Motion Picture Hall Of Fame

I attended this theater once in either ‘71 or early '72 to see Love Happy (1949), the last feature film of the Marx Brothers. Audience sat in folding chairs and the projector was 16mm. The proprietor of the place introduced the film before it began. The theater and its museum were one of the quirky enterprises of private collectors that dotted Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s. Another was The Museum of World Wars that was located in Anaheim and then Buena Park. Roadside attractions were once a part of Americana. Now they are few and far between.

The theatre really struggled with it’s location. In addition to being hidden in the back of the complex, patrons couldn’t utilize the motel’s parking lot; you had to park at a neighboring business and walk over to the motel. Tickets were $1.00 for the memorabilia museum or $2.00 for the museum and a movie.