The structure will have a seating capacity of 800 and will contain stores and offices. Allen, 1008 Washington Bldg., Los Angeles, is preparing plans for a theater building to be built at 134 East Compton Blvd., Compton, for August Frankl, Sunset Theatres Co., lessee. The January 20, 1934, issue of Pacific Constructor had an item about a theater to be built on the site the Fox later occupied: “PREPARING PLANS. I once saw an interview with James Coburn in which he mentioned that, during his youth in Compton, he was hired to change the lettering on the marquee at the Compton Theater, which he did for a number of years. There was a Bank Of America branch and the Compton Raceway (slot car racing) across the street. (That entire area was completely demolished in the 1970s, so all of this is from memory). I think people confuse the two theaters because Tamarind was a nearby cross-street for both. It was in the block just before the major department stores, which included a JC Penney’s (which had the most exquisite mezzanine) and the JJ Newberry’s store (which had wonderful hardwood floors). (I never remember the theater actually being open I think Fox abandoned it at the end of the 1950s at the dawn of the “white flight” from Compton). Compton Bl, which, if you were facing east and standing at the intersection of Compton and Willowbrook Av, was on the right side of the street. I remember The Compton – which was completely different from the Compton Symphony Theatre (which ceased to be in 1933).