Cameo Cinema
1340 Main Street,
Saint Helena,
CA
94574
1340 Main Street,
Saint Helena,
CA
94574
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The Liberty Theatre was opened in 1913. By 1941, it had been renamed Roxy Theatre, and continued until at least 1952.
It was later renamed Cameo Cinema, and has the classic inverted V marquee extending out from the building along with a vertical sign spelling out “Cameo”.
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Here are two photos from November 2007:
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Hi there!
As the co-owner of the Cameo Cinema in St Helena, CA, I’d like to update the information contained in your profile of our theatre.
Can you please contact me to let me know how I might update our theatre’s site?
Many thanks,
Shawn LaRue
Proprietor, Cameo Cinema
An article about the Cameo that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle: View link
A couple photos of the Cameo Theatre.
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Another photo of the Cameo Theatre.
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The Cameo Cinema opened in 1913 and was originally known as the Liberty. It’s name was later changed to Roxy and starting in 1953 was owned and operated by John Aquila who became St Helena’s mayor from 1959-1976 and again 1988-1990. After being closed for a while (in the early 1970’s as I recall) it was reopened as the Liberty by another independent operator. It was still later operated by a small chain and after yet another closing Charlotte Wagner purchased the theatre in 1997, did a beautiful remodeling job, reduced the seating capacity and turned it into a little jewel box now known as Cameo Cinema. Cathy Buck purchased the Cameo from Wagner several years ago and continues to operate it with an eclectic mix of film programming. Every small town should be so lucky as to have such a cinema gem in their community. When I’m in the Napa Valley I always try to catch a show at the Cameo.
The Cameo will celebrating its centennial in 2013 with special events and some renovations: View article