People stopped going out to the movies as often. The Fox was torn down in 1963; Market Street was just a big construction site, as it was torn up to construct BART in 1964. And in 1967, all the marquees and neon lights were shut off.
And so the theatres started introducing other attractions to bring in patrons. Like gambling, and X-rated movies.
ADDINGTON: The theaters became more seedy, and began to show things that were certainly not as family…oriented. So, a little more risqué. And as you went into the later ‘60s, fully pornographic. The Crazy Horse is a great example. The predecessor to CNN … Crazy Horse. Used to be the News Reel Theater. They played news reels, 24/7.
Now, the Crazy Horse is a strip club. The Warfield suffered, but it never got to that point.
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