Crest 1 & 2 Cinema

489 N. E Street,
San Bernardino, CA 92401

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rivest266
rivest266 on May 30, 2015 at 7:14 am

September 22nd, 1972 grand opening ad as a twin in photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 28, 2015 at 2:48 pm

June 15th, 1960 grand opening ad as Crest in photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on May 25, 2015 at 2:58 pm

May 20th, 1925 grand opening ad as West Coast in photo section. As well as a picture.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on September 9, 2012 at 10:33 pm

There’s a nice story of the time Bela Luosi made a personal appearance here on December 31, 1953, recounted in the book “Hollywood Rat Race” written by none other than Ed Wood, Jr. (I borrowed a copy from my local library!)

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 18, 2010 at 1:58 am

The West Coast Theatre was part of an office-commercial project called the Platt Building, erected for local developer Frank C. Platt. The project, planned from the beginning to include a large theater, was designed by San Bernardino architect Howard E. Jones.

The West Coast Theatres circuit signed a lease for the theater before the project was publicly announced. West Coast brought in Los Angeles architect Lewis A. Smith, who had designed a number of projects for the circuit, to work in association with Jones on the details of the theater. Jones was not unexperienced in theater design, having been the architect of the San Bernardino Municipal Auditorium, erected in 1923. He is also credited with the rebuilding of a Savoy Theatre at San Bernardino in 1921, and late in his career designed the Arrow Theatre at Fontana, California.

Fred Stein Theatres acquired the West Coast Theatre in 1960, and immediately began renovations. The house reopened as the Crest in June that year, according to Boxoffice of June 20.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 18, 2009 at 9:55 am

Here is a night view from the same date:
http://tinyurl.com/ct3ztz

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 18, 2009 at 9:51 am

Here is another 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cldsbo

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 16, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c6thg5

richjr37
richjr37 on December 22, 2008 at 9:58 pm

This was an OK twin,opened as a single screen by Fox West Coast,it had a large screen downstairs and a smaller one up a staircase where the original balcony was back in its hey day.

When i was a kid in the ‘80s,both screens would have triple features for a $1.50 “Platoon”,“Spaceballs”,“Hiding Out” and the Prince concert movie “Sign O’ The Times” were just a sample of movies that played here.

A couple doors away was one of the last surviving Pussycat theatres at the time.