This page is part of an experiment in local film history. It presents a record of each of the documented screenings of a Louise Brooks film in Northern California, from 1928 through today. I recorded in 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, I noted 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.
This page presents a record of screenings for The Canary Murder Case, which was officially released by Famous-Players Lasky / Paramount on February 16, 1929. For more about this production, be sure and check out its Louise Brooks Society filmography page.
1929 screenings: Granada in San Francisco (Feb. 8-14, 1929); New Stanford in Palo Alto (Feb. 25-26, 1929); Oakland in Oakland (Mar. 1-7, 1929); Orpheum in Lakeport (Mar. 3-4, 1929); Peninsula in Burlingame (Mar. 3-5, 1929); Liberty in St. Helena (Mar. 6-7, 1929); Princess in Sausalito (Mar. 7-8, 1929); Arlington in Suisun (Mar. 10-11, 1929); U.C. in Berkeley (Mar. 12-15, 1929); Columbia & Loring in Crockett (Mar. 13-14, 1929); Fox Opal in Hollister (Mar. 13-14, 1929); Royal in Sebastopol (Mar. 14-15, 1929); Dixon in Dixon (Mar. 17-18, 1929); California in Pittsburg (Mar. 19, 1929); California in Turlock (March 19-20, 1929); El Campanil in Antioch (Mar. 22, 1929); California in Dunsmuir (Apr. 22-23,1929); Auburn in Auburn (Mar. 23, 1929); Strand in Lincoln (March 24-25, 1929); Hub in Mill Valley (Mar. 24-25, 1929); Fox Senator in Sacramento (Mar. 25-28, 1929); Fox California in Richmond (Mar. 29-30, 1929); Fox California in Watsonville (Apr. 5-6, 1929); New Niles in Niles (Apr. 10-11, 1929); New Community in Newcastle (Apr. 14, 1929); Lincoln in Pleasanton (Apr. 14-15); Senator in Chico (Apr. 14-15, 1929); New Roseville Theatre in Roseville (Apr. 18-19, 1929); St. Francis in San Francisco (Apr. 19-25, 1929); Playhouse in Calistoga (Apr. 21-22, 1929); Fox California in San Jose (Apr. 22-25, 1929); Chimes in Oakland (Apr. 28-30, 1929); California in Petaluma (May 5-7, 1929); Sequoia in Redwood City (May 6-8, 1929); Star in Newman (May 8-9, 1929); Virginia in Vallejo (May 13-14, 1929); Alhambra in San Francisco (May 15-18, 1929); Strand in Alameda (May 16-19, 1929); Fink in Gridley (May 19-20, 1929); Castro in San Francisco (May 19-21, 1929); Bayview in San Francisco (May 20-21, 1929); Metropolitan in San Francisco (May 21-23, 1929); Strand in Berkeley (May 21-23, 1929); California Theatre in Sacramento (May 23-24, 1929); Fox State in Stockton (May 26, 1929); Lorin in Berkeley (May 27-28, 1929); Strand in Los Gatos (May. 27-28, 1929); Harding in San Francisco (May 27-29, 1929); Senator in Oakland (May 27-29, 1929); State in Martinez (June 2-3, 1929); Fox California in Salinas (June 3-4, 1929); Majestic in Concord (June 6-7, 1929); Del Paso in Sacramento (June 7-8, 1929); Coliseum in San Francisco (June 10-14, 1929); Marina in San Francisco (June 12-13, 1929); Oaks in Berkeley (June 23-24, 1929); Ramona in Walnut Creek (June 25, 1929); Irving in San Francisco (June 25-27, 1929); Avenue in San Francisco (June 26-27, 1929); Hippodrome in Oakland (June 29 – July 1, 1929); Haight in San Francisco (June 30 – July 2, 1929); Roosevelt in San Francisco (July 8, 1929); Excelsior in San Francisco (July 8-9, 1929); Nevada in Nevada City (July 8-9, 1929); Strand in Grass Valley (July 10-11, 1929); State in Red Bluff (July 12, 1929); El Camino in San Rafael (July 12-13, 1929); Nevada in Nevada City (July 14-15, 1929); California in Santa Rosa (July 14-15, 1929); Lyceum in San Francisco (July 15-17, 1929); State in Oroville (July 21-22, 1929); Redding Theatre in Redding (July 25-26, 1929); Liberty in Healdsburg (July 25-26, 1929); National in Madera (July 28, 1929); Clark in Vacaville (July 31-August 1, 1929); West Portal in San Francisco (July 30-Aug. 1, 1929); Daly City in Daly City (Aug. 1, 1929); Korbel Theatre in Blue Lake (Aug. 7, 1929); Merriam in Blue Lake (Aug. 8, 1929); Hippodrome in Napa (Aug. 11-12, 1929); Strand in Gilroy (Aug. 16-17, 1929); Modesto in Modesto (Aug. 18-20, 1929); Casino in San Francisco (Aug. 20-21, 1929); Mariposa Theatre in Mariposa (Aug. 22, 1929); Golden State in Monterey (Aug. 26-27, 1929); Washington in San Francisco (Aug. 29-30, 1929); Parkside in San Francisco (Aug. 30-31, 1929); Riviera in San Francisco (Sept. 2-3, 1929); Rivoli in Berkeley (Sept. 4-5, 1929); Majestic in San Francisco (Sept. 9-10, 1929); Star in Sonora (Sept. 12-14, 1929); Dimand in Oakland (Sept. 16-17, 1929); New Balboa in San Francisco (Sept. 18-19, 1929); Lincoln in Oakland (Sept. 30, 1929); Colusa in Colusa (Oct. 3-4, 1929); National in Woodland (Oct. 13-14, 1929); Granada in Oakland (Oct. 14, 1929); New Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz (Oct. 18-19, 1929); Fairfax in Oakland (Oct. 20, 1929); Golden State in Oakland (Oct. 20-21, 1929); State in Fort Bragg (Oct. 25-26, 1929); Folsom Theatre in Folsom (Oct. 26-27, 1929); Golden State in Oakland (Nov. 28, 1929); Cline in Santa Rose (Oct. 31 – Nov. 1, 1929); Balboa in San Francisco (Nov. 2, 1929); Fortuna in Fortuna (Nov. 7-8, 1929); Hayward in Hayward (Nov. 13-14, 1929); Town Hall in Quincy (Nov. 16-17, 1929); Strand in Santa Rosa (Dec. 9, 1929 with Adam and Evil);
1930 screenings: Crystal Theatre in Salinas (Jan. 20-21, 1930); Lyric in Modesto (May 15-16, 1930); Rialto in Stockton (June 1-2, 1930); Rose in Santa Rosa (Sept. 14-15, 1930 with Napoleon’s Barber); Smith’s in Yuba City (Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 1930);
Contemporary screenings: Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Jan. 14, 1984).
If you live in Northern California and are interested in find out if a Brooks’ film played where you live, here is just the record to satisfy your curiosity. Also, if you know of other screening which are not listed, please CONTACT the Louise Brooks Society.