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Sacramentans remember cherished Senator Theatre

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During the golden age of cinema, Sacramento was home to many theaters, including one of its most celebrated theaters: the Senator Theatre.

That theater, at 912 K St., was a favorite destination for residents in the capital city and beyond.

Those living in East Sacramento were fortunate to have the Alhambra Theatre – the city’s most elaborate movie theater – in their own neighborhood, on a block of land along Alhambra Boulevard at J and K streets. But they were also lured to the Senator Theatre.

Both theaters opened during the same era, with the Senator debuting on Sept.

29, 1924, and the Alhambra holding its grand opening on Sept. 24, 1927.

East Sacramento native Deno Paoli, 95, noted that he would go to the Senator Theatre during his youth aboard a streetcar.

“I picked it up at 46th and J streets,” he said. “ That was at the end of the line (in East Sacramento) at that time. It would drop me off at 8th or 9th (streets) on J Street.

Sometimes I went with my sister (Laura Paoli Rober-

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The Senator Theatre at 912 K St. is shown in 1953. To the left of the theater is Don Burton Shoe Salon, at 914 K St., and to the right is the Moderne Club, at 910 K St. Above the theater is the Trianon Ballroom.

ti) and some of my friends from the neighborhood.”

Paoli, a 1944 graduate of Sacramento High School, remembered that the theater was elaborately decorated and presented firstrun films.

He also recalled viewing “the old Westerns” in

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both the Alhambra and the Senator. “ They had the (Western) serials and they always showed the wagon going over the cliff or something like that,” he said. “So, you had to go back the next Saturday to see what happened to the wagon.

“I’m talking about 1938, 1939, 1940. There wasn’t much going on in those days. If you had a date, that’s where you went. You went to the movies.”

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Paoli mentioned that the majority of his memories of Sacramento’s movie theaters predate World War II, since he enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 years old in 1944.

“I don’t remember going very much (to Sacramento’s theaters) after I got back from the service (in 1946),” he said.

Paoli added that he also went to dances held at the Trianon Ballroom, which was located above the Sen-

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ator Theatre during the 1940s and 1950s. “ They used to have dances in the ballroom there, and mostly everybody went stag (without dates),” he said. “ The girls went stag and the guys went stag and they danced until midnight, I think it was. Then (afterward), most of us went across the street to Hart’s (Lunch restaurant at 919 K St.).”

Paoli noted that he would often attend Trianon performances by a band that included his friends, Otto Eid, who was a drummer, and Paul Grech, who was a bassist.

He added that Eid was his best friend and “one of the area’s best drummers.”

Roberti, a 1948 graduate of Sacramento High, also shared some of her memories about the Senator Theatre.

“You bought your tickets outside, then before you were let (into theater), sometimes if it was a brand-new movie, you waited inside. I remember there was a long corridor to get into the theater itself. It had a slant (leading up to the theater).

“I just always enjoyed going there, because for me it was just a pretty theater, a beautiful theater. The Senator was the best-looking theater in Sacramento (after) the Alhambra. Then after that, the Esquire (Theatre at 1227 K St.) came (in 1940), and, of course, the Hippodrome (Theatre at 1013 K St., where the Crest Theatre later opened, in 1949), was across the street.”

Gloria (DaPrato) Tomei, whose best friend was Roberti, also graduated from Sacramento High in 1948. see Theatre page 4 Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.

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The drive is held each December to kickstart the 500 baby baskets needed so that every Sacramento Life Center patient who gives birth in the coming year can receive a basket of needed items, including diapers, clothing, bottles, formula, homemade blankets, bibs, bathing supplies and more.

Donations will be accepted throughout 2021 and can be made online at www.saclife.org by writing Baskets4Babies in the message box on the donation page. Gifts can be made in any increment, but a donation of $50 buys one basket. A pledge of $50 per month guarantees

a mother can return each month to the center’s baby needs closet for additional necessities until her child is 2 years old.

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anon,” she said. “When I was about 18, I saw Freddie Martin (and his orchestra) at the Trianon and the singer was Merv Griffin. “(Roberti) and I went with Dolores Baldani (later Marsala). And Dolores was dancing with a friend of Merv Griffin and she told him her name, and he went up and he had Merv Griffin sing the song, ‘Dolores,’ to her. She remembered that for years.”

Shirley (Pompa) DeFazio – a former Elmhurst neighborhood resident who graduated from Sacramento High on June 12, 1952 and was married to East Sacramento native Tony DeFazio on Nov. 9, 1952 – recalled visiting both the Alhambra and Senator theaters.

“We went to the Alhambra all the time, but I remember also going to the Senator,” she said. “We used to go to the matinees on

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Tomei, who grew up at 1217 48th Ave., said that she began going to movies at the Senator in 1952.

“I was working for the state at the time and we used to go to the shows right after we got off work and then we would take the bus home,” she said. “Down-

stairs, on one side, was (Don) Burton’s shoe store (at 914 K St.). I would go there (to the Senator) with people from work, (including) Laura Paoli and Earry Urakawa.”

Tomei, who recently turned 90 years old, mentioned that she also attended dances at the Trianon.

“I used to go to all of the dances at the Memorial Auditorium (at 16th and J streets) and the Tri-

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Saturday mornings when we were kids. “(The Senator) was really in a nice part of K Street.

There was Bon Marché (at 1031 K St.) – an exclusive (women and girls’ apparel) shop – and there were restaurants. We didn’t have malls back then. (Inside the theater building), we had to walk quite a way back in. It was kind of a little hill and then you hit all the refreshment areas and then you went into the show.”

Although she did not recall what films she saw at the Senator, DeFazio remembered the sequence of film showings as they were presented during each of her visits. “ There would always be two features,” she said. “ The A-feature was first and then you saw the news, then you saw the second feature and then you saw a cartoon,” she said. “It was 20 cents when I first went to the Senator.”

The Senator’s history continued until 1972, and a portion of this theater structure, along L Street, was demolished in 1978 to clear space for a 14-story office building.

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Call for 2021 Essay Contest Entries—$1,000 Scholarship Operation Recognition Essay Contest Sponsored by SAFE Credit Union The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is now accepting submissions for an essay contest designed to honor local military veterans.

The winning high school student will receive a $1,000 college scholarship, courtesy of SAFE Credit Union.

The essay contest takes place in conjunction with Operation Recognition, a program of the Sacramento County Board of Education. Since 2001, the Board has honored the contributions of lo-

cal veterans who left high school to serve in the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. Qualifying veterans can receive their high school diplomas, along with qualifying Japanese American citizens forced to leave high school due to WW II internment.

in Sacramento County. The completed essay, along with a cover letter, must be received by April 19, 2021. To receive the scholarship, the winning entrant must attend the virtual Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on May 18, 2021 to read his or her essay, and join in honoring diploma recipients.

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Los Rios Colleges to Offer $735,000 in Student Scholarships The Los Rios colleges - American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College and Sacramento City College - are offering $735,000 in scholarships to students in 2021, with the application period opening January 15.

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