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 Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em, which was officially released by Famous-Players Lasky / Paramount on December 6, 1926. 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.
1926 screenings: California in Pittsburg (Dec. 14, 1926); Palace Theatre in Dixon (Dec. 18, 1926); Clark in Vacaville (Dec. 25, 1926 with The Unknown Soldier); California in Santa Rosa (Dec 26, 1926); California in Richmond (Dec. 26, 1926); Elite in Placerville (Dec. 26, 1926); Capitol in Sacramento (Dec. 26-27, 1926); California in Watsonville (Dec. 29, 1926); National in San Jose (Dec. 29, 1926 – Jan. 1, 1927); National in Stockton (Dec. 30-31, 1926); American in Oakland (Dec. 31, 1926 special midnight matinee showing);
1927 screenings: Hub in Mill Valley (Jan. 1, 1927); Strand in Gilroy (Jan. 2, 1927); Princess in Sausalito (Jan. 2-3, 1927); Golden State in Monterey (Jan. 3-4, 1927); Playhouse in Calistoga (Jan. 5-6, 1927); New Stanford in Palo Alto (Jan. 6-7, 1927); Granada in San Francisco (Jan. 8-14, 1927); Hippodrome in Napa (Jan. 9, 1927); Majestic in Benicia (Jan. 9, 1927); Virginia in Vallejo (Jan. 9, 1927); Modesto in Modesto (Jan. 10-11, 1927); Strand in Modesto (Jan. 10-11, 1927); Orpheum in Lakeport (Jan. 11-12, 1927); Novelty in San Bruno (Jan. 12, 1927); Manzanita in Carmel (Jan. 13-14, 1927); Mystic in Petaluma (Jan. 16-17, 1927); Strand in Colusa (Jan. 17-18, 1927); New Liberty in Marysville (Jan. 18-19, 1927); California in Salinas (Jan. 19, 1927); Varsity in Davis (Jan. 19-20, 1927); Strand in Los Gatos (Jan. 20-21, 1927); Sequoia in Redwood City (Jan. 21, 1927); National in Chico (Jan. 21-22, 1927); California in Turlock (Jan. 22, 1927); Casino in Antioch (Jan. 23, 1927); Peninsula in Burlingame (Jan. 29, 1927); Strand in Grass Valley (Jan. 29, 1927); Nevada in Nevada City (Jan. 30, 1927); California in Livermore (Jan. 30, 1927); Fortuna in Fortuna (Feb. 1-2, 1927); National in Woodland (Feb. 1-2, 1927); High School Auditorium in Gonzales (Feb. 4, 1927); American in Oakland (Feb. 5-11, 1927 – see pictured advertisement); Liberty in Healdsburg (Feb. 6-7, 1927); Regent in San Mateo (Feb. 11-12, 1927); Mountain View Theatre in Mountain View (Feb. 12, 1927); California Theatre in Sacramento (Feb. 19, 1927 with Bred in Old Kentucky); Liberty in Fort Bragg (Feb. 20, 1927); Liberty in St. Helena (Mar. 6, 1927); New Fillmore in San Francisco (Mar. 12-13, 1927); New Mission in San Francisco (Mar. 12-13, 1927); Richmond in Richmond (Mar. 13, 1927); Orpheum in Red Bluff (Mar. 15-16, 1927); Starland in Sebastopol (Mar. 17, 1927); Redding in Redding (Mar. 19, 1927); Strand in Lincoln (Mar. 19, 1927); California in Berkeley (Mar. 20-22, 1927 with While London Sleeps); Town Hall in Quincy (Mar. 26, 1927); Chimes in Oakland (Mar. 29-30, 1927 with A Regular Scout); Lorin in Berkeley (Apr. 2, 1927 with The Night Patrol); Alhambra in San Francisco (Apr. 2-3, 1927); Liberty in Susanville (Apr. 3, 1927); Castro in San Francisco (Apr. 7-8, 1927); Coliseum in San Francisco (Apr. 9, 1927); West Portal in San Francisco (Apr. 16, 1927); New Roseville Theatre in Roseville (Apr. 17, 1927); Balboa in San Francisco (Apr. 23, 1927); Strand in Berkeley (Apr. 23, 1927); Palace in Alameda (Apr. 24, 1927 with The Gentle Cyclone); Irving in San Francisco (Apr. 24, 1927); Alexandria in San Francisco (Apr. 28-29, 1927); Rialto in Stockton (Apr. 30, 1927); Washington in San Francisco (May 1, 1927); Plaza in Oakland (May 1, 1927 with The Western Whirlwind); Metropolitan in San Francisco (May 12-14, 1927 with The Timid Terror); Roosevelt in San Francisco (May 15, 1927); Palace in San Leandro (May 30, 1927); Fairfax in Oakland (May 31, 1927 with White Black Sheep); Senator in Oakland (June 4, 1927); Palace in Oakland (June 5, 1927 with The Silent Rider); Parkway in Oakland (June 5, 1927 with The Great K. & A. Train Robbery); Excelsior in San Francisco (June 6-7, 1927); New State in San Francisco (June 6-7, 1927 with The Gorilla Hunt); Rivoli in Berkeley (June 8, 1927 with Flesh and the Blood); New Balboa in San Francisco (June 12, 1927); Harding in San Francisco (June 18, 1927); Sequoia in Sacramento (July 14-16, 1927 with Speeding Venus); Pompeii in San Francisco (July 31 – Aug. 2, 1927); Sequoia in Sacrament (Aug. 14-16, 1927 with Hills of Peril); Engelmine in Engelmine (Sept. 6, 1927); Star in Sonora (Oct. 22, 1927); Century in Oakland (Nov. 1-2, 1927);
1928 screenings: Cline in Santa Rosa (Jan. 29, 1928 with Lightin’ Jack);
Contemporary screenings: Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Aug. 4, 1973); Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Sept. 30, 1979); Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Mar. 15, 1981 as part of the series “The American Films of Louise Brooks”); Pageant theater in Chico (Oct. 7, 1981 with God’s Gift to Women as part of “Two Evenings with Louise Brooks” sponsored by Chico Women’s Film Series at Chico State University); Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library in San Francisco (Nov. 21, 2006 in conjunction with the exhibit “Homage to Lulu,” and with an introduction by Thomas Gladysz); Edison in Fremont (October 9, 2010 at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum).
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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.