Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, photographic |
Catalog Number |
2000.0002.0135 |
Description |
8x10 inch black and white photograph on resin coated paper. Shows the facade of the Wayne Theater. Marquis reads: "Betty Hutton in 'Cross My Heart' Air Conditioned Comfort." Banner below marquis reads: "Relax, Refresh, Revitalize COOL." Movie poster to side of entrance reads "Now Showing Betty Hutton Sonny Tufts in Cross My Heart." On the back of the print is hand written in pencil: "The Wayne Theatre, Waynesboro, Va. showing its new marquee and a completely remodeled front about 1938, twelve years after it was first built in 1926." The Wayne Theatre on West Main Street opened on January 18, 1926, The Star Theatre could not compete with the Wayne and went out of business soon after the Wayne opened. The Wayne was the most long-lived of the Waynesboro theaters, surviving for 73 years until it closed its doors in 1999. Although it was a "silent" theater when built, it converted to show sound films after a few years of operation. |
Date |
C 1940's |
Photographer |
John A. Wiseman Collection |
Title |
Wayne Theater |
Collection |
Theater Collection |