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Colonial Theatre
Savoy Theatre
Oriental Theatre
President Theatre
 
Address 80 McAllister Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity unknown
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation Opened 6 October 1906
Operated as Colonial Theatre: 1906-?
Operated as Savoy Theatre: (circa 1916)
Operated as Oriental Theatre: unknown
Operated as President Theatre: 1925-?
Type of Musical Accompaniment 40-piece orchestra
Current Status unknown

The Colonial Theatre may have been exclusively a live theatre venue throughout the silent era.

Herman Heller was a conductor at the Savoy Theatre in 1916.

The President Theatre closed permanently in the 1930s.

References: Tillmany-TheatresSF p. 52.

 

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