Hayward Theater

22577 Mission Boulevard,
Hayward, CA 94541

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Diablorosa
Diablorosa on June 13, 2009 at 5:22 am

My sister and I spent many weekend afternoons at the Ritz.Drop us off at noon and pick us up at six. Must have been a slice of heaven for my single mother as well. Triple features and lots of cartoons in between with worn cushy seats and greasy popcorn. From about 1969 till it closed and became a porn theater. Festival Cinemas was not enchanting even to an eight year old.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 9, 2009 at 7:21 pm

Here is a June 1974 ad from the Hayward Daily Review:
http://tinyurl.com/ootmfe

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 27, 2009 at 2:02 pm

Here is an October 1964 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/cue5rm

tomdelay
tomdelay on June 15, 2005 at 6:34 pm

The Hayward Theatre contained a 2 manual 7 rank Wurlitzer style E.
The organ was removed and installed in the Sacramento area home of the late Larry Weid. Larry sold the organ to Sierra Chapter, American Theatre Organ Society in the early 1970s. Sierra Chapter installed the organ in the Golden Bear Playhouse on the California State Fair grounds. The organ was later moved, almost doubled in size and installed in the Fair Oaks Club House in Fair Oaks. The original console from the Hayward has also been replaced with a console of Robert Morton manufacture.

robertcampbell
robertcampbell on April 14, 2005 at 11:26 pm

The Hayward theatre was a great porn theatre during the early seventies competing with the Ritz down the street. The last movie to be shown there was the “50 thousand dollar climax” before it was destroyed by fire. It had a stadium style seating and a green interior with no murals, I assume they were all painted over. The lobby was small, but very long. I took pics of the marquee. Funny how the theatres were either becoming churches or porno, and the Hayward was one of them. Torn down, but not forgotten!

KenRoe
KenRoe on November 29, 2004 at 2:45 pm

Seating capacity for the Hayward Theatre is given as 1,235.

scottfavareille
scottfavareille on January 25, 2003 at 3:16 pm

Ironically, the last movie house in Hayward, the Festival Cinemas 9(originally a 4 screen that opened in 1971) will be closing at the end of this month, as the city of Hayward pulled that theater’s lease. Hayward is looking to build a multiplex on city-owned land in its downtown area as part of a downtown revitalization project. The proposed site is 3 blocks from where the Hayward theater stood.