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 1926 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 screening for The Show-Off, which was officially released by Famous-Players Lasky / Paramount on August 16, 1926. For more about this production, be sure and check out its Louise Brooks Society filmography page.
1926 screenings: California in Pittsburg (Aug. 8-9, 1926); Orpheum in Lakeport (Aug. 8-9, 1926); Princess in Sausalito (Aug. 8-9, 1926); Mystic in Petaluma (Aug. 9-10, 1926); California in Watsonville (Aug. 12, 1926); Regent in San Mateo (Aug. 12-13, 1926); New Stanford in Palo Alto (Aug. 13-14, 1926); Hub in Mill Valley (Aug. 17-18, 1926); Elite in Placerville Aug. 18-19, 1926); Hippodrome in Napa (Aug. 22, 1926); Sequoia in Redwood City (Aug. 25-26, 1926); New Colma in Colma (Aug. 26-27, 1926); National in Stockton (Aug. 28-30, 1926); California in San Francisco (Aug. 28 – Sept. 3, 1926); Golden State in Monterey (Aug. 30-31, 1926); Strand in Grass Valley (Aug. 31 – Sept. 1, 1926); Nevada in Nevada City (Sept. 2, 1926); American in Oakland (Sept. 4-10, 1926); California in Turlock (Sept. 5, 1926); Playhouse in Calistoga (Sept. 5-6, 1926); National in San Jose (Sept. 5-7, 1926); Grand in Tracy (Sept. 6-7, 1926); Strand in Colusa (Sept. 7-8, 1926); Novelty in Martinez (Sept. 8-9, 1926); Minor in Arcata (Sept. 9-10, 1926); Mystic in Petaluma (Sept. 9-10, 1926); Majestic in Concord (Sept. 11, 1926); Redding in Redding (Sept. 14-15, 1926); Liberty in Fort Bragg (Sept. 16-17, 1926); Mountain View Theatre in Mountain View (Sept. 20-21, 1926); Strand in Gilroy (Sept. 20-21, 1926); Liberty in Marysville (Sept. 21-22, 1926); Strand in Los Gatos (Sept. 21-22, 1926); New Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz (Sept. 22-23, 1926 with The Calgary Stampede); Orpheus in San Rafael (Sept. 23-24, 1926); Tamalpais in San Anselmo (Sept. 27-28, 1926); National in Woodland (Sept. 28-29, 1926); California in Salinas (Oct. 3, 1926); Lodi Theatre in Lodi (Oct. 3, 1926); California in Santa Rosa (Oct. 4-5, 1926); Manzanita in Carmel (Oct. 7-8, 1926); National in Chico (Oct. 11-12, 1926); New Roseville Theatre in Roseville (Oct. 13, 1926); Capitol in Sacramento (Oct. 13-17, 1926); Palace Theatre in Dixon (Oct. 15, 1926); Strand in Modesto (Oct. 18-19, 1926); Virginia in Vallejo (Oct. 22-23, 1926); Rialto in Willows (Oct. 24-25, 1926); New Fillmore in San Francisco (Oct. 23-24, 1926); New Mission in San Francisco (Oct. 23-24, 1926); Peninsula in Burlingame (Oct. 23, 1926); U.C. Theatre in Berkeley (Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 1926); Starland in Sebastopol (Nov. 4, 1926); California in Richmond (Nov. 6, 1926); National in Madera (Nov. 10, 1926); Liberty in Susanville (Nov. 14, 1926); Alhambra in San Francisco (Nov. 20-21, 1926); Chimes in Oakland (Nov. 22-23, 1926); Fortuna in Fortuna (Nov. 28-29, 1926 with North of Nome); Franklin in Oakland (Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 1926); Strand in Berkeley (Dec. 7-8, 1926); Senator in Oakland (Dec. 16-17, 1926); Clark in Vacaville (Dec. 19, 1926 with Why Girls Go Back Home); Orpheum in Red Bluff (Dec. 23-24, 1926); Majestic in Benicia (Dec. 28, 1926); Liberty in St. Helena (Dec. 29-30, 1926);
1927 screenings: Rialto in Stockton (Jan. 1, 1927); Sequoia in Sacramento (Jan. 12-13, 1927 with The New Commandment); New State in San Francisco (Jan. 13-14, 1927); Rivoli in Berkeley (Jan. 14-15, 1927); Engelmine in Engelmine (Jan. 25, 1927 with Live Cowards); Ramona in Walnut Creek (Jan. 27, 1927); Gardella in Oroville (Feb. 6-7, 1927); Oaks in Berkeley (Mar. 3-4, 1927); Chimes in Oakland (Mar. 10-11, 1927 with Love’s Blindness); Town Hall in Quincy (Mar. 19, 1927); Century in Oakland (Mar. 31, 1927); Liberty in Healdsburg (Mar. 31 – Apr. 1, 1927); California in Livermore (Apr. 11-12, 1927); Playhouse in Calistoga (Apr. 13-14, 1927); Strand in Eureka (Apr. 30 – May 1, 1927); Capitol in Oakland (May 16-17, 1927); New Community Theatre in Auburn (June 14, 1927): Strand in Lincoln (Aug. 6, 1927 with Red Dice); Palace in San Leandro (Aug. 13, 1927 with Two-Gun Man); Virginia in Vallejo (Oct. 22-23, 1927); Jefferson Union Grammar School in Lawrence Station, Santa Clara County (May 11, 1928); Plaza in Sacramento (Mar. 11-18, 1929);
Contemporary screenings: Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Feb. 19, 1983 with A Conversation with Louise Brooks); Balboa in San Francisco (Nov. 12, 2006 with introductions by Thomas Gladysz and Peter Cowie).