I did just that David Z but that will not correct the map on this site. Was hoping one of the site administrators would see this and correct it for this page.
Luis Valdez’s 1987 film La Bamba used the same exterior footage from American Wax of the Wiltern made to look like the Brooklyn Paramount for a concert scene.
Tried to post a link to the theatres in movies blogspot published in 2017 with photos but CT thinks it’s spam.
“As envisioned, the existing facade of the theater and its commercial spaces would be restored along with the theater space itself and lobby, using a recovered set of Timothy Pflueger’s original construction documents for direction.
According to the overview for the Warrens (Warner Bros) theatre in downtown Los Angeles the interior theatre shots at the beginning of Funny Girl were filmed there.
Not so odd a name davidcoppock to longtime Bay Area residents who remember that the Santa Clara Valley was covered with orchards before it was covered with concrete and sprawl starting in the 1950’s. Prunes were one of the local crops and Santa Clara County had the largest prune growing area of the state.
I don’t think this is the Esquire in SF. Looking down Market St in the photo above it appears that the block this theatre is on goes quite a ways. The Esquire (or Frolic in this picture) was located right near the intersection of Eddy, Market and Powell.
bigjoe59….I posted the link because as Mr Louis says in the article it is the most common problem he encounters in other (than Alamo I assume) theaters. The only sure way to find out if CM was projected dimly at the Orpheum would be to see it at another theater and compare. Or ask the manager at the Orpheum if films projected there meet the industry standard of 14 foot-lamberts. I’ve only been to an Alamo theatre once and it was to see one of the Star Wars films a couple of years ago in 3D. It was the best projected digital/3D film I’d ever seen. At the neighborhood theatre I go to regularly here in SF, digital film brightness is inconsistent and sometimes disappointing.
Mark Louis, Director of Presentation for the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain, was interviewed on the linked website about screen brightness, masking, 3D etc. noting that “all digital movies are supposed to be projected at 14 foot-lamberts, an industry standard established by a group called DCI. In practice, many theaters fall short of that level of illumination.” You can read the entire article here:
Translation:
Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park is where the SF 49ers played until they moved to Candlestick Park.
(Red) Hickey was the team’s head coach in the early 1960’s.
Last game of the season for the 49ers and Hickey.
Too bad the “Movie Theatre News” on the home page has been ignored for so long. So I will post this here since SF is one of the 7 cities and the Castro one of the theaters presenting Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma in 70mm in Dec/January.
“Cuarón shot “Roma” on the Alexa65 digital camera, mastering at 4K resolution. FotoKem, the only remaining 70mm print lab worldwide, handled the transfer from digital to film, as well as the production of 70mm film prints.”
46 years have gone by since the last reserved seat engagement in SF (Man of La Mancha at the Golden Gate 1) began in Dec 1972. This past August 2001: A Space Odyssey played in 70mm/IMAX for a week at the Metreon IMAX as a reserved seat engagement.
bigjoe59….10 theaters are listed at the link in MSC77’s link. One of them, the Orpheum Cinerama started reserve seating in 1952 with This Is Cinerama but that and subsequent 3 strip Cinerama at the Orpeheum is not listed because the link is for 70mm/roadshow.
Added 3 photos, all taken about a week ago, one of which is the plaque displayed in front of the theatre regarding it’s status as the nation’s oldest theatre built for feature films.
moviebuff82….Balboa High School is in the southern part of San Francisco in the Excelsior District 6-7 miles from the Balboa Theatre which is in the Outer Richmond District.
This theater’s status should be changed to “Open”.
From today’s SF Chronicle:
Presidio
Thanks for trying Ken.
I did just that David Z but that will not correct the map on this site. Was hoping one of the site administrators would see this and correct it for this page.
The Apple map above shows a remote location far to the west of 280 Smith Ranch Rd.
Luis Valdez’s 1987 film La Bamba used the same exterior footage from American Wax of the Wiltern made to look like the Brooklyn Paramount for a concert scene.
Tried to post a link to the theatres in movies blogspot published in 2017 with photos but CT thinks it’s spam.
