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Dublin Core
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Title
Milane Theatre Collection
Alternative Title
Milane Collection
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Film industry (Motion pictures)
Description
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.
Language
eng
Coverage
Opera House, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Star Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Milane Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Ritz Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Showtime Cantina, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Helen Stairs Theatre, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, Downtown Sanford, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Contributor
Cepero, Laura Lynn
<a href="http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/leisure-services/parks-recreation/museum-of-seminole-county-history/" target="_blank">Museum of Seminole County History</a>
<a href="http://thehistorycenter.org/">Orange County Regional History Center</a>
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/16" target="_blank">Sanford Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"<a href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/listingdetail/53/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.aspx.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1 newspaper article
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Title
Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air': Reaches 8,000,000 Listeners with Solid Facts
Alternative Title
Sanford Scores an Epic Hit 'On Air'
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Theaters--Florida
Theaters--Florida
Radio--United States
Broadcasting--United States
Description
Newspaper article on the WJZ broadcast at the Milane Theatre of a Sanford and Seminole County program of information and music to an audience of 8,000,000 radio listeners.
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.
Source
<span><span>Digital reproduction of original newspaper article:</span></span> <em>This Week in Sanford</em> Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2<span>: Item number DP0008901. Central Florida Memory. <a href="http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120820" target="_blank">http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CFM/id/120820</a>.</span>
Publisher
<em>This Week in Sanford</em>
Curnick, Arthur R.
Date Created
ca. 1926-06-28
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper photograph: <em>This Week in Sanford</em> Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2.
Is Part Of
<em>This Week in Sanford</em> Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926.
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>, Sanford, Florida.
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/42"><span>Milane Theatre Collection</span></a><span>, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.</span></span>
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
257 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
Charlotte, North Carolina
Spatial Coverage
28.810527, -81.266859
40.754543, -73.982245
40.756732, -73.974064
35.229916, -80.841737
Temporal Coverage
1926-06-25/1926-06-28
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <em>This Week in Sanford</em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <em>This Week in Sanford</em> and is provided here by <span><a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/"><span>RICHES of Central Florida</span></a></span> for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<span><a href="http://www.cfmemory.org/"><span>Central Florida Memory</span></a></span>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<span><a href="http://www.cfmemory.org/"><span>Central Florida Memory</span></a></span>
<span><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/"><span>RICHES MI</span></a></span>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456">Sanford Museum</a>
External Reference
"Helen Stairs Theatre." StageClick. http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx.
"Theater History." Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/.
"Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center." Seminole County: Florida's Natural Choice. http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center.
External Reference Title
"<a href="http://www.stageclick.com/venue/457.aspx" target="_blank">Helen Stairs Theatre</a>"
"<a class="mceContentBody" href="http://www.wdpac.com/footer-menu/theater-history/" target="_blank">Theater History</a>"
"<a href="http://www.visitseminole.com/things-to-do/general/wayne-densch-performing-arts-center" target="_blank">Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center</a>"
Transcript
SANFORD SCORES AN EPIC HIT 'ON AIR'
REACHES 8,000,000 LISTENERS WITH SOLID FACTS
__________________________________________
Date Copyrighted
1926-06-28
Date Issued
1926-06-28
Has Format
Original newspaper article: <em>This Week in Sanford</em> Vol. 01, No. 24, June 28, 1926, page 1-2<span><span>: </span><a href="http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=456"><span>Sanford Museum</span></a><span>, Sanford, Florida.</span></span>
Addio Napolio
Always
Bills, J. C., Jr.
cur nick, Arthur R.
Deep in My Heart
Ford, Bentley
Giles, Erva
Haenschens, Walter G.
Hoff-Mac Battery Company
In Springtime
Just a Cottage Small
Lake, Forrest
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses
Magnolia Avenue
Marentette, Joseph L.
Milane Theatre
Miller, E. C.
Pearman, R. W.
Sanford Chamber of Commerce
Sanford Friends
Sanford Grove
Sanford Hour on the Air
Sleepy-Time Gal
SUNNY
This Week in Sanford
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Walter G. Haenschens Orchestra
WJZ
You Forgot to Remember