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 The Street of Forgotten Men, which was officially released by Famous-Players Lasky / Paramount on August 24, 1925. 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.
1925 screenings: Granada in San Francisco (Aug. 8-14, 1925); California in Turlock (Aug. 9, 1925); Senator in Sacramento (Aug. 9-15, 1925); Ramona in Walnut Creek (Aug. 15-16, 1925); Varsity in Davis (Aug. 18-19, 1925); Star in Colusa (Aug. 22-23, 1925); New Stanford in Palo Alto (Aug. 23-24, 1925); Sequoia in Redwood City (Aug. 26-27, 1925); Strand in Los Gatos (Aug. 27-28, 1925); Princess in Sausalito (Aug. 27-28, 1925); Hub in Mill Valley (Aug. 30-31, 1925); Gardella in Oroville (Sept. 1-2, 1925); Orpheum in Lakeport (Sept. 1-2, 1925); American in Oakland (Sept. 5-11, 1925 with appearances by Mary Brian and Neil Hamilton on Sept. 5th – see pictured advertisement); Solano in Fairfield (Sept. 6-7, 1925); California in Watsonville (Sept. 7-8, 1925); California in Richmond (Sept. 9-10, 1925); G. & S. in Santa Rosa (Sept. 10-11, 1925); Liberty in Susanville (Sept. 10-11, 1925); California in Salinas (Sept. 12, 1925); Orpheus in San Rafael (Sept. 12, 1925); Tamalpais in San Anselmo (Sept. 12, 1925); Elite in Placerville (Sept. 13, 1925); Maywood Airdome in Corning (Sept. ??, 1925); Virginia in Vallejo (Sept. 14-15, 1925); Modesto in Modesto (Sept. 16-18, 1925); Vista in Rio Vista (Sept. xx, 1925); Merced Theatre in Merced* (Sept. xx, 1925); Grand in Tracy (Sept. 20, 1925); Liberty in San Jose (Sept. 23-26, 1925); California in Berkeley (Sept. 23-26, 1925); Novelty in Martinez (Sept. 24, 1925); Garden in Burlingame (Sept. 27, 1925); California in Pittsburg (Sept. 27-28, 1925); California in Stockton (Sept. 27-29, 1925); Rex in Santa Clara (Sept. ??, 1925); Casino in Antioch (Sept. 29, 1925); New Livermore in Livermore* (announced for Sept. 1925, no record found); National in Marysville (Sept. 30, 1925); California in Sacramento (Oct. 8-9, 1925); Regent in San Mateo (Oct. 10, 1925); New Fillmore in San Francisco (Oct. 12-14, 1925); New Mission in San Francisco (Oct. 12-14, 1925); Majestic in Benicia (Oct. 20, 1925); National in Woodland (Oct. 21-22, 1925); Starland in Sebastopol (Oct. 22, 1926); National in Chico (Oct. 22-23, 1925); Chimes in Oakland (Oct. 23-24, 1925); Strand in Gilroy (Oct. 24, 1925); Playhouse in Calistoga (Oct. 28, 1925); Rialto in Eureka (Oct. 29-31, 1925); Star in Newman (Nov. 1, 1925); Coliseum in San Francisco (Nov. 2-4, 1925); Glen in Mountain View (Nov. 3-4, 1925); Fremont in Oakland (Nov. 5-6, 1925); Hippodrome in Napa (Nov. 8, 1925); State in Ukiah (Nov. 8, 1925); Strand in Berkeley (Nov. 9-10, 1925); Fink in Gridley (Nov. 12-13, 1925); Liberty in Healdsburg (Nov. 12-13, 1925); J. and J. in Soledad (Nov. 15, 1925); Mystic in Petaluma (Nov. 15-16, 1925); Lorin in Berkeley (Nov. 19-20, 1925); Oaks in Berkeley (Nov. 21, 1925); New Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz (Nov. 25-26, 1925); Redding in Redding (Nov. 29, 1925); Royal in South San Francisco (Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 1925); Lincoln in Oakland (Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 1925); Casino in Oakland (Dec. 10-11, 1925); Strand in Oakland (Dec. 14, 1925); Theatre Folsom in Folsom (Dec. 15-16, 1925); Orland Theatre in Orland (Dec. 15-16, 1925); Rialto in Oakland (Dec. 21-22, 1925); New Piedmont in Oakland (Dec. 22-25, 1925); Strand in Grass Valley (Dec. 26, 1925); Nevada in Nevada City (Dec. 27, 1925);
1926 screenings: Liberty in Oakland (Jan. 10, 1926); Rose in Roseville (Jan. 11-12, 1926); Palace in San Leandro (Jan. 11-12, 1926); Strand in Alameda (Jan. 16-17, 1926); Palace in San Leandro (Jan. 19, 1926); Rialto in Stockton (Jan. 21-22, 1926 with The Vanishing Armenian); Endert in Cresent City (Jan. 24-25, 1926); Hayward Theatre in Hayward (Jan. 25-26, 1926); Granada in Oakland (Feb. 1-2, 1926); Strand in Vallejo ? (Feb. 1-2, 1926); Palace in Alameda (Feb. 2-3, 1926); Palace in Dixon (Feb. 3-4, 1926); National in Modesto (Feb. 25-26, 1926); New State in San Francisco (Mar. 7, 1926); Richmond in Richmond (Mar. 8-9, 1926); Liberty in St. Helena (Apr. 4, 1926); Berkeley Theatre in Berkeley (Apr. 7-9, 1926); Galt Theatre in Galt (April 17-18, 1926); Peoples in Oakland (July 11, 1926); North Sacramento in Sacramento (July 31 – Aug. 1, 1926); Majestic in San Francisco (Aug. 31, 1926);
1927 screenings: Atkins in Yuba City (Feb. 4-5, 1927 with comedy drama stage play Waifs of New York); Cline in Santa Rosa (May 23-24, 1927);
Contemporary screenings: Castro in San Francisco (May 10, 2022 restoration premiere at San Francisco Silent Film Festival).
* an announcement or “coming soon” note for these shows was found in the local newspaper, though no later corresponding advertisement was located to indicate the film was actually shown.
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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.