Franklin Theatre (First)

There is a brief article with a photo of the Franklin Theatre in The Moving Picture World, issue of March 4th, 1916.

Here is a 1916 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
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The exterior was Egyptian in style. The interior perhaps can best be described as Beaux Arts. To my knowledge, this was the first Bay Area theatre to exhibit motifs from ancient Egypt in its architecture. Others eventually followed, including Oakland’s Parkway (operating), Dimond (gutted, now a market), Allendale (converted to apartments), and Theatre #3 added to the Grand Lake (operating).