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Theatres By Address: Los Angeles Main List - part 2 - L to Z

Also see: Part one of the list: A to K

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1625 N. La Brea Troupers Club and Auditorium
-- in 56, 60 telephone directories running "The Boy Friend" in 1960 -- in 1961 it was listed as 1625 and 1627 | Noirish post - pic and directory listing | Noirish - clippings | Noirish - pic of Grateful Dead |  Dead Net - pic | -- house gone by 1992 – auditorium survived until around 2005 -- big apartment complex now on site 
 
1600 N. LaBrea Workshop Players Theatre
-- legit venue -- running in 1958

1358 N. La Brea Ave. Cine 1
-- 1937 building, former dance studio -- opened as a theatre c.1968 -- closed 1973 -- now used by American Academy of Dramatic Arts
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

614 N. La Brea Ave.   Gordon Theatre, Cineplex Odeon Showcase, Regent Showcase
-- opened 1938 -- 750 seats -- in use as achurch
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/showcase-theatre.html

857 S. La Brea Ave.  Chotiner's La Brea, Fox La Brea, Art La Brea, Toho La Brea
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/la-brea-theatre.html

S. La Brea at W. Adams -- see W. Adams Blvd. listings (Riviera/Fremont Theatre, Variety Theatre)

3741 S. La Brea Ave., Baldwin Hills  Baldwin Theatre
-- 1,800 seats -- opened 1949 -- closed 1994 -- lobby demolished, auditorium remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/baldwin-theatre.html

115 N. La Brea Ave., Inglewood   Inglewood Theatre
-- opened 1923 -- 640 seats -- Carl Boller architect -- demolished 1969
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/inglewood-theatre.html

755 N. La Cienega Blvd.  Century Theatre, Civic Playhouse, Warner Playhouse, Ciné-Cienega
-- opened 1949 as a legit venue -- art house in the 70s, then adult fare -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cine-cienega.html

716 N. La Cienega Blvd.  Turnabout Theatre, Court Theatre
-- open 1941 until 1956 -- puppets at one end, live revue stage at other 
-- running in 2002 as the Court using a 722 address
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/turnabout-theatre.html

366 N. La Cienega Blvd.  Coronet Theatre, Largo at the Coronet
"legendary" home of indie & experimental films in the 50s + lots of legit
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/coronet-theatre.html

100 N. La Cienega Blvd.  GCC Beverly Connection 6, AMC Beverly Connection
-- opened June 6, 1990 -- 2,000 seats -- demolished -- opening day ad - Friends of 70mm
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/21841/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/7236.html -- 8 photos

La Cienega @ Beverly Blvd. Cineplex Odeon Beverly Center 13 / 14
-- opened 1983 -- 1,747 seats -- closed 2010 -- now retail space
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/beverly-center-cinemas.html
 
La Mirada Blvd. & Rosecrans Ave., La Mirada  Pacific's La Mirada 4, later 6
-- opened 1975  -- demolished  -- also see the notes on the Cinema Treasures
page for the La Mirada Theatre, below
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/36195.html

14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada  La Mirada Theatre
-- opened 1962 by Stanley Warner Theatres -- 1,264 seats
-- original address: 14900 Luitwieler Road
-- stage later added -- now a performing arts center
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/4498/

La Mirada -- also see Firestone Blvd. (Gateway 5 Theatres), Rosecrans Blvd. (La Mirada Dollar Movies). There was also a La Mirada Drive In Theatre.

6820 La Tijera Blvd.  La Tijera Theatre
-- opened 1949 -- S. Charles Lee architect -- 1,530 seats -- now office space
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/la-tijera-theatre.html

S. Lafayette Park Pl. and W. 6th St. Opera House
-- 1948, unbuilt
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/opera-house-1948.html

149 N. Larchmont Blvd.  Larchmont Theatre
-- opened 1922 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/larchmont-theatre.html

Lakewood Blvd. & Firestone Blvd. -- 136 Stonewood St., Downey  Showcase Cinema I & II
-- opened as a single -- operated by Lippert Theatres -- remodeled
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/9906/

Lakewood -- see the Faculty Ave. (Lakewood Center 16), Del Amo Blvd. (Lakewood Center South 9) , E. Carson St (Lakewood Theatre, Lakewood Drive-In) and South St. (UA, NAZ8 Cinema 6) listings
 
1642 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood  Hollywood Little Theatre, Hollywood Troupers Theatre, Las Palmas Theatre
-- opened 1936 --  now a nightclub
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/las-palmas.html

1625 N. Las Palmas Ave. Egyptian 2 & 3, Arena Stage, Arena Cinema, Arena Cinelounge, Hang On To Your Dream Theatre
-- opened 1972 -- closed 1992 as the Egyptian 2 & 3 -- later reopened as Arena Stage -- became the Hang On To Your Dream Theatre in 2024
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/egyptian-2-and-3.html

1445 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood   Writers' Club Theatre, Center Stage Playhouse, Hollywood Center Theatre, Hollywood Playhouse
legit venue -- 220 seats -- burned in 2022
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/playhouse.html

10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood  Westwood Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse,
-- built 1929 -- legit plays and musicals
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/geffen-playhouse.html

Lennox -- see 10753 Hawthorne Blvd.  -- Lennox Theatre

620 Lincoln Blvd., Venice  Fox Venice Theatre
-- opened 1951 -- 1,003 seats -- now a swap meet -- destined to become a Trader Jor's
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/fox-venice.html

Lincoln Heights area -- see the N. Main St. and N. Broadway listings

10887 Lindbrook Dr.  UA Westwood, UA Egyptian, Odeon Cinema, Mann Festival Theatre
--opened 1969 -- 560 seats --  closed 2009
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/festival-theatre.html

10925 Lindbrook Dr., Westwood   NGC National, Mann National Theatre
-- opened 1970 -- 1,112 seats -- demolished 2008
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/national-westwood.html
 
Locust Ave at the corner of  E. 3rd St., Long Beach  The Tabernacle
-- built 1880s -- showed Long Beach's first movies in 1900 -- unused beginning c.1908
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/tabernacle.html
 
23 S. Locust Ave., Long Beach Long Beach Theatre
-- running around 1907-08 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/long-beach-theatre.html 

Lomita -- see Narbonne Ave. (Lomita Theatre)

Long Beach Blvd., Huntington Park & Walnut Park -- see the Pacific Blvd. listings

Long Beach Blvd. @ Santa Ana St. Gem / Avon Theatre - see the Santa Ana St. listing

9325 Long Beach Blvd., South Gate  Vogue Theatre, Los Pinos, Teatro los Pinos
-- 800 seats -- opened 1937 -- S. Charles Lee, architect -- demolished 2018
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/vogue-theatre.html

11179 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood  Lynwood Theatre
-- opened 1925 -- 900 seats -- destroyed in the 1933 earthquake
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/lynwood-theatre.html

11606 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood  Lynwood Theatre
-- opened 1935 -- Paul  Kerr architect -- running into the 50s -- later a bowling alley -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/lynwood-theatre.html

11709 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood  Arden Theatre
-- opened 1947 -- 940 seats --  S. Charles Lee, architect -- closed 1974 -- burned 1988
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/arden-theatre.html

111 N. Long Beach Blvd., Compton  Tower Theatre, Fox Tower Theatre
-- opened 1935 -- 1000 seats -- S. Charles Lee -- new storefronts with retail -- auditorium vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/tower-compton.html
 
5384 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach Oriental, Murray's Oriental, Murray's, La Shell Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- area then called Virginia City -- 450 seats in later years -- closed in the 50s -- retail
 
1049 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach  California Theatre
-- opened c.1921 -- 500 seats -- demolished after 1933 earthquake damage
 
525 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach  Rivoli Theatre
-- opened 1936 -- 1,105 seats -- demolished in the 1980s
 
34 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach  Elite Theatre, Empire, Mission, Major, Long Beach Theatre, Fox Long Beach / UA Long Beach
-- opened 1921 -- Walker & Eisen, architects -- 1,156 seats -- demolished 1952
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/fox-long-beach.html 

Long Beach -- also see the listings for 1st St. (Coughran Opera House), 2nd St. (Fox Belmont), 3rd St. (Ebell, Tabernacle), 4th St. (Art, Egyptian), Anaheim St. (Cabart, Dale, Hart, Home), Atlantic Ave. (Atlantic, Brayton, Crest, Front Door, Town), Bellflower Blvd. (Los Altos Drive-In), Board Walk (Theatorium), Broadway (Edison), Carson St. (Lakewood Drive-In, Lakewood Theatre, Regal Edwards Long Beach 26), Elm Ave. (Scottish Rite/Ernest Borgnine), Locust Ave. (Long Beach Theatre), Ocean Blvd. (Imperial, The Movie, Roxy, State, United Artists, West Coast), Orange Ave. (Kid Mexico's Miracle Block), Pacific Coast Highway (AMC Marina Pacifica, Circle Drive-In, Regal UA Long Beach), The Pike (Art, Bentley, Bijou, Byde-A-Wyle, Gaiety, Joyland, Palace of Pictures, Pastime, Rialto, Columbia/Hoyt's/Strand, Tarrytown), Pine Ave. (AMC Pine Square, Cinemark, La Petite, Laughlin, Lyceum, Palace), Queens Highway (Queen Mary), Redondo Ave. (Redondo, Ritz), Santa Fe Ave. (Long Beach Drive-In, Santa Fe), Seaside Way (American, Fairyland, Municipal Auditorium, Terrace, Tracy, Victor), Spring St. (Plaza), Viking Way (Paradise).

Los Angeles St. -- Plaza area and downtown -- see the Downtown Theatres By Address page. 

