Fairfield Cinema 1
849 Texas Street,
Fairfield,
CA
94533
849 Texas Street,
Fairfield,
CA
94533
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Renamed Fairfield Cinema I in late-June 1974 following the opening of the Fairfield Cinema II a few days later.
Uploaded photos as the Solano and one from 1977 as the Fairfield I.
Actually this first opened at the Fairfield theater on July 1921, on the corner of Jackson and North Texas streets. Later named the Solano Theater, the movie house was completely remodeled in 1945. In 1974, the theater changed from Solano Theater to Fairfield Cinema I and across the street was Fairfield Cinema II.
Went to this walk in theatre with some friends back in the 1988 to watch Dennis Hoopers film ‘Colors’, as I recall it was not a big movie house. The seating were angled in sort of a slope, I remember climbing stairs to get to an open seat. I also went here in the mid 2000s to see a dinner comedy show in one room and remember a dance club with a DJ in another room.
A six alarm fire, thought to be electrically caused, pretty much totally destroyed Pepper Belly’s (formerly the Solano Theatre) on the night of January 25, 2013. The inside of the structure is totally gutted and the roof is gone. Only the four walls remain and it’s unclear at this point if they are structurally sound.
Here’s a recent photo of the Comedy Club:
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/150a.html
Open ~1940-~1967? Can anyone verify the exact dates?
It was the Solano Theatre in 1967.
Owners:
1940 Mann & Walsh Theatres
1967 Homer I.Tegtmeier & Associates of San Francisco, they had 4 theaters in California.
The Website mentions “ALL ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY FREE ENTRY with valid ID”, that’s cause Fairfield is the home of Travis U.S. Air Force Base.
I went by this theater in 2003 and it was a comedy club, the only thing that had changed from when it had been a movie theater was its name.
More info and photos are always welcome.