Opened: Unknown. It was running in the mid-20s. It's mentioned in a May 31, 1925 L.A. Times article: "...Another Chinese theater, not so new or westernized as The Mandarin (323 Jackson Street), is maintained at 114 Court Street. The Sun Jung Wah Company includes a number of actors whose names are familiar to oriental audiences on the Pacific Coast."
The theatre on Court St., then in a phase as a Chinese drama house, was earlier known as the Cineograph. Thanks to Jeff Bridges for finding the Times item for a post on the Cinema Treasures page about that theatre.
Status: It's been demolished -- the closing date is unknown. The location was on Jackson between San Pedro and Alameda -- a portion of the street that no longer exists. The whole area has been redeveloped. Near the site now are the East West Players, the Japanese American Museum and MOCA's Geffen Contemporary.
This detail from plate 004 of the 1921 Baist Real Estate Survey from Historic Map Works shows the now-vanished 300 block of Jackson St. (formerly Turner) in the middle of the image. It was east of San Pedro St. and north of 1st.
Looking west from the MOCA Geffen Contemporary up what had been Jackson St. The Mandarin Theatre would have been on the right, now a parking area. We're looking toward San Pedro St. This block of it is now called Judge John Aiso St. On the left it's the East West Players, a theatre space in a former church.
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