Comments from kencmcintyre - Cinema Treasures

These two photos from 1949 show the Plaza Theater on South Glassell in 1949. The building is clearly not the Orange. There is no listing for the Plaza on this website, as far as I can tell.

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kencmcintyre commented about Orange Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 1:53 pm

Diamond Jubilee parade, 1963:

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kencmcintyre commented about Teatro on Dec 18, 2005 at 1:51 pm

1980:

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kencmcintyre commented about West Coast Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 1:47 pm

From the Cal Davis collection:

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kencmcintyre commented about Tower Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 1:44 pm

More photos from UCLA:

http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062707.jpg

http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062705.jpg

http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062704.jpg

http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/006/27/i0062706.jpg

kencmcintyre commented about Radio City Music Hall on Dec 18, 2005 at 12:16 pm

My first trip to NYC was in December 1970, when I was nine. I went with a church group to see the Christmas show. The film was Bedknobs and Broomsticks, with Angela Lansbury. We also saw the Rockettes and Santa, which was a great production. I remember getting lost trying to find the restroom and crashing a cocktail party somewhere in the building. NYC is a great place to be at Christmas time.

kencmcintyre commented about Rialto Theatre on Dec 18, 2005 at 12:12 pm

That’s funny. Re the Garden of Allah performances, see the 1921 picture posted above.

kencmcintyre commented about Loew's Poli Theatre on Dec 15, 2005 at 3:55 pm

Here is a picture from the Online Archive of California:

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kencmcintyre commented about Palace Theatre on Dec 14, 2005 at 4:56 pm

BTW, the picture that Stevebob posted of the interior is outstanding.
Too bad it isn’t in color.

kencmcintyre commented about Palace Theatre on Dec 14, 2005 at 4:54 pm

You have to look at the migration to the suburbs after WWII. If the movie theater was in the neighborhood, why go all the way to downtown at night, where parking and crime are a problem? The movie palaces were built for a pre-war urban population that disappeared after the Second World War.

kencmcintyre commented about Crazy Horse Theatre on Dec 12, 2005 at 4:44 pm

Is that the Warfield next to the Crest in the picture directly above? It’s the only theater in SF that ends in “ELD”.

kencmcintyre commented about Fox Theatre on Dec 12, 2005 at 4:40 pm

The last shot – a hole in the ground where the Fox once stood:

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kencmcintyre commented about President Follies Theatre on Dec 12, 2005 at 4:35 pm

More photos:

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