Here is an article dated 11/11/58 from the San Mateo Times:
HALF MOON BAY â€" The Patio Theater, Half Moon Bay, closed for almost a year, will re-open its doors for business starting Friday, November 14. The announcement was made by Robert Swift, who along with Teseo Tesi, Half Moon Bay businessman, will operate the show house. Swift said that the decision to reopen the theater was made at the request of its many patrons for film entertainment.
The Patio will be open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will show two double movies on Thursday and Friday with a complete change of bill for Saturday and Sunday. Box office will open on those nights at 6:45 and the show to start at 7 o'clock. Main features will play first, and will be rerun following the companion feature. Swift will operate the business office and do the booking. He had operated the Patio last year, during the school term. He is also a science teacher at Half Moon Bay Union High school.
Swift said, “I feel that with the numerous requests we have received to re-open that it insures success. I promise that we will be getting the latest films and prove attractive to our patrons.â€
I don’t know where this goes. The drive-in had four screens, but this doesn’t look like a drive-in.
http://tinyurl.com/qdegsf
That’s not this one.
Here is an August 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/qrkcqy
Here is a July 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/qrqacb
Here is a July 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ptvyce
Here is a July 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/pvmyxy
Here is a July 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/o6a7hg
Here is a January 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/qj7rje
Here is a January 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/psrotb
Here is a January 1915 ad for a Halsted at 62nd and Halsted, from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/r9vsc5
Here is a January 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/r83pb6
Here is a January 1915 ad from the Suburbanite Economist:
http://tinyurl.com/pkdp6n
Here is another interior photo from the same era:
http://tinyurl.com/pnx84k
Here is a 1957 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ocbsbq
The style could be considered art deco.
Did they change the sign from Jesus back to Vogue in the mid 80s? That’s what the later 80s photos seem to indicate.
Here are some 1982 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/pxztv9
http://tinyurl.com/qznmh6
http://tinyurl.com/r4rlq7
The first photo is from 1979, while the rest are from 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/pgcxcf
http://tinyurl.com/r2dsuc
http://tinyurl.com/o6evkh
http://tinyurl.com/qm9p5p
Here are some 1981 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/o22z3v
http://tinyurl.com/pzc7lt
Here are two more photos from 1984:
http://tinyurl.com/qn3azx
http://tinyurl.com/qxt76c
Here is a drawing by Thomas Lamb, as seen in Ben Hall’s book “The Best Remaining Seats”:
http://tinyurl.com/qttd5a
Status should be closed.
And responding to them.
Here is an article dated 11/11/58 from the San Mateo Times:
HALF MOON BAY â€" The Patio Theater, Half Moon Bay, closed for almost a year, will re-open its doors for business starting Friday, November 14. The announcement was made by Robert Swift, who along with Teseo Tesi, Half Moon Bay businessman, will operate the show house. Swift said that the decision to reopen the theater was made at the request of its many patrons for film entertainment.
The Patio will be open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will show two double movies on Thursday and Friday with a complete change of bill for Saturday and Sunday. Box office will open on those nights at 6:45 and the show to start at 7 o'clock. Main features will play first, and will be rerun following the companion feature. Swift will operate the business office and do the booking. He had operated the Patio last year, during the school term. He is also a science teacher at Half Moon Bay Union High school.
Swift said, “I feel that with the numerous requests we have received to re-open that it insures success. I promise that we will be getting the latest films and prove attractive to our patrons.â€
There is a photo of the Kennedy on this page, close to the bottom.
http://www.duneshore.com/