The Lynwood Theatre is a historic movie theater located on Bainbridge Island in Kitsap County , Washington . It primarily screens independent and foreign films.
7-436: The Lynwood Theatre opened on July 3, 1936, as the first theater on Bainbridge Island to screen sound films, including She Couldn't Take It and Times Square Playboy . Founded by Edna and Emmanuel Olson, the 200-seat single screen theater was intended to offer a modern alternative to the silent film cinemas on the island. The Lynwood Theatre is one of the three longest continuously-operating businesses on Bainbridge Island. In
14-454: Is a 1936 American romance film directed by William C. McGann and starring Warren William , June Travis and Barton MacLane . It is based on the 1926 play Hometowners by George M. Cohan , and was produced and distributed by Warner Bros . It is also known by the alternative title of His Best Man . The film's art direction was by Esdras Hartley , its costume design by Orry-Kelly . Hardworking New York City stockbroker Vic Arnold
21-433: Is about her age. Despite the efforts of his wife Lottie, he accuses Beth of being a gold digger, and her brother Wally and their parents of complicity. Insulted, Beth makes Vic choose between them. Vic refuses to give up his best friend, so Beth gives him back his engagement ring. Later, Ben finds out he was mistaken. Wally returns a $ 40,000 bracelet Vic gave Beth; he also reveals that Joe, who has repeatedly proposed to Beth,
28-431: Is actually much richer than Vic. However, when Vic opens the jewelry case, it is empty. The Calhouns show up to defend themselves from the insinuation that Beth kept the bracelet. Ben then admits he hid it in order to bring everybody together. He even resorts to putting Wally in a half nelson to get him to stay and listen to his heartfelt apology. In the end, he succeeds in reuniting the couple. The New York Times gave
35-399: Is elated to announce at a business meeting that Beth Calhoun has agreed to marry him. He invites his best friend, Ben "Pig Head" Bancroft, to come from his home town of Big Bend, Indiana, to be his best man . However, Ben becomes convinced that the much younger Beth is only marrying Vic for his money and that she is secretly still attached to college football star and admirer Joe Roberts, who
42-642: The 1950s, the Olsons sold the theatre to nephew Glenn Nolta and his wife Lucille. Former Winslow mayor Sam Granato bought the Lynwood Theater from the Noltas in 1980. In 2000, the Lynwood Theatre transitioned into an art-house cinema focused on programming independent and foreign films. By 2008 the Lynwood Theatre was co-owned by Sam Granato and Jeff Brien and the building the cinema is a part of,
49-670: The Lynwood Center, was renovated. The Lynwood Theatre has been a host venue for the Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival as well as the Bainbridge Island Film Festival . Special events are sometimes held at the Lynwood Theatre, including comedy shows. Comedians Chris Kattan and Derek Sheen hosted a performance at the theater to support its continued operation. Times Square Playboy Times Square Playboy
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