Just to clear a few things up and add some more detail… I don’t recall this building being torn down when the theater closed. I am pretty sure they simply modified the long and slender building to accommodate its new tenant, Town & Country Bank. These days, that building houses the Farmers & Merchants Bank, and if you drive by, that big green sign out on Seal Beach Boulevard is what used to be the street marquee for the theater. Also, a couple posts here have mentioned that this theater turned into the Super Saver Cinemas 7 theater. This is incorrect. The Super Saver (which I co-managed during its first two years) replaced a long-vacant space that used to be a furniture store called Larry’s Maple Shop. I may post more about that theater on its own page, but I just wanted to make it clear that these were two entirely different theaters. Sadly, the Super Saver theater went away in 2002, but not before I managed to snag an exit sign and a piece of one of the screens before the final demolition. :–)
I grew up walking distance from this theatre (when it was called the Fox), and I have some very specific memories of going there in the 70’s. Movies I can remember seeing there: “The Wizard Of Oz”, “Batman: The Movie” (I got scared during one scene and ran out… I think it was the sharks), some Dick Van Dyke movie (the title escapes me), “Oh God” (on a rainy day with my parents), and some latter day Jerry Lewis film. Inside, I seem to remember a lot of light bulbs. Oh, and the chocolate drops (the kind in the foil/cardboard tubes) were my favortite treat there. I only recall attending when it was a quad venue, but I do remember the days of seeing single movie titles on the big marquee on the street (“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” & “All The President’s Men”). I wish I could find some pictures of this theater, as it was the movie house of my youth. :–)
Just to clear a few things up and add some more detail… I don’t recall this building being torn down when the theater closed. I am pretty sure they simply modified the long and slender building to accommodate its new tenant, Town & Country Bank. These days, that building houses the Farmers & Merchants Bank, and if you drive by, that big green sign out on Seal Beach Boulevard is what used to be the street marquee for the theater. Also, a couple posts here have mentioned that this theater turned into the Super Saver Cinemas 7 theater. This is incorrect. The Super Saver (which I co-managed during its first two years) replaced a long-vacant space that used to be a furniture store called Larry’s Maple Shop. I may post more about that theater on its own page, but I just wanted to make it clear that these were two entirely different theaters. Sadly, the Super Saver theater went away in 2002, but not before I managed to snag an exit sign and a piece of one of the screens before the final demolition. :–)
I grew up walking distance from this theatre (when it was called the Fox), and I have some very specific memories of going there in the 70’s. Movies I can remember seeing there: “The Wizard Of Oz”, “Batman: The Movie” (I got scared during one scene and ran out… I think it was the sharks), some Dick Van Dyke movie (the title escapes me), “Oh God” (on a rainy day with my parents), and some latter day Jerry Lewis film. Inside, I seem to remember a lot of light bulbs. Oh, and the chocolate drops (the kind in the foil/cardboard tubes) were my favortite treat there. I only recall attending when it was a quad venue, but I do remember the days of seeing single movie titles on the big marquee on the street (“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” & “All The President’s Men”). I wish I could find some pictures of this theater, as it was the movie house of my youth. :–)