State Theatre
333 Oak Street,
Red Bluff,
CA
96080
333 Oak Street,
Red Bluff,
CA
96080
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The current State Theatre is actually the second building on this site to be called the State Theatre.
The first structure, originally known as the Opera House, was built in 1908, but was destroyed by fire in 1944. Two years later, the owners T & D Theatres built the current State Theatre on the same site, opening on May 24, 1946 with Allan Ladd in “The Blue Dahlia”. The State Theatre had 1,160 seats on a stadium plan. The proscenium was 24 feet wide, the stage being 40 feet wide and 16 feet deep.
The State Theatre has now reopened as a performing arts center. Renovation in 2008 includes the removal of walls that were added to create mulitple screening rooms within the theater’s original auditorium.
As these walls have come down, the theater’s murals have become more prominent. And the theater recently received a preservation award from the Art Deco Society of California.
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Venita Philbrick
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002
State Theatre (added 2002 – Building – #02000372)
333 Oak St., Red Bluff
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Social History, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater
Here is an updated link for the State Theater website.
This is a 2007 photo of the State Theater.
And here is a 2008 photo.
May 2008 photo
Here are some 1980 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/cezzne
http://tinyurl.com/csxkhm
Here is a manager that knew how to promote.Today,so called theatre managers have no idea what we did back in the old days. Manager Joe Seery dressed up a horse and marched the horse through town tp PROMOTE “ THE HORSE IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT'. Nice going Joe. Hope you read CT. Feb. 10 1969. Just a bit more history.
Here is a November 1968 ad from the Red Bluff Daily News:
http://tinyurl.com/yjcg8vn
Thanks for the ad ken mc.
Photos of the State Theatre.
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