Victor Theatre
207 East Seaside Blvd.,
Long Beach,
CA
207 East Seaside Blvd.,
Long Beach,
CA
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The Victor Theatre was one of those small independent theatres that stood along the streets of Long Beach.
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This theatre was located at 207 East Seaside Boulevard.
the victor was another reallly old theater that had been on the main midway in an amusement park called The Pike…it was gone by the 50’s
Need to update the address posted by HarryLime on 10/23/03.
On 5/13/48, the Victor was showing a triple feature:
Son of Roaring Dan
Blondie Knows Best
Three Faces West
This is from an ad in the Long Beach Independent. Open Daily 11 a.m.
O tempores, o mores…
Theater Manager Held on Immoral Picture Charge
August 25, 1951 – Police yesterday raided a theater in the Pike amusement area and arrested the theater manager and projectionist on charges of exhibiting Immoral pictures, vagrancy and disorderly conduct. Booked were Chester E. Wind, 45, Los Angeles, theater manager, and James Solosky, 48, of 5442 Lemon Ave.
Det. Insp. E. H. Kennedy said he paid 50 cents to see films in the theater and that one of them, entitled “Tantalizing Teaseâ€, exhibited a comely young lady whose attire consisted mostly of a smile. The theater is at 207 E. Seaside Blvd. Kennedy was assisted by Officers F. L. Good and R.C. Deaton. Wind and Solosky were released on $300 bail each, pending court appearances.
You can see a theater under construction in this photo, but I can’t read the sign to what the name is:
http://tinyurl.com/3bfts4
Here is a 1949 ad from the Long Beach Independent:
http://tinyurl.com/272h6s
The Victor was renamed the Rainbow in April 1950, according to an item in Boxoffice magazine at that time:
Joe Rankine Jr. has opened his remodeled Rainbow Theater, formerly the Victor, on the Pike at Long Beach.
Here is an item in the Long Beach Independent on 8/25/48:
Sale of two theaters by Isaac Victor, veteran Long Beach showman, was revealed last night. E. V. Tracy, owner of the Tracy Theater, has negotiated purchase of the Victor Theater, with clearance of the property through escrow expected today. The Rialto Theater was sold to Louis Federici.