Hub City Theatre
261 N. La Cadena Drive,
Colton,
CA
92324
261 N. La Cadena Drive,
Colton,
CA
92324
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Previous Names: Crescent Theater
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The Los Angeles Times on September 27, 1912 noted that R.L. Riley and Max Zempleburg were commencing work on a theater building on Eighth Street. The Times on February 7, 1913 said that the Crescent Theater was nearly ready to open pending the arrival of opera chairs. A follow up story noted that it was opened by the end of February.
The Sanborn Insurance Maps of 1928 place the theater at 261 N. 8th Street, which later was changed to La Cadena Drive. Colton has also been known as the Hub City thus at some unknown time the theater changed its name to reflect that. From 1943, the Hub City Theatre was screening Spanish language films, and was operated by Dietrich & Feldstein.
The Film Daily Yearbook of 1950-51 lists the Hub City Theatre with 756 seats. It was closed in early-1955 and was demolished in 1959 after being condemned.
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The Hub City Theatre switched to widescreen in 1954. It then ran Spanish-language theatres on weekdays and English-language films on the weekends. In its final stretch of operation, it was solely a Spanish-language theatre closing early in 1955. The Hub City Theatre was demolished in 1959 after being condemned (but not for urban renewal as stated above). It was replaced by a new-build Larson’s drug store.