Vivid Marquee Lights The Way For Iconic Bay Theatre’s Return To Mid-Century Splendor

SEAL BEACH A Fullerton real estate developer’s dream of reopening Seal Beach’s landmark Bay Theatre as an art movie and live entertainment venue is coming into focus.

Over the past two years, Paul Dunlap has become intimately familiar with the Bay Theatre – investigating its every sconce, flower-etched window pane and vintage exit sign. Should it stay or should it go? Has it resided here since World War II or is it an expendable latecomer?

Like a detective hot on the trail, Dunlap, 64, talks about forensics – as in: “I did the forensics on the original colors of the neon lights because I want to keep everything authentic.”

Yet even still, each visit to his precious treasure brings a new wave of wonderment.

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