Silent Era : Theaters

New Castro Theatre	Opening night at the New Castro Theatre, 1922. Photograph courtesy Lisa Weddle.
Address	429 Castro Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity	1100
Original Theatre Owner	Abraham Nasser Albert Nasser Sam Nasser
Original Theatre Architect	Timothy Pflueger
Years of Operation	1922 through the present
Type of Musical Accompaniment	Orchestra and theater pipe organ
Current Status	Operating
The New Castro Theatre was a first-run house. Having replaced two previous theaters, the Castro Theatre of 1910 and the Castro Theatre of a time thereafter, it was known for a short time as the New Castro Theatre. The theatre eventually became known simply as the Castro Theatre and still is operated today. References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 485; Tillmany-TheatresSF p. 6 : Castro Theatre website : with additional information provided by Tom Mayer, John Thomas and Lisa Weddle.