Crest Theatre

Grand opening ad posted. Studio Theatre opening 12 Jun 1942, Fri Richmond Daily Independent (Richmond, California) Newspapers.com

This letter from Robert L. Lippert to the trade journal Motion Picture Herald was published in the magazine’s issue of September 12, 1942:

“On February 14th, I completed the Grand theatre, Richmond, 690 seats, built of brick and Class B construction, in 91 days.

“On May 21st I leased a grocery store in the heart of Richmond and in exactly three weeks opened this as a theatre; seats 428, operates 24 hours a day. Name, The Studio.

“June 12th, I commenced remodeling of the old Point theatre at Richmond and installed a balcony to seat 100 and renovated the house from front to back. Total seats, 450. Opened this theatre August 15th.

“The Studio and Point theatres were completed under the $5,000 limitation set by the War Production Board.

“Commenced work five weeks ago on the Times theatre, Richmond, seating 575, and will open this house on September Nth. A priority was granted on this project. This was formerly the Nash Automobile Agency.

“On July 5th, commenced work in Vallejo on the former Studebaker Automobile Agency and completed this in four weeks. It seats 664.

“From there I took over the old library building in Alameda and transformed this into a theatre. I opened this last week. It seats 299. The name of this theatre is the Times.”