PCAD - Skouras Brothers, Theatre Management Company

Exterior view of the Coliseum Theatre (right), perhaps at its grand opening, Seattle, WA, c. 1916. From the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle Photograph Collection, Item #SEA0311

Exterior view of the Coliseum Theatre, c. 1917; photo from the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society (PSTOS)

Postcard view of the Mount Baker Theatre, c. 1930

View of the proscenium and stage, Coliseum Theatre #2, Seattle, WA, c. 1916. From Cinema Treasures.org

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Carl Gerhardt Moeller, Charles Peter Skouras, George Skouras, Spyros Skouras

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PCAD id: 1501

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
California Theatre, Bakersfield, CA	1920-1921	Bakersfield	CA
Coliseum Theatre #2, Downtown, Seattle, WA	1915-1916	Seattle	WA
Fox Theatre, Inglewood, CA	1948	Inglewood	CA
Fox Theatres Corporation, Fox Theatre, Downtown, Bakersfield, CA	1929-1930	Bakersfield	CA
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA	1927	Bellingham	WA

Publications

Clepper, Irene, "Refurbishing 60-year-old theater is challenge for California crew. (Fox Theater, Bakersfield, California)", Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, 1995-05-15. "Skouras-ized For Showmanship", Annual of the Theatre Historical Society of America, 1987. "15 million for new theater by (Fox) West Coast Theaters", Los Angeles Evening Express, 13, 12/02/1929. "Theatre crop for 1929 grows", Los Angeles Times, 4, 01/27/1929. "Bakersfield theater plan prepared", Los Angeles Times, 17, 12/08/1929.

Links

Historical Background Mount Baker Theatre Mount Baker Theatre Mt. Baker Theatre