333 Los Ceritos Mall, Cerritos  UA Cinema 4, Cerritos 4
-- opened 1971 in the mall -- now a shoe store -- replaced by the 11 plex
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/14905/

Los Ceritos Mall, Cerritos  UA Twin, UA Twin A & B, Cerritos Twin Cinemas-- 11202 E. South St. (at the 605 Freeway) -- in the mall parking lot 
-- equipped for 70mm on the big screen -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/14904/

 435 Los Cerritos Center (aka Mall), Cerritos  United Artists Los Cerritos Galaxy 11
http://www.regmovies.com   |   http://www.fandango.com
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2818.html -- 2 photos

Los Feliz area -- see N. Vermont Ave.(Los Feliz, Studio) and Riverside Dr. (Los Feliz Drive-In) listings

743 S. Lucerne Blvd. Windsor Square Theatre, Wilshire Ebell Theatre
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/wilshire-ebell-theatre.html

14900 Luitwieler Rd., La Mirada -- see La Mirada Blvd.

Lynwood -- See Long Beach Blvd. listings

M

MacArthur Park area -- see the listings for Alvarado St. (Echo Park Film Center, Deluxe Theatre, Westlake Theatre, Park Theatre) and W. 7th St. (Lake Theatre). Also see the Vagabond / Hayworth Theatre on Wilshire.

1855 Main St., Santa Monica  Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
-- opened 1958 -- Welton Becket, architect -- closed 2013
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-civic.html

2734 Main St., Santa Monica/Ocean Park Bob's Theatre
-- running in 1913
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/bobs-theatre.html

Main St. south of Culver Blvd., Culver City  Culver City Theatre
-- running  from 1915 until 1923
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-city-theatre.html

2917 N. Main St., Lincoln Heights San Carlos Theatre, New Lincoln Theatre
-- opened 1926 -- 734 seats Lewis A. Smith, architect -- used as church, shops
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/san-carlos-theatre.html

Main St. downtown -- see the Downtown Theatres By Address page.

1501 S. Main Luna Park -- in the 1912 city diectory at this address -- off by about 4 blocks

1718 S. Main St.  Globe Theatre, Royal Theatre, Victor Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- 755 seats -- demolished -- it's under the freeway
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/victor-theatre.html
 
Main St. at 18th  Palm Garden Picture Theatre
-- running in 1907
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/07/palm-garden.html 

S. Main St. at Washington Blvd.  Chutes Theater, Luna Park Theatre
-- opened 1901 in Chutes Park -- 1,400 seats  -- renamed Luna Park 1910 -- demolished 1914
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/chutes-theatre.html

2602 S. Main St.  Crystal Theatre
-- on the corner of Adams and Main -- opened c.1910 and closed c.1914 
-- building survives but extensively remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/07/lucia.html

3021 S. Main St.  Dreamland Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- originally 800 seats -- closing date unknown -- now manufacturing
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/dreamland-theatre.html

3309 S. Main St. Jefferson Theatre
-- in the 1911 city directory -- in the 1913 directory as The Jefferson
 
S. Main at Santa Barbara Ave. There were 3 theatres on Santa Barbara in the first block east of Main: the Allena, the Brooks Theatre and the Pictorial/Woodlawn. The street got renamed. See the listings under Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on page 1

6107 S. Main St.  Princess Theatre
-- opened 1924 or 1925 -- 700 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/princess-s-main.html

9615 S. Main St.  Gloria Theatre, Green Meadows Theatre
-- 598 seats -- in the 29 directory as the Gloria -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5021/ | 1948, 1949 ads - Photos of Los Angeles |

11021 S. Main St.  Tempest, Cairo
-- 831 seats -- in the 1929 directory as the Tempest -- in 1942 as the Cairo -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3482/

20151 S. Main St., Carson  South Bay 6 Drive-In
-- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/21644/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/1899.html -- 31 photos

Main St., Compton -- see the listings for E. Compton Blvd. -- it got renamed

Main St., Watts -- see the listings for E. 103th St. -- it got renamed

Malibu -- see the Cross Creek Rd. listing

3141 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood   Academy Theatre
-- opened 1939 - 1,156 seats - S. Charles Lee, architect -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/09/academy-theatre.html

2541 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood   5th Avenue Theatre
-- opened 1941 -- Clifford A. Balch, architect -- 986 seats -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/07/5th-avenue-theatre.html

322 W. Manchester Ave.  West Coast Manchester, Manchester Theatre, Fox Manchester
-- opened 1926 -- L.A. Smith, architect -- 1,668 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/manchester-theatre.html

Manchester Blvd. now ends at S. Central Ave. -- going east it's Firestone Blvd.

1703 E. Manchester Blvd., Graham  Graham Theatre  -- see the E. Firestone Blvd. listing

Manchester Blvd., Norwalk Norwalk Theatre -- see the Firestone Blvd. listing 

228 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach  La Mar Theatre
-- opened 1938 -- 750 seats -- Clifford A. Balch, architect -- triplexed in the 70s -- demolished 1981
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/03/la-mar-theatre.html

Manhattan Beach -- also see Sepulveda Blvd. listings (Pacific's Manhattan Village 6)

216 Marchessault St.  Chinese Opera House, Chinese Theatre
-- opened 1884, running at least into the 1890s -- between Alameda and Los Angeles St. -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/05/chinese-theatre.html

Marina Del Rey -- see Glencoe Ave. (UA Cinema 6), Admiralty Way (Marina Del Rey Theatre) and Maxella Ave. (AMC Marina Marketplace 6) listings

115 Marine St., Ocean Park Ramona Theatre, La Grande Theatre
-- running in 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/la-grande-theatre.html

148 N. Market St., Inglewood  United Artists, Mitchell Brothers Inglewood, Fox Cinema II
-- opened 1931 -- 942 seats --burned in the 1990s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/united-artists-inglewood.html

115 N. Market St., Inglewood   Granada Theatre, Fox Granada
-- opened 1924 -- burned in 1945 -- replaced by the Fox Inglewood
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/granada-inglewood.html

115 N. Market St., Inglewood  Fox Inglewood
-- opened 1949 -- 1,008 seats -- vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/fox-inglewood.html

226 S. Market St., Inglewood  Ritz Theatre, Loew's Ciné, Pussycat, Miracle Theatre
-- 708 seats - built in 1937 -- live events
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/ritz-inglewood.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. -- see our listings under the Ks

4020 Marlton Ave. AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 12, Rave Cinemas Baldwin Hills 15, Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw 15
-- opened 1995 --- at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Shopping Center, Crenshaw at MLK
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/08/baldwin-hills-crenshaw.html

13455 Maxella Ave., Marina Del Rey  Cineplex Odeon, AMC Marina Marketplace 6 Cinemas, AMC Marina 6
opened 1988 -- 1850 seats -- closed 2012 & rebuilt as a "dine-in" venue
http://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/amc-dine-in-theatres-marina-6
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2161.html -- 8 photos
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/13224/

Maywood -- see the Slauson Ave listing -- Maywood Theatre

9038 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood  Marquis Theatre, AMPAS Theatre, Academy Award Theater, Writers Guild Theatre
-- opened 1925 -- operated by Fox West Coast -- AMPAS bought it in 1945 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/marquis-theatre.html
 
9014 Melrose Stage Society
-- legit venue -- running in 1958
 
7458 Melrose Ave.  Horseshoe Theatre, Zephyr Theatre
-- running as a legit operation beginning in the 1960s 
https://www.zephyrtheatre.com

7308 Melrose Ave.  Xanadu Pleasure Dome
--70s porno operation
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

5308 Melrose Ave.   Melvan, KTLA Studio Theatre, Encore, Continental,
-- demolished - new Raleigh Studios building on the site
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/continental-theatre.html

4667 Melrose Ave.  Academy
-- running c.1939 - 1942 -- a small legit venue
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/academy-theatre.html

4350 Melrose Ave. Melrose Theatre
-- in the 1916 city directory
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/melrose.html

4315 Melrose Ave. Jensen's Melrose, Melrose
-- opened 1924 -- now a Ukranian social hall
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/melrose-theatre.html

528 Melvin Ave. Watts -- renamed -- see 9814 Graham Ave. listing (Palace / Sonora Theatre) 

5807 Mesa Dr. -- see the listing for 5807 Crenshaw Blvd. (Mesa Theatre)
 
on the Midway Plaisance Venice  Electric Theatre
-- running c.1906

Moneta Ave. -- see the S. Broadway listings -- it got renamed around 1927

Monita Ave.  -- it's a typo for Moneta -- see the S. Broadway listings

1328 Montana Ave. Santa Monica   Aero Theatre
-- opened 1940 -- operated by American Cinematheque
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/aero-theatre.html

1475 N. Montebello Blvd., Montebello  AMC Montebello 10
-- 3,000+ seats -- opened 1992
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7878

Montebello --also  see the Whittier Blvd. listings (Cameo Theatre, Garmar Theatre, Montebello Theatre, Vogue Theatre) 

Monterey Park -- it's in the San Gabriel Valley section

3751 Motor Ave.   Palms Theatre
-- 599 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/palms-theatre.html

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1919 Nadeau St.  Nadeau Theatre
-- opened c.1926 -- 476 seats -- demolished -- Florence-Graham neighborhood
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/nadeau-theatre.html

24333 Narbonne Ave., Lomita (prior to renumbering: 1063 Narbonne)  Lomita Theatre, Garland's Lomita, Gumm's Lomita
-- opened 1924 -- 500 seats -- running until 1955 -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/lomita-theatre.html

