Park Theatre
710 S. Alvarado Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90057
710 S. Alvarado Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90057
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Two photos from the UCLA COllection showing the theater in the 1930’s, before remodeling:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/06/i0010603.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/06/i0010602.jpg
From the UCLA Collection:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/06/i0010601.jpg
The Alvarado theatre originally opened in 1911 and had a Clasical facade that had doric columns supporting a pediment. It was re-modelled by S. Charles Lee in 1936 and given an Art Moderne styling.
It was re-named the Park Theatre in the 1960’s and began screening porn movies. In June 1968 it began screening gay programmes (the first theatre in LA to do so)and billed it as ‘A Most Unusual Film Festival’ when underground films such as Jonas & Adolfas Mekas “The Brig”, Jack Smith’s “Flaming Creatures”, Warhol’s “My Hustler” and a Kenneth Anger Trilogy were played. Support programmes included the gay soft core titles “Love is Blue”, “Nudist Beach Boy Surfers”, “Boys out to Ball” and “An Interlude in the Desert” also Warhol’s “B-J” (call theatre for title!).
The Park Theatre reverted back to general realease films in the 1970’s when it was twinned but it closed in 1986 and was gutted. It is now in use as a ‘swap meet’ market, similar to its neighbor the Westlake Theatre.
A 1973 ad shows 710 S. Alvarado as being the Park Theatre? The double bill was “The Don is Dead” and “Terminal Island”.
The Alvarado Theatre was located at 710 S. Alvarado Street.