Photographs by Timothy S. Allen
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State Theater, Woodland, CA
Posted on June 4, 2018
The 999-seat State Theater was built in 1936 by Redwood Theatres and Fox West Coast Theatres, to replace a theatre that was destroyed by fire. In 1977, two additional screens were built adjacent to the original theater. Seating in the main original auditorium is on a stadium plan, with a raised section at the rear (no overhanging balcony). The State Theater was closed on September 6, 2010. After a remodel by new operators Cinema West, it was reopened as a 10-screen theatre on June 28, 2017. Information from: Lost Memories, Cinema Treasures. Woodland, CA. June 1, 2018
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Theater Marquee Series
Posted on March 4, 2018
This is one of a series of over 25 theater marquees from California, Oregon and Massachusetts.
Fox Oakland Theater, Oakland, CA
The auditorium of the Fox Theatre has a colorful East Indian Buddhist temple gloss applied over a standard squared off Weeks & Day interior. The entry portion of the main facade takes the form of a polychrome mosaic-like shrine, with smaller lantern-topped towers on either side. Trim with a Near Eastern flavor forms the cornice line for the remainder of the building.
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Del Mar Theater, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Posted on August 14, 2015
Opened on August 14, 1936 with “China Clipper”, the 1,521-seat Del Mar Theatre has served the college town of Santa Cruz, California for almost 65 years.
After years of struggling through dollar nights and intermittent attendance, the Del Mar Theatre was sold in 1999 and closed.
After an extensive renovation and restoration, the Del Mar Theatre reopened in February of 2002.
Contributed by Tom Mayer, Jacob Hunter
found on cinemaTREASURES
http://cinematreasures.org/
Chabot Theater, Castro Valley, CA
Posted on August 3, 2015
August 1, 2015
f/22, 1.6 sec, 100 ISO, 26mm Tamron 16-300mm
Metro Theater – B&W
Posted on February 25, 2015
Metro Theater, San Francisco, CA, February 2015.
Equinox Corporation has beautifully restored the marquee of the theater while creating a first class health club and gym.
Also seen on Monochrome Madness #51, http://leannecolephotography.com/2015/02/25/mm51-monochrome-madness-51/
Metro Theater – Union Street San Francisco
Posted on February 19, 2015
Metro Theater, San Francisco, CA, February 2015.
Equinox Corporation has beautifully restored the marquee of the theater while creating a first class health club and gym.
Auburn State Theater – Black and White Version
Posted on February 17, 2015
Auburn State Theater, Auburn, CA, February, 2015,
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Also seen on Monochrome Madness #50 http://leannecolephotography.com/2015/02/18/mm50-monochrome-madness-50/
Colonial Theater – Sacramento, California
Posted on February 16, 2015
Colonial Theater, Sacramento, CA, February 2015, http://colonialtheatre.biz/home.html
Rialto Cerrito Theater in Black and White
Posted on December 30, 2014
Cerrito Theater in El Cerito, CA
Sebastiani Theater B&W – Posted in Monochrome Madness Week 39
Posted on November 25, 2014
Sonoma, CA
Monochrome Madness #39 http://leannecolephotography.com/2014/11/26/mm-39-monochrome-madness-39/
Alameda Theater – Stretched
Posted on November 14, 2014
Alameda, California
The unstretched version https://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/the-alameda-alameda-california/
Orinda Theater
Posted on November 12, 2014
Orinda Theater, Orinda, California
History
The Orinda Theatre was opened in 1941 and was built by Donald Rheem, with architect Alexander Aimwell Cantin. Slated for demolition in 1984, it was saved through the efforts of preservationists and reopened in 1989, when 2 additional screens were added. The original lobby and main theatre were left intact. http://lamorindatheatres.com/aboutus_orinda.asp
The Alameda – Alameda California
Posted on November 11, 2014
The Alameda Theatre is an Art Deco movie theatre built in 1932 in Alameda, California. It opened with a seating capacity of 2,168. It was designed by architect Timothy L. Pflueger and was the last grand movie palace built in the San Francisco Bay Area. It closed in the 1980s as a triplex theatre and was later used as a gymnastics studio. A restoration and expansion project was completed in 2008, making the historic theater the primary anchor of an eight-screen multiplex. from CinemaTreasures
Fox Oakland Theater – Seen at Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness #35
Posted on October 28, 2014
Fox Oakland Theater, Oakland California
Color Version https://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/fox-oakland-theater/
Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness https://wordpress.com/read/blog/id/15780266/
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