A principios de la década de 1960, la banda de mariachis de mi padre "Mariachi Chapala" solía tocar en conciertos allí en eventos especiales y mi madre nos vestía a todos los niños y nos llevaba a tocar a mi papá. Recuerdo el lugar que parece un palacio fuera de una película. RIP papá te extraño.
Mucha Historia en ese gran teatro. Me toco la dicha de ser parte de esta historia, en 1976, cuando yo tenia 6años, me toco cantar en una de las variedades por 10 dias, por cierto me acuerdo que me pagaron $600 dolares y se ma hacia una Fortuna!! Gracias por los recuerdos Million Dollar.......
My father and his brother had the pleasure of meeting a lot of the Mexican celebrities that came to do presentations at the million dollar theatre, back in the 50's and early 60's. One of the most famous was Pedro Infante which he did his last presentation there in 1955. My uncle told me that Pedro Infante was a very humble and easy going man in reality as he was in his movies. Please comment
Campa Arthur In the 1950s my fathers mariachi back Pedro Infante, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Antonio Aguilar and others. He and my uncles were pioneers in mariachi music starting in the late 1930s and 40s. In 1959 my father immigrated the whole family to east LA. In the early 1960s my fathers mariachi band “Mariachi Chapala” used to play concerts there on special events and my mother would get us kids all dressed up and take us to go see my dad play. Coming from Mexico, I remember the place looking like a palace out of a movie. RIP dad miss you (he’d be a 102 today)