831 S. Nash St., El Segundo (Nash & Rosecrans)  Pacific's Beach Cities 16, Beach Cities ArcLight
-- closed March 2020
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/22060/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/16186.html -- 1 photo 
| 9 March 2020 Richard DuVal photos - Cinema Tour Facebook page

4811 / 4817 S. Normandie Ave. Academy Theatre, Normandie Theatre
-- 640 seats -- demolished -- running in 1914 "R.F. Hale -- proprietor"
-- in the 1914, 1915 and 1917 directories as the Academy -- running as the Normandie in 1948
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5038/

6520 S. Normandie Ave. Dixie Theatre
-- built 1920 as a church -- Harvard Park area -- theatre conversion 1938 -- now a church again
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/dixie-theatre.html

North Beach, Santa Monica  North Beach Auditorium
-- opened 1901
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/north-beach-auditorium.html

11204 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk Boulevard Drive In, Norwalk Drive In
-- Cinema Tour lists it as closing in 1997

Norwalk -- also see Civic Center Dr. (AMC Norwalk 20), Firestone Blvd. (Norwalk Theatre), Pioneer Blvd (Norwalk 8, Santa Fe Springs 8)

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127 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach  Liberty Theatre, Stanley Theatre, Roxy Theatre
-- opened c.1916 -- 760 seats -- demolished in the 1980s
 
104 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach  Loew's State Theatre, State Theatre
-- opened 1920 -- 1,800 seats -- in the Markwell/Jergins Trust Building -- demolished 1988
 
217 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach  United Artists Theatre
-- 1,242 seats -- opened 1932 -- demolished early 80s.
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/united-artists-long-beach.html
 
319 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach Imperial Theatre, West Coast Imperial, Fox Imperial
-- opened 1925 -- 820 seats -- L.A. Smith, architect -- demolished 1987
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/imperial-long-beach.html

333 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach West Coast Theatre, Fox West Coast
-- opened 1925 -- Meyer & Holler, architects -- 2,038 seats -- demolished 1987 https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/west-coast-theatre.html
 
345 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach  The Movie
-- running from the mid-60s until the mid-80s -- Pussycat chain -- demolished 1987
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/movie-long-beach.html

Ocean Front Promenade near Ashland Ave., Ocean Park Brooks Theatre
-- running in 1912 and 1913
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/brooks-theatre.html

2850 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium
-- opened 1921 -- repurposed in 1957 for POP -- burned 1974
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/ocean-park-mun-auditorium.html

2910 Ocean Front Promenade Ocean Park Grand Theatre
-- running in 1912, burned that year
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/grand-ocean-park.html 

Ocean Front Promenade north of Pier Ave., Ocean Park  Rosemary Theatre - location #1
-- burned in 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/rosemary-1.html

2939 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Princess Theatre, Wonderland Theatre
-- running c.1913-1916
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/04/wonderland-ocean-park.html

2946 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Rosemary Theatre - location #4
-- remodeled from an earlier building c.1919 -- burned in 1924
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/rosemary-4.html

N. side of Pier Ave. at Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Ocean Park Casino, Family Theatre
-- opened 1903 -- burned 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/ocean-park-casino.html 

3000 Ocean Front Promenade, Fraser Pier Ocean Park Starland Theatre
-- opened 1911 -- 1,000 seats -- burned 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/starland-ocean-park.html

S. side of Pier Ave. at Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Ocean Park Auditorium, Horseshoe Pier Auditorium, Crescent Vaudeville Theatre, La Petite Theatre - location #1
-- opened 1906 -- burned 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/ocean-park-auditorium.html
 
3011 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Shell Theatre
-- running in 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/shell-theatre.html   

3014 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park Dome Theatre - location #2
-- opened 1925 -- gutted in 1958 -- demolished in 1969
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/dome-2.html

3015 Ocean Front Promenade, Ocean Park La Petite Theatre  - locations #2 and 3
-- opened 1909, burned 1912 -- replacement opened 1913, closed 1923  --demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/la-petite-ocean-park.html

3034 Ocean Front Promenade, Venice Dome Theatre - location #1
--opened as a dance hall 1916 -- burned 1924 -- site reused for Rosemary Theatre - location #5
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/dome-1.html

3034 Ocean Front Promenade, Venice Rosemary Theatre - location #5
-- opened 1924 -- closed in the 50s -- demolished in 1969
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/rosemary-5.html

14 Ocean Front Walk, Venice Dome Theatre - location #1
 -- an alternate address -- the location was actually not in Ocean Park
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/dome-1.html

1417 Ocean Front Walk, Venice  Mermaid Theatre, Hyman's Theatre, Neptune Theatre
-- opened 1911 -- 750 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/neptune-theatre.html

1508 Ocean Front Walk, Venice  Venice Theatre, California Theatre
-- opened 1920 -- 960 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/04/california-theatre-venice.html

Ocean Park -- see Ashland Ave. listings (Herald/Empress Theatre), Main St. (Bob's Theatre, Marine St. (La Grande Theatre), Ocean Front Promenade (Brooks Theatre, Crescent Vaudeville Theatre, Dome Theatre, Grand Theatre, La Petite Theatre, Ocean Park Auditorium, Ocean Park Casino, Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium, Princess/Wonderland, Rosemary Theatre, Shell Theatre), Ocean Park Pier (Rosemary - location #3 / Rialto, Star Theatre, Starland Theatre), Pier Ave. (Seaside Theatre), Trolleyway (Rosemary - location #2)

6 Ocean Park Pier, Ocean Park Rosemary Theatre - location #3, Rialto Theatre
-- opened 1913 -- burned 1924
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/rosemary-3.html

Ocean Park Pier/Fraser Million Dollar Pier Ocean Park Starland Theatre
-- opened 1911 -- 1,000 seats -- burned 1912
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/starland-ocean-park.html

151 Ocean Park Pier, Ocean Park Star Theatre
-- running in the 40s, early 50s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/star-ocean-park.html

Olive St. downtown -- see the Downtown Theatres by Address page

 Olvera St. -- see the Downtown Theatres by Address page

12109 W. Olympic Blvd. at Bundy  Drive-In, Olympic Drive-In
-- opened 1945 -- a move from the Pico Drive-In location -- 775 cars -- closed 1973 -- demolished
 
Olympic Blvd. & Western Ave.   West Coast Uptown, Fox Uptown
1600 seats -- demolished -- this stretch of Olympic Blvd. was formerly W. 10th
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/uptown-theatre.html

Olympic Blvd. downtown -- see the Downtown Theatres by Address page

2361 E. Olympic Blvd. & Santa Fe Ave. Idylwild Theater
-- opened 1912 or earlier and running through at least 1917
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/idylwild-theatre.html

2811 E. Olympic Blvd.   Vern Theatre, Don Quixote
-- opened 1941 -- S. Charles Lee, architect  -- now a banquet hall.
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/08/vern-theatre.html
 
2259 Orange Ave. Signal Hill, Long Beach  Kid Mexico's Miracle Block
-- opened c.1940 -- closed c.1952 -- demolished
 
1089 N. Oxford Ave. SoHo Cinema Club
-- 8mm venue running in 2024 at Eastwood Performing Arts Center 
-- pics: Cinema Treasures FB group -- website: https://sohocinemaclub.com 

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6044 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park  Huntington Theatre
-- opened early 20s -- 650 seats -- running into the 50s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/huntington-theatre.html

6504 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park  Park Theatre   
The Park Twin in 2007
-- opened in the 20s or earlier
-- replaced by a new twin in the 80s -- 850 seats -- open
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/park-theatre.html

6528 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park   California, Fox California
-- opened 1925 -- 1,500 seats -- triplexed in the 70s -- main floor now retail -- balcony theatres vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/california-theatre.html

6714 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park   Warner Huntington Park
-- opened 1930 -- 1,468 seats -- B. Marcus Priteca, architect -- now a gym

6910 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park  Shelley Players
-- in the 1928 city directory

7208 Pacific Blvd., Huntington Park / Walnut Park  Lyric Theatre, Fox Lyric, Pussycat
-- opened 1922 -- 1,100 seats -- building remodeled for offices and retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/lyric-huntington-park.html

Pacific Blvd. @ Santa Ana St. (Gem/Avon Theatre) see Santa Ana St. listing

Pacific Blvd. turns into Long Beach Blvd. going south from Huntington Park

221 N. Pacific Ave., San Pedro Barton Theatre, Barton Hill Theatre, Mermaid Theatre, Showcase Theatre, Star Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 500 seats -- demolished 1988
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/04/barton-theatre.html

1035 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro California Theatre, Mark Strand, Strand Theatre, Fox Strand, Pacific Strand
-- opened 1921 -- 844 seats -- closed 1976, then a church -- now a parking lot
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/04/strand-san-pedro.html

1617 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach  AMC Hermosa Beach 6 Theatres
-- opened 1988 in the Hermosa Beach Pavilion -- closed 1999 -- space now a fitness center
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/23890/ | 2008 Ken McIntyre photo
 
2735 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance   UA Torrance
-- 600 seats -- opened 1963 -- Drew Eberson, architect -- closed 1989 -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/11/united-artists-torrance.html

2535 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance  Rolling Hills Theatre
-- opened 1963 in Rolling Hills Plaza -- 1,100 seats -- twinned in 1974 -- closed 1984 -- now retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/rolling-hills-theatre.html

Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance  AMC Rolling Hills 6, AMC Rolling Hills 20
-- opened 1996 in the Rolling Hills Plaza -- later expanded - uses an 2591 Airport Dr. address
http://www.amcentertainment.com/RollingHills/ | http://cinematreasures.org/theater/22980/
 
