Waikiki Theatre

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Stuff your eyes with wonder,
 live as if you'd drop dead
 in ten seconds. 
See the world. "

Ray Bradbury

Vintage neon sign.

The Story:

 All That's Left - the Sign

" The stuff that dreams are made of. "

  Waikiki Theatre

 was designed by Hawaii architect
 C.W. Dickey
 in 'Tropical Moderne' style,
 and built by the local
 Consolidated Amusement Company
 as its deluxe flagship.
 She opened August 20, 1936 
exhibiting “Under Two Flags.
 Many of us considered her 
Hawaii’s most beautiful theatre.

The star of Kalakaua Avenue
 featured a lush garden forecourt 
with a large fountain.

" I'm walking here! I'm walking here! "

Her lobby featured ornate Moderne wall murals,
 a ceiling fresco,
 and an atmospheric auditorium
 lined with artificial tropical vegetation,
 including two full size coconut palms, 
a proscenium in the shape of a rainbow, 
and a huge Robert Morton organ

that I got to hear!

  "TOTO,
 I'VE GOT A FEELING 
WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS 
ANYMORE"

" Here's looking at you, kid "

2005
" I love the smell

 of napalm

 in the morning."

 

A Bird in flight !

Duke Kahanamoku

Remembers-

" Creativity

 is the residue

 of time wasted. "

Albert Einstein

"At the movies"

Cloudia 

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Going to the movies
should be an escape.

Our hearts go out

to everyone effected

by the weekend's

incident in Colorado.

Thank YOU
for visiting
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is valued

                            Warmly, cloudia