Comments from kencmcintyre - Cinema Treasures

kencmcintyre commented about Beach Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Since we have no photos, these are my recollections from 30 years ago:

Large metal marquee with square letters spelling out Beach
Cashier booth on the south side of the entrance
Ticket taker sitting on a stool just inside the entrance
Old candy counter with nothing being sold
Good-sized interior, maybe 400-500 seats
Seats were old and not that comfortable
No curtain

kencmcintyre commented about Absecon Drive-In on Mar 30, 2009 at 4:11 pm

If you enter 421 E. Absecon Avenue, city of Absecon, on this site and pan down a bit, you can see some nice aerials from the sixties and seventies.
View link

kencmcintyre commented about Carolina-Duke Drive-In on Mar 30, 2009 at 3:37 pm

The name sounds like an attempt to please both campuses.

kencmcintyre commented about Beach Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Right, but we’re talking about north/south numbers that get bigger as you go downtown, or south. Since the theater was in the middle of the block, more or less, you wouldn’t be concerned with any east or west numbers starting in the beach block and going westward.

kencmcintyre commented about Virginia Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 3:19 pm

I never saw the V on the marquee as my first recollection of the Virginia is in the early 1970s.

kencmcintyre commented about Beach Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 3:17 pm

My school was a couple of blocks south on Pacific and North Carolina and had a 1216 address. I think the Beach would have been between 1200 and 1300, on the east or even side of the street. The Googlemobile skipped AC, it looks like.

kencmcintyre commented about Los Feliz 3 Cinemas on Mar 30, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Here are some photos taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ou3f
http://tinyurl.com/d74ojr
http://tinyurl.com/cx68fl

kencmcintyre commented about Hologram USA Hollywood Theater on Mar 30, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cn8gs7

kencmcintyre commented about Vogue Theatre on Mar 30, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Here is the Vogue and the tree, taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cw8esx

kencmcintyre commented about Fairfax Cinemas on Mar 30, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Here are some photos taken yesterday. The old ads are gone from the back wall.
http://tinyurl.com/ce5pnf
http://tinyurl.com/d5zwyp
http://tinyurl.com/c87obw

kencmcintyre commented about United Artists Berkeley 7 on Mar 28, 2009 at 9:32 pm

Here is a photo circa 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/c58hfl

kencmcintyre commented about Vogue Theater on Mar 28, 2009 at 9:28 pm

This 1914 photo shows an unidentified theater in Pittsburg:
http://tinyurl.com/cdxj3v

kencmcintyre commented about TCL Chinese Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Here is a postcard, perhaps late twenties or early thirties:
http://tinyurl.com/cvna7r

kencmcintyre commented about Del Oro Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 9:04 pm

Here is a 1944 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/clh2z8

kencmcintyre commented about Ritz Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 9:01 pm

Here is a 1942 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c2njac

kencmcintyre commented about Bishop Twin Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 8:58 pm

The theater is visible on the right in this undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/djmw9f

kencmcintyre commented about Cinema 35 on Mar 28, 2009 at 7:45 pm

The site mentioned on 5/13/08 has added some new photos to its collection:
http://tinyurl.com/ca7ovq

kencmcintyre commented about State Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 7:39 pm

This photo is supposed to be at a theater in downtown Los Angeles. I thought the marquee most closely matched that of the State:
http://electricearl.com/dws/movie.html

kencmcintyre commented about Riviera Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:20 pm

Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cl4k5g

kencmcintyre commented about Fox Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Here is another view of the Fox:
http://tinyurl.com/catpr7

kencmcintyre commented about Recher Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Here is another view:
http://tinyurl.com/djjyyp

kencmcintyre commented about Regency Bruin Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Here is a photo taken last year:
http://tinyurl.com/dl2nvk

kencmcintyre commented about MJR Marketplace Cinema 20 on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:08 pm

This is the marquee from the first theater, at closing:
http://tinyurl.com/dn6jju

kencmcintyre commented about Ohio Theatre on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:05 pm

Here is another view:
http://tinyurl.com/cfre46

kencmcintyre commented about South Gate Drive-In on Mar 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm

If you enter the address on this site, you can see the drive-in back in 1972 and the 1950s. It was set back from Firestone Boulevard, as I suspected.
http://tinyurl.com/ddtd55