The Vallejo Theatre
1916
The Theatre lease was transferred to Thomas O'Day who spent $5000 on improvements. The establishment reopened as the New Vallejo Theatre in which patrons enjoyed new cushion seats.
1920
The U.S. Constitution outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol. The prohibition era begins and endures for 13 years. During this time, musical comedies and eventually talking movies became the popular mode of entertainment.
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“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
—Eleonora Duse (1859–1924)