Carlos Theatre

1224 San Carlos Avenue,
San Carlos, CA 94070

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Previously operated by: Fox West Coast Theatres

Architects: Simeon Charles Lee

Styles: Streamline Moderne

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Carlos Theatre

A wonderful neighborhood theatre. The Carlos Theatre was opened by Fox West Coast Theatres on January 11, 1941 with Marx Brothers in “Go West” and Dick Powell in “Christmas in July”. It was demolished in the late-1970’s to make way for an office building.

Contributed by Charles Meyerson

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seymourcox
seymourcox on July 26, 2009 at 4:33 pm

1946 LIFE interior photos of the Carlos,
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ajtarantex
ajtarantex on January 6, 2013 at 12:18 pm

This was a nice theatre I grew up at this theater My Mom was the first Woman manager for NGC theatres and this was the 2nd theatre, She Managed First she was at the FOX in redwood city then she took over the Carlos from there she went to The FOX Stanford, then Mann Closed all the Fox Theaters on the Peninsula. I loved the Carlos it was a very busy theater when it was booked. I remember we played WILLARD to packed houses daily. then Eureka Federal Savings bought the property and tore the teater down and built the entire corner downtown with office buildings and the bank and a penthouse living space.

larrygoldsmith
larrygoldsmith on January 6, 2013 at 3:32 pm

Before managing the above mentioned theatres, this same lady was Bill Tannehill’s assistant manager at the FOX THEATRE in Burlingame for many years.During that time my aunt, Ann Campbell was Lou Singer’s assistant at the FOX THEATRE in Redwood City for 12 years.

larrygoldsmith
larrygoldsmith on January 6, 2013 at 3:36 pm

By the way Mitch….. Your mom was working at the FOX in Burlingame when she took a maternity leave….for guess who!!???

TomBoucher
TomBoucher on June 27, 2014 at 11:44 am

We lived on Prospect Street and used to ride our bikes to the Saturday matinee. You could get free tickets at the cigar store right across the street. After the matinee, and if there wasn’t a single person in the shop Pat, next door to the cigar store, would give us a haircut even though Saturday was for men only.

I sure was sad to see it gone. I guess Saturday morning cartoons and serial cliffhangers isn’t enough.

rivest266
rivest266 on July 11, 2015 at 2:43 pm

Jan 11, 1941 grand opening ad in photo section.

stevenj
stevenj on May 28, 2017 at 11:46 pm

I found all of cmyerson’s blurry photos in the UCLA Special Collections S. Charles Lee Papers online and have added much sharper images to this page. Apparently cmyerson has not seen the requests to re upload them. Also added are 1 exterior photo from the 40’s, a conceptual rendering from Lee, and 2 photos of the demolition and an exterior shot I took in late fall of 1976.

KimoKaneohe
KimoKaneohe on April 28, 2018 at 9:23 pm

I just stumbled onto this thread about the San Carlos Theater! I’m wondering if the “Woman Manager” referenced by ajtarantex was working there in the 1960’s? I was hired by a “Woman Assistant Manager” in 1962/3. The General Manager at that time was Arthur Kloth. He went on to manage the Oakland Fox Theater. Additional Trivia: Arthur Kloth was the inventor of the Popcorn Scoop as reported in Popular Science Monthly, January 1950.

rivest266
rivest266 on July 2, 2022 at 3:24 pm

Better quality grand opening ads posted.

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