This article in Billboard (3-19-49) reports a one-time, one-week vaudeville show at the Warner after four years without any live performances. The article also reports that, at the time, Loew’s Capitol was the only theater in DC with a regular stage-screen schedule.
As shown in this 1961 PhillyHistory photo ( http://tinyurl.com/ygqoj7l ) that includes a Roy Street sign, the Carman Theater was located at the southeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Roy Street rather than Germantown and Allegheny Avenues. This is another view of the Carmen Theater, also taken in 1961: http://tinyurl.com/yem9eou. As shown in this Google satellite view ( http://tinyurl.com/yfx8r5q ), the lot now seems to be filled with old cars. This photograph ( http://tinyurl.com/y98olul ) of the Carman Theater was taken in June of 1937 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.
In my comment of 15 December 2009, I made a mistake indentifying the Galard Theater (originally called the Carman Theater) located across the street at 3226 Germantown Avenue ( /theaters/10345/ ) as the Carman Theater at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Roy Street.
I believe this 1961 photograph from the same set of photographs at PhillyHistory.com that ken mc used is actually the site of the Carman Theater: http://tinyurl.com/y9gyf53
This Google Earth photo shows the site now filled with what looks like junk cars: http://tinyurl.com/y9j6ddl
Cinema Treasures gets a mention in this article about the uncertain future of the Oaks Theater.
Click here to read an article about plans to restore the Beaux-Arts style California Theater into a community performing arts center.
Click here for a photograph of Fays Theatre taken c. 1937.
This article in Billboard (3-19-49) reports a one-time, one-week vaudeville show at the Warner after four years without any live performances. The article also reports that, at the time, Loew’s Capitol was the only theater in DC with a regular stage-screen schedule.
This photograph of the RKO Keith-Boston Theater was taken in 1935 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.
As shown in this 1961 PhillyHistory photo ( http://tinyurl.com/ygqoj7l ) that includes a Roy Street sign, the Carman Theater was located at the southeast corner of Germantown Avenue and Roy Street rather than Germantown and Allegheny Avenues. This is another view of the Carmen Theater, also taken in 1961: http://tinyurl.com/yem9eou. As shown in this Google satellite view ( http://tinyurl.com/yfx8r5q ), the lot now seems to be filled with old cars. This photograph ( http://tinyurl.com/y98olul ) of the Carman Theater was taken in June of 1937 by George Mann of the comedy dance team, Barto and Mann.
In my comment of 15 December 2009, I made a mistake indentifying the Galard Theater (originally called the Carman Theater) located across the street at 3226 Germantown Avenue ( /theaters/10345/ ) as the Carman Theater at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Roy Street.
I believe this 1961 photograph from the same set of photographs at PhillyHistory.com that ken mc used is actually the site of the Carman Theater: http://tinyurl.com/y9gyf53
This Google Earth photo shows the site now filled with what looks like junk cars: http://tinyurl.com/y9j6ddl
Here’s a 1926 playbill from the West Coast Walker:
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