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Tower Theatre (Sacramento, California)
Movie theater in Sacramento, California, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tower Theatre, built in 1938, is a Sacramento, California landmark[1] and the oldest remaining, continuously running picture palace.[2][3]
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The theater was designed by California theater architect William B. David in the Streamline Moderne style of architecture.[4][5] The original owner was Joseph Blumenfeld, a second generation theatre owner. At the time, there was only one movie screen. The first movie shown was Algiers. The theatre was renovated in 1972 and divided into a three screen cinema.[6]
They were bought by the Reading International theater chain in 1998, who, upgraded the theater in 2012 with digital projectors. In 2016, it was sold to an endowment fund as a long-term investment.[7]
The theater has showcased the premieres of Colin Hanks’ All Things Must Pass and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird.[8] Both Hanks and Gerwig are Sacramento natives.
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