Last night we went to a movie at the Avalon Theatre in the Casino Building. We don't do this often enough! We had a nice evening stroll along the harbor and got to the Theatre about 6:40pm. The ticket booth outside is adorable and the lobby inside is made of curving rich mahogany wood with the popcorn and candy sales at one end. The theater is huge--over 1100 seats! There are incredible art deco murals on the walls, and twinkling gold stars on the ceiling. (Click on the link below for a picture.) On Friday and Saturday nights there's a Page organ concert at 6:15p before the 7pm show. It's really something to hear. It puts you in a theater mood. And pick a seat - any seat...the movie theater is rarely crowded. It's amazing to see first run movies in such a grand theater. Even if it's not a movie you want to see (in this case it was - The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons), it's a treat to go. The movies change once a week - every Friday. And they're shown every day of the week at 7pm (and usually twice in the evenig on weekends)
For more info on the theater, go to http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/avalon/acti_casinoTheater.php
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Arthur and Lynn: Your theatre sounds much like the one I knew as a boy in Fairbanks, Alaska. If I recall correctly, it was called the Empress. The pinpoint lights in the ceiling were in the shape of the Big Dipper, which is now the emblem on the State flag. The decor was art deco. It was impressive but smaller than the one in Catalina. I was, and hopefully still is, a great place to watch movies. Thanks for the blurb and the blog. Interesting. Den in Bisbee
Den - Thanks for your memory. They just don't build 'em like they used to!
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