La Paloma Theater
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La Paloma is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival style movie theater
in Encinitas, California
. It was constructed in 1927-28 by Frank E. Brown, and the architect was Edward J. Baum.
The La Paloma Theater formally opened on February 11, 1928, with a showing of the first "talking
" motion picture in the San Dieguito
area; the "The Cohens and Kelleys in Paris."
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
in Encinitas, California
Encinitas, California
Encinitas is a coastal beach city in San Diego County, California. Located within Southern California, it is approximately north of San Diego in North County and about south of Los Angeles. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 59,518, up from 58,014 at the 2000 census. Encinitas is...
. It was constructed in 1927-28 by Frank E. Brown, and the architect was Edward J. Baum.
The La Paloma Theater formally opened on February 11, 1928, with a showing of the first "talking
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
" motion picture in the San Dieguito
Rancho San Dieguito
Rancho San Dieguito was a Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to Juan María Osuna. The rancho was renamed Rancho Santa Fe.-History:...
area; the "The Cohens and Kelleys in Paris."