“The whole city of Berkeley turned out,” he said. Sophiea’s own favorite memories at the theater included screenings of the 2004 Michael Moore documentary, “Fahrenheit 9/11.” In 1994, Landmark purchased the venue, operating it as the California Theatre. 1914 for a screening of the Italian silent film “Cabiria,” complete with a live orchestra and a Wurlitzer organ transported from the Embassy Theatre in San Francisco. Cornelius, the single-screen-turned-triplex theater reportedly opened in Dec. Originally named the T&D Theatre, the Greek Revival-style movie palace provided a space for live performance as well as films. “It’s too great of a place to lose, and it has such a rich history.”ġ913-2021 /9ADKgnfGUm- Michael Campos-Quinn October 18, 2021 “Right now, they’re putting everything in piles and sending things to the other theaters that can still be used,” including projectors, cups and concession supplies, he said. He said he was aware that a dumpster would be dropped off in front of the theater’s iconic blue-and-yellow marquee, which is now adorned with a melancholy message: “Visit the Shattuck.” (The Shattuck, the Albany Twin and Piedmont theaters, also operated under Landmark, will remain open). “It’s a really sad thing,” Dale Sophiea, a manager at the theater from 1998 to 2016, told SFGATE last Thursday prior to confirmation of the news.

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