On this day in 1925, my home the former Vista Theatre celebrated its grand opening! In honor of the theatre and its almost five decade run, let’s take a look back at its beginnings.
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- Bird of Paradise (1951)
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- Filibus 1915
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
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- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Nightmare in Wax (1969)
- Of Human Bondage
- Pin Up Girl (1944)
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Fabulous Stains (1982)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Times Square (1980)
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- ZaSu Pitts
Browsing Category
- #52FilmsByWomen
- #TCMFFGlamour
- 10 Years of Being Spellbound
- Airing on TCM
- Alice Faye
- Alicia Malone
- Animation
- Ann Miller
- Anniversary
- Anouncements
- Anthony Perkins
- Appreciations
- Archives
- Audrey Hepburn
- Authors
- Available on DVD
- Awards
- Back to Blogging
- Bebe Daniels
- Before They Were Stars
- Ben Model
- Bette Davis
- Bettie Page
- Betty Grable
- Beulah Annan
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Biopics
- Birthdays
- Blogathons
- 5 Movies on an Island
- Classic Movie Blog Association
- CMBA
- Criterion
- Fabulous Films of the 50s
- Fairy Tale
- Flicker Alley's Children of Divorce
- For the Love of Film
- Forgotten Stars
- Luso World Cinema Blogathon
- Pre-Code
- Romantic Comedy 2014
- The Caftan Woman Blogathon
- William Wellman
- World War One in Classic Film
- Book Reviews
- Books
- Booksellers on Film
- Business of Blogging
- Carmen Miranda
- Carole Lombard
- Cate Blanchett
- Caturday
- Channing Pollock
- Charles Laughton
- Clara Bow
- Classic Film
- Classic Hollywood
- Colleen Moore
- Comedians & Comediennes
- Comedies
- Conrad Veidt
- Contemporary Film
- Contests
- Costume Designers
- Costuming
- Cowboy Films
- Cyd Charisse
- Dance
- Dancers
- David Niven
- Debbie Reynolds
- Debra Paget
- Diane Lane
- Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alice Guy Blaché
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Charley Chase
- Claire Parker
- David Lynch
- Delmer Daves
- Dorothy Arzner
- Frank Urson
- Georges Franju
- Germaine Dulac
- Guy Maddin
- Jeffrey Schwarz
- John Cassavetes
- John Waters
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Lois Weber
- Lotte Reiniger
- Mabel Normand
- Madeline Brandeis
- Marie-Louise Iribe
- Mark Rappaport
- Mary Ellen Bute
- Mary Harron
- Matthew Weiner
- Maya Deren
- Mrs. Wallace Reid
- Olga Preobrazhenskaia
- Pablo Berger
- Roger Corman
- Rupert Hughes
- Segundo de Chomón
- Tim Burton
- William Castle
- William Wellman
- Women Film Directors
- Woody Allen
- Divine
- Divorce
- Documentaries
- Dolores Hart
- Dorothy Malone
- Drama
- Édith Scob
- Edna Purviance
- Einar Hanson
- Eleanor Boardman
- Elsa Lanchester
- Era
- Eric Campbell
- Esther Ralston
- Evelyn Brent
- Experimental
- Fairhaven Film History
- Fairy Tales
- Fan Art
- Fashion
- Fifi D'Orsay
- Film Community
- Film Essays
- Film Fanatic Gear
- Film Fanatics
- Film Festivals
- Film Music
- Film Music
- Film Noir
- Film Posters
- Film Preservation
- Films
- Foreign
- Found Footage
- Francine Bergé
- Friday Fun
- Funny Friday
- Gary Cooper
- George Sanders
- Ginger Rogers
- Glenda Farrell
- Glenda Jacksom
- Gretchen Mol
- Happy Birthday
- Harold Lloyd
- Hedda Hopper
- Herbert Marshall
- Hiatus
- Holiday Movies
- Holidays
- Hollywood Pets
- Horror
- Identify This Film
- Illeana Douglas
- Interviews
- Jack Lemmon
- Jean Arthur
- Jean Harlow
- Jessica Lange
- Joan Bennett
- Joan Crawford
- Joan Fontaine
- Judy Holliday
- Julienne Mathieu
- Kay Francis
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Laura Dern
- LBGTQ
- Length
- Lillian Gish
- Lillian Roth
- Louise Brooks
- Make-up
- Manifesta
- Margot Robbie
- Mark Gatiss
- Mary Pickford
- Maureen O'Hara
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- Max von Sydow
- Memberships
- Memorials
- Mexico
- Mia Farrow
- Michel Vitold
- Miriam Hopkins
- Moira Shearer
- Movie Moguls
- Movie Podcasts
- Movie Reviews
- Movie Streams & Downloads
- Movie Studios
- Movies
- Behind the Door
- Bird of Paradise (1951)
- Chicago (1927)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- Cry-Baby
- Filibus 1915
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Ladies and Gentlemen
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Nightmare in Wax (1969)
- Of Human Bondage
- Pin Up Girl (1944)
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Fabulous Stains (1982)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Times Square (1980)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Women He's Undressed
- Movies About Making Movies
- Musicals
- Musidora
- Must Watch List
- My Family & Film
- Myrna Loy
- Natalie Wood
- Noir Alley Ambassador 2020
- Norman Lloyd
- Novelty Films
- October Terrors
- Old Time Radio
- Oscars
- Out-of-Print-in-the-US
- Patsy Kelly
- Personal Recollections
- Peter Lawford
- Phyllis Haver
- Podcast Guest Appearance
- Pre-Code
- Preservationists
- Producers
- Quick Reviews
- Quotations
- Reel Life & Real Life
- Remakes
- Remembrances
- Revenge
- Rio Vista
- Robert Montgomery
- Romance
- Romance
- Roy Rogers
- Saoirse Ronan
- Science Fiction
- Screening Alert
- Screenings
- Screenwriters
- Seasonal Greetings
- Sherlock Holmes
- Silent Film
- Sisterhood
- Snub Pollard
- Sônia Braga
- Special Occasions
- Spellbound By Movies Events
- Spellbound Events
- Spy Films
- Summer Reading Challenge
- Susan Hayward
- Susan Sarandon
- Tab Hunter
- TCM Fans
- TCMFF 2017 Diary
- TCMFF 2018 Diary
- Television
- The Power of Costuming
- The Road to #TCMFF 2016
- The Road to TCMFF 2017
- The Road to TCMFF 2018
- The Road to TCMFF 2019
- Thelma Todd
- Throwback Thursday
- Traci Lords
- Trailers
- Trick Films
- Tune in or DVR
- Turner Classic Movies
- TV Biopics
- Uncategorized
- Universal Monsters
- Unreleased to DVD
- Unusual Venues
- Victor Mature
- Viewing Campaigns
- Vista Theatre
- Vivien Leigh
- War Films
- Westerns
- Will Rogers
- William Gillette
- William Powell
- Women in Film
- You Know You're a Film Fanatic When
- YouTube
- ZaSu Pitts
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- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Hunter Hall, Rio Vista, Unusual Venues
- Dec 18, 2018
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- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Fifi D'Orsay, Holidays, Thanksgiving
- Nov 24, 2016
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