Pacific Coast Highway at Ximeno Ave., Long Beach  Circle Drive-In, Pacific's Circle Drive-In
-- opened 1951 -- closed 1985 -- site has been redeveloped
 
6346 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach  AMC Marina Pacifica 6, AMC Marina Pacifica 12
-- opened 1984 -- expanded 1997 -- 2,686 seats
 
6601 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach UA Movies, UA Marketplace 6, UA Long Beach Marketplace, Regal UA Long Beach
-- opened 1976
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/regal-ua-long-beach.html

Pacific Palisades -- see the listings for 15140 W. Sunset Blvd. (Bay Theatre), 1935 N. Swarthmore Ave. (Netflix's Bay Theatre)

Palisades Beach Rd., Santa Monica  North Beach Auditorium
-- opened 1901
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/north-beach-auditorium.html

S. Palos Verdes St. & W. 5th St., San Pedro  New Theatre
-- opened c.1919
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-theatre.html 

918 Palm Ave., Gardena  The Auditorium, Gardena Theatre
-- in the 1922-23 Watts-Compton city directory as The Auditorium, same in the 1925 Watts directory
-- in the 1927/28 city directory as the Gardena Theatre

14771 Paramount Blvd., Paramount  Roadium Drive-In, Paramount Drive-In, Paramount Twin Drive In
-- opened 1947 - later twinned -- now a swap meet
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/14912/

Paramount -- also see the Rosecrans Ave. (Bianchi 11 Theatres) and Century Blvd. (Rosecrans Drive In) listings

S. Park -- see the listings for South Park under Avalon Blvd.  -- it got renamed.

Pasadena -- see the Pasadena theatres page for a full survey.

Pasadena Ave. -- it got renamed N. Figueroa St. -- see those listings

W. Pico Blvd. -- see the Westside Theatres by Address page for all the listings on Pico west of downtown.

E. Pico and San Pedro Sts.  Garden Theatre
-- see the listing for 1221-23 S. San Pedro St.

Pico Rivera -- see the Whittier Blvd. listings in the San Gabriel section
 
134 Pier Ave., Ocean Park  Seaside Theatre
-- opened 1905 -- 1,000 seats -- run by Mason & Wyatt -- building burned 1912
 
339 on the Pike, Long Beach  Arrowhead Theatre, Joyland Theatre
-- opened 1911 -- 100 seats -- closed c.1918 -- demolished
 
336 on the Pike, Long Beach  Byde-A Wyle Theatre, Long Beach Theatre, Unique, Boston Theatre
-- opened 1908 -- open-air legit venue, later roofed -- closed c.1916
 
333 on the Pike, Long Beach  Bijou Theatre
-- running from c.1911 to c.1918 -- demolished
 
330 on the Pike, Long Beach Wonderland, Pickwick, Lyric, Gaiety Theatre
-- opened c.1908 -- running until c.1915 -- building demolished late 70s

319 on the Pike, Long Beach  Bentley, Bentley Grand, Empress Bentley, Hart, Hip, Strand
-- opened 1908 -- about 1,500 seats with full stage -- convertted to other uses in 1921
 
314 on the Pike, Long Beach  Art Theatre
-- opened 1907 -- 450 seats -- running until c.1918 -- demolished
 
313 on the Pike, Long Beach Tarrytown Theatre, Palace of Pictures
-- legit venue opened 1907, burned later that year -- rebuilt 1908 -- film venue running until c.1910
 
311 on the Pike, Long Beach Pastime Theatre
-- running c.1912 to c. 1918 -- demolished
 
237 on the Pike, Long Beach Columbia Theatre, Hoyt's, Hoyt's Pantages, Strand, New Strand
-- running by 1910 -- replaced 1919 -- running to the 1960s -- demolished
 
117 on the Pike, Long Beach Rialto Theatre 
-- new entrance c.1917 for older Theatorium around on Board Walk -- ran until 1950
 
347 Pine Ave., Long Beach Laughlin Theatre, Tracy Theatre, Tracy's Laughlin
-- opened 1915 -- 800 seats -- Irving Gill, architect -- closed 1935
 
245 Pine Ave., Long Beach  AMC Pine Square 16
-- opened 1992 -- closed 2010 -- remodeled for condos
 
236 Pine Ave., Long Beach La Petite Theatre  
-- running 1907-1908
 
233 Pine Ave., Long Beach The Lyceum
-- running 1907-1908 -- demolished
 
30 Pine Ave., Long Beach  Fahey's Palace, Palace Theatre, Newsreel Theatre, Palace
-- opened 1916 -- 850 seats -- demolished in the 1980s
 
S. Pine Ave. at E. Seaside Way, Long Beach  Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
-- opened 1906 -- 6,000 capacity -- demolished when a new structure was built nearby in 1932
 
99 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach  Cinemark 14, Cinemark at the Pike Outlets 
-- opened 2003 -- 14 screens -- 3,572 seats -- Blair Ballard, architects
 
13917 Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk   Santa Fe Springs 8, Super Saver 8,
Norwalk 8, Regency Norwalk 8
http://www.regencymovies.com/main.php?theaterId=36
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2660.html -- 1 photo

Plaza Square, Hawthorne -- see the Plaza Theatre Hawthorne Blvd. listing.

Pomona -- in the San Gabriel Valley section

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Queen St., Inglewood  Arcade Theatre
-- silent film house -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/arcade-inglewood.html
 
1226 Queens Highway, Long Beach  The Queen Mary, Queen's Salon
-- maiden voyage 1836 -- retired 1967
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/queen-mary.html

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Rancho Palos Verdes -- see the listings for Deep Valley Dr.  (Regal Promenade 13), S. Western Ave. (Starlight Terrace Cinemas 6) and Silver Spur Rd.(Peninsula Cinema 9, Fox Palos Verdes)

1216 Redondo Ave., Long Beach  Redondo Theatre
-- running in 1918
 
681 Redondo Ave., Long Beach  Ramona Theatre, New Redondo, Ritz Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 520 seats -- burned 1951
 
2500 Redondo Beach Blvd., Torrance     Roadium Drive-In, Paramount D-I
-- open as a swap meet & triplex drive-in -- www.roadium.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/10951/
2010 Ken McIntyre photo  |  vintage screen tower photo |
Daily Breeze article  | 2014 L.A. Times article and photos |

Redondo Beach  The Airdome & the Elite Theatre, both at The Midway
-- in the 1912/13 city directory -- addresses unknown

Redondo Beach -- also see Hawthorne Blvd. (AMC South Bay Galleria 16, South Bay / Redondo Beach 1-2-3), Diamond St. (Art, Fox Redondo) El Paseo (Capitol and Redondo Pavilion/Auditorium), Catalina Ave. (Strand/Surf/Marina 1-2-3)

140 Richmond St.,  El Segundo  El Segundo Theatre, State Theatre, Old Town Music Hall
-- opened 1921 -- 350 seats in the 40s -- 188 seats currently -- running silents and early talkies
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/03/old-town-music-hall.html
 
5500 Riverside Dr. Village Theatre
-- running by 1947 -- closed c.1950 -- demolished for I-5

3105 Riverside Dr.  Los Feliz Drive-In Theatre
-- opened 1950 --- closed 1956 -- demolished -- Glendale Blvd. off ramp from the 5 goes through the site -- listed on a Cinema Tour page under Los Feliz | drawing: Los Angeles Theatres on Facebook | http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53939

1944 Riverside Dr., Elysian Park  Riverside Theatre,  Elysian, New Elysian, Studio Theatre Playhouse, Colony Theatre, Knightsbridge Theatre, Studio Theatre Playhouse (again), Elysian
-- opened c.1927 -- 525 seats originally -- closed in the early 50s -- legit since the mid 1960s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/elysian-theatre.html

812 N. Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood   Polly-K Theatre, Sherman Theatre
-- running 1924 - 1926 -- building now offices
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/sherman-theatre.html

Rolling Hills Estates -- see the Deep Valley Dr. (Regal Promenade Stadium 13) and Silver Spur Rd. (Peninsula Cinema 9) and S. Western Ave. (Starlight Terrace Cinemas 6) listings

2111 E. Rosecrans Ave., Compton   Compton Drive-In
opened 1949 -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3821/
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8ibgr/socaldriveins/compton.htm

Rosecrans &  Sepulveda, Manhattan Beach    Mann Manhattan Village 6,  Pacific's Manhattan Village 6 -- see the listing under  3560 Sepulveda Blvd.

Rosecrans Ave. & Nash,  El Segundo     Pacific's Beach Cities 16,
Beach Cities ArcLight -- see the listing under Nash Ave.

