David and Fay lived in East Vancouver near Main Street, and insulated their home with theatre posters, which were not discovered again for more than 50 years. They ran the theatre company from 1929 to 1938 before permanently moving to Hollywood, as their film careers were becoming more demanding. The Empress Theatre itself was dismantled in 1940.
Touchwood was not only insulated with old theatre posters but also with the posters advertising the candies that would have been sold at the Empress Theatre. These posters advertise products such as Moonlight Mellos, Wildfire, Patterkrisp and the Toronto Nut Bar (many jokes to be made there) that were all made by the Patterson Chocolate Company of Toronto. The Pattersons factory on Queen Street in Toronto still stands but has been converted into apartments called the Chocolate Company lofts
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