New Fruitvale Theatre
3720 International Boulevard,
Oakland,
CA
94601
3720 International Boulevard,
Oakland,
CA
94601
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The theater mcooley is referring to is the Laurel (later Cine 7), listed here under Victory Outreach Church.
My grandfather, McCabe Cooley, was the manager of the Fruitvale Theatre when he died one night after work of a heart attack in 1958. I can’t be certain, but I believe my father once told me that it was owned by Pacific Theatres. A distant cousin recently sent a movie pass to me, probably from about 1942-45, for the Laurel Theater, which was given to her grandmother and signed by my grandfather while he was manager there. I see no mention of it anywhere so it must be long gone. The address on the pass is 3814 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA. My guess is that it was also a Pacific theatre.