7770 E. Rosecrans Ave., Paramount   Bianchi Stadium 11
opened 1998
www.bianchitheatres.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/19045/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/12969.html -- 2 photos

Rosecrans Ave. & La Mirada Blvd. -- see La Mirada Blvd. -- (Pacific's La Mirada 4
- later 6, La Mirada Theatre)

15296 Rosecrans Ave. (just east of La Mirada Blvd.)  La Mirada   Krikorian 7,
La Mirada Dollar Movies 7
http://www.starplexcinemas.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/15260/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2067.html -- 13 photos

2560 N. Rosemead Blvd., South El Monte  Starlite Drive-In
opened in 1950 -- now a swap meet
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/10747/
http://mysite.verizon.net/res8ibgr/socaldriveins/starlite.htm

3224 Royal St. Shrine Auditorium, Expo Hall
-- opened 1926 -- 6,308 seats -- concerts, special events
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/shrine-auditorium.html

340 Royce Dr., Westwood     Royce Hall
-- opened 1929 -- dance and music events at UCLA
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/royce-hall.html

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618 San Fernando St. San Fernando? Theatre
-- running in 1907
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/san-fernando-theatre.html

San Pedro -- see the 4th St. listings (Fisher's/Idle Hour), 5th St. listings (Empire Theatre, New Theatre), 6th St. listings (Globe, San Pedro Opera House/Electric, Victoria, Warner Grand), 7th St. (Fox Cabrillo, Royal Playhouse), Beacon St. (Alhambra Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Majestic Theatre, Star Theatre), Cabrillo St. (San Pedro Theatre Arts), Gaffey St. (San Pedro Drive-In), Pacific Ave. listings (Barton, Strand)

1221 S. San Pedro St. Garden Theatre
-- in the 1914, 15 and 16 city directories -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/garden-theatre.html

1823 S. San Pedro St.  Alhambra Theatre
-- in the 1913 city directory

2710 S. San Pedro St.  Star Theatre
-- opened c.1910 -- 354 seats -- running until c.1929 -- building survives 

8518 S. San Pedro St.  Castle Theatre
-- Florence-Graham area -- opened 1924 -- 575 seats -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/castle-theatre.html
 
484 S. San Vicente Blvd. Old Movie, Old Time Movie Theatre
-- running in 1945 -- 16mm house

6316 San Vicente Blvd.  Carthay Circle Theatre
-- opened 1926 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/carthay-circle-theatre.html

2603 Santa Ana St. @ Long Beach Blvd.  South Gate  Gem Theatre, Avon Theatre
-- opened in the late 20s ? 1930? -- running into the 50s -- demolished
-- a Ford dealership was occupying the site from about 1959 onward
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/41897 | The Avon is also discussed on the Cinema Treasures page for the Allen: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7652 |

Santa Barbara Blvd. -- renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. -- see the listings under the Ks

Santa Fe Ave. at 223rd St., Long Beach Long Beach Drive-In
-- opened 1955 -- closed 1979 -- demolished for a business park

2170 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach Santa Fe Theatre
-- opened 1946 -- 948 seats -- converted to bowling alley in the 50s -- demolished in the 1980s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/santa-fe-theatre.html

Santa Fe Springs -- see Alondra Blvd. (Sante Fe Springs Drive In Theatre), Pioneer Blvd, Norwalk  (Santa Fe Springs 8, Super Saver 8, Norwalk 8). Cinema Tour also lists a Pacific 3 -- no other data

Santa Monica - those listings also appear on the Westside Theatres by street address page.

214 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica Santa Monica Opera House, Majestic Theatre, Mayfair Theatre, Mayfair Music Hall
-- opened 1911 -- demolished except for a 20s era facade
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/mayfair-theatre.html

11523 Santa Monica Blvd.  Tivoli Theatre, Royal Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- foreign films -- now a triplex
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/royal-theatre.html

11342  Santa Monica Blvd.  Crown Theatre, Sawtelle Theatre
-- in the 1919/20 & 23/24 city directories as at 342 & 504 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Sawtelle --before the street got renumbered.
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/crown-theatre.html

11272 Santa Monica Blvd.   Nuart Theatre
-- opened 1930 -- first run films
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/nuart-theatre.html

Santa Monica Blvd. at Cotner Ave.   Bee Bee Theatre
-- announced 1939 -- never built
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/bee-bee-theatre.html

10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Century City  AMC Century 14, AMC Century City 15
-- the 14-plex opened in 1987 -- the new 15-plex at the back of the mall opened in 2005 -- the earlier theatre was gutted for retail use
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/11/century-city.html

9055 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood  Cinematheque Club, D'Anton Cinematheque, David's Tom Cat Theatre & Lounge
-- started in 1971 as a restaurant / classic film venue -- 82 seats
-- ended as a porno venue -- now retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cinematheque-club.html

8533 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood   Tingle Tangle (in the 1936 city directory), Little Theatre (1937), Pelican Theatre (1942 city directory)

8351 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood.  Players' Ring Theatre
-- LAPL photos: 1959 photo | daytime view | 
-- also see 8325 Santa Monica

8325 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood   Players' Ring Theatre, Gary Theatre, Gallery and Quickie, Pan Andreas, Coast Playhouse
-- running in the 50s as a legit venue -- in the 70s as a revival house -- then porno
-- then a legit venue again -- now owned by the City of West Hollywood
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/coast-playhouse.html
 
8257 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood  Classic - Art
-- opened 1966 as a revival house -- went to porno venue in the 70s 
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/04/16mm-revival-houses.html | 

8253 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood   Quickie Theatre
-- porno venue in the 70s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

8163 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood    Carmel, Paris
-- opened 1924 as the Carmel -- West Coast  Theatres -- closed 1976
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/carmel-theatre.html

7734 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood   Monica Theatre, Left Bank Theatre, Pussycat Theatre, Tomkat Theatre, Studs at the Pussycat Theatre
-- opened in 1940 -- 638 seats -- general releases -- then art -- then porno
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/monica-theatre.html

7312 Santa Monica Blvd.  Federal Experimental Theatre
-- a venue for WPA Federal Theatre Project productions
-- opened with "Backstage" in 1936 -- later "Miracle at Verdun," c.1936
 
6539 Santa Monica Blvd. Fig Tree Theatre, Hudson Theatre
-- undated Fig Tree shot - LAPL - on Facebook  -- opened as the Hudson 1991 - website 

6468 Santa Monica Blvd.  Smodcastle Theatre
-- 50 seats  -- opened 2010 -- owned by Kevin Smith -- now closed
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/33869/

5528 Santa Monica Blvd.  Paramount Theatre, Loma Theatre
-- 900 seats -- opened 1921 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/loma-theatre.html

5462 Santa Monica Blvd.   Tiki Theatre
-- porno venue -- still running
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

342 and 504 Santa Monica Blvd., Sawtelle  Crown Theatre
-- in the 19/20 21, 22 and 23/24 city directories -- about 11380 with the current numbering.
https://sites.google.com/site/losangelesmoviepalaces/crown

395 Santa Monica Place #300 ArcLight Cinemas
-- opened 2015 -- 12 screens -- 1,500 seats
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/arclight-santa-monica.html

1403 Sartori Ave., Torrance    Torrance Theatre
-- opened 1920 -- 705 seats --remodeled in the 50s into a bank
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/03/torrance-theatre.html

1538 Sawtelle Blvd., Sawtelle  National Theatre
-- running in 1913-14 -- original address: 208 N. 4th St. -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/national-theatre.html

Sawtelle district -- also see the Crown Theatre at 11342 Santa Monica Blvd. (after several renumberings), the Royal at 11523 Santa Monica and the Nuart at 11272 Santa Monica Blvd.
 
E. Seaside Way at S. Pine Ave., Long Beach  Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
-- opened 1906 -- 6,000 capacity -- demolished when a new structure was built nearby in 1932
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/long-beach-auditorium-1905.html 
 
145 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach   American Theatre
-- opened c.1912 -- original address 115 E. Seaside -- 450 seats -- closed c.1932 -- demolished
 
207 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach Wigwam, Scott's, Victor, Rainbow, Follies, El Rey
-- opened 1913 - closed in the early 1950s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/victor-long-beach.html
 
219 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach  Ritz Theatre, Capitol Theatre, Tracy Theatre 
-- opened 1925 -- 1,200 seats -- Carl Boller, architect --  closed in the 50s -- demolished 1974
 
225 E. Seaside Way Fairyland Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- 600 seats -- closed in 1924 for construction of the Ritz
 
270 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach  Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
-- opened 1932 -- 1,377 seats in a concert hall, 8,000 capacity exhibition hall -- demolished 1975
 
300 E. Seaside Way, Long Beach  Pacific Terrace Theatre, Terrace Theatre, Long Beach Performing Arts Center
-- opened 1978 -- 3,051 seats

5250 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City  Studio Drive-In
-- demolished -- closed 1993
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/4229/  |  Hoppy photo  |
|  Mid-Century Modern photo  | Stephen Russo photo  |  Hypnotist ad - Woody Wise  |

8610 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Westchester  Loyola Theatre
-- opened 1946 -- 1,248 seats -- Clarence J. Smale architect -- facade remains -- interior now offices
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/loyola-theatre.html

9110 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Westchester  Paradise Theatre
-- opened 1950 -- 1,314 seats -- gutted in 1978 for office use
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/paradise-theatre.html

3560 Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach (Sepulveda & Rosecrans) Mann Manhattan Village 6,  Pacific's Manhattan Village 6
opened 1981 -- closed 2012
http://www.pacifictheatres.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/28832/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2159.html -- 22 photos
 
Signal Hill -- see the Orange Ave. listing Kid Mexico's Miracle Block

735 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates  Fox Palos Verdes Theatre, Mann Palos Verdes Twin
-- opened August 1963 by National General with a 60' screen -- 874 seats -- later twinned -- gutted and now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/08/fox-palos-verdes.html

810 Silver Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates   Peninsula Cinema 9
opened 1984 as a 6 plex on 3rd floor of a mall -- expanded 1986
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/30501/
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2697.html
-- now at the same mall: Regal Avenues 13 -- listed under Deep Valley Dr.

4417 E. Slauson Ave., Maywood  Egyptian Theatre,  Fox Egyptian Theatre, Maywood Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 644 seats -- Evan Jones architect --  demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/maywood-theatre.html

Somerset St. -- it was renamed. See the Bellflower Blvd. listings. 

