I saw the movie South Pacific in the Ambassador when I was a child. We moved a lot because my Father was in the Army. At the time I had no idea I was sitting in the successor to the Knickerbocker.
I saw the movie South Pacific in the Ambassador when I was a child. We moved a lot because my Father was in the Army. At the time I had no idea I was sitting in the successor to the Knickerbocker.
Is this the theater near the National Zoo ?
If so, I saw How The West Was Won & It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World there.
I know it was down the street to the right of the entrance of the zoo.
I saw 2001 at this theatre the day it opened.
I walked out and still couldn’t figure out what the movie was doing.
I should have asked for my money back.
Across from the theatre was a great restaurant The Hungry Tiger that had cute decor and huge lobsters in their tanks. We would watch a movie and go have dinner. I never did figure out why the restaurant closed. Maybe the Cannery fire did it in.
Its funny how a picture can jar your memory years later.
At the time it was running x rated films the theatre also had strippers working there for a time.
I once knew someone who worked there as a stripper and she would do her sets and go and sit with men in the audience and get tips from them.
I will have to ask her for details the next time we talk on the phone.
At one time, my parents and I lived in an apartment above the garage across the street and the musicians union.
I saw some movies at the theatre but Finley’s Fabulous Fudge had the best fudge ever !
Before the fire a local movie memorabilia store owner went into the basement of the Telenews and Esquire and rescued dozens of posters, lobby cards and other memorabilia including reels of film that had been there for years.
A lot of the stuff was from old westerns.
The owner of the shop told me the story.
When the fire occurred in the Telenews it burned with great intensity because of all the film still down there.
My late Father lived in a small apartment above that theatre at one time when it was a theatre.
It felt very odd for me to go up the stairs thinking that he lived above an adult theater.
When we first came to San Francisco in 1964, the building still had the Forbidden City marquee on the building.
My Father always had the wanderlust and would move out of my Mother’s and go somewhere but this was the strangest place he ever lived.
I am saddened that no one has mentioned that the manager ( and I presumed owner ) of the Strand in the 1960’s and 1970’s was murdered in the theatre by a crazy person.
I spent a lot of time seeing movies there, at the Embassy next store and at theatres down the street as a teenager and adult from 1964-1980 when I moved to Sacramento.
This theater had a huge fire that started in the projection room.
Sadly an amazing fact is that at one time there were 59 movie theaters on Market Street. Only the Orpheum Theatre now showing plays survives.
For years this theater ran every James Bond film on the first day it opened. The manager had a little white poodle and the floors of the theater were covered in sticky soda residue while the ceiling was covered with hundreds, if not thousands of Mason Dots that people woul chew and through up to the ceiling. I saw every Bond film there hen it opened from 1964-1980.
The theater as a strip club had several people die in it and was haunted. Paranormal investigators were terrified to go into the basement where the deaths occurred.
I saw the movie South Pacific in the Ambassador when I was a child.
We moved a lot because my Father was in the Army.
At the time I had no idea I was sitting in the successor to the Knickerbocker.
I saw the movie South Pacific in the Ambassador when I was a child.
We moved a lot because my Father was in the Army.
At the time I had no idea I was sitting in the successor to the Knickerbocker.
Is this the theater near the National Zoo ? If so, I saw How The West Was Won & It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World there. I know it was down the street to the right of the entrance of the zoo.
I saw 2001 at this theatre the day it opened. I walked out and still couldn’t figure out what the movie was doing. I should have asked for my money back.
Across from the theatre was a great restaurant The Hungry Tiger that had cute decor and huge lobsters in their tanks.
We would watch a movie and go have dinner.
I never did figure out why the restaurant closed.
Maybe the Cannery fire did it in.
Its funny how a picture can jar your memory years later. At the time it was running x rated films the theatre also had strippers working there for a time. I once knew someone who worked there as a stripper and she would do her sets and go and sit with men in the audience and get tips from them. I will have to ask her for details the next time we talk on the phone.
At one time, my parents and I lived in an apartment above the garage across the street and the musicians union. I saw some movies at the theatre but Finley’s Fabulous Fudge had the best fudge ever !
Before the fire a local movie memorabilia store owner went into the basement of the Telenews and Esquire and rescued dozens of posters, lobby cards and other memorabilia including reels of film that had been there for years. A lot of the stuff was from old westerns. The owner of the shop told me the story. When the fire occurred in the Telenews it burned with great intensity because of all the film still down there.
The Mister Hof Brau had very good food. The gift shop and pipe shop were there for years as well.
My late Father lived in a small apartment above that theatre at one time when it was a theatre. It felt very odd for me to go up the stairs thinking that he lived above an adult theater. When we first came to San Francisco in 1964, the building still had the Forbidden City marquee on the building. My Father always had the wanderlust and would move out of my Mother’s and go somewhere but this was the strangest place he ever lived.
I am saddened that no one has mentioned that the manager ( and I presumed owner ) of the Strand in the 1960’s and 1970’s was murdered in the theatre by a crazy person. I spent a lot of time seeing movies there, at the Embassy next store and at theatres down the street as a teenager and adult from 1964-1980 when I moved to Sacramento.
I forgot about The Warfield which has rock concerts.
This theater had a huge fire that started in the projection room. Sadly an amazing fact is that at one time there were 59 movie theaters on Market Street. Only the Orpheum Theatre now showing plays survives.
This theater sat boarded up with all the glass still intact and the concession stands too. They turned it into a CVS drugstore.
For years this theater ran every James Bond film on the first day it opened. The manager had a little white poodle and the floors of the theater were covered in sticky soda residue while the ceiling was covered with hundreds, if not thousands of Mason Dots that people woul chew and through up to the ceiling. I saw every Bond film there hen it opened from 1964-1980.
The theater as a strip club had several people die in it and was haunted. Paranormal investigators were terrified to go into the basement where the deaths occurred.
I saw the movie Superman at this theater on the day it opened. They gutted this theater and turned it into a Walgeens.😡