Delta Theater
641 1st Street,
Brentwood,
CA
94513
641 1st Street,
Brentwood,
CA
94513
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Previously operated by: CineLux Theatres, Cinemark
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Art Deco
Previous Names: Delta Cinema, CineLux New Delta Cinema
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This theatre was built in the 1930’s and was originally a 625-seat single screen with a stage in front of it which doubled to show plays. In the early-1990’s it was turned into a two screen theatre. In the early to mid-1990’s it was a second run theatre, which did moderate business at best.
After closing down for a couple months CineLux Theatres bought the theatre in 2000 and was open and doing well until March 16, 2020 when it was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It remained closed but was taken over by local group who began restorations. It reopened as the Delta Theater in Spring of 2024.
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Kyle Sundgren
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The Delta was a single screen for years, before it was twinned, it showed Spanish films. What was odd, was that the original vertical blade, had a clock on it. When the blade was restored, the clock was removed. It is very well kept and gets good crowds there. The restored marquee is very impressive.
Marquee photo:
http://www.1pma.com/rose/images/112704/Delta.jpg
Here is a 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2go77r
This theatre may have been built for the San Francisco-based Petersen Theatre Circuit. Plans for a theatre in Brentwood were announced in the Better Theatres section of Motion Picture Herald’s August 22, 1936 issue. The design was attributed to an engineer named L.H. Nishkian, rather than to an architect. Nishkian is additionally cited in the California Index as structural engineer on theatre projects in San Francisco, Sacramento and Tulare at about the same time.
Seating capacity for the two screens, per the concession attendant at a recent visit:
1 – 190
2 – 130
Total: 320
I’ve posted information and photos from a recent visit here.
A 2010 photo can be seen here.
I use to live in Brentwood (and when to LUHS) and remember when they opened back up. I was so disappointed that they destroyed the old theater by making it 2 screens.
I’d LOVE to see old photos of this theater from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s – anytime before the 80s/90s… Anyone? :)
Cinelux let this theater go from the looks of it, theater’s been closed since Covid and no signs of reopening
Whomever said there are no signs of reopening was mistaken. Yes, CineLux has let it go, but a local group is currently completing long overdue renovations in preparation for reopening this Spring of 2024! www.DeltaTheater.com