11202 E. South St., Cerritos  see the Los Cerritos Mall listings  -- UA Twin

6440 E. South St., Lakewood  Lakewood Plaza 6, NAZ8 Cinema 6
-- opened 1989 -- closed?
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2083.html -- 2 photos
http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_los_angeles_lakewood_plaza_ua.htm

South Gate -- see Santa Ana St. (Gem/Avon Theatre),  State St. ( name unknown), Tweedy Blvd. (Garden / South Gate / Allen Theatre), Garfield Ave. (Stadium 20), Long Beach Blvd. (Vogue Theatre), and Firestone Blvd. (South Gate Drive-In) listings.

South Park Ave. -- it was renamed Avalon Blvd. -- see the listings there (Avalon Theatre, Elite Theatre, South Park Theatre).

South Pasadena -- see the Fair Oaks Ave. listings and the Pasadena Theatres page.

649 N. Spring St., Chinatown Sing Lee Theatre, King Hing Theatre
-- opened 1962 -- closed 2001 -- 425 seats -- vacant and stripped out
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/king-hing-theatre.html

Spring St. downtown -- see the Downtown Theatres By Address page 
 
6337 E. Spring St., Long Beach  Plaza Theatre
-- opened 1966 --500 seats -- closed 1977 -- converted into a gym
 
1367 N. St. Andrews Pl.  Assistance League Playhouse, Assistance League Theatre
-- opened 1938 -- 328 seats -- Stiles O. Clement, architect -- live shows
 
700 State Dr. California Science Center IMAX Theatre
-- in Exposition Park
http://www.californiasciencecenter.org 
 
8463 State St. South Gate Name Unknown
-- in the August 22 1925 LA Times -- report of new theatre
-- expected to open in September 25 with a capacity of 300 -- 1st in South Gate
-- see comments on the Los Pinos Cinema Treasures page
-- demolished -- Greenfield Care Center on the site
-- possibly called the South Gate 15 Cent Theatre, advertised along with the Gem in the 40s

Stephenson Ave. -- it got renamed Whittier Blvd. -- see those listings

136 Stonewood St., Downey (Firestone & Lakewood)  Showcase Cinema I & II
-- opened as a single -- operated by Lippert Theatres -- remodeled
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/9906/

Sumner Ave. Avalon, Catalina  Strand Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- 600 seats -- closed 1925
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/03/strand-theatre.html

15140 W. Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades  Bay Theatre
-- opened 1949 -- S. Charles Lee architect - twinned 1972 -- closed in 1978 -- now a hardware store
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/bay-theatre.html

9000 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood   Granada Theatre
-- opened 1967 -- 379 seats -- Walter Reade circuit -- now a bank
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/granada-theatre.html
 
8925 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood  77 Sunset Strip
-- 70s strip club turned porno movie house -- remodeled into a car dealership
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

8816 1/2 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood  Cinematheque 16, Cinematheque 16 Moviehouse, Sun Art, Orpheum Theatre
-- opened early 60s -- demolished in the 80s -- building on site dates from 1986
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cinematheque-16.html

8534 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood  Tiffany Theatre
-- opened 1966 -- repertory film house -- remodeled mid 80s into two 99 seat legit houses
-- closed 2004 -- demolished 2013
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/tiffany-theatre.html

8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood  Laemmle Sunset 5, Sundance Sunset, AMC Dine-In Sunset 5, AMC Sunset 5, Landmark Sunset
-- opened 1992 -- first run mainstream, art and indie fare on 5 screens --  originally 1,118 seats
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/sundance-sunset.html

7920 Sunset Blvd. Directors Guild of America Theater Complex
-- members only screenings
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/dga-theater-complex.html

7425 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood  Granada Theatre, West Coast Hollywood Theatre, Oriental
-- 896 seats - remodeled into Guitar Center space
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/oriental-theatre.html

6464 Sunset Blvd.  Arena Cinelounge Sunset
-- opened 2017 - 48 seats -- indie film venue
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/arena-cinelounge-sunset.html
 
6426 Sunset Blvd. -- see the Cahuenga Blvd. listings for the Hollywood Canteen
-- this was the address used for the building in the 1930s as a bar and nightclub 

6360 Sunset Blvd.  ArcLight Cinemas and the Cinerama Dome
-- first run films until 2020 -- taking a break
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/arclight-cinemas.html
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinerama-dome.html

6230 Sunset Blvd.  Earl Carrol Theatre, Moulin Rouge, Aquarius Theatre, etc
-- vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/earl-carroll-theatre.html

6215 Sunset Blvd.  Palladium
-- music events
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/palladium.html

4473 Sunset Dr. (originally Blvd.)  Bard's Hollywood, Vista Theatre
-- first run films -- opened 1923 -- originally 838 seats, now 344
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/vista-theatre.html

4212 Sunset Blvd. Jail Cafe, Gateway Theatre, Cabaret Concert Theatre, El Cid Restaurant 
-- built c.1910 as a sound stage by D.W. Griffith (Hollywood's first?) --  DWG screened "Birth of a Nation" here -- called the Jail Cafe beginning in 1925 -- became Gateway Theatre in 1932 -- in 1939 city directory as the Gateway Players Club, operated by a F. Hickson -- rebuilt in 1950 as a cabaret space -- became El Cid in 1962  | 1939 Atlanta Constitution article - thanks to Pascal, aka Pax Son | Wikipedia article  | 2003 LA Magazine Article | www.elcidsunset.com/our-story | LAPL photos as the Jail Cafe: exterior 1 - exterior 2 - interior |
 
3307 Sunset Blvd.
possibly a theatre in 1933 -- unconfirmed -- building on site dates from 1928

2139 Sunset Blvd.  Creation Theatre, Garden Theatre, Ramona, HK Studio Theatre, Studio 1,
-- Echo Park area -- opened 1914 -- gutted for retail, now a restaurant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/ramona-theatre.html

1710 Sunset Blvd.  Jensen's Recreation Center
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/holly-theatre.html

1624 Sunset Blvd.  Globe #3, Sunset, Jensen's Theatorium, Hollyway, Holly Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- 732 seats -- remodeled into a branch bank -- was later a market -- vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/holly-theatre.html

Sunset Blvd. changes into W. Cesar Chavez Blvd. going into downtown
 
1035 N. Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades  Bay Theatre
-- opened 2018 - in Palisades Village shopping mall -- 5 screens
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/bay-theatre.html

T

212 N. Tamarind Ave., Compton  Symphony Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 860 seats -- full stage -- destroyed by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/symphony-compton.html

4483 - 4511 Telegraph Rd., Belvedere Gardens Link Theatre, Garden Theatre
-- opened c.1926 -- street sometimes called Anaheim-Telegraph Rd. -- running into the 50s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/garden-east-la.html

2625 W. Temple St. (near Rampart)  Rampart Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/rampart-theatre.html

1703 W. Temple St.  Palms Theatre
-- in the 1914 city directory
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/palms.html
 
W. Temple near Belmont Ave.  Belmont Theatre
-- in the 1913 city directory -- possibly the same theatre as the Palms?
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/palms.html

1044 W. Temple St.  Owl Theatre, Granada Theatre
-- 520 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/11/granada-theatre.html
 
833 Torrance Blvd., Torrance   Alpine Theatre
-- closed -- now a private club called "Klub Haus"
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3494/

5501 Torrance Blvd., Torrance  Torrance Drive-In
-- opened 1955 -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/9623/

Torrance -- also see Carson St. (AMC Del Amo 18),  Del Amo (UA Del Amo, Mann 9),  Airport Dr. (AMC Rolling Hills 20),  Cravens Ave. (Grand, Stadium / Pussycat),  23444 S. Vermont Ave. (Harbor Drive-In), 19800 Hawthorne Blvd. (Old Towne 6),  Redondo Beach Blvd. (Roadium Drive-In)  Pacific Coast Highway (Rolling Hills, UA Torrance), Sartori Ave. (Torrance Theatre)

Torrance Blvd @ Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach  see the Strand Theatre /
Surf Theatre / Marina 1-2-3 listing under Catalina Ave.

12761 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos,  Edwards Cerritos Stadium 10
http://www.regmovies.com   |   http://www.fandango.com

Trolleyway between Pier Ave. and Kinney St., Ocean Park Rosemary Theatre - location #2
-- opened 1912 -- Rosemary moved out in 1913
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/05/rosemary-2.html

3809 Tweedy Blvd., South Gate   Garden Theatre, South Gate Theatre, Allen Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 673 seats -- closed
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/allen-theatre.html

U

USC, University Park area -- see listings on Figueroa St. (Fox Figueroa), Hoover St. (Hoover Theatre, University Village 3), W. 24th St.(Vermont, Union, 24th St.), Jefferson Blvd. (Columbia, Deluxe, Queen, University / Trojan, Shrine Auditorium), State Dr. ( IMAX) and S. Vermont Ave. (Boulevard Theatre, La Tosca Theatre, Vermont Theatre).

V

 703 Venice Blvd. Venice Theattre, Pacific Resident Theatre
--film house in the late 1920s, now legit
 
Venice -- also see Abbott Kinney Pier (Venice Theatre, Venice Auditorium) Ocean Front Walk (California/Venice, Dome, Rosemary, Neptune), Lincoln Blvd. (Fox Venice), Westminster Ave. (Pearl White Theatre) and Windward Ave. (Unique Theatre) listings.
 
