Serra Theater

2710 Junipero Serra Boulevard,
Daly City, CA 94015

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Previously operated by: Golden State Theater & Realty Corp., United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.

Styles: Streamline Moderne

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Serra Theater

The Serra Theatre opened in May 18, 1950 with Dan Dailey in “Ticket to Tomahawk” & Charles Bickford in “Guilty of Treason”. This was a large, comfortable first-run house when I worked there as an IATSE Union projectionist from 1980 to 1982. The first feature I showed there was "Superman II" in late-1980. The Serra Theatre was demolished in 1998.

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Recent comments (view all 11 comments)

gsmurph
gsmurph on January 27, 2004 at 9:29 am

The Serra has been demolished.

TonyS
TonyS on March 24, 2005 at 10:14 pm

In 1955 my future wife ,her mother ,father ,sister,sister’s boyfriend and I went to the Serra on ‘family night’. We all got in for a total of 74 cents. The movie was ‘The Big Sky’ with Kirk Douglas.great movie,great night.
Tony S

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 13, 2009 at 7:58 pm

The May 20, 1950 issue of Boxoffice Magazine said that the Serra Theatre had opened on May 18. Operated by Golden State Theatres, the house had a stadium section, and a total (probably rounded off) seating capacity of 1000.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 13, 2009 at 8:13 pm

An article in the San Mateo Times in November 1975 included a photo of the Serra. They were talking about turning the theater into a municipal auditorium.
http://tinyurl.com/bh3bjl

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 23, 2009 at 11:30 am

This photo is dated 1985 but was most likely taken around the same time as the smaller photo in the preceding post.
http://snipurl.com/gjwf6

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 23, 2009 at 12:25 am

Photographs of the Serra Theatre appeared in Boxoffice, November 4, 1950. The 1000-seat house was built for Mike Naify’s Golden State circuit.

ajtarantex
ajtarantex on August 6, 2011 at 10:59 pm

this theatre was never operated by landmark It was a UA theatre the entire time I was with the company Lanay Naify Steve’s eex wife was the Manager.

Fastphilly
Fastphilly on February 3, 2012 at 2:16 am

I remember seeing “Clash Of The Titans” there in the early 80’s.

rivest266
rivest266 on August 6, 2018 at 8:44 am

This opened on May 18th, 1950. Grand opening ad posted.

thomdlt296
thomdlt296 on December 5, 2023 at 12:13 pm

I went to this theater often in the late 70’s to 80’s. First time was for “Moonraker” 1979. Like the Coliseum in the Richmond District, it showed the latest Clint Eastwood movies often. For Fridays and Saturdays at midnight, regularly showed “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.

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