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THEATRES
"O" means Odeon, "NBC" National Booking Co., "FP" Famous Players Canadian Corp., "EBA" Exhibitors Booking; Association. "Cl" means closed at the time this list wos issued in November.)
British Columbia
(Licenses are renewable
in British
Columbia
on January 1st.)
Pop.
Town
Theatre
Open
Seats
Licensee
4,767
Abbotsford .
Odeon
.. 6 ....
449
Odeon
1,800
Agassiz .
Aga
4 ....
300
N. W. Trout
3,300
Alberni .
Roxy .
.. 6 ....
333
H. Warren & FPCC
1,200
Alert Bay
Bay .
4 ....
286
W. Risk
Rainbow .
. 6 ....
254
C. E. Pepper
1,118
Armstrong .
Star .
6 ....
320
F. Shepherd
1,000
Ashcroft
Ashcroft
.. 2 ....
228
H. Rogers & T. Belshaw
365
Bella Coola
Bellvale
1 ....
196
Harold Giles
950
Bralorne .
Community .
. 3 ....
210
Bralorne Mines Ltd.
500
Brighouse
(Lulu Island)
Lulu .
. 6 ....
449
P. Barnes
1,700
Brittania Beach
Barbara .
4 . .
464
Barbara Theas.
46,000
Burnaby
Oak
6 ....
736
Odeon
1,958
Campbell River
Van-Isle .
6
449
E. W. Bickle
1,326
Castlegar
Castle .
6 ....
400
L. V. Campbell
2,000
Chemainus
Willow .
.. 6 ....
406
Chemainus Theatres Ltd.
7,165
Chilliwack
Paramount
.. 6 ....
900
FPCC
1,400
Cloverdale .
Clova
6 ....
449
L. B. Toffey
1,300
Copper Mountain
Community
. 2 ....
300
Copper Mountain Comm. League
2,553
Courtenay .
Bickle
6 ....
449
E. W. Bickle
E.W .
.. 6 ....
449
E. W. Bickle
1,600
Cowichan Lake
Lake .
.. 4 ....
395
C. W. Wittingham & A. Castley
3,621
Cranbrook .
Star .
. 2-4 ....
413
J. Purnell (FPCC) (cl.)
Armond .
.. 6 ....
449
J. Purnell & Sons (FPCC)
1,626
Creston .
Grand
. 6 ....
270
F. C. Rodgers
Tivoli .
.. 6 ....
341
L. Johnston
1,500
Cumberland
Ilo llo .
.. 6 ....
449
E. W. Bickle
3,539
Dawson Creek
Northland .
.. 6 ....
450
D. C. Theatres Ltd.
Vogue .
.. 6 ....
449
D. C. Theatres Co.
1,773
Dawson (Yukon)
Orpheum
4 ....
261
C. H. Gray
2,753
Duncan
Odeon .
6 ....
722
Odeon
1,888
Enderby .
Monarch .
6 ....
375
W. Willard
2,538
Fernie
Vogue .
. 6 ....
392
S. J. Rosell
868
Fort St. John
Fort .
6 .
396
Brooke, Herron & Pomery
—
Fruitvale .
. .
. 6 ....
350
R. Winfield
1,200
Ganges
Rex .
. 2 ....
160
S. V. Henn
600
Gibsons .
Gibsons .
6 ....
360
Vincent Prewar
500
Golden .
Yoho .
.. 6 ....
300
E. LaRue
1,636
Grand Forks
Gem
. 6 ....
300
J. Altomare
Roxy .
. 6 ....
371
P. P. Abrosinoff
2,300
Haney .
Odeon .
.. 6 ....
448
Odeon
250
Holberg .
Holberg .
1 ....
150
Comm. Club — F. H. Baldwin
1,646
Hope .
New Hope .
. 6 ....
292
H. S. Trout
300
Invermere
Toby .
. 4-6 ..
306
C. Hogan & C. Morgan
8,099
Kamloops .
Paramount . .
. 6 ....
1000
FPCC
8,466
Kelowna
Paramount .
.. 6 ....
839
"
450
Keremeos .
Keremeos
4 ....
240
C. Palmer
5,906
Kimberley
Orpheum
.. 6 ....
498
J. Purnell & Sons (FPCC)
8,000
Kitimat .
Nechako .
. 6 ....
700
Kitimat Theatres Limited
2,000
Ladner .
Lodner .
.. 6 ....
421
O. Bird
2,083
Ladysmith .
Odeon .
.. 6 ....
476
Odeon
3,294
Langley Prairie
Langley .
.. 6 ....
360
Langley Amuse. Ltd.
454
Lillooet .
Log Cabin .
.. 2 ....
140
Canadian Legion
—
Lynn Valley ....
Cedar V .
. 6 ....
400
S. Chizen
1,200
Maillardville
Academy .
6 ....
447
Harold Locke (Burned)
1,245
Merritt
Merit
.. 6 ....
330
W. A. & H. S. Trout
1,000
Michel .
Michel .
.. 2 ....
240
W. V. Cole
48