Comments from kencmcintyre

Valuskis should be put in the aka line. Here is an article dated ¼/74 about the Pussycat Theater:

‘Red light’ suit hits porno movies

Claiming she has been “offended and outraged” by the operation of the Pussycat Theatre in Buena Park, Mrs. Donna Bagley decided Thursday it should be closed â€" and she filed suit under the state’s Red Light Abatement Act. Her action in Santa Ana Superior Court is the first under the Red Light Abatement Act to be brought by a private citizen, although Dist. Atty. Cecil Hicks has used it with some success against bars and restaurants featuring nude entertainment.

Mrs. Bagley, who lives at 5962 Stanton Ave., Buena Park, contended in her petition she has been “significantly offended, outraged and has suffered shame, embarrassment and emotional distress as a result of the public scandal caused by the continuous and daily presence, advertisement and public exhibition of patent hard-core pornography” at the Pussycat Theatre, 6177 Beach Blvd. She said the theater is close to the area where she resides and works and that it attracts “criminal elements, undesirables, deviates and dropouts” and lures “immoral persons” into the area.

Her suit against Pussycat Theatre also names Vincent Miranda of Hollywood, its operator; and Walnut Properties, Inc., believed to be the owners of the building which for years was Buena Park’s only theater. However, the theater was converted to X-rated films only a short time ago, and since then has had a running battle with Buena Park police who have seized dozens of prints of what they insisted were hard-core pornography. Their last raids shut down a highly advertised showing of the moneymaking “Deep Throat.”

Santa Ana Superior Court Judge Mark Soden set Jan. 21 as date for hearing arguments on an order to show cause why an injunction should not be issued against the theater. This is a civil proceeding, first drawn into law in California to cope with the notorious Barbary Coast in San Francisco. Its major penalty is closure of “places of assignation” and a court order to auction the assets of the places involved. The Orange County district attorney used the act in eight prosecutions. He won them all and most assets have already been sold from the various bars which were closed. This is the first against a theater.

Just say no:
http://tinyurl.com/24ewaq

An ad in the Valley News dated 10/30/70 promised “PTA mother supervision” for a showing of the Doris Day film “With 6 You Get Egg Roll” at the Corbin. Meanwhile, the Action Theater at 4704 Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks was promising “Mind Blowing Adult Features in Throbbing Sound and Color”. The times they were a changing…

This was in the Contra Costa Times in August 2005:

After six years of legal wrangling, Harvest Church parishioners will finally be able to worship in the old Capri Theater they own at Concord’s Park & Shop center. A recent court ruling has enabled the church to plan renovations needed to begin holding services on the theater’s second floor by next year. A Contra Costa County judge ruled that Concord did not violate its general plan last year when it approved the church to hold services in the former theater.

Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3ytloq

Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2338uq

Here are a few more:
http://tinyurl.com/358z6w
http://tinyurl.com/2ptytz

This photo is circa 1931:
http://tinyurl.com/2wd84d

Ah, but I took the photo myself. Can you say the same? 8-P

Here is a 1954 photo from the LAPL with the Palace in the background:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics43/00041056.jpg

Here is a recent addition from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics32/00065594.jpg

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

Here is an article from the Sheboygan Press dated 2/16/61:

To Convert Port Theater To Offices

PORT WASHINGTON â€" Attorneys Gerold and Huiras have started remodeling of the Ozaukee Theater on W. Grand Avenueâ€"the last movie theater to operate in Port Washington â€" to convert it into a suite of offices. The Ozaukee Theater went out of the movie business several years ago, and last year the half-block long building was purchased by Gerold and Huiras. They had originally planned to convert the second floor into apartments, but this idea has been abandoned as being too costly. The ground floor will be remodeled into offices for their law firm, and there will be additional office space for rent. According to Atty. Carl E. Gerold of Port Washington, the remodeling work will be completed in about three months and ready for occupancy this summer.