"What's Playing at the Roxie?"
A rambling, personal journey through the marvellous rocky maze of Lone Pine's film history. This small town in California is at the heart of significant cultural and artistic achievements that are celebrated here.
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Why "What's Playing at the Roxie?"
The Roxie Theatre was a picture and live theatre operating in Lone Pine before and in the early years of World War II
Located at the corner of S. Main Street and Post Street the New Lone Pine Theatre was opened by 1926. On July 15, 1929 the three Gumm Sisters performed at the Lone Pine Theatre, which would make the future Judy Garland 7-years old at the time. In 1932 it had been renamed Roxie Theater. The Roxie Theatre was listed in the 1933 and 1934 editions of Film Daily Yearbook as (Closed). It had gone from listings in 1935.
It was back in listings in 1937, but without a given seating capacity. The Roxie Theatre was listed as (Closed) from 1938 through to 1943, and apparently never reopened.
Judy Garland in Lone Pine
June 1929, The Gumm Sisters in a promotional photo for The Big Review which was their film debut. Left to right: Virginia, Suzanne, and Frances (Judy Garland)