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 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. ||| Or, click here to advance to the NEXT FILM in the Lulu by the Bay set of records.
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 – see pictured advertisement); 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);
1928-1929 screenings: 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).
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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.