Carlos Theatre
1224 San Carlos Avenue,
San Carlos,
CA
94070
1224 San Carlos Avenue,
San Carlos,
CA
94070
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Previously operated by: Fox West Coast Theatres
Architects: Simeon Charles Lee
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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A wonderful neighborhood theatre. The Carlos Theatre was opened by Fox West Coast Theatres on January 11, 1941 with Marx Brothers in “Go West” and Dick Powell in “Christmas in July”. It was demolished in the late-1970’s to make way for an office building.
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Charles Meyerson
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1946 LIFE interior photos of the Carlos,
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This was a nice theatre I grew up at this theater My Mom was the first Woman manager for NGC theatres and this was the 2nd theatre, She Managed First she was at the FOX in redwood city then she took over the Carlos from there she went to The FOX Stanford, then Mann Closed all the Fox Theaters on the Peninsula. I loved the Carlos it was a very busy theater when it was booked. I remember we played WILLARD to packed houses daily. then Eureka Federal Savings bought the property and tore the teater down and built the entire corner downtown with office buildings and the bank and a penthouse living space.
Before managing the above mentioned theatres, this same lady was Bill Tannehill’s assistant manager at the FOX THEATRE in Burlingame for many years.During that time my aunt, Ann Campbell was Lou Singer’s assistant at the FOX THEATRE in Redwood City for 12 years.
By the way Mitch….. Your mom was working at the FOX in Burlingame when she took a maternity leave….for guess who!!???
We lived on Prospect Street and used to ride our bikes to the Saturday matinee. You could get free tickets at the cigar store right across the street. After the matinee, and if there wasn’t a single person in the shop Pat, next door to the cigar store, would give us a haircut even though Saturday was for men only.
I sure was sad to see it gone. I guess Saturday morning cartoons and serial cliffhangers isn’t enough.
Jan 11, 1941 grand opening ad in photo section.
I found all of cmyerson’s blurry photos in the UCLA Special Collections S. Charles Lee Papers online and have added much sharper images to this page. Apparently cmyerson has not seen the requests to re upload them. Also added are 1 exterior photo from the 40’s, a conceptual rendering from Lee, and 2 photos of the demolition and an exterior shot I took in late fall of 1976.
I just stumbled onto this thread about the San Carlos Theater! I’m wondering if the “Woman Manager” referenced by ajtarantex was working there in the 1960’s? I was hired by a “Woman Assistant Manager” in 1962/3. The General Manager at that time was Arthur Kloth. He went on to manage the Oakland Fox Theater. Additional Trivia: Arthur Kloth was the inventor of the Popcorn Scoop as reported in Popular Science Monthly, January 1950.
Grand opening ad:
Carlos theatre opening 10 Jan 1941, Fri Redwood City Tribune (Redwood City, California) Newspapers.com
Better quality grand opening ads posted.