This page is part of an experiment in local film history. It presents a record of each documented screening of a particular Louise Brooks film in Northern California, from the time of its release through today. Recorded here are which city and at what venue and over what period of time (one week, three days, one day, etc…) any particular film was shown. Additionally noted are those occasions when a film was shown as part of a double bill, if there was a special guest appearance, or some other unusual circumstance, such as a benefit screening.
This page presents a record of screenings for Evening Clothes, which was officially released by Famous-Players Lasky / Paramount on March 19, 1927. For more about this production, be sure and check out its Louise Brooks Society FILMOGRAPHY PAGE. ||| Or, click here to advance to the NEXT FILM in the Lulu by the Bay set of records.
1927 screenings: Granada in San Francisco (Mar. 19-25, 1927); Reel Joy in King City (Mar. 31, 1927); New Stanford in Palo Alto (Mar. 31 – Apr 1, 1927); Princess in Sausalito (Apr. 3-4, 1927); Peninsula in Burlingame (Apr. 7-8, 1927); American in Oakland (Apr. 9-15, 1927 with an appearance by Louise Brooks on April 9th – see pictured advertisement); Hub in Mill Valley (Apr. 10-11, 1927); Orpheus in San Rafael (Apr. 11-12, 1927); Tamalpais in San Anselmo (Apr. 14-15, 1927); Varsity in Davis (Apr. 25-26, 1927); Casino in Antioch (May 1, 1927); Novelty in Martinez (May 3-4, 1927); Hippodrome in Napa (May 5-6, 1927); Virginia in Vallejo (May 6-7, 1927); Mission in San Jose (May 11-14, 1927); U.C. in Berkeley (May 12-14, 1927); California in Salinas (May 16, 1927); Clark in Vacaville (May 16-17); New Fillmore in San Francisco (May 16-18, 1927); New Mission in San Francisco (May 16-18, 1927); National in Woodland (May 17-18, 1927); Capitol in Sacramento (May 18-21, 1927); Sequoia in Redwood City (May 19, 1927); Starland in Sebastopol (May 19, 1927); California in Stockton (May 22-24, 1927); California in Watsonville (May 23-24, 1927); Merced Theatre in Merced (May 23-24, 1927); New Liberty in Marysville (May 24-25, 1927); California in Pittsburg (May 24-25, 1927); California in Santa Rosa (May 30-31, 1927); National in Chico (May 30-31, 1927); Orpheum in Lakeport (May 31 – June 1, 1927); Regent in San Mateo (June 1-2, 1927); New Roseville Theatre in Roseville (June 2-3, 1927); California in Richmond (June 6-7, 1927); Golden State in Monterey (June 6-7, 1927); Coliseum in San Francisco (June 11-12, 1927); Manzanita in Carmel (June 13-14, 1927); New Santa Cruz Theatre in Santa Cruz (June 15-16, 1927); Liberty in Healdsburg (June 16-17, 1927); Washington in San Francisco (June 19, 1927); Chimes in Oakland (June 19-20, 1927); Alexandria in San Francisco (June 20-21, 1927); Metropolitan in San Francisco (June 20-22, 1927); West Portal in San Francisco (June 21-22, 1927); Fink’s in Gridley (June 23-24, 1927); Mystic in Petaluma (June 26-27, 1927); Irving in San Francisco (June 27-28, 1927); Strand in Los Gatos (June 30 – July 1, 1927); Balboa in San Francisco (July 5-6, 1927); National in Madera (July 11-12, 1927); New Balboa in San Francisco (July 11-12, 1927); Dimond in Oakland (July 12, 1927); Harding in San Francisco (July 14-15, 1927); Modesto in Modesto (July 14-15, 1927); Strand in Modesto (July 14-15, 1927); California Theatre in Sacramento (July 17, 1927); New Piedmont in Oakland (July 18, 1927); Rivoli in Berkeley (July 23, 1927); North Sacramento in Sacramento (Aug. 7, 1927); Richmond in Richmond (Aug. 8-9, 1927); Lorin in Berkeley (Aug. 15-16, 1927); California in Dunsmuir (Aug. 21, 1927); Capitol in Oakland (Aug. 21, 1927); Redding in Redding (Aug. 23-24, 1927); Senator in Oakland (Sept. 5, 1927); Strand in Grass Valley (Sept. 5-6, 1927); Nevada in Nevada City (Sept. 7-8, 1927); Auburn Theatre in Auburn (Sept. 9, 1927); Strand in Berkeley (Sept. 12-13, 1927); Liberty in St. Helena (Sept. 19-20, 1927 with Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey Fight Pictures); Town Hall in Quincy (Oct. 8, 1927); Rialto in Stockton (Oct. 13-14, 1927); Liberty in Susanville (Oct. 24-25, 1927); Orpheum in Red Bluff (Oct. 30-31, 1927); New State in San Francisco (Nov. 24, 1927 with Fighting Buckaroo); Ramona in Walnut Creek (Nov. 26-27, 1927); Hayward in Hayward (Dec. 12-13, 1927 with Subway Sadie); Elite in Placerville (Dec. 13-14, 1927); Sequoia in Sacramento (Dec. 23-24, 1927);
1928 screenings: Plaza in San Francisco (Jan. 1, 1928); Century in Oakland (Jan. 6-7, 1928); Fern in Oakland (Jan. 23, 1928); Jose in San Jose (Feb. 28-29, 1928); Smith’s in Yuba City (July 5-6, 1928); Fortuna in Fortuna (July 24-25, 1928).
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If you live in Northern California and are curious to learn if a Brooks’ film played where you live, the 25 pages that comprise Lulu by the Bay — including this one, may be just the record to satisfy your curiosity. Want to know more about the non-Louise Brooks films which made the other half of a double bill? Try searching the Internet Movie Database, or IMDb. Additionally, if you are interested in finding out more about any of the theaters noted above, then be sure and check out Cinema Treasures. It’s a truly remarkable website with entries on more than 60,000 movie theaters from not only around California and the United States, but also around the world. Most every theater has its own page, which includes its location, a brief history, historic and contemporary images, and lots more. Cinema Treasures includes not just current theaters, but also those many venues which have closed, been converted to another use, or torn down. Notably, this crowd sourced website can be searched by theater name, location, or zip code.
Have a question or know of other screening not listed above? If so, please CONTACT the Louise Brooks Society.