Dreamland Theatre
Ogden, Utah
Charles and George Driskell were managers of the Dreamland Theatre on Washington Avenue for most of 1908. They made improvements to the playhouse in March, including the addition of landscape panels on the walls made by local artists. In August, the Dreamland added a second projector, eliminating the need for intermissions at reel changes. A claim by George Driskell that he had “worked with untiring energy” to secure exclusive engagements at the Dreamland provoked a strong response from R. W. Strong with 20th Century Optiscope, who claimed the entire credit for resolving booking conflicts lay with the national Film Service Association. Two months later, the Dreamland reopened under the management of Fred Tout and Fred Anderson.
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Utah Briefs
Daily Herald, 11 October 1979, page 47
Utah's oldest drive-in thater has filed suit in federal court claiming a California-based theater chain mis-appropriated its name.
The Riverdale Theatre Corp., which has operated a drive-in in Riverdale since 1941, brought suit against Mann Theatres.
The drive-in claims exclusive rights to use of word "Riverdale" in its name. The court suit said Mann built a four-theater complex at the Riverdale Mall which it named the Riverdale Plaza Theaters.
Riverdale Drive-in acused Mann of "parasitical misappropriation" of the drive-in goodwill through use of "names which are deceptively similar."
