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| The Beautiful HILO THEATRE Designed by C.W. Dickey for Consolidated Amusement Company, Limited. Opened on Thursday evening, April 25, 1940. Suffered devastating damage from the tsunami on May23, 1960. It never reopened and the building was demolished in 1965. |
| Click on the links, below, to download the opening night program. These files are in the PDF format and you will need a free ADOBE ACROBAT PDF READER if you do not already have it instlalled. The files are quite large and may take a bit of time to download, but they are worth the wait! |
| photo from the collection of John De Mello, courtesy of Roger Angell and Lyman Museum |
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| HILO THEATRE photos, below, from the collection of John De Mello, courtesy of Roger Angell and Lyman Museum CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR FULL SIZE VIEW. |
| The entrance foyer. |
| The Auditorium seen from the stage. The top of the console for the former Palace Theatre pipe organ is in the foreground, just beyond the footlights, to the right is the KHBC microphone for remote radio shows, and a grand piano is in the lower right corner. |
| Pages 13-36 coming soon |
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| Announcer Ken McAlister and organist Johnny De Mello prepare for a live broadcast from the Hilo Theatre over radio station KHBC in 1941. |
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| Right: The first anniversary of the HILO THEATRE was celebrated for an entire week in 1941. Click on the flyer for a full size view. |