El Camino Theatre
906 Fourth Street,
San Rafael,
CA
94901
906 Fourth Street,
San Rafael,
CA
94901
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Circa 1950 photo added credit George Wheeler, courtesy Marin History Museum. Nice detail of the facade.
1951 Fourth Of July Parade photo added credit Marin History Museum.
Better copy of the 1932 postcard added, courtesy of Darlene Van Horn. “Flesh” starring Wallace Beery on the marquee.
to “sreder”, you are thinking of the Rafael theater up the street – The El Camino building (still in exsistance) housed JCPenneys and now has Mechanics Bank on the first level – backside has been gutted on the ground floor for parking and there are offices and living quarters on the upper level
This building now houses the California Film Institute which owns the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center down the street and runs the Mill Valley Film Festival, now in it’s 30th year. The theater may be gone, but the spirit is still there.
I crawled up in 2000 right before they gutted it and got a nice 5 minute video. Some nice elements left.