Talk:Century Theatres

The Clap
Does anyone remember 'the clap'? For many years (late 80's - early 90's?) right before the feature started at Century Theaters, there was a piece of music accompanying the theater rules. I don't know where or when it started, but a fair amount of the time people would clap in rhythm at key points of the music (clap-clap-clap - CLAP-CLAP-CLAP). There was an article written about it in the Merc (I think) and everything as it was a bit of a cultural phenomenon. Moviegoers in San Jose did this for years; it was pretty unique. Anyway, I have been trying to track down the article but not having any luck. It was a silly thing, but you knew if you went to a movie on the opening weekend, there would be a lot of people doing 'the clap'. I thought it might be something to be added to this entry, but perhaps only people from the Bay Area would appreciate it.

Danno49 18:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Funny, I was just writing about this very same thing for my LiveJournal. I used to go to the Century Theaters in Mountain View, near Shoreline Amphitheatre, and I remember the clapping phenomenon pretty well. It was during the "feature presentation" animation with the ticket flying around the lobby and into the theater. I remember that animation being used for years, but call the clapping didn't really start until around the early- to mid-90s. My friends and I used to do it all the time. However, not long after it reached its height of popularity, the theater was refurbished and a new animation was use that had brand new music that you couldn't clap along with. Michael24 13:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Clappy trailer!
For those of you longing for the nostalgic "clapping trailer", here is the URL for a YouTube video of a reallllyyyy old one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-b69azot58

Anyone been able to get their hands on the "flying ticket" one from the '90s? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.164.95.212 (talk) 02:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

Not Defunct
I still have a Century Theatre in my area. I live in the East Bay. 169.233.59.119 (talk) 18:29, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean the one at Great Mall?  Zappa  O  Mati   15:17, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Century 21 San Jose Named "Eligible," as of July 2014, for the National Register of Historic Places.
A notification was issued July 11, 2014 from the Director of the National Park Service, who is "pleased to send you the following announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places":

WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES:  6/30/14  THROUGH  7/03/14:

CALIFORNIA, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Century 21 Theater, 3161 Olsen Dr., San Jose, 14000306, DETERMINED ELIGIBLE, 6/13/14

See http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20140711.htm

As this article already notes, the Century 21 Theater "Domes" are situated adjacent what's already a National Historic Landmark, the Winchester Mystery House.

--Ca.papavero (talk) 08:27, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

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