Frederick Dahnken

Frederick Dahnken (April 19, 1897 in New York, New York June 1, 1971) was an owner of movie theaters in the United States. According to the August 3, 1921 New York Clipper, the Turner & Dahnken Circuit was one of the largest independently owned picture playhouses in the country. It operated the Tivoli Opera House, and T & D theaters in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Sacramento, San Jose, Stockton, Watsonville and Salinas. At the time, they also owned the franchise for First National Pictures in Northern California and a part of the State of New York.

In 1922, West Coast Theatres, Inc., purchased the rights, franchises, leases and theatres held by the Turner & Dahnken Circuit, which at the time controlled forty theaters in California.