Marina 1-2-3
302 S. Catalina Avenue,
Redondo Beach,
CA
90277
302 S. Catalina Avenue,
Redondo Beach,
CA
90277
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Listings for the Marina ended in 1987.
The Surf cinema opened on March 8th, 1968 and the Marina Cinema 1 & 2 opened on December 25th, 1969. Grand opening ads posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
I used to work at the Marina Theater 83-84 and Randy and Court Was still working…I still Remember when Mr. Klee?? Would pull up in his Big Lincoln to the front and his wife would stay in the car…I would change the Marque for the New movies and clean the lot for extra hours on Sunday after the theater closed…How time flies by!…Does anyone know if Randy is still alive today? How about Lynden I believe who was running the projection booth? Andrea, James Martinez, John Walz…Wow old times
I remember attending in the late ‘60 or early '70, a Dracula movie at the Strand. I don’t recall the name of the movie. Any ideas where I can obtain a listing of movies shown at the Strand during the above time frame? I remember going to the Strand from the early '50 until I moved out of Redondo in the mid '60. I also attended the Fox Redondo.
What is now in this location?
the strand was where i would take a date to then go just next door to the revalairs club.
Here’s a photo of the original Strand.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ron_felsing/3313817607/
David
Hi Pat
I used to fish on the Horseshoe Pier during the mid-60’s. We used to get there 4 am when it was still dark but people were already there fishing. Great times for a kid growing up during the 1960’s.
My father loved the Strand. In the mid/late 1940’s and I believe into the 1950’s, he would always get excited about winning a theater drawing for prises. The best of all times was a MG roster.
I have great memories fishing at the local rainbow style pier.
Pat
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/c4top5
I worked at the Marina 3 theater from 1978 to 1981 and Randy Ruddy was my manager. Randy, in all the years since then I’ve always said it was my favorite job ever, and that you were the greatest boss because you were the only boss who ever told his employees “I’ll look out for you guys, just don’t screw up too badly”. Even after all my professional and intellectual jobs, serving popcorn at the Marina was my best job ever (with the possible exception of my current) b/c it was like hanging out with fun, interesting friends, all the free popcorn you want, serving customers who are typically in a good mood, and watching all the movies you want for free! Nirvana! And wearing the shortest and tiniest sailor dress. And lots of crazy times. And I’ll never forget my friend Dean.
Another fabulous-looking theatre bit the dust. How sad.
After this was torn down, what was built in its place?
50sInglewood, the other theater was the Fox Redondo, which has its own page here on Cinema Treasures.
From Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
The Strand Theater, Redondo Beach, was opened Thursday January 6, with many prominent film persons in attendance. The house is owned by Mike and Abe Gore and Adolph Ramish.
I saw The Cardinal at the Strand, probably in the 60s. A few years later I saw a Jane Fonda movie in the small theater that was built in the back of the Strand. I did not live in Redondo Beach, but I knew of the Strand because of my many visits to the pier. I enjoyed visiting movie houses as much as I enjoyed the movies. There was another theater in Redondo near the marina. I can’t remember its name.
Many of my girlfriends and I worked at the Strand in the early 60’s. I worked in the ticket booth. We earned the enormous salary of $1.00 per hour. Of course we always let our boyfriends in for free. My favorite movie that showed at the Strand during that time period was Westside Story. It played for at least a month. I remember the showing of live boxing matches being a big draw. A man named Mr. Poulos owned the theatre at that time and one of the Maucks managed it.
Helen (Crow) Robertson
I’d often wondered what happened to the Strand Theatre, where I happily watched “Help!” starring The Beatles in the 60s when I was a teen living in Torrance. Not just once but several times. Can’t remember what other movies I saw at The Strand. Theatres seemed magical to me then….
Ken Mc.
Think you, it was a long time ago, I may not have remembered the name of the movie but I will remember the date tell I die, and as time passed we seen a bunch of movies at the Torrance drive in on Torrance Blvd. We had two kid’s and now three grand kid’s., Love the movies.
Ken Green, here is your furniture store. Photo is dated 1954:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics31/00050120.jpg
Close. The film would have been “A Summer Place”. The aforementioned theme song was a huge hit in 1959.
My first date with my wife was at this theater in 1959 or 60, She lived on Saphire St. and I lived on Topaz, We walked to the show along the beach walk-way, I think the movie was A Theme From A Summer Place?.
Larry Nelson
I remember The Strand quite well. I used to live a block north of the theater from about 1945 to 1962 or so. I remember going to the free matinees held on Saturday afternoon that was sponsored by some furniture store, Mc-something or another. I remember the boos and catcalls the kids made when it was announced the sponsorship was over and there was to be no more free movies. The matiness usual started with cartoon/newsreels and an movie. My last attendance was seeing Count Dracula just before 1970 at the rear of the theater.
I saw “the Trip” (the film mentioned in the opening parpagraph above). While it has nothing to do with the theatre, I can’t help but share that “the Trip” was one of the top ten biggest pieces of cinema garbage I have seen.