Green Parrot Theatre
1419 1st Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98101
1419 1st Avenue,
Seattle,
WA
98101
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I have no record of the opening date of the Green Parrot Theatre, but I have it Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook, 1941.
It became a popular 24/7 grind house that was favoured by homeless street people looking for a place to spend the night. Its last years of operation were as a X-rated adult porn cinema who’s patrons gave it the nick-name ‘the dirty bird’.
It had a fire in October 1979 and was closed, never to re-open again and it was demolished.
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KenRoe
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From what I understand, it showed a lot of sci-fi triple bills in the 1960’s prior to its porn house incarnation.
Michael Copner (publisher of Cult Movies magazine) once was a projectionist here during the 1970’s.
here’s a shot from the circa-70’s.
There are 20 photos of the Green Parrot on this site. Enter Green Parrot as a search term:
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/phot1.htm
the picture shown is a alley near the old theatre