El Dorado Theater
469 Main Street,
Placerville,
CA
95667
469 Main Street,
Placerville,
CA
95667
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An August 20, 1938, Boxoffice item that reported the sale of the Empire and El Dorado theaters to Fred and Lee Naify said that the El Dorado had 300 seats and the Empire 600 seats. Both figures were probably rounded off.
Maybe the El Dorado Historical Society is confusing the seating for the El Dorado Theater with the seating for the Empire Theater. The Empire Theater is also listed in the 1940 Film Daily Yearbook with 580 seats.
There are several news paper accounts of the seating, but the El Dorado Historical Society said 500 seats. One account in the local paper says 300, so it could be true that is was 280.
The El Dorado Theater is listed in the 1940 Film Daily as closed with 280 seats.