Bal Theatre
14808 E. 14th Street,
San Leandro,
CA
94578
14808 E. 14th Street,
San Leandro,
CA
94578
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Bal Theatre, San Leandro (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: Vincent G. Raney
Functions: Live Performances, Movies (Classic)
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
510.614.1224
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News About This Theater
The Bal Theatre opened on July 3, 1946 with Cornel Wilde in “The Bandit of Sherwood Forest” & Dennis o'Keefe in “Getting Gertie’s Garter”. It was closed in 2005.
It was reopened in April 2010.
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Jeremy Sanford
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Here is a January 1961 ad from the Hayward Review:
http://tinyurl.com/ctse5e
There have been independently made documentaries that have been showing here on Saturdays since November. Status should be changed to “open”. I am curious as to how much of an audience the documentaries are doing.
Here is a somewhat vertiginous view of the Bal:
http://tinyurl.com/yavk7d5
Great News! The grand reopening of the Bal will be on 4/23/10. According to the website calendar, renovations are being done, including the installation of a new curtain. Classic films are scheduled to play, starting with His Girl Friday on the 24th.
The Bal Theatre was designed by architect Vincent G. Raney. An article about it appeared in Boxoffice of September 14, 1946. There are four photos. The article mistakenly palces the Bal in Oakland.
Does anybody know why it was named the Bal? Is it Spanish? Was it someone’s last name?
@davidkaye: Because that’s the name of that neighborhood in San Leandro. (I’m from San Leandro originally, grew up there in the 60’s/70’s)
A 2010 photo can be seen here.
Here is an updated link to the 1946 Boxoffice article about the Bal Theatre.
This opened on July 3rd, 1946. Grand opening ad in the photo section.