Glendora Theatre
108 West Foothill Boulevard,
Glendora,
CA
108 West Foothill Boulevard,
Glendora,
CA
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The Glendora was demolished in 1968 to make way for a supermarket.
The October 22, 1938, issue of Boxoffice said that H.E. Brookings had purchased the Beacon Theatre from the McDonald brothers.
The November 5, 1938, issue said that Brookings had changed the name to Glendora Theatre.
It’s surprising how frequently the Glendora is mentioned in Boxoffice from the 1940s through the 1950s, and almost every time it gets mentioned it is changing owners. Various owners after Brookins included: Sid Smith; Tony Blanco; Dave Fred and Perry Morgan; W.G. McKinney; B.G. Meyers; the Western Amusement Company (for almost six years, 1945-1951); Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Dover; Joe Pokorny; Willard Blunt; and finally Fed Stein, whose Statewide Theatres operated the house from at least 1960 to 1967.
Here is a December 1964 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ndnarb
Another gem.
Was this ad posted to the other 17 theatres listed in the ad? What is the historical significance of this ad to this or the other 17 theatres?
I can’t say on the other theaters. I know on this one it confirms Joe’s note that Statewide was the operator in the latter period of the theater’s existence. It also tells us which other theaters were controlled by Statewide in 1964, which is a good reference point if that question is raised.
That booking list does not show all of them.
No, but it shows some of the Statewide theaters at that time. Plus it was Pia Zadora’s first film. Can’t beat that.
You have more stories than Campbell’s has soups.
That’s a good one.