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Name:

Laury Smith

Date:

3/19/2007

From:

Laury Smith

IP Address:

24.10.151.225

Comments:

I have always loved the Villa theater. I happened upon this site today while I was sitting at home thinking about my darling aunt Connie that worked there for what seems to me a life time taking tickets. I remember being a little girl and every time we would drive by the theater I would see my beautiful aunt in the ticket booth with her lovely smile on her face greeting each customer. She is in the hospital today, seriously ill, and it was a blessing to me to be able to come to this site and remember her warm smile and a time when her health was not a burden to her. Thank you for sharing.

Name:

Ticktock

Date:

1/23/2007

From:

IP Address:

72.0.177.127

Comments:

This is among the very best, most exhaustive theater sites I've seen. Thanks SO much, particularly to Grant Smith for the photos. There's something ineffably romantic about hidden, disused and abandoned movie theater stage equipment: the draperies, motors and  cables, rigging, even the old screens. I just love all the backstage shots on this site. 

A question: Did the Villa originally have a title curtain? That appears to be the case in the pre-opening shot (the mayor onstage), in which the main curtain is apparently raised, but a curtain is in place behind the mayor. Does anyone know?

Again, thanks so much for this very romantic (best word I can find) site. Tick.

Name:

Jeremy

Date:

11/13/2006

From:

Salt Lake City

IP Address:

67.166.102.142

Comments:

I grew up in the house next to Crowne Burger. Villa was always the place for our family to check out movies. 

I really appreciate all the images you have provided. They've also proven to be very helpful with an assignment in my photoshop class. We've been given the task of recreating a picture of a neon sign. One of the greatest right here!

Name:

Jerry Meik

Date:

8/13/2006

From:

Plymouth Michigan

IP Address:

69.14.66.138

Comments:

I have many fond memories of the Villa Theater. First job ever was that of an usher at The Villa working my way up to head usher and doorman. It was exciting being a doorman at the premiers of South Pacific and Windjammer. The theater managers during that period were Mr. Frisby. Mr. Kirkmeyer and Dick Krebs was the assistant mgr. All of which were in some of the photos on this site. Every time im in Salt Lake I drive by to see the theater. I was very sorry to see it close.

Name:

Simon Overton

Date:

8/6/2006

From:

Santa Ana, California

IP Address:

70.34.23.62

Comments:

My wife, Kathleen, and I spent numerous hours at the Villa. This was a magnificent movie palace with a lot of history. The reason it's selling carpets now instead of movie seats, can be blamed, for NO other reason, than on the movie-going public. They were too lazy to go that one extra mile. Instead, they had to go to another multiplex to see the same film.
Multiplexes are killing the single screen movie houses, like Starbucks are "the place to be seen" rather than a (dying) mom & pop coffee shop. I hope they all fail from over breeding!
As for me... you won't see [me] in a multiplex!!!

Name:

hyht

Date:

3/4/2006

From:

USA

IP Address:

202.41.167.246

Comments:

I really appreciate your website. Thanks!

Name:

Fifa

Date:

3/1/2006

From:

USA

IP Address:

84.244.1.154

Comments:

Very good site! Thanks!

Name:

Ronald

Date:

1/19/2006

From:

IP Address:

65.19.154.51

Comments:

Amazing site. nice colors! good job.

Name:

awan

Date:

1/23/2006

From:

usa

IP Address:

61.17.246.130

Comments:

your site is excellent

Name:

Grant Smith

Date:

9/5/2005

From:

Salt Lake City

IP Address:

205.127.17.1

Comments:

The renovation on the Villa Theatre is nearing completion and much has changed.  I think we owe a lot of thanks to Hamid Adib for preserving this building when it would have been much less expensive for him to simply demolish it and build a new one.  Some things have been lost and some have been improved.  At least the Villa will stand for many years to come and it could sometime return to use as a theater.  That more than we can say for the Centre Theatre.