Tower Theatre (Sacramento, California)
{{Short description|Movie theater in Sacramento, California, U.S.}}
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| address = 2508 Land Park Drive
| location = Sacramento, California
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| type = Movie theatre
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| opened = {{Start date|1938}}
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| owner = Reading Cinemas
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| website = {{URL|https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/tower}}
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The Tower Theatre, built in 1938, is a Sacramento, California landmark[https://www.cityofsacramento.org/-/media/Corporate/Files/CDD/Planning/Historic-Register/Complete_Register.pdf?la=en Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources City of Sacramento Listings of LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS &CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES Ordinances August 2015] and the oldest remaining, continuously running picture palace.{{cite web |title=Tower Theatre |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1440 |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=5 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=Tower Theatre, a Sacramento landmark, built in 1938, that is famous for its neon displays |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2013631047/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=5 June 2020}}
The theater was designed by California theater architect William B. David in the Streamline Moderne style of architecture.{{Citation |last = Gebhard |first = David |title = The National Trust Guide to Art Deco in America |publisher = National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States Wiley |year = 1996 |page = 218 |isbn = 9780471143864}}{{cite web |last1=Trew |first1=Leslie Ann |title=NOMINATING THE TOWER THEATER TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES: A LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION |url=http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.9/1946/Trew%20Thesis.pdf?sequence=1 |website=California State University, Sacramento |access-date=5 June 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the Tower Theater in Sacramento |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-tower-theater-in-sacramento/ |website=Culture Trip |access-date=6 June 2020}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Shallit |first1=Bob |title=Sacramento’s iconic Tower Theatre sold to endowment fund |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article78852112.html |access-date=15 June 2020 |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=May 20, 2016}}
The theater has showcased the premieres of Colin Hanks’ All Things Must Pass and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird.{{cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/tower/cinema-info |website=angelikafilmcenter.com |access-date=22 August 2023}} Both Hanks and Gerwig are Sacramento natives.
