]]>
The Seminole Herald]]>
The Seminole Herald: Cities/Towns-Sanford Collection, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
The Seminole Herald.]]>
Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Sanford: Our First 125 Years, page 77.]]>
The Seminole Herald.]]>
The Seminole Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre, the building was constructed at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida]]>
Orlando Business Journal, December 10, 1999: Cities/Towns-Sanford Collection, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Orlando Business Journal]]>
Orlando Business Journal, December 10, 1999.]]>
Orlando Business Journal, December 10, 1999.]]>
Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Orlando Business Journal.]]>
Orlando Business Journal and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Photocopy of original black and white photograph: Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only]]>
Godspell at the Sanford Civic Center. Godspell is a musical produced by Stephen Schwartz based on a book by John Michael Tebelak. The play originally opened on Broadway on May 17, 1971. The musical consists of a series of parables based on the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke.
Originally the Milane Theatre, the building was constructed at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Sanford Herald, June 11, 1996.]]>
The Sanford Herald]]>
The Sanford Herald, June 11, 1996.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald.]]>
Copyright to this resource is held by The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Orlando Business Journal]]>
]]>
Orlando Business Journal, December 10, 1999.]]>
Cities/Towns-Sanford Collection, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Orlando Business Journal.]]>
Orlando Business Journal and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Ritz Theatre Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is owned by Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Bishop, Katherine. Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976, page 56: Item number DP0009054. Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120167.]]>
Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976.]]>
Bishop, Katherine. Sanford Now and Then: An Official Project of the Greater Sanford Chamber of Commerce, Commemorating the Incorporating of the City of Sanford, 1877. S.l: s.n.], 1976.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Sealed With a Kiss, produced by Valencia Community College. The film was produced by about 350 students and took over a year to complete. Sealed With a Kiss is about a love story that spans three decades, starring Candace Miller and Christopher Calvert. Ralph Clemente directs the film, which includes original music by Richie Havens.
Originally the Milane Theatre, the Ritz was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Photocopy of newspaper reproduction of original black and white photographs by Tommy Vincent, October 29, 1989: The Sanford Herald, October 30, 1989: Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald]]>
Newspaper reproduction of original black and white photographs by Tommy Vincent, October 29, 1989: The Sanford Herald, October 30, 1989.]]>
Original black and white photograph by Tommy Vincent, October 29, 1989.]]>
Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald.]]>
The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Originally the Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theatre and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History and provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 1: Item number DP0008900. Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120807.]]>
This Week in Sanford]]>
riginal newspaper article: This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 1: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 1.]]>
This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally published by This Week in Sanford.]]>
This Week in Sanford and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2: Item number DP0008901. Central Florida Memory. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120820.]]>
This Week in Sanford]]>
This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2.]]>
This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Adobe Acrobat Reader]]>
This Week in Sanford.]]>
This Week in Sanford and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Photocopy of original black and white photograph: Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Sanford, page 41.]]>
Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 2, 1923: Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 2, 1923.]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 2, 1923.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald.]]>
The Sanford Herald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Mantrap, Eve's Leaves, and Ranson's Folly.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Sanford Today Vol. 01, No. 02, July 24, 1926, page 4: Item number DP0008872. Central Florida Memory. http://digitalcollections.lib.ucf.edu/u?/CFM,120933.]]>
Original newspaper article: Sanford Today, Vol. 01, No. 02, July 24, 1926, page 4: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Sanford Today, Vol. 01, No. 02, July 24, 1926.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Originally published by Sanford Today.]]>
Copyright to this resource is held by Sanford Today and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>
Old Loves and New, The Little Irish Girl, The Fighting Heart, Sweet Daddies, and The Greater Glory.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Sanford Today, Vol. 01, No. 01, July 17, 1926, page 6: Item number DP0008871. Central Florida Memory. http://digitalcollections.lib.ucf.edu/u?/CFM,120926.
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Original newspaper article: Sanford Today, Vol. 01, No. 01, July 17, 1926, page 6: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Sanford Today, Vol. 01, No. 01, July 17, 1926.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Sanford Today.]]>
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The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Photocopy of original newspaper article: The Sanford Herald, August 15, 1923: Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 15, 1923.]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 15, 1923.]]>
The Sanford Herald, August 15, 1923.]]>
Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
The Sanford Herald.]]>
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The Sanford Daily Herald, McMullen's Barber Shop, R. C. Bower, Churchwell's, and the Lloyd Shoe Store.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue in Sanford, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons. In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay. In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Photocopy of original newspaper article, August 23, 1923: Milane Theater Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
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This Week in Sanford Vol. 01, No. 24 (June 28, 1926): 3.]]>
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Just Suppose, for the week of June 21, 1926.
The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the presidents of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons.
In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay.
In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed at the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 3: Item number DP0008900. Central Florida Memory. http://digitalcollections.lib.ucf.edu/u?/CFM,120797.]]>
This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 3: Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
This Week in Sanford, Vol. 01, No. 23, June 21, 1926, page 3.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
This Week in Sanford.]]>
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The Milane Theatre was built at 203 South Magnolia Avenue, the former location of the Star Theatre, an abandoned movie house. Scroggs and Ewing, architects from Georgia, prepared the plans for the Milane. The name of the new theater was derived from the combination of the Milane Amusement Company president and vice president: Frank L. Miller and Edward F. Lane, respectively. The Milane opened in July of 1923 and seated 823 patrons.
In 1933, the Milane was sold to Frank and Stella Evans, investors from Lake Mary, Florida. The new owners renamed their business the Ritz Theater and held the property until the 1990s. However, the Ritz struggled financially in the 1960s and closed in 1978 due to failure to compete with the new multiplex theaters. The building remained vacant until 1984, when it reopened as the Showtime Cantina. The Showtime Cantina closed in 1988 and remained vacant and in decay.
In the mid-1990s, Ritz Community Theater Projects, Inc. acquired the property and began rehabilitation in 1998. On May 6, 2000, the theater reopened as the Helen Stairs Theatre in honor of the citizen who led the restoration project, Helen Stairs. The following year, the location was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, additional renovations were completed and the theater was renamed the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in honor of the Wayne Densch Charitable Trust Fund for contributing to the renovations fund.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.]]>
Milane Theatre Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]>
Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>