"San Francisco is definitely an outlier on the movie theater scene right now, as our single-screen movie houses may be enjoying something of a renaissance instead of going totally extinct like they are in pretty much every other town. The Mission District's Roxie Theater just managed to buy its building outright to guarantee its survival (okay it also has a smaller, adjacent, second theater called Little Roxie), the Upper Fillmore's Clay theater is going to be reopened after a physical restoration,"
"The Chronicle reports that Pacific Heights' Vogue Theater has had its neon sign fully restored, and there will be a public lighting ceremony next Wednesday, December 3 at 7 pm, with Mayor Daniel Lurie on hand. That ceremony will be followed by a free screening of the 1936 Clark Gable-Spencer Tracy musical epic , which features the song San Francisco, which is the song that the organist at the Castro Theatre used to always play right before the movie started."
"CinemaSFBay, the non-profit organization that operates the Vogue, is proud to bring the Vogue into a new era of beauty, the theater's management said in a Facebook post this morning. Jim Rizzo and crew at Neon Works worked for 5 months to complete the restoration, replacing all transformers, many neon tubes, and reusing some of the original neon tubes,"
Pacific Heights' 119-year-old Vogue Theater had its marquee neon sign fully restored and will hold a public lighting ceremony and free screening. The lighting ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3 at 7 pm with Mayor Daniel Lurie attending, followed by a free screening of the 1936 film San Francisco. CinemaSFBay, the nonprofit that operates the Vogue, is proud to bring the theater into a new era of beauty. Jim Rizzo and Neon Works completed a five-month restoration, replacing all transformers, many neon tubes, and reusing some original tubes. San Francisco's single-screen movie houses are experiencing a local renaissance, with other historic theaters reopening and alcohol-sales legislation pending.
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