Lakewood Theatre

Author : Jenny Oby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439661062

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Lakewood Theatre by Jenny Oby Pdf

Beginning as a humble vaudeville hall in the Skowhegan-Madison trolley park, Lakewood Theatre has graced the southwestern shore of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Maine, since the turn of the 20th century. Under the masterful guidance of Herbert L. Swett, a Bangor native and Bowdoin graduate, Lakewood eventually developed into a nationally renowned playhouse that was called the “Broadway in Maine” by the New York Times in its heyday, from 1925 until World War II. In the years following the war, Lakewood was operated by Swett’s heirs and became a virtual who’s who of both Broadway and Hollywood, until it nearly went dark in the early 1980s. Operating today as a nonprofit community theater, Lakewood is the official state theater of Maine and the oldest continually running summer theater in the country.

Author : Jen Avila-Langford
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467108362

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Lakewood Theatre Company by Jen Avila-Langford Pdf

In 1952, a small group gathered at the home of Dorothy Peetz in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and thought it would be fun for the community to have a little theater. They began to organize what was then known as the Oswego Players. What started as a little theater that traveled from pillar to post with costumes, props, and flats became the Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts. The nonprofit theater attracts 40,000 patrons annually. Lakewood Center for the Arts, home of the city's annual Festival of the Arts, coordinates a large multi-exhibit arts education event to inspire and awe 25,000 visitors every year. Generations of people have made the Lakewood Center for the Arts a part of their daily lives through volunteerism or by attending classes, everything from ancestry to Zumba. Young actors that performed on Lakewood Theatre Company's stage later returned to direct their own productions.

Author : Jenny Oby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467125949

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Lakewood Theatre by Jenny Oby Pdf

Beginning as a humble vaudeville hall in the Skowhegan-Madison trolley park, Lakewood Theatre has graced the southwestern shore of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison, Maine, since the turn of the 20th century. Under the masterful guidance of Herbert L. Swett, a Bangor native and Bowdoin graduate, Lakewood eventually developed into a nationally renowned playhouse that was called the "Broadway in Maine" by the New York Times in its heyday, from 1925 until World War II. In the years following the war, Lakewood was operated by Swett's heirs and became a virtual who's who of both Broadway and Hollywood, until it nearly went dark in the early 1980s. Operating today as a nonprofit community theater, Lakewood is the official state theater of Maine and the oldest continually running summer theater in the country.

Author : Jeanette Howeth Crumpler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465324924

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The Theatre Organ Murders by Jeanette Howeth Crumpler Pdf

Travel back in time to the early days of vaudeville, nickelodeons, movies, theatre organs and stars. Theatre Row on Dallas Elm Street is bustling and alive with beautiful theatres, crowds of enthusiastic patrons and movies, movies and more movies. But there is something murderously mysterious going on at the fabulous Rivertree Theatre. A cast of villains and other characters fill the pages of this intriguing saga, along with more startling stories of the many theatres that were along the fabulous Elm Street Theatre Row and the theatre organs that were in them. Shocking events and incredible performances await the reader on this journey through seven decades of Dallas entertainment history. Brilliant imagery fills each chapter. Extra features include a history of the theatre organ, an updated list of the theatre organs that were in Dallas, and a detailed list of all of the theatres that were along Elm Streets Theatre Row during 70 years of Dallas entertainment history. Special treats are the complete specifications and history of the famous Palace Publix Theatre Organ, its final resting place and many other exciting details of those unforgettable times and places.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UIUC:30112059887239

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : D. Troy Sherrod
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781467131285

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Historic Dallas Theatres by D. Troy Sherrod Pdf

Dallas was the show business capital of Texas and much of the South throughout the 20th century. More than 100 theatres served the city's neighborhoods, and Elm Street once boasted more than 15 vaudeville and movie theatres--second in number to Broadway. The quality of the show houses in Dallas were surpassed by few cities and all major, and most minor, Hollywood studios maintained Dallas offices. Notable names figuring in this history include Margo Jones, "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, Karl Hoblitzelle, Baruch Lumet, Bob Hope, Greer Garson, Linda Darnell, Howard Hughes, Clyde Barrow, Gene Autry, Oliver Stone, Pappy Dolson, Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald, Nicola Rescigno, Don Henley, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1530 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : NYPL:33433016643771

