Santa Maria Theatre
207 South Broadway,
Santa Maria,
CA
93454
207 South Broadway,
Santa Maria,
CA
93454
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An undated vintage postcard view of the Santa Maria can be seen here.
Film Daily Yearbooks,1941 gives a seating capacity of 1,250. The F.D.Y. 1952 gives a seating capacity of 1,236.
Attended this theater several times, seeing films such as “Patton”, “MAS*H” and the first “Star Trek”.
This theater was once the jewel of Santa Maria. It was demolished for an extension of the Santa Maria Town Center Mall.
I saw my first movie there. It was huge, and right in the middle of town. Santa Maria has very little sense of history unless there is money in it. I’m surprised the Santa Maria Inn hasn’t been turned into condos.
Here are two 1983 photos:
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Here are two 1983 photos:
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Here is a postcard:
http://tinyurl.com/m9s47w
I hope you bought that one.
The April 23, 1927, issue of Building and Engineering News said that L. A. Smith had prepared plans for a 2-story and part 3-story theater to be built at S. Broadway and Church Street in Santa Maria for Principal Theatres Inc..