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Taylorsville, Utah
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George H. Harrison and R. Howard Harrison opened the $40,000 Roosevelt Theatre on Valentine's Day, 14 February 1942, with Shirley Temple in Kathleen.  The “modern up-to-the minute motion picture theatre” was described as “new, beautiful, and elaborately equipped.”  The interior color scheme was peach, green, and beige, with red velour curtains and drapes.  The 500 seats in the auditorium were “arranged on a slight arc so that every seat directly faces the screen.”  The stage was large and had floodlights, so the theater could “accommodate many types of entertainment” and serve as “a community playhouse as well as a motion picture theatre.”

 
 
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The entrance of the Carriage Square Trolley was on the left and the auditoriums were on the right.

Photographer: Grant Smith
Date: 16 March 2002

Carriage Square Trolley
(Carriage Square Cinemas)
 
1785 West 4120 South
Taylorsville, Utah
 
Status:
Closed 
Auditoriums:
Total Seats:
640 
Open:
25 May 1979  
Closed:
August 1988  
 
The Carriage Square Trolley theater was located at 1785 West 4120 South and had two screens.  The theater was built by Trolley Theaters, but later managed by Plitt and Cineplex Odeon.  Cineplex Odeon closed the theater in January 1988 because the theater couldn't compete showing first-run movies.  They reopened the theater in July 1988 as a dollar theater and renamed it Carriage Square Cinemas.  The theater was later closed and converted into a gym.