New Gresham Theater Program, August 1939
by New Gresham Theater 8/1/1939
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Program/schedule of movie screenings at the New Gresham Theater for August 1939. Leaflet with single fold; cover lists name, proprietor (H.H. Moyer), prices, and location (Powell Valley & Roberts), phone Gresham 267. Interior and back pages list film titles, some with synopsis and starring actors. Some movie screenings accompanied by Disney cartoons, news, and "traveltalk."
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- Description
- Program/schedule of movie screenings at the New Gresham Theater for August 1939. Leaflet with single fold; cover lists name, proprietor (H.H. Moyer), prices, and location (Powell Valley & Roberts), phone Gresham 267. Interior and back pages list film titles, some with synopsis and starring actors. Some movie screenings accompanied by Disney cartoons, news, and "traveltalk."
- Provenance
- Donated in 2006 by Jeanne Neilson. Henry H. "Harry" Moyer and his wife Rose owned and operated multiple theaters in the Portland Metro area, including two in Gresham. Their son Thomas P. Moyer, a boxer and real estate developer, took over the theaters after Harry Moyer's death in 1950 and developed them into a chain across the West Coast, later selling them to Regal Cinemas (then Act III Cinemas) in 1989.
- Date
- 8/1/1939
- Creator
- New Gresham Theater
- Subject
- Theater programs
- Theaters
- Theatrical productions
- Movies
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs20060200001
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Program
- Type
- Text
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
