Tower Theater
417 Vernon Street,
Roseville,
CA
95678
417 Vernon Street,
Roseville,
CA
95678
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Held a reopening on July 1st, 1955. Grand opening ad posted.
The Tower opened on November 7, 1940 (by coincidence only one day after I was born!). It celebrates it’s 75th anniversary on November 7, 2015 with a special program starting at 10 AM which concludes with a screening (most likely via projected DVD) of the first movie that played at the Tower, “Too Many Girls” with Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller and Desi Arnaz (according to Leonard Maltin this was when Lucy first met Desi in real life!).
A few July 2012 photos can be seen here, here and here.
Also, to update the information beneath the photo: we do still screen films as well as live theatre. Our July Wednesday night series will include a drama, a romantic comedy, an action/sci fi and an 80’s flick, to be determined by viewer email write-ins and voting on Facebook under the Stand Out Talent and Tower Theatre – Roseville pages.
Screenings cost $5 admission. All concessions are $1 – $2.
The theatre is not closed; the previous occupants filed bankruptcy. In 2011, the city of Roseville unanimously voted our 501c3 in as the new permanent operators. The marquee shown above bears our company name. :)
Our website is here:
http://www.standouttalent.org
We specialize in training and production in live theatre, films, outside bookings and performance event services.
Pictures of the interior can be viewed on the website as well.
Hope this clears up any confusion. :D
How can I contact them to rent it? There is no phone number? Someone please tell me. Email to
Mystic Cinema is no longer using the Tower to show films; the theater group that was leasing the theater has also folded:http://tinyurl.com/2esm9zm.
The theater may now be closed.
anyone heve some interior photos to share?
According to this article, a venture called Mystic Cinema is now showing classic films here on an occasional basis: View link
The Mystic Cinema website is: http://www.mysticcinema.com
Very nice looking theatre.
Here is a 1986 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c6uqbz
In the early sixties, the Tower was operated by the General Theatrical Company, headquartered in San Francisco. Ben Levin was the general manager. General Theatrical also operated the Avenue and Empire in San Francisco and the Garden, Jose, Liberty, Crest and Citrus Heights Drive-In in San Jose.
The City of Roseville site lists the Tower Theatre address as 421 Vernon St.
From the UC Davis collection:
View link
Charles;
I have the Roseville Theatre listed at 245 Vernon St.
The Tower Theatre is listed as having a seating capacity of 1,100 in the 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook. It now operates as a live theatre ‘in the round’ by the Magic Circle Theatre who operate out of the former Roseville Theatre.
http://www.mcircle.org/news/tower_gala.html