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Anonim Pdf

Author : W. J. Thorold,Arthur Hornblow (Jr.),Perriton Maxwell,Stewart Beach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Theater
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011790826

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Theatre Magazine by W. J. Thorold,Arthur Hornblow (Jr.),Perriton Maxwell,Stewart Beach Pdf

Author : Maggie Valentine
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300066473

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The Show Starts on the Sidewalk by Maggie Valentine Pdf

Documenting the evolution of the American movie theatre and exploring its role in American culture and architecture, this work focuses on the career of S. Charles Lee, who designed more than 300 theatres between 1920 and 1950, buildings that became prototypes for the whole country.

Author : Prudence Hatch McMann
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595137350

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On Main Street by Prudence Hatch McMann Pdf

On Main Street illuminates the lives of people from earlier generations who influenced the author. The book captures the essence and innocence of a Maine town when communities were more insular and self-sufficient. While the individual events are those of Dexter, they reflect an era of great change in America. The stories’ universal themes combine the child’s sense of wonder with the adult’s observations and experience. On Main Street is about change and loss, connections and ironies, nostalgia and realities. It is told with subtle, self-deprecating humor, new found wisdom, and insight. This book will be enjoyed by an audience spanning several generations. On Main Street celebrates the lives of the author’s family members—a grandfather who is known for his egocentricities and eccentricities, his children who grew up in two very different worlds, and a great-aunt whose strength of character shines through. This book also details the lives of ordinary people and unusual characters in the community from Louis Chabot, who worked the looms at Amos Abbott Woolen Mill, to Jere Abbott, son of the mill owner, who became a co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and a benefactor of Colby College’s art museum.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Income tax
ISBN : OSU:32435025586124

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Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Zeruk, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476612195

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Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide by James Zeruk, Jr. Pdf

This is the first complete biography of actress Peg Entwistle, known as the “Hollywood Sign Girl” because of her suicide fall from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign in 1932. It details her childhood, stage and film career, marriage and divorce, and her suicide and almost cult-like pop culture status today. Extensively researched and written with the complete cooperation of the Entwistle family, this work includes excerpts from interviews with Peg Entwistle’s brother Milton and her cousin Helen Reid, both of whom recalled much of Peg’s years living in Hollywood, her career and private life, and her final weeks. It also features many of Peg Entwistle’s own words from extant letters to her family and newly discovered interviews with theatrical reporters. Nearly 30 previously unpublished images from the author’s collection, the Entwistle family, and a number of other sources complete an intimate look at a life that was defined by far more than its famously unhappy end.

Author : Frank Sleeper
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0738564443

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Madison, Norridgewock, and Smithfield by Frank Sleeper Pdf

The Maine communities of Madison, Norridgewock, and Smithfield all have their own unique ties to the waters on which they were founded. Madison depends on the waterfalls of the Kennebec River, the backbone of central Maine, to support its manufacturing roots. Wool mill operations began in 1881, but soon gave way to the still prosperous paper mill. Norridgewock also rests on the shores of the Kennebec, but lacking the falls it was able to remain true to its name, "quiet place in the river." The town remained so quiet in fact, that it lost its county seat to Skowhegan in 1871. Shoe manufacturing later turned Norridgewock into a booming industrial town. Smithfield lacks the river entirely, but in its place one finds North Pond. The beauty of the area has made it a natural recreation area for the other two towns.

Author : Victoria Doudera
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780892728336

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Moving to Maine by Victoria Doudera Pdf

This is a completely revised and expanded edition of the best-selling, comprehensive guide covering not only reasons to move to Maine but also what newcomers will find once they get here. The book answers questions about what Maine is really like as a place to live, providing a broad range of information about schools, housing, cultural life, taxes, work and employment opportunities, and even the weather.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1544 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : WISC:89116883372

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf