Lyric Theatre

69 S. Second Street,
San Jose, CA 95113

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DavidZornig
DavidZornig on May 14, 2020 at 10:29 am

Address was 69 South Second Street. Per Arcadia Publishing: “Louis Lieber commercial sign painter and amateur actor built the Lyric Theatre in 1913. The Lyric was one of San Jose’s earliest "straight” theatres, that showed only motion pictures with no vaudeville acts. The Lyric was torn down in 1959 to make way for a parking lot."

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 14, 2009 at 12:33 am

This photo is probably from the mid or late teens:
http://tinyurl.com/n5e5t6

GaryParks
GaryParks on April 21, 2008 at 1:50 pm

I recently read that the Lyric was torn down in 1959.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 13, 2008 at 8:34 am

I was reading an article about the Unique Theater in San Jose, opened by 20 year old Sid Grauman in 1903. Ticket taker and janitor was Roscoe Arbuckle. The theater was used for vaudeville and silent films, and was later wrecked in an earthquake. I don’t think we have this in the San Jose theaters. If I’m correct, I will go ahead and add it.

GaryParks
GaryParks on March 22, 2005 at 1:24 pm

Minor correction: The Lyric’s final sign—a neon piece which succeeded the sign shown in the photo—was not a vertical, but rather a horozontal swing-out sign.