The Lake Theater and Cafe was opened on March 23rd 1940 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The journey to find the opening date was long but rewarding. The first traces of the Lake Theaters early existence I found were announcements and construction updates for the Oswego Districts “theater project”.

Something relatively interesting that I found out doing my research on the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay is the fact that even in the 1950s and the 1930s, the theater was used for events that were not centered around films.

In a newspaper from the Cottage Grove Sentinel published on December 1, 1949, readers were introduced to plans for what would become the Morelock's Drive-In Theatre. At the time, drive-in theaters were becoming increasingly popular across the United States, and the Morelock family believed Cottage Grove was ready for this new form of entertainment. According to the article, construction was expected to begin immediately on an area located just south of the city limits.

The Harbor Theatre operated from 1938 to 2003. Over the course of 70 years, the theatre offered a wide range of programming for the community. It was a central hub of the town's entertainment for most of the 20th century and well into the 21st.

The Hollywood Theater served as a valued gathering place for the Portland community in the 1950s. Aside from screening films, the theater hosted annual ceremonies for the Junior Rose Festival Court, live cooking shows, and religious speakers.

The Bend Drive-In was developed by brothers Albert and William Forman, who also owned Bend's Capitol and Tower theaters downtown.

In 1920, the theater later known as the Beaver Theatre briefly operated under the name Pacific Theatre during a period of expansion and renovation. Two newspaper articles from September and December 1920 show how the theater's owner, N. G. Freeman, presented the theater not only as a place for entertainment but also as a symbol of Beaverton’s growth and modernization.

So most of the informations I got for this project they were about architecture, what type of people were leading the theatre throuhout the years and how many impediments the theatre had to overcome in order to be a successful theater, at that specific time that was the only one in the area so people had to be really careful how would they manage their money and how to invest really smart into that theater, not only this but the architecture of the theatre was different compared to a lot of the theaters that were in function at that time, the Spanish chandeliers with a blue and gold color p

When the Rhododendron Drive-In opened on April 30, 1953, the theater distinguished itself from many other drive-ins of the time by showing almost exclusively first-run films, a practice that seemingly remained throughout the theater's lifespan which ended in 1979 with its final showings being that year's Last Embrace and Bloodline. This was partially due to the theater's close proximity to downtown Florence, unlike many other drive-ins which were located in more rural areas. Another notable aspect from the theater's first year of programming was its heavy scheduling.