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What's playing at the Toby Theatre, 1960 A log of what was on the big screen in Invermere, B.C. Names of stars are as they appeared in ads in the Valley Echo A tribute: Sixty years of small-town theatre The Toby Theatre was built in 1952 as the first regular theatre in the north part of the Columbia Valley in B.C. Until it opened, films were shown in halls. In 1955, the Toby installed cinemascope with a 21-foot by 10-foot screen. The original owners of Toby Theatre Ltd. were Billie Morgan and Morley Hogan. They sold it on May 16, 1960 to Radium Drive-In Theatre Ltd., owned by Steve and Kay Capowski of Radium. The theatre was purchased in 1971 by Elizabeth and Ron Peters, who ran it until 2014, when changing technology forced it to close after 62 years in operation. In 1960 and 1961, members of the Obee family were frequent attendees at Toby showings. 1960 Jan. 8-9 -- Holiday for Lovers; Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Paul Henreid, Jill St. John Jan. 11-12 -- Day of the Outlaw; Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise Jan. 13-14 -- East of Eden; James Dean, Eva Marie Saint Jan. 15-16 -- Ask Any Girl; David Niven, Gig Young, Shirley MacLaine Jan. 18-19 -- Adventures of Arsene Lupin; Bob Lamoureaux, Lise Pulver Jan. 20-21 -- Shake Hands With the Devil; James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter; Glynnis Johns Jan. 22-23 -- The Best of Everything; Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer Jan. 25-26 -- Crime of Passion; Barb Stanwyck, Ray Burr, Sterling Hayden Jan. 27 -- Untamed Youth; John Russell, Lori Nelnson, Mamie Van Doren Jan. 28-30 -- North by Northwest; Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason Feb. 1-2 -- Gunfight at Dodge City; Joel McCrea, Julie Adams Feb. 3-4 -- The Devil's Disciple; Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Lawrence Olivier Feb. 5-6 -- The Diary of Anne Frank; Millie Perkins Feb. 7-8 -- A Private's Affairs; Sal Mineo, Gary Crosby, Christine Carere Feb. 10-11 -- Rebel Without A Cause; James Dean, Natalie Wood Feb. 12-13 -- Tarzan the Ape Man; Denny Miller, Joanna Barnes Feb. 15-16 -- Yellowstone Kelly; Clint Walker, Andra Martin, Edward Byrnes Feb. 17 -- The Last Mile; Mickey Rooney, Alan Bunce, Fred Conroy Feb. 18-20 -- The F.B.I. Story; James Stewart, Vera Miles Feb. 22-23 -- Hound-Dog Man; Fabian, Stuart Whiteman, Carol Lynley Feb. 24 -- The Beat Generation; Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren Feb. 25-27 -- The Horse Soldiers; John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers Feb. 29-Mar. 1 -- Lonely Hearts; Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Maureen Stapleton Mar. 2-3 -- Tumbleweed; Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson, Chill Wills Mar. 4-5 -- The Wreck of the Mary Deare; Gary Cooper, Charlton Heston, Virginia McKenna Mar. 7-8 -- The Naked Maja; Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa Mar. 9-10 -- The Blue Angel; May Britt, Curt Jergens Mar. 11-12 -- Some Like It Hot; Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Jack Lemon, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien Mar. 14-15 -- Taza, Son of Cochise; Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush Mar. 16-17 -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Disney Mar. 18-19 -- It Started With a Kiss; Glenn Ford, Eva Gabor, Debbie Reynolds Mar. 21-23 -- Li'l Abner Mar. 24 -- Daddyo; Dick Contino, Sandra Giles Mar. 25-26 -- A Hole in the Head; Frank Sinatra, Eddie Hedges, Edward G. Robinson Mar. 28-29 -- Cowboy; Glen Ford Mar. 30-31 -- Slim Carter; Jack Mahoney, Julie Adams, Tim Hovey Apr. 1-2 -- Journey to the Centre of the Earth; Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl Apr. 4-5 -- Beloved Infidel; Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr, Eddie Albert Apr. 6-7 -- The Light in the Forest; Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, Wendell Corey Apr. 8-9 -- Bambi; Disney Apr. 11-12 -- Chance Meeting; Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle Apr. 13 -- Border River; Joel McCrea, Yvonne DeCarlo Apr. 14-16 -- The Ten Commandments; Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Baxter, Debra Paget Apr. 18-20 -- Summer Place; Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue Apr. 21 -- Kelly and Me; Van Johnson, Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer Apr. 22-23 -- Tonka; Sal Mineo, Philip Corey, Jerome Courtland Apr. 25-26 -- A Touch of Larceny; James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders Apr. 27-28 -- Drums Across the River; Audie Murphy, Lyle Bettger, Walter Brennan, Lisa Gaye Apr. 29-30 -- Blue Denim; Carol Lynley, McDonald Carey, Brandon de Wilde May 2-3 -- Pal Joey; Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak May 4-5 -- Stalag 17; William Holden, Don Taylor May 6-7 -- Old Yeller May 9-10 -- Rock Around the Clock; Bill Haley and His Comets also -- Outlaw Stallion; Phil Carey, Dorothy Patrick May 11 -- Mark of the Hawk; Sidney