Why, oh Why, can’t Palm Springs do anything but pander to tourists, casinos and unneeded hotels and stores? Come on – what has happened to all of you older residents and movie fans who can realize the need for preservation of film history? Yes, it will take some money to refurbish this beautiful old landmark theater (1936), but what better cause than to remember our beloved movie community who lived and played in Palm Springs? Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra and so many more who made those great old classics and were known to frequent this theater in it’s heyday? Please take a moment – send Mr. Robert Moon – our new Mayor – a quick note asking to PLEASE preserve this beautiful old landmark before someone decides to tear it down to put in another tee shirt shop, hotel or god knows what in it’s place. I do love the Camelot Theater, but nothing is classier than having a restored theater right downtown – not only for the 2 week film festival every year, but for those of us paying HIGH TAXES to live in Palm Springs? I wish some of our current stars (Lily Tomlin, Suzanne Sommers, Barry Manilow, etc.) could lead the fight for film preservation for the next generation. Look to the old Stanford Theater in Palo Alto for direction and class. What an amazing place! Why can’t we have a landmark? We have lots of modernism, but we really need some piece of history to endure in Palm Springs! Please forward this on to your friends and let’s make this happen before it’s too late!
Why, oh Why, can’t Palm Springs do anything but pander to tourists, casinos and unneeded hotels and stores? Come on – what has happened to all of you older residents and movie fans who can realize the need for preservation of film history? Yes, it will take some money to refurbish this beautiful old landmark theater (1936), but what better cause than to remember our beloved movie community who lived and played in Palm Springs? Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra and so many more who made those great old classics and were known to frequent this theater in it’s heyday? Please take a moment – send Mr. Robert Moon – our new Mayor – a quick note asking to PLEASE preserve this beautiful old landmark before someone decides to tear it down to put in another tee shirt shop, hotel or god knows what in it’s place. I do love the Camelot Theater, but nothing is classier than having a restored theater right downtown – not only for the 2 week film festival every year, but for those of us paying HIGH TAXES to live in Palm Springs? I wish some of our current stars (Lily Tomlin, Suzanne Sommers, Barry Manilow, etc.) could lead the fight for film preservation for the next generation. Look to the old Stanford Theater in Palo Alto for direction and class. What an amazing place! Why can’t we have a landmark? We have lots of modernism, but we really need some piece of history to endure in Palm Springs! Please forward this on to your friends and let’s make this happen before it’s too late!