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New Castro Theatre
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Opening night at the New Castro Theatre, 1922.
Photograph courtesy Lisa Weddle.
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Address
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429 Castro Street
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Opening Night Seating Capacity
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1100
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Original Theatre Owner
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Abraham Nasser
Albert Nasser
Sam Nasser
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Original Theatre Architect
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Timothy Pflueger
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Years of Operation
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1922 through the present
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Type of Musical Accompaniment
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Orchestra and theater pipe organ
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Current Status
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Operating
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The New Castro Theatre was a first-run house. Having replaced two previous theaters, the Castro Theatre of 1910 and the Castro Theatre of a time thereafter, it was known for a short time as the New Castro Theatre. The theatre eventually became known simply as the Castro Theatre and still is operated today.
References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 485; Tillmany-TheatresSF p. 6 : Castro Theatre website : with additional information provided by Tom Mayer, John Thomas and Lisa Weddle.
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