Poitier, Eartha Kitt May 12-14 -- Sink the Bismarck; Kenneth More, Dan Wynter May 16-17 -- The Little Savage also -- Blood and Steel; John Lupton, Brett Halsey May 18-19 -- The Miracle; Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak May 20-21 -- The Man Who Knew Too Much; James Stewart, Doris Day May 23-24 -- Cash McCall; James Garner, Natalie Wood, Nina Fock May 25-26 -- Black Horse Canyon; Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard May 27-28 -- Heller in Pink Tights; Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn May 30-31-- The Miracle; Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak June 1-2 -- Sea of Sand June 3-4 -- The Greatest Show On Earth; Betty Hutton, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde June 6-7 -- Subway In The Sky; Van Johnson, Hildegarde Neff June 8 -- Heart of a Child June 9-11 -- This Earth Is Mine; Rock Hudson, Jean Simmons June 13-14 -- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's; Joyce Grenfell, Terry Thomas June 15-16 -- At Gunpoint; Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone June 17-18 -- Tall Story; Anthony Perkins, Jane Fonda June 20-21 -- Goliath and the Barbarians; Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso June 22-23 -- Walk Like A Dragon; Jack Lord, Nobu McCarthy June 24-25 -- Guns of the Timberland; Alan Ladd, Jeannie Crain, Gil Roland, Frankie Avalon June 27-28 -- Babette Goes To War; Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Francis Blanche June 29-30 -- I'll See You In My Dreams; Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy July 1-2 -- Shotgun; Sterling Hayden, Yvonne DeCarlo, Zachary Scott July 4-5 -- The Moon Is Blue; William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara July 6-7 -- Platinum High School; Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan Duryea July 8-9 -- Tank Force; Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Luciana Paluzzi July 11-12 -- Samson and Delilah; Victor Mature, Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders also -- Patterson-Johanssen fight pictures July 13-14 -- The Big Money -- Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee July 15-16 -- Conspiracy of Hearts; Albert Lieven, Lilli Palmer, Ronald Lewis July 18-19 -- Cast a Long Shadow; Audie Murphy, Terry Moore July 20-21 -- The Admirable Chrichton; Kenneth More, Diane Cilente July 22-23 -- On The Beach; Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins July 25-26 -- Home From The Hill; Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard July 27-28 -- Snowfire; Molly McGowan, Don Megowen also -- The Littlest Hobo July 29-30 -- Solomon and Sheba; Yul Brynner, Gina Lollabrigida, George Sanders Aug. 1-2 -- Prisoner of the Volga; John Derek, Elsa Martinelli, Dawn Addams, Gert Froebe Aug. 3-4 -- The Rat Race; Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Oakie, Kay Medford Aug. 5-6 -- The Guns of Fort Petticoat; Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Hope Emerson Aug. 8-9 -- Our Man In Havana; Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives Aug. 10-11 -- At War With The Army; Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis also -- Let's Go Navy; Leo Gorcey and the Bowery Boys Aug. 12-13 -- The Giant of Marathon; Steve Reeves, Mylene Demongeot, Ivo Garrani Aug. 15-16 -- Room At The Top; Laurence Harvey, Simone Sigoret, Heather Sears Aug. 17-18 -- Carry On, Sergeant; William Martnell, Bob Monkhouse, Shirley Eaton Aug. 19-20 -- Sergeant Rutledge; Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billy Burke Aug. 22-23 -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore Aug. 24-25 -- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart Aug. 26-27 -- The Mountain Road; James Stewart, Lisa Lu, Henry Morgan Aug. 29-30 -- Now and Forever; Jeannette Scott, Vernon Gray Aug. 31-Sept. 1 -- Because They're Young; Dick Clark, Victoria Shaw, Michael Callan Sept. 2-3 -- Watusi; George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar Sept. 5-6 -- Hannibal; Victor Mature, Rita Gain, Gabrielle Ferzetti Sept. 7-8 -- The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England; Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Hugh Griffith Sept. 9-10 -- Ice Palace; Richard Burtan, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones, Martha Hyer Sept. 12-13 -- All The Fine Young Cannibals; Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Susan Kohner Sept. 14-15 -- The One That Got Away; Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe Sept. 16-17 -- Showdown at Abilene; Jack Mahoney, Martha Hyer Sept. 19-20 -- Queen of Outer Space; Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie Mitchell, Paul Birch Sept. 21-22 -- Man On A String; Ernest Borgnine, Kerwin Mathews, Collen Dewhurst Sept. 23-24 -- The First Texan; Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford Sept. 26-27 -- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives Sept. 28-29 -- Strange Affection; Terence Morgan, Colin Patterson, Peter Sellers -- papers missing -- Oct. 14-15 -- Visit