Towne Theatre

the towne was being demolished in the late 70’s when the roof collapsed, i think a few people were hurt none seriously

The conversdations about these theaters are great…I lived in North Long Beach in 50’s and the Towne was one of my favorites…It had a large pane glass window to the right of the boxoffice(which was a stand-a-lone booth).The entrance was the same, several large panes of glass about 15 feet long and 10-12 feet high.Immediately inside the entrance the rectangular snack bar looked really out of place.
The lobby was enormous, probably 30-35 feet wide, and about 125 feet long(it ran north south the width of the entire building) There were several places in the lobby that they eventually placed vending machines, and entrance into the theater itself was made through
several doors that were all located on the west side of the lobby.
The interior wasn’t really fancy, but had long curtains on the interior walls. There was a stage, and they sometimes had special entertainment on Friday and Saturday matinees. there were no loges or balconies, and the seats were very comfortable

One of the real unique features that the Towen had for its first few years was a sit down fountain type snack bar…that was abandoned in the early 50;s and replaced with a more conventional snack bar

I saw Disney’s Sword in the Stone in 1966 at the Towne and in 1969 it was Where Eagles Dare and Von Ryan’s Express.