In 1991, the theater was sold to Daniel Perkins, who continued to make improvements and keep the theater going during a period of increased competition from television, videotapes, and later, DVDs. It was a time when many small-town theaters closed their doors. After a showing of the award-winning foreign language film, “Cinema Paradiso,” the theater name was changed from the Paonia Theater to “The Paradise”, an appropriate name that depicts the way the residents feel about the theater and the North Fork Valley in which they reside.
Public records show the building being conveyed, at least in part, to Thomas Ricketts in 1996, and then -there is a gap in the chain of title- Michelle Riley conveying to Paradise Theater Properties LLC in 2001. In 2006, it was sold to New Paradise Holdings LLC. In 2010, Raven Heart purchased the theater and continued the commitment to keeping the theater going.