to a Small Planet; Jerry Lewis Oct. 17-18 -- Springfield Rifle; Gary Cooper Oct. 19-20 -- Carry On Sergeant; William Hartnell, Shirley Eaton, Bob Monkhouse Oct. 21-22 -- Under Ten Flags; Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylene Demongoet Oct. 24-25 -- The Apartment; Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray Oct. 26-27 -- Floods of Fear; Howard Keel, Anne Heywood, Harry H. Corbett Oct. 28-29 -- Spoilers of the Forest; Rod Cameron, Vera Ralston, Ray Collins, Hillary Brooke Oct. 31-Nov. 1 -- The Crimson Kimona; Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta Nov. 2-3 -- Santa Fe Passage; John Payne, Rod Cameron, Faith Domergue Nov. 4-5 -- The Bellboy; Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonny Sands Nov. 7-8 -- Suddenly Last Summer; Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift Nov. 9-10 -- The Boy and the Pirates; Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon also -- Oklahoma Territory; Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott Nov. 11-12 -- The Crowded Sky; Dana Andrews, Rhonda Fleming, John Kerr Nov. 14-15 -- Edge of Eternity; Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Haughnessy Nov. 16-17 -- 13 Ghosts; Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow also -- Stop! Look! and Laugh!; The Three Stooges Nov. 18-19 -- Pawnee; George Montgomery, Lola Albright, Bill Williams Nov. 21-22 -- The Time Machine; Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux Nov. 23-24 -- (no title listed -- adult entertainment specified) Nov. 25-26 -- The Lion and the Horse; Steve Cochran, Ray Teal Nov. 28-29 -- Westward The Women; Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel Nov. 30-Dec. 1 -- The Gallant Hours; James Cagney, Dennis Weaver, Ward Costello Dec. 2-3 -- Hercules; Steve Reeves, Sylvia Koscina Dec. 5-6 -- The Enemy General; Van Johnson, Dany Carrel also -- Going Steady; Molly Bee, Alan Reed Jr. Dec. 7-8 -- I Passed For White; Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus Dec. 9-10 -- The Naked Spur; James Stewart, Janet Leigh Dec. 12-13 -- I Aim At The Stars; Curt Jurgens, Victoria Shaw, Herbert Lob, Gia Scala Dec. 14-15 -- It Happened To Jane; Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest Dec. 16-17 -- The Last days of Pompeii; Steve Reeves Dec. 19-20 -- All The Young Men; Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier Dec. 21-22 -- The Fugitive Kind; Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani (no ad in Christmas issue) Dec. 30-31 -- Road to Denver; John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb 1961 Jan. 2-4 -- Psycho; Anthony Hopkins, Janet Leigh Jan. 5 -- The Nights of Lucretia Borgia; Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas Jan. 6-7 -- King of the Wild Stallions; George Montgomery, Dianne Brewster also -- In The Money; The Bowery Boys Jan. 9-11 -- Elmer Gantry; Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons Jan. 12 -- The Rabbit Trap; Ernest Borgnine, David Brian Jan. 13-14 -- Flame Over India; Lauren Bacall, Kenneth More Jan. 16-17 -- The Purple Gang; Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards Jan. 18-19 -- 18 and Anxious; Martha Scott, Jim Backus also -- Girl In The Woods; Forrest Tucker, Maggie Hayes Jan. 20-21 -- Three Worlds of Gulliver; Kerwin Mathess, Jo Morrow Jan. 23-24 -- A Breath of Scandal; Sophia Loren, John Gavin, Maurice Chevalier Jan. 25-26 -- Please Turn Over; Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Leslie Phillips Jan. 27-28 -- The Magnificent Seven; Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen Jan. 30-31 -- Circus of Horrors; Anton Diffring, Erika Reinberg, Kenneth Griffith Feb. 1-2 -- Dark At The Top Of The Stairs; Robert preston, Dorothy McGuire Feb. 3-4 -- Cinderfella; Jerry Lewis Feb. 6-7 -- Let No Man Write My Epitaph; Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seaberg Feb. 8-9 -- Sunrise at Campobello; Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen Feb. 10-11 -- Man From Laramie; James Stewart, Kathy O'Donnell Feb. 13-14 -- The Pusher; Kathy Carlyle, Felice Orlandi also -- Vice Raid; Mamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan Feb. 15-16 -- Song Without End; Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page, Patrica Morrison -- no ads -- newspaper manager was sick March 10-11 -- Gypsy Colt; Donna Corcoran, Ward Bo?, Frances Dee March 13-14 -- Fast and Sexy; Gina Lollabrigida, Dale Robertson, Vittoris DeSicca March 15-16 -- High Tide At Noon; Betta St. John, William Sylvester Michael Craig March 17-18 -- The Kettles on Old McDonald's Farm; Marjorie Main, Parker Fenell March 20-21 -- The Plunderers; Jeff Chandler, John Saxon also -- heavyweight fight -- Patterson vs. Johannsen March 22-23 -- Genevieve; Dinah Sheridan, Kay Kendall March 26 -- Choice. A special Sunday showing of a 10-minute Canadian National Cancer Society film show at Lake Lillian in the Purcell Mountains west of Invermere. What's Playing at the Radium Drive-In Theatre, 1960 |
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