Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a 1951 newspaper ad for the Art:
http://tinyurl.com/y2vow6

There is an ad for the Brayton in this 1948 newspaper:
http://tinyurl.com/ykk4pq

Here is a newspaper ad from 1922:
http://tinyurl.com/ydkzpj

Here is a 1977 article about the State:
http://tinyurl.com/ybhvgk

Here is a 1922 ad for the Lyric:
http://tinyurl.com/y36ovv

Here is an ad from 1923 with some Reno theaters. The Nevada is not listed, which doesn’t mean it didn’t exist at that time, of course:
http://tinyurl.com/yayu7f

Here is a 1952 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/yx7z9t

Here is a 1940 ad from the Hammond Times:
http://tinyurl.com/yc5x4a

“Marriage on the Rocks” with Frank Sinatra was playing in October 1965:
http://tinyurl.com/y5plok

Here is an interesting newspaper ad from 1958:
http://tinyurl.com/yxwu5s

The Daily Review of 6/15/64 lists the address as 154th and E. 14th Street. The phone number was EL 1-7030. The features that day were Elvis in “Kissin' Cousins” along with “7 Faces of Dr. Lao. The Oakland Drive-In was listed at 152nd and 14th Street and had the same phone number.

Here is a blurb from the Oxnard Courier, 4/2/15:

“Persistent rumors that Charlie Chaplin had retired from the movie business because of failing mind and health were set at rest yesterday by Seth Perkins, manager of the Woodley and Optic Theaters in Los Angeles…

‘Seth Perkins, Optic Theater, Los Angeles
Dear Seth: Any and all rumors, other than that they say I am turning out better pictures than I ever have, are erroneous. Thanks for your consideration. CHARLES CHAPLIN’"

On 5/13/48, the Victor was showing a triple feature:
Son of Roaring Dan
Blondie Knows Best
Three Faces West

This is from an ad in the Long Beach Independent. Open Daily 11 a.m.