Cannery Cinema
2801 Leavenworth Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94133
2801 Leavenworth Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94133
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The Cannery opened and closed several times during its time as a theater. At one time between closings, it was a live theater.
The Cannery was a single-screen theater.
The Cannery’s status is “Closed.”
The Cannery Cinema was open during the mid-1970s and for several months showed a wonderful film called “Above San Francisco” narriated by Orson Welles. It was a 35 minute film which featured aerial shots of the city along with historic footage of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition and the Cliff House. The film later became a coffee table book. The tourists loved it… and so did I!
The Cannery Cimema was very small. I am guessing 100 seats or so. It was nothing more than a large room on the south east corner of the main floor of the building lined in heavy drapes. The floor was only slightly raised at the rear. I also remember seeing “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” with Joanne Woodward there. I could never forget that title!
I too saw Above San Francisco here as a tourist in June of 1973.
This was a little theatre. I saw a couple of movies there.
We used to go to the movie and take the elevator afterwards up to the Hungry Tiger (this was in the early 70s) and would eat our fill of the incredibly cheap lobsters this place served. Best seafood place I ever ate at.
Sadly both the small theatre and the restaurant are gone.
For awhile I had a flier advertising Linda Blair appearing in a live stage play there sometime after it became a live theatre.
I saw Above San Francisco there too. A great film and wonder why no one has updated it.
George Senda
Concord Ca
I took my friend there in 1985 to see “Amadeus.” The Cannery was the puniest theater I had ever seen. Sorry to hear it’s gone.
This was the Cannery in 1986.
I remember ABOVE SAN FRANCISCO at the pocket-sized Cannery Cinema back in the 1970’s. The film moved there for a short time after leaving an equally tiny venue two blocks away at Ghirardelli Square. I can still recall the verses by Robert Louis Stevenson intoned by the amazing Orson Welles as part of his narration.