My wife says thanks. All of the notifications go to her blackberry as well as mine. She asked if CT was mad at me because the e-mails stopped showing up. I told her I hadn’t violated any policies recently, as far as I know.
I think the Forum on Market Street in Philly is still showing adult films. Don’t know about 35 mm, though. There’s a hole in the wall in Los Angeles called the Tiki that shows porn as well. I would guess the number of full time adult theaters in North America is under 50 at present.
There’s a good view of the old theater building on Google maps, at the intersection of Polk and Milam. Not hard to spot which building was the theater.
Here is a June 1972 item from the Lockhart Post-Register:
The Baker Theater now has the newest thing in sound equipment, says Mrs. Anne Valentine, theater owner. The theater is switching over from the old-fashioned photo-cell method of sound reproduction to the modern and much improved solar cells. Photo-cells depend on electric current to make them run and thus introduce a noise factor in the reproduction of the sound track. The new solar cells depend entirely on the power of the light beam which shines through the sound track on the film, and thus gives a more clearer reproduction with a minimum of distortion.
The new equipment was installed in the theater last Friday by Bill Emerson of Altic Service Co. with the help of projectionists Jesse Garcia, Oscar Hernandez and Salazar TV Service. Another change at the Baker will be removal of the majority of the seats in the balcony. They are being replaced by shag rugs for people to sit on. Mrs. Valentine explained that she saw a similar set-up in Las Vegas on her recent trip and had decided to modify the balcony area in the same way. She added that removing the seats would also be a money-saver, as she would no longer have to repair the constant cuts and tears which appeared in the balcony cushions.
For sale on loopnet:
http://tinyurl.com/ckyro2
I get it-you’re ensuring that you get the e-mail notifications. I was waiting for the new link to something, until I figured out what you meant.
Here is a photo, circa late 1970s:
http://tinyurl.com/d39ea5
Here is a vintage photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c686mx
Here is a vintage photo:
http://tinyurl.com/czjptf
Here is a direct link to the page mentioned on 11/26/04:
http://tinyurl.com/d73w5q
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ccuzwe
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ch38zs
My wife says thanks. All of the notifications go to her blackberry as well as mine. She asked if CT was mad at me because the e-mails stopped showing up. I told her I hadn’t violated any policies recently, as far as I know.
I think the Forum on Market Street in Philly is still showing adult films. Don’t know about 35 mm, though. There’s a hole in the wall in Los Angeles called the Tiki that shows porn as well. I would guess the number of full time adult theaters in North America is under 50 at present.
Here is another photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/cm48y7
Here is a vintage photo, probably circa 1950s:
http://tinyurl.com/cz2azq
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c7wvpb
The current building at 220 S. Main looks old, but it presumably would have succeeded this theater. It’s a mystery.
Looks to be a parking lot at present.
Here is another view of the Sunset:
http://tinyurl.com/cfd824
Here is a B&W photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ctsmut
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/c48tzf
Well, there was a story there about American Idol auditions at the theater in July 2007.
Nobody told me about this audition at the Westgate:
http://tinyurl.com/c8z5kn
You have to memorize the numbers-1139 is the NuWilshire, 5 is the Los Angeles and so on. I know most of the theaters that are repeatedly commented on.
The Queen Theater advertised consistently in the Brownsville Herald through the 1940s and up to December 1952, at which time the ads stopped.
There’s a good view of the old theater building on Google maps, at the intersection of Polk and Milam. Not hard to spot which building was the theater.
Here is an undated photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/ctx93h
Here is a June 1972 item from the Lockhart Post-Register:
The Baker Theater now has the newest thing in sound equipment, says Mrs. Anne Valentine, theater owner. The theater is switching over from the old-fashioned photo-cell method of sound reproduction to the modern and much improved solar cells. Photo-cells depend on electric current to make them run and thus introduce a noise factor in the reproduction of the sound track. The new solar cells depend entirely on the power of the light beam which shines through the sound track on the film, and thus gives a more clearer reproduction with a minimum of distortion.
The new equipment was installed in the theater last Friday by Bill Emerson of Altic Service Co. with the help of projectionists Jesse Garcia, Oscar Hernandez and Salazar TV Service. Another change at the Baker will be removal of the majority of the seats in the balcony. They are being replaced by shag rugs for people to sit on. Mrs. Valentine explained that she saw a similar set-up in Las Vegas on her recent trip and had decided to modify the balcony area in the same way. She added that removing the seats would also be a money-saver, as she would no longer have to repair the constant cuts and tears which appeared in the balcony cushions.