The same footage of the “Brooklyn Paramount” used in American Hot Wax was also used again in the 1987 Luis Valdez film La Bamba.
2 ½ years later….
“As envisioned, the existing facade of the theater and its commercial spaces would be restored along with the theater space itself and lobby, using a recovered set of Timothy Pflueger’s original construction documents for direction.
El Rey
Yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle article on the reopening of the Presidio Theater Sept 21, 2019.
According to the overview for the Warrens (Warner Bros) theatre in downtown Los Angeles the interior theatre shots at the beginning of Funny Girl were filmed there.
Warrens
This is actually the Pacific 1-2-3 on Hollywood Blvd – photo should be moved there.
Warner/Pacific 1-2-3
Not so odd a name davidcoppock to longtime Bay Area residents who remember that the Santa Clara Valley was covered with orchards before it was covered with concrete and sprawl starting in the 1950’s. Prunes were one of the local crops and Santa Clara County had the largest prune growing area of the state.
I don’t think this is the Esquire in SF. Looking down Market St in the photo above it appears that the block this theatre is on goes quite a ways. The Esquire (or Frolic in this picture) was located right near the intersection of Eddy, Market and Powell.
Lucky me. There are 7,021 open movie theaters within 30 miles of my zipcode.
bigjoe59….I posted the link because as Mr Louis says in the article it is the most common problem he encounters in other (than Alamo I assume) theaters. The only sure way to find out if CM was projected dimly at the Orpheum would be to see it at another theater and compare. Or ask the manager at the Orpheum if films projected there meet the industry standard of 14 foot-lamberts. I’ve only been to an Alamo theatre once and it was to see one of the Star Wars films a couple of years ago in 3D. It was the best projected digital/3D film I’d ever seen. At the neighborhood theatre I go to regularly here in SF, digital film brightness is inconsistent and sometimes disappointing.
Mark Louis, Director of Presentation for the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain, was interviewed on the linked website about screen brightness, masking, 3D etc. noting that “all digital movies are supposed to be projected at 14 foot-lamberts, an industry standard established by a group called DCI. In practice, many theaters fall short of that level of illumination.” You can read the entire article here:
Screencrush.com
MSC77….just saw your Oct 23 post – forgot all about the LTIP Royal engagement. Thanks.
From helicopter or drone TV coverage of the Russian River flood that I saw this evening on local (SF) news this theatre appears to be inundated.
Translation: Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park is where the SF 49ers played until they moved to Candlestick Park. (Red) Hickey was the team’s head coach in the early 1960’s. Last game of the season for the 49ers and Hickey.
That looks like Eddie Mueller introducing the films at the Tab Hunter tribute.
Too bad the “Movie Theatre News” on the home page has been ignored for so long. So I will post this here since SF is one of the 7 cities and the Castro one of the theaters presenting Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma in 70mm in Dec/January.
70mm Roma
From a paywalled LA Times article:
“Cuarón shot “Roma” on the Alexa65 digital camera, mastering at 4K resolution. FotoKem, the only remaining 70mm print lab worldwide, handled the transfer from digital to film, as well as the production of 70mm film prints.”
46 years have gone by since the last reserved seat engagement in SF (Man of La Mancha at the Golden Gate 1) began in Dec 1972. This past August 2001: A Space Odyssey played in 70mm/IMAX for a week at the Metreon IMAX as a reserved seat engagement.
bigjoe59….10 theaters are listed at the link in MSC77’s link. One of them, the Orpheum Cinerama started reserve seating in 1952 with This Is Cinerama but that and subsequent 3 strip Cinerama at the Orpeheum is not listed because the link is for 70mm/roadshow.
Current photo added.
Added 3 photos, all taken about a week ago, one of which is the plaque displayed in front of the theatre regarding it’s status as the nation’s oldest theatre built for feature films.
moviebuff82….Balboa High School is in the southern part of San Francisco in the Excelsior District 6-7 miles from the Balboa Theatre which is in the Outer Richmond District.
The Grand Lake has been sold to it’s leaseholder Allen Michaan who says he will continue to show films far into the future.
Grand Lake