8912 Venice Blvd., Culver City Venice Adult Theatre
-- porno venue in the 70s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

1822 N. Vermont Ave.    Los Feliz Theatre
-- opened 1934 -- alive and well with 3 screens
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/los-feliz-theatre.html

1715 N. Vermont Ave. Regal Theatre, Studio Theatre
-- opened 1939 -- 430 seats -- running until 1960 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/studio-theatre.html

1020 N. Vermont Ave. Campus Theatre, Teatro Los Chuperamigos, Teatro Casablanca, Vermont Hollywood
-- opened 1939 -- music venue
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/campus-theatre.html

600 N. Vermont Ave.   The Theatre Mart
-- built 1927 -- "The Drunkard" opened 1933 -- ran 9,477 performances 
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/theatre-mart.html

233 - 241 N. Vermont Ave.  Ravenna Theatre, Chotiner's Ravenna, Hollywood Ravenna
-- opened 1925 -- 798 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/ravenna-theatre.html

Vermont Ave. between 2nd & 3rd. (3440 W. 2nd)  El Patio Ballroom, Palomar Ballroom 
| Wikipedia Article  |

126 S. Vermont Ave. West Coast Belmont, Fox Belmont, Belmont Theatre
-- opened 1926 -- L.A. Smith, architect -- closed and demolished after a 1973 fire
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/belmont-theatre.html

803 S. Vermont   Chotiner's Roosevelt, Chotiner's Parisian, Fox Parisian
-- opened 1922 -- running into the 50s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/parisian-theatre.html

1825 S. Vermont Ave. at Washington Blvd.  West Coast Boulevard, Boulevard Theatre
-- opened 1925 -- 2,300 seats -- building also housed Fox West Coast offices -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/boulevard-theatre-1.html

2930 S. Vermont Ave. Photoplay, Photoplay Theatre #2, La Tosca Theatre
-- opened 1912 -- 640 seats -- foreign film house -- closed in the 70s - demolished c.2015
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/la-tosca-theatre.html

3126 S. Vermont  Queen Photoplay Theatre
-- The magazine Nickelodeon in December, 1910 noted that "O.H. Mennett will erect at 3128 S. Vermont avenue a one-story moving picture theater to cost $6,592."
-- in the 1911 city directory as Knapp & Knapp
-- in the 1912 directory as Queen Photoplay
-- advertising in 1914 as at the corner of Vermont & Jefferson
-- in the 1914 & 15 city directories -- as the Queen in 1916 -- Queen Photoplay in 1919
-- also in the 1914 directory is a listing (possibly erroneous) for "The Queen, es S. Vermont ne cor W 30th" -- which sounds like a listing for the address of the Photoplay #2 at 2930

4012 S. Vermont Ave.  McKinney's Regent, Regent Theatre
-- demolished -- in a 1923 Paramount ad it's listed as the Regent, Vermont & Santa Barbara
-- in the 1923 & 1929 city directories it's the Regent, 4012 S. Vermont -- Vinnicof had it in the 40s
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5043/  | Facebook: ads on Ken's Movie Page |

4365 S. Vermont Ave.   Vermont Theatre
-- opened in 1921 or 22 -- 854 seats -- running into the 1960s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/vermont-theatre.html

4639 S. Vermont Ave.  Vermont Theatre
-- listed in the 1939 city directory, evidently a typo

4821 S. Vermont Ave.  Apollo Theatre, Astor Theatre
-- closed -- now storage -- --in the 1914 through 1921 city directories as the Apollo at 4821
-- listed as the Apollo at 4819 in the 1922 directory -- still running in the 40s as the Astor
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5012/

5421 S. Vermont Ave.  South Vermont Avenue Theatre, Standard Theatre, Colonial Theatre, Rio, Capitol, Round Up Theatre, Colonial Theatre
-- 540 seats --  remodeled - storage
-- in the 1914 city directory as the South Vermont Av Theatre
-- in the 1916 directory it's the Standard -- in  the 1917 through 1922 directories and a 1923 Paramount ad it's the Colonial -- in a 1925 L.A. Times ad the Colonial is listed as part of the United chain --  in the 1929 directory a listing for "W D Fisher" -- in 1936 it's the Colonial 
--  in 1938 it's the Rio -- in 1942 it's the Capitol -- in 1944 the Colonial again
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5057/

5863 S. Vermont Ave. Temple Theatre
-- opened 1922 -- 830 seats -- running into the late 60s -- now retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/temple-vermont.html

7506 - 7510 S. Vermont Ave. Congress Theatre
-- opened 1939 -- 869 seats -- now a church  -- Clarence Smale, architect
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/congress-theatre.html

8140 S. Vermont Ave.  Madrid Theatre, New Madrid
-- opened 1926 -- 831 seats -- now a tire store
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/03/madrid-vermont.html

8713 S. Vermont Ave.  Balboa, West Coast Balboa, Fox Balboa, Pan Andreas West
-- opened 1926 -- L.A. Smith, architect -- was a mosque -- now a production facility
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/balboa-theatre.html

8717 S. Vermont  Jurdan Theatre
-- in the 1922 city directory at 8717 -- in the 1923 directory at 8725 -- Balboa now on the site
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/balboa-theatre.html

11243 S. Vermont Ave.  Southside Theatre
-- opened 1949 -- Clarence J. Smale architect -- 1,466 seats -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/southside-theatre.html

14023 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena  Little Fox Theatre
-- 449 seats -- now a church? demolished?
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/20277/

15401 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena    Embassy Theatre, Alamo Theatre
-- opened 1928 or 29 -- closed around 1946 -- some of the building survives as the Hustler casino
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/embassy-gardena.html

17737 S. Vermont Blvd., Gardena   Vermont Drive-In, Twin-Vue Drive-In
-- opened 1944 -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2414/ | Photos of LA: screen tower mural |
| https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/01/13/south-bay-history-gardenas-vermont-drive-in  |

23444 S. Vermont Ave., Torrance   Harbor Drive-In
-- in Harbor City -- near Sepulveda -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/4111/

Vernon and Moneta Ave. / S. Broadway   Strand Theatre
-- opened 1921 -- 892 seats -- burned 1965 -- storefronts remain -- auditorium demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/09/strand-broadway.html

1029 E. Vernon Ave.  Wesley Little Theatre
-- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/15923/

1063 E. Vernon Ave.  Lomax's Theatre, Movie Show Theatre
275 seats -- demolished  -- 1911 ad - Photos of Los Angeles
-- in the 1911 city directory as Lomax's Theatre, 1057 E. Vernon
-- in the 1912 city directory as 1016 E. Vernon -- a typo -- in 1913 it's 1061, still as Lomax's
--in the 1914 city directory as the Movie Show Theatre, 1063
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/20859/

1605 E. Vernon Ave.,  Vernon    Vogue Theatre, Vernon Theatre
-- 490 seats -- in the 1929 city directory -- demolished
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/28818/
 
4129 Viking Way, Long Beach  Triangle Cinema, Coronet Theatre, Paradise Theatre
-- opened 1973 -- 360 seats -- closed 1990 -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/paradise-long-beach.html

1775 Vine St., Hollywood  Avalon, Hollywood Playhouse, El Capitan, Hollywood Palace
-- music club
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/hollywood-playhouse.html

1615 Vine St.  Wilkes' Vine Street, Vine St., Mirror, Studio, Hartford, Doolittle, Montalban
-- 1,200 seats originally - legit shows
http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/montalban.html

1313 Vine St., Hollywood  Linwood Dunn Theatre
-- 286 seats -- AMPAS screenings
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/linwood-dunn-theatre.html

1228 Vine St.  Filmarte Theatre
-- 900 seats --rebuilt as office space
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/filmarte-theatre.html


W

3014 Wabash Ave.,  Boyle Heights / City Terrace Wabash Theatre
-- opened 1925 -- 887 seats -- running into the 50s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/wabash-theatre.html

Walnut Park -- see the Nadeau St. listing (Nadeau Theatre) and the Pacific Blvd. listings (Lyric Theatre).  

9919 Washington Blvd., Culver City  Mann 6 Theatres Culver Plaza, Culver Plaza Theatres
-- opened 2003 -- 1,470 seats -- it was first run films on 6 screens -- closed December 2011
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/10/culver-plaza.html

9820 Washington Blvd. Culver City  Culver Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre
-- opened 1947 - 1,091 seats -- Albert Walker & Carl G. Moeller architects
-- closed 1989 -- remodeled for legit theatre
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-theatre.html

4720 W. Washington Blvd.  Rimpau Theatre, Metro Theatre, Ebony Showcase
-- opened c.1923 or earlier 750 seats -- demolished 1998
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/ebony-showcase.html

4718 W. Washington Blvd. Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
-- 399 seats -- on site of the Ebony Showcase -- named for a city councilman
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/ebony-showcase.html

2517 W. Washington Blvd. Arlington Theatre
-- 792 seats -- opened 1923 -- building still standing, remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/arlington-theatre.html

2488 W. Washington Blvd. Arlington Theatre, United, Gem, Maynard Theatre
-- opened 1913 -- 567 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/maynard-theatre.html

1615 W. Washington Blvd.  West Coast Boulevard, Boulevard
-- opened 1925 -- at Vermont Ave. -- 2,300 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/boulevard-theatre-1.htm 

1211 W. Washington  The Hippodrome
-- in the 1911 city directory

737 - 747 W. Washington Blvd. Photo Play, Washington Photoplay, Wellenbrink's Photoplay, Washington Theatre
679 seats -- demolished  -- advertised in 1914 as "The Theatre Beautiful"  at 737
-- in the 1914 city directory as the Photo Play at 739  -- in an ad in the Times in 1918
-- in the 1915, 18 & 19 directories as at 747
-- it's called the Washington Photoplay in the 1921 & 22 directories
-- it's in a 1923 Paramount ad as the Washington, 737 W. Washington
-- at 747 in the 1929 directory -- in 1941 Film Daily Yearbook it's the Washington
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5050/

Washington Blvd. at S. Main St. Chutes Theater, Luna Park Theatre
-- opened 1901 in Chutes Park -- 1,400 seats-- renamed Luna park 1910 -- demolished 1914
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/chutes-theatre.html

Watts -- see the 103rd St. listings (Largo Theatre, Yeager/Linda Theatre), Graham Ave. (Palace / Sonora Theatre)

10889 Wellworth Ave. at Westwood Blvd., UA Cinema Center,  Coronet, UA Westwood 4, UA Westwood 3
-- opened 1972 -- closed 2001 -- now a CVS drugstore
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/ua-westwood.html

West Adams area -- See listings for W. Adams Blvd., Jefferson Blvd. and W. 24th St.

