It has been so long ago that I don’t remember the street numbers. The address for the Shafter Theater is probably right since it is in the right location.
I have no idea why the number for the State Theater has two locations. Maybe like the Arabian Nights, the building has been jumped from one location to the other.
The correct address for this building is 634 James St.
I’ve noticed all sorts of conjectures about Shafter and it’s theaters. My mother landed in Shafter with two infant boys and a husband who deserted his family. She had to get work to keep three people alive. She cooked for a childcare operation in the Women' Club. As a 4 year old, I went exploring and found the projection room where the Panero Brothers ran evening movies. The 1937 project has to have been the SHAFTER theater built on Central Avenue. This theater had general seating in the front half, a raised section called the Loge, and restrooms in a basement below the Loge.
At the end of the War, the State Theater was built. I know this because I lived in Shafter until I left home at the age of 14 to become a world-class apple picker in Northern California.
I used to sneak out at night and on Sunday afternoons to go to the movies since my mother thought the theater was the devil’s home.
It has been so long ago that I don’t remember the street numbers. The address for the Shafter Theater is probably right since it is in the right location. I have no idea why the number for the State Theater has two locations. Maybe like the Arabian Nights, the building has been jumped from one location to the other. The correct address for this building is 634 James St.
I’ve noticed all sorts of conjectures about Shafter and it’s theaters. My mother landed in Shafter with two infant boys and a husband who deserted his family. She had to get work to keep three people alive. She cooked for a childcare operation in the Women' Club. As a 4 year old, I went exploring and found the projection room where the Panero Brothers ran evening movies. The 1937 project has to have been the SHAFTER theater built on Central Avenue. This theater had general seating in the front half, a raised section called the Loge, and restrooms in a basement below the Loge.
At the end of the War, the State Theater was built. I know this because I lived in Shafter until I left home at the age of 14 to become a world-class apple picker in Northern California. I used to sneak out at night and on Sunday afternoons to go to the movies since my mother thought the theater was the devil’s home.