CBS 8 is profiling San Diego County's most iconic businesses and the original Encinitas theater makes the marquee.
has to make the marquee. On February 11, 1928, La Paloma Theatre opened with the film"The Cohen's and Kelly's in Paris." Today, up in the projection booth at La Paloma Theater, Allen Largent is a one-man show.
Since La Paloma opened in 1928, stars like Bill Murray and Jane Fonda have visited along with musicians too."He rang the doorbell and I came downstairs and I said wow this guy looks like Jackson Browne. He says, hello I'm Jackson Browne," said Allen.Allen got the 'Box Office' bug when he worked as a projectionist here at 19 years old.
CBS 8 was San Diego's first television station in 1949, a full 21 years after La Paloma opened its doors. Something television stations and old theaters share in common is old equipment and relics, Charles found a pin of Charles Lindbergh from 1928 in the theater years ago.In 1993, Pearl Jam was supposed to play here but the show got cancelled."Within a few months Eddie called me, he was in Chicago and he just wanted to do something without the rest of the band," said Allen.
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