Main Street Theatre

307 East Main Street,
Visalia, CA 93279

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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 29, 2013 at 9:41 am

Although not much history is given on the Grand Theatre it is listed on Cinema Treasures

liljim
liljim on April 28, 2013 at 9:47 am

Other then kencmcintyre comment on 4 Oct 2007 no mention has been made of the Grand Theatre, ¿Was there a theatre by that name? Perhaps it was a rename of another theatre, just curious.

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Here is a recent photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 1, 2009 at 3:45 am

This is a 1982 photo.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 3, 2009 at 4:28 am

Main Street Theater photo

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 22, 2008 at 9:12 pm

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon with John Wayne was released in October of 1949.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 22, 2008 at 9:05 pm

It looks like the original UCLA/Lee site has been taken down. Here are two photos from another UC site:
http://tinyurl.com/3yn9zt
http://tinyurl.com/2knuy7

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 5, 2007 at 3:50 am

In 1963, the operator was West Side-Valley Theaters, out of San Francisco. General manager was Roy Copper. WS-V also ran the Grand in Visalia, which I am going to add as I don’t see it listed on CT.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on October 25, 2005 at 1:30 am

Here are some pictures from the UCLA Digital Collection:

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tomdelay
tomdelay on October 5, 2005 at 5:21 am

For the record, the Visalia Fox Theatre website is:
http://www.foxvisalia.org/

tomdelay
tomdelay on October 5, 2005 at 4:44 am

I am not about to speak for Gary (who is on a trip to Egypt right now), but the Fox Theatre in Hanford AND the Fox Theatre in Visalia were both designed by Balch and Stanberry. Motion Picture World of 1930 had floor plans of both the Hanford and Visalia Fox Theatres and both were clearly designed by B & S. The Visalia Fox folks have a fine book out (presumably available from the Friends of the Fox website)and this book also clearly states the B & S firm as architects.

valvann
valvann on October 5, 2005 at 3:26 am

Gary, what is your source for “Balch & Stanberry” as designers? (newspaper, building plans?)

Also, does any one have a photo of this theater from the front?

thanx

GaryParks
GaryParks on June 11, 2002 at 6:10 am

Just for the record, the Visalia Fox, mentioned above, was designed by Balch and Stanberry, though it indeed has design elements in common with theatres designed by Lee, such as the Bakersfield Fox.