6407 West Blvd., Inglewood   Seville Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 786 seats -- running into the early 50s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/seville-theatre.html

Westchester -- see the Center Dr. (Rave 18), Sepulveda Blvd. (Loyola, Paradise), Centinela Ave. (Centinela Drive-In) and La Tijera Blvd. (La Tijera Theatre) listings

1508 N. Western Ave.   Sunset, Pussycat
-- opened c.1929 -- foreign, revivals, later porno -- demolished 2003
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/sunset-theatre.html

1122 N. Western Ave.  Cinema Theatre
-- opened 1939 -- S. Charles Lee-- 700 seats -- now a church
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cinema-theatre.html
 
1120 N. Western Ave. Adult Movies
-- running in the 1970s -- building demolished in the 1980s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

1082 N. Western  Flick Theatre
-- porno venue from late 60s into the 80s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html

1066 N. Western Ave  Film Festival Theatre
-- porno venue in the 70s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/storefront-porno.html
 
713 N. Western Ave.  Projection Room Theatre
-- porno venue

526 N. Western Ave.  Clinton Theatre
-- 750 seats -- now retail -- 1 1/2 blocks south of Melrose
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/clinton-theatre.html

143 S. Western Ave.   Wilshire Theatre
-- in the 1915 and 1916 city directories
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/wilshire-theatre.html

221 S. Western Ave.  Windsor Theatre
-- in the 1918 through 1922 city directories -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/windsor-theatre.html

331 S. Western Ave. Wilshire Theatre, Embassy
-- opened 1921 -- rebuilt as retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/embassy-theatre.html

Western @ Wilshire  Warner Bros. Western, Wiltern
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/wiltern-theatre.html

621 S. Western Ave. @ Wilshire  CGV Cinemas LA
-- opened 2010 -- a triplex -- 580 seats -- Korean and Hollywood films
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cgv-cinemas.html

1008 S. Western Ave. West Coast Uptown, Fox Uptown
-- 1600 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/uptown-theatre.html

3930 S. Western Ave. Western Theatre, Fox Western Theatre
-- opened 1926 or 1927 -- 904 seats -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/western-theatre.html

3945-49 S. Western Ave. Gay Theatre, Home Theatre
-- opened 1915 -- 500 seats -- in the 1915 city directory as the Gay at 3945, in 1916 as at 3943-45
-- in the 1917, 19, 21 and 22 directories as the Gay, 3945
-- in a 1923 Paramount ad it's listed as the Home Theater, 3949
-- in the 1923 city directory it's at 3945
-- 1915 ad, 1922 listing, 1959 ad as furniture store - Photos of Los Angeles |
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/20458/

4521 S. Western Ave. Western Avenue Wonder Theatre, Rivoli Theatre
-- opened 1921 -- 870 seats -- Lewis A. Smith, architect -- running into the mid 1930s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/rivoli-theatre.html

4711 S. Western Ave.  Crescent Theatre
-- listed at 4709 in the 1915 through 1918 city directories
-- at 4711 in the 1921, 1922 and 1923 directories -- it's in a 1923 Paramount ad
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/20459/

5409 S. Western Ave.  Carlton Theatre
-- opened 1924 -- 1,192 seats -- running into the 1950s -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/carlton-theatre.html

6610 S. Western Ave.  Knoll Theatre
-- Chesterfield Square area -- demolished -- May 1928 and 1932 clippings - Photos of L.A.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/5026/

8862 S. Western Ave., Gramercy Park  Alto Theatre
-- opened 1939 -- 894 seats -- a church since 1955
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/alto-theatre.html

11239 S. Western Ave.   Rio Theatre
-- opened 1948 -- 1,100 sears -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/rio-theatre.html

28901 S. Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes  Krikorian Terrace 6, Regal, Starlight Terrace Cinemas
-- first run films on 6 screens -- opened late 80s
www.terracecinemas.com
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/32978/

350 Westminster Ave., Venice  Pearl White Theatre
-- a legit venue

1262 Westwood Blvd., Westwood   UCLAN, Crest, Metro, Pacific's Crest, Majestic Crest, Bigfoot Crest, UCLA Nimoy Theatre
-- opened 1940 -- getting renovated by UCLA
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/crest-theatre.html

Westwood Blvd @ Wellworth Ave., Westwood  UA Coronet, UA Westwood 4, United Artists Westwood 3
-- closed 2001 -- now a CVS drugstore
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/ua-westwood.html

Westwood -- see the Westwood and Brentwood section and Westside Theatres by Address

Whittier Blvd. starts when heading east from downtown on 6th St. and crossing the Los Angeles River.

2312 Whittier Blvd., Boyle Heights Monterey Theatre, La Blanquita, Teatro Blanquita
-- opened c.1939 -- 890 seats -- vacant
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/monterey-east-la.html

2806 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles Crystal Theatre
-- opened 1923 -- 806 seats -- Julian T. Zeller, architect -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/crystal-east-la.html

3029 Whittier Blvd. (Stephenson Ave.), East Los Angeles Euclid Theatre, Star Theatre
--opened c.1913 -- closed a bit then running again c.1921-1923 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/star-east-la.html

3814 Whittier Blvd. (Stephenson Ave.), East Los Angeles Family Theatre
-- running c.1913-1916 -- demolished
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/family-east-la.html

3817 Whittier Blvd. (Stephenson Ave.), East Los Angeles Jewel Theatre
-- opened 1921 -- 770 seats -- running until c.1958 -- now garment manufacturing
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/jewel-east-la.html

3878 Whittier Blvd. (Stephenson Ave.), East Los Angeles Bell's? Theatre
-- listed in the 1914 city directory with no name but G.F. Bell as the proprietor
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/bells-east-la.html

3937 Whittier Blvd. (Stephenson Ave.), East Los Angeles Ivy Theatre
-- running by 1914 -- closed early 20s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/ivy-theatre.html 

4232 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles  Strand Theatre, Swickard's Strand
-- opened 1928 -- 990 seats -- closed 1952 -- now a warehouse
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/strand-east-la.html

4549 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles Red Mill Theatre, Boulevard Theatre, New Boulevard, Teatro Boulevard, Huggy Boy Theatre
-- original address 5217 Whittier -- opened c.1923 -- 916 seats -- Frank Meline, architect -- churched
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/boulevard-east-la.html

4760 Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles Center Theatre
-- opened 1926 -- 690 seats -- closed c.1971 -- now retail
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/center-east-la.html

5123 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles Royale Theatre
-- opened around 1942 -- 694 seats -- now a laundromat
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/royale-theatre.html 

5136 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles United Artists Theatre, Alameda Theatre
-- opened early 30s -- 916 seats -- converted to retail in the 80s
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/united-artists-eastla.html

5176 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles Golden Gate Theatre
-- opened in 1928 -- 1,345 seats -- closed in 1986 -- now a drug store
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/07/golden-gate-theatre.html

Whittier & Goodrich, Commerce  Pacific Commerce, Regency Commerce 14 
 -- opened by Pacific as a 4 plex
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33026

2325 W. Whittier Blvd., Montebello Garmar Theatre
-- opened 1950 -- 998 seats -- S. Charles Lee, architect -- demolished 1981
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/garmar-theatre.html

712 W. Whittier Blvd, Montebello New Vogue Theatre, Vogue Theatre, Vogue Fine Arts 
-- opened 1937 -- S. Charles Lee, architect -- running until 1966 -- now a hair salon
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/vogue-montebello.html

605 W. Whittier Blvd., Montebello  Cameo Theatre
-- running in the 30s -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/cameo-montebello.html

520 W. Whittier Blvd., Montebello Montebello? Theatre
-- building dates from 1915 -- running in the 20s and 30s -- actual name unknown -- remodeled
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/montebello-theatre.html

Whittier Blvd., Pico Rivera -- in the San Gabriel Valley by address listings

Whittier Blvd., Whittier -- and other Whittier listings  -- in the San Gabriel Valley listings
 
Wilcox and Yucca, Hollywood  Old Movie Club, Old Time Movie
-- 16mm silent movie house running in 1946 and 1947
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/04/16mm-revival-houses.html  

1717 Wilcox Ave., Hollywood  Tom & Cat Theatre
-- a porno venue running in 1970 and 1971 -- now remodeled
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23429

Willowbrook -- see the Burton Ave. listings (Willowbrook Theatre) and El Segundo Blvd. listing (Valuskis Theatre)

Wilmington -- see the Avalon Blvd. listings (Avalon Theatre, Capitola Theatre, Granada Theatre)

Wilshire Blvd. --  see the Westside Theatres by Address page

 Windward Ave., Venice  Unique Theatre
-- running in 1907
 
X
 
1633 Ximeno Ave., Long Beach  Circle Drive-In, Pacific's Circle Drive-In
-- opened 1951 -- closed 1985 -- site redeveloped
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/circle-drive-in.html

Y

4949 York Blvd., Highland Park    York Theatre, Bob Baker Marionette Theatre
-- opened 1923 -- 700 seats at one time
https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/07/york-theatre.html
 
Yucca at Wilcox, Hollywood  Old Movie Club, Old Time Movie
-- 16mm silent movie house running in 1946 and 1947

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