collapsed after a heavy snowstorm over the past two days piled almost two feet of snow on it. After the cave-in, 98 people were killed and 136 injured, in what was then Washington's worst disaster. Crandall closed all of his theaters in sympathy for the dead after the Knickerbocker disaster for a week, and was not charged with any wrongdoing, which was not the case of Geare, whose career as the most popular theater architect in the District of Columbia up until that time came to an abrupt end. He killed himself in 1927, as did Crandall, who later went bankrupt, a decade later. In 1923, Thomas Lamb was hired to built a new theater in the shell of the Knickerbocker, which would be called the Ambassador. (Crandall would also replace Geare with Lamb on his next project, the Tivoli Theatre). Lamb's theater retained Geare's facade, which Lamb would embellish, but the rest of the theater was all new. Lamb's interior was a blend of Adam and neoclassic styles, somewhat more ornate than the Knickerbocker, but nearly the same size. By the 50s, the Ambassador was struggling to keep up with competition from television, and its owners opted to raze the historic theater in 1969, after years of low attendance. A bank was constructed on the site in 1978. WASHINGTON MOVIE THEATRES AND DRIVE-INS | movie-theatre.org
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Page 5 and 6: ANACOSTIA 1415 Good Hope SE March 1
Page 7 and 8: ATLAS 1331 H St NE August 31 st , 1
Page 9 and 10: CALVERT 2324 Wisconsin NW May 5 th
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Page 19 and 20: EMPIRE 911 H St NE 1913-? 1930 Warn
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MAJESTIC 20 SCREENS 900 Ellsworth D
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SILVER SPRINGS EAST 951 Thayer Nove
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WHEATON PLAZA 11 SCREENS ? 1989-200
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HAMPTON MALL TWIN Central w/beltwy
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DISTRICT HEIGHTS JERRY LEWIS 3 5830
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LANHAM CAPITOL PLAZA 6200 Annapolis
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LAUREL 6 SCREENS 371 Armstrong Ave
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NEW ? 1930 WALLER ? 1945 Schine Cir
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RIVERTOWNE 12 6081 Oxon Hill Rd 198
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FOXCHASE 3 AKA: Shirly Duke 4621 Du
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LINCOLN AKA: Capitol, Olympic 1101
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ARLINGTON CITY ARLINGTON AIRPORT DR
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CRYSTAL 1811 Jefferson Davis Highwa
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WILSON 1730 Wilson November 11 th ,
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CULPEPER CITY CULPEPER CULPEPER ? 1
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FAIRFAX COUNTY ANNANDALE AMERICANA
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CENTREVILLE CENTREVILLE MULTIPLEX 1
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ANGELIKA FILM CENTER @ MOSAIC 8 291
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FAIRFAX TOWN CENTER 10 SCREENS 1211
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FALLS CHURCH CINEMA 7 3515 S. Jeffe
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STATE 18 Washington E http://www.th
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TYSONS TWIN /CINEMA 4 SCREENS Tyson
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MT. VERNON DRIVE-IN 7940 Richmond H
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SPRINGFIELD MALL 10 SCREENS 6500 J.
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FAUQUIER COUNTY BELVOIR BELOVIR ? 1
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FREDERICKSBURG STADIUM 14 SCREENS 3
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PITTS DRIVE-IN AKA: Fredericksburg
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VIRGINIANS 4 SCREENS 4200 Lafayette
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LOUDON COUNTY ASHBURN FOX 12 SCREEN
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MIDDLEBURG HOLLYWOOD ? 1935-? 1950
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MANASSAS CITY MANASSAS DIXIE ? 1940
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY DALE CITY DAL
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THORNBURG THORNBURG DRIVE-IN ? 1955
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TRIANGLE DRIVE-IN 3999 Jefferson Da
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MARTINSBURG BERKELEY COUNTY, WV INW
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JEFFERSON COUNTY CHARLES TOWN JEFFE
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