384 Myrtle Avenue was once a small theater

Shalena Jewelry Store at 384 Myrtle Avenue between Clermont and Adelphi was at one point in history the site of a small picture theater.

The pic to the left is of an ad card for the movie house (circa 1908) that once was. The pic can be found in a book called 'The Show Starts on the Sidewalk: An Architectural History of the Movie Theatre, Starring S. Charles Lee' by Maggie Valentine.

A big thank you to theater historian, Cezar Del Valle, author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index Volumes I and II, who once led a walking tour of small theaters on Myrtle Avenue and who always looks out for us. He said in his email from January 2010 re the image: "Recently purchased a book on theatre architecture and reprinted was a business card for a movie house on Myrtle Ave. circa 1908. It is the only record of this theatre that I've seen. Tried checking recently at various vintage newspapers and archives. Nothing. If it had not been for this book and the authors collection, this early movie show would be totally forgotten."