Montez Theater
116 W. Main Street,
Grass Valley,
CA
95945
116 W. Main Street,
Grass Valley,
CA
95945
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: T & D Jr. Enterprises
Architects: William Mooser II
Functions: Furniture Showroom
Previous Names: Lola Montez Theater
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The Montez Theatre was opened in 1934 with Sylvia Sidney in “Thirty Day Princess”.
Contributed by
Ken McIntyre
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Obviously named for Lola Montez, an acress from the 1880s that used to live up the street from this theater. When I walked by it the other day, it was a furnature store.
The Montez was a quite handsome movie house during the 1930s and 40s, after which the building became home to various other businesses. Nice that for a time Lola had so substantial a remembrance in the town where she lived from August 1853 until she departed for her Australian tour in June of 1855. Having left behind most of the outrageous behavior which had earned this Irish-born Spanish dancer the title of “Most Infamous Woman in Europe”, her years in Grass Valley were relatively peaceful— aside from her notorious horsewhip attack on a local newspaper editor…
According to the Union News, the Montez Theatre opened in 1934 (no exact date given) and was designed by William Mooser Jr. “Thirty Day Princess”, starring Sylvia Sidney and Cary Grant was the first movie.