Carlos Theatre
1224 San Carlos Avenue,
San Carlos,
CA
94070
1224 San Carlos Avenue,
San Carlos,
CA
94070
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A wonderful neighborhood theater. The Carlos Theatre was opened on January 10, 1941. It was demolished in the late-1970’s to make way for an office building.
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Charles Meyerson
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From the UCLA Collection:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012103.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012105.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012102.jpg
One more, of the lobby:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012104.jpg
More from the UCLA collection:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012106.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/21/i0012101.jpg
Here is a 1965 ad from the San Mateo Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2myl7y
This is a 1946 photo from a new collection of Life magazine images on Google:
http://tinyurl.com/5vf33z
Give me a break.
In the 1960’s strips of matinee tickets were sold at a low price in elementary schools in San Carlos and Belmont just before summer vacation began. Kids could go to a weekly show at the Carlos which included two cartoons, a Three Stooges short, and a kids movie. The theater was usually so packed that many kids would have to sit in the aisles and on the steps. There must have been little concern for fire laws in those days!
In the later 1960’s Friday and Saturday nights were rough at the Carlos. Teenagers used to fight and set off firecrackers during the show. This eventually let to a helmeted San Carlos police officer being stationd inside the theater to maintain order.
In the 60’s, I don’t think there was any Bay Area theatre that did'nt have the same thing going on EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
Kiddie Matinees you mention was a standard at ALL Bay Area Fox Theatres. Some Fox houses ran those “strip ticket” shows even in the winter, but only on Saturday mornings before regular matinee shows.
Better yet, do you remember when Broadway Markets sponsered Kiddie Shows, when they gave the tickets away for free???
1946 LIFE interior photos of the Carlos,
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The above LIFE MAGAZINE pictures are priceless!! Typical time frame movie days, from days long gone. MEGA-PLEX anyone???