Elmwoood Theater - Berkeley, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 51.401 W 122° 15.186
10S E 565703 N 4190177
A historic theater in Berkeley, CA.
Waymark Code: WMZ9BJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2018
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From a plaque at the site: "
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK
designated in 1982
Strand (Elmwood) Theater
Albert W. Cornelius, Architect, 1914
Built as the Strand Theater in an Art Nouveau architectural style, this was one of the neighborhood’s first commercial structures. Admission was ten cents for adults, five for children, and the theater was advertised as “catering to the family.” After closing in 1941, it reopened as The Elmwood in 1947, with a new zigzag Moderne decor. The opening movies were “The Macomber Affair,” starring UC Berkeley alumnus Gegory Peck, and “Blondie’s Big Moment.” Promoted as “Berkeley’s first post-war motion picture house,” it featured foreign films and survived the advent of television, movie multiplexes, and home video.
A fire closed the theater again in 1988. When it was rumored that the building would be replaced with shops, friends of the theater created the Elmwood Theater Foundation which purchased and renovated the building with a City loan. The theater reopened in 1994.
Berkeley Historical Plaque Project
2000."
Year Theater Opened: 1914
Number of Screen(s): 1
Concessions Available: yes
Web site: [Web Link]
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
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Visit Instructions:
Must take a photo of the theater.
Please try to include yourself or gps in the picture.
Tell of your experience at the theater, if it is still a theater. If it is no longer a theater tell of an experience from the past at the theater, if this can be done.