Right. The Fairfax area is not considered part of Hollywood. I mentioned that back in September 2005. I go to Canter’s at least once a week, and have been for about twenty years.
If I’m in San Francisco looking for theaters, are all these old theaters on Mission pretty close to each other? Or is Mission one of those eight mile long streets where the theaters are far apart? Let me know. It seems like there are quite a few relics still surviving on this street, in one form or another.
I don’t remember seeing this theater between 11th and 12th before its demolition in the early seventies. The Greyhound bus station where we used to meet my grandmother was around 16th and Market. I recall very well the theaters on Market near City Hall, but we didn’t go east of Broad Street very often.
This coming attractions poster is being advertised on eBay for $95. They didn’t present it very well, considering how much they want for it: http://tinyurl.com/yoz3af
OK, here is the correct information. The Gentry was designed by S. Charles Lee and opened in 1937. The Sunbeam was an earlier theater at the same location. An explosion damaged the theater in 1923, but it was rebuilt. Another fire in 1931 finished it off. The earlier explosion may have been the result of some labor problems.
Sunbeam should not be an aka. I will add it as a separate theater.
In the useless information department, the Princess took out a small business loan from Wells Fargo on 8/25/78. The two page list is interesting in one aspect as some of the theaters have not yet found their way to CT: http://tinyurl.com/2hdtjn
This reminds me of one of those logic problems on the LSAT. Four movies are being shown four times a day. Two movies are being shown only twice, which means they fit into the four slots for the fifth and last theater.
“Come as you are in the family car” was also the slogan for Pacific Drive-ins in Southern California in the fifties and sixties. With the advent of adult films at drive-ins in the late sixties and seventies, the phrase took on a new interpretation.
Right. The Fairfax area is not considered part of Hollywood. I mentioned that back in September 2005. I go to Canter’s at least once a week, and have been for about twenty years.
If I’m in San Francisco looking for theaters, are all these old theaters on Mission pretty close to each other? Or is Mission one of those eight mile long streets where the theaters are far apart? Let me know. It seems like there are quite a few relics still surviving on this street, in one form or another.
The facade is still standing. The auditorium is gone. I think there’s a parking lot behind the facade.
I agree. Back to the theater discussion.
I don’t remember seeing this theater between 11th and 12th before its demolition in the early seventies. The Greyhound bus station where we used to meet my grandmother was around 16th and Market. I recall very well the theaters on Market near City Hall, but we didn’t go east of Broad Street very often.
And, depending on the type of theater, the same type of activity may occur in both.
I have a wide stance too, I just don’t advertise it.
That’s about what it’s worth.
Ouch. We prefer “cinema enthusiasts”.
Here is a January 1920 article concerning discrimination at the Sunbeam:
http://tinyurl.com/3b5vbp
This coming attractions poster is being advertised on eBay for $95. They didn’t present it very well, considering how much they want for it:
http://tinyurl.com/yoz3af
Should this be called the Maple Drive-In? Appears to be the same theater:
http://www.driveinmovie.com/PA.htm
OK, here is the correct information. The Gentry was designed by S. Charles Lee and opened in 1937. The Sunbeam was an earlier theater at the same location. An explosion damaged the theater in 1923, but it was rebuilt. Another fire in 1931 finished it off. The earlier explosion may have been the result of some labor problems.
Sunbeam should not be an aka. I will add it as a separate theater.
I added one. I saved the list for future reference.
There is another photo on this page. I wonder if anyone ever took a picture of this theater when it was still vibrant:
http://tinyurl.com/32l2ay
In the useless information department, the Princess took out a small business loan from Wells Fargo on 8/25/78. The two page list is interesting in one aspect as some of the theaters have not yet found their way to CT:
http://tinyurl.com/2hdtjn
This reminds me of one of those logic problems on the LSAT. Four movies are being shown four times a day. Two movies are being shown only twice, which means they fit into the four slots for the fifth and last theater.
That would be a good assumption. I counted six movies playing at the same time on the website, but I would go with the ad.
Listed as the Mid-State in the 1963 IMPA. Owner was N. James Olson, of the Olson Circuit.
Here is a 2/12/07 article from the Carnegie Mellon University newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/ynwrum
Here is the real estate listing:
http://tinyurl.com/27kp3e
As of February 2008, the theater building is being used by First Security Bank for training purposes.
I saw an interesting photo of the Gentry today from its theater days. I will try and post it here soon.
All compliments are accepted, left-handed or otherwise.
“Come as you are in the family car” was also the slogan for Pacific Drive-ins in Southern California in the fifties and sixties. With the advent of adult films at drive-ins in the late sixties and seventies, the phrase took on a new interpretation.