Ad announcing the Grand Opening of the Covina Theatre, which appeared in the Covina Argus newspaper on December 16, 1921.
Image courtesy: Digital Archives of the Covina Public Library, and NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
Transcription of the accompanying news article:
Ad for "The Candy Box" concession stand at the front of the new theater.
Image courtesy: Digital Archives of the Covina Public Library, and NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
Out with the old and in with the new! Looks like the old Star Theatre had its last showing on Thursday, December 15th, and the new Covina Theatre opened unofficially the next day. Also, it appears "[A] Midnight Bell" was actually the very first feature shown in the brand new venue; "Bits of Life" being the Grand Opening bill-topper.
Image courtesy: Digital Archives of the Covina Public Library, and NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
I've never been able to find a good photo of the Covina Theatre in the 1920s, so I guess, like so many other things these days, all you get to see is ads. :-)
The Covina Theatre was demolished completely in 2004. Nothing of it remains today. The performing arts center there now is an entirely new building from the ground up.
Lots of memories of Covina Theater. If I recall correctly, the first movie I ever saw there was One Million BC. I wasn't very old, and although I can recall Ms. Welch and her assets, was probably more interested in the dinosaurs.
ReplyDeleteCorrection. It was One Million Years BC (1966), not to be confused with the earlier One Million BC from the 1940s. I'm not THAT old.
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