Tracy Theatre
219 E. Seaside Way,
Long Beach,
CA
90802
219 E. Seaside Way,
Long Beach,
CA
90802
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Tracy…thank you so much for those memories and that info….i grew up in Long Beach…and was a police officer on the day shift when they tore the place down….I had been there several times with my parents and seem to remember it had an orchestra pit left ove rfrom live shows or maybe silent movie days…doug sarvis(another St. Anthony Grad
The old series F.B.I used the Tracy for T.V. Show.
The movie with Jimmy Durante It'sa Mad,Mad, Mad, Mad World had the Tracy Theater in it. The family still live in Long Beach, three of six children are still living. Madeline, Marie and Ann they graduated from Saint Anthonys. When the Theater was torn down it took huge wrecking balls weeks upon weeks to demolish because there was so much steel in it. The owner was Eugene V. Tracy and his wife Catherine “Kate” Tracy. Eugene V. Tracy came from Bisbee Arizona where he ran Eugen also owned and operated the Laughlin Theater on Pine Avenue.
The Tracy was at the corner of Seaside and Collins Way.
I am a direct decendant of the family that owned and operated the Tracy Theater. I live in Long Beach and I am a Political Consultant. I can direct you to other family members to give you more details on the theater.
the tracy was opened in 1925 as the capitol…which was a silent movie house
The Tracy Theatre was located at 219 E. Seaside Way.
The Tracy was still standing in the Summer of 1973. It had a rusty, wedge shaped marquee which had later supplanted the one in the photo. Many of the window panes on the arched facade were broken, and the entrance was boarded up.