[1] The opening on October 12, 1926, premiered the silent film, Upstage, and included an appearance by comedian Charley Chase.

An audience of about 250 attended Fox Burlingame's final showing, a double-feature – Chinatown and The New Centurions — Saturday, September 14, 1974.

Construction and development outlay was US$500,000 (equivalent to $8,605,263 in 2023, inflation adjusted estimate)[9] Weeks & Day were the architects.

The original Peninsula Theatre had 2,000 seats and was ornately Spanish baroque in style, featuring staircases in the lobby ascending between pillars inset with mosaic-like panels depicting animals.

[11] Pipes Console Mechanical Power Piano Installation engineer Current status Housing for the organ pipes In 1957, Fox West Coast Theatres,[ii] then the owners, spent $100,000 renovating the theater, this time 1808 seats and was reopened with an extravagant ceremony on the evening of August 16, 1957, and henceforth was named the Fox Burlingame.

Peninsula Theatres Corporation dba Ellis J. Arkush Entertainment Fox West Coast Theatres (beginning 1957) Photos from the Los Angeles Public Library, all dated 1945: In the beginning of 1929, the Peninsula was operating two 35 mm Fulco projectors, Ernemann design, manufactured by E.E.