If you click on the “cineminklings” link on the church website, it looks they have a film group that goes to the Arclight. I guess it really is a church in Hollywood: http://tinyurl.com/2jm67f
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.
It may have been a twin. That site also notes an aka of Red and Blue Drive-In.
The first picture in this collection shows a marquee, but I have mu doubts as to whether it was ever used by the drive-in:
http://tinyurl.com/yo88ux
This September 2004 article discusses the Ava:
http://tinyurl.com/22dl8p
The pastrami is good. Also the Danny Thomas, either salami or bologna. They also have a triple decker with ham, turkey, coleslaw and Russian dressing.
If church services are being held in the theater, even on a part-time basis, I would say that church is the function.
Here is another photo. No date provided:
http://tinyurl.com/2tqxug
If you click on the “cineminklings” link on the church website, it looks they have a film group that goes to the Arclight. I guess it really is a church in Hollywood:
http://tinyurl.com/2jm67f
Thanks to all. I look forward to checking those out on my next trip north.
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.