My husband worked at the Strand in 1947/48. He was 18 or 19 and held the job of Assistant Manager. It was a busy and well liked theater at the time and it was many many years before it was relegated to porn. It was a fun time to work on Market Street. The Market street theater employees were a social group and after the theaters closed they would get together to eat at New Joe’s or whatever San Francisco
night spot caught their interest at the time. This was a happy part of his youth after getting out of the Merchant Marines.
continued:Re – Elmer Thomas Davis. In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad worked hard to perfect.
continued: In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad worked hard to perfect.
Continued: In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad had.
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Senator Theater From July 1929 to October 1932. At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Alhambra Theater in the late 20’s . At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Allen Theater from September 1934 to January 1937. At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?
My husband worked at the Strand in 1947/48. He was 18 or 19 and held the job of Assistant Manager. It was a busy and well liked theater at the time and it was many many years before it was relegated to porn. It was a fun time to work on Market Street. The Market street theater employees were a social group and after the theaters closed they would get together to eat at New Joe’s or whatever San Francisco
night spot caught their interest at the time. This was a happy part of his youth after getting out of the Merchant Marines.
continued:Re – Elmer Thomas Davis. In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad worked hard to perfect.
continued: In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad worked hard to perfect.
Continued: In addition to painting wonderful huge posters of the old silent stars and the new talkies these artists had to be excellent lettering men. All the posters were hand lettered with the stars names, the movie title, the co-stars, the directors, etc. This was a special talent my dad had.
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Senator Theater From July 1929 to October 1932. At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Alhambra Theater in the late 20’s . At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?
My father Elmer Thomas Davis worked for the Allen Theater from September 1934 to January 1937. At that time all the first run theaters had one or more full time artists that produced beautiful posters of the upcoming attractions. They also created other lobby displays appropriate for the movie of the day. My father was a talented artist and worked for a number of theaters in this capacity in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Cleveland in the thirties. He was known as a lobby display man (per the union). I wonder what happened to all these wonderful posters that were made during this time?