Photos favorited by jordanlage

  • <p>1958 photo courtesy of Kenneth McIntyre.</p>
  • <p>Another great wrapper front shot of the Globe, this time it’s from 1939 and for the film, “Streets of New York.”</p>
  • <p>The William Fox Japanese Roof Garden Theatre momentous shot as it was the first east coast rooftop theatre to receive permission to equip for sound here in 1929.</p>
  • <p>1923 photo courtesy Kenneth McIntyre.</p>
  • <p>Another view of the marquee topper in 1923 for “Puritan Passions” at the Cameo along with some live performers.</p>
  • <p>Eight week poster sized calendar for the UC Theatre, from the early 1980’s I believe. Landmark Theatres operated the UC with a calendar rep policy starting in the mid 1970’s. There were daily changes of double feature programs with an eclectic mix of programming that included classic films, foreign films, recent Hollywood hits, cult favorites and even an occasional hardcore porn double bill.</p> <p>The calendars were available at the theatre as well as bookstores, record stores, restaurants and other establishments around town. I’d eagerly await each new program which would immediately be posted inside my closet door along with other Bay Area rep theatre calendars. It was a great time to be a film buff in the Bay Area!</p>
  • <p>A nice marquee topper in Berkeley to promote “The Midshipmen” playing there in 1925.</p>
  • <p>1925 shot of the UC Theatre banner getting a local angle with “The Freshman” with Harold Lloyd shot during “The Big Game” Cal-Berkeley v. Stanford.</p>
  • <p>Main original auditorium, photographed in 1991.</p>
  • <p>Opened in 1909 as Luke’s Nickelodeon, Berkeley’s first movie theatre is undergoing some renovation, and one would hope return as a performance space of some sort.</p>
  • <p>Entrance to the former South Berkeley Photo Theatre, which originally opened as Luke’s Nickelodeon in 1909, the first movie theatre in Berkeley.</p>
  • <p>a close-up view of one of the murals which was overhead at the entrance to the inventory storage area.</p>