Meralta Theatre

The Meralta was quite upscale for a neighborhood theater. I was very impressed with the rocking loge seats and the viewing window where you could see the film away from the seated area. I first “discovered” the Meralta when one of my friends from South Gate was hired there as an usherette in the late 1950s. My future wife and I had our first date at the Meralta, watching “Cry for Happy,” in early 1961.