Aztec Theatre
665 Fifth Avenue,
San Diego,
CA
92101
665 Fifth Avenue,
San Diego,
CA
92101
9 people
favorited this theater
Opened in 1919 as the California Theatre. It preceeded the New California Theatre which opened in 1927. This theatre was then renamed Aztec Theatre. Both theaters were Fox Houses. In the early-1970’s it was operated by Pussycat Theatres, keeping the Aztec name.
Contributed by
William Gabel
Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater
Recent comments (view all 32 comments)
P.S. When Andy and Charlie bought the Aztec, they bought it from the Russo (sp?) family. Preferred had gone out of business. I distinctly remember Mr. Walker commenting that they had done him out of his retirement when they went out of business.
The San Diego Reader has compiled all the Walnut articles onto one webpage, along with around 100 graphics and photos that never appeared in ANY of the published versions. Also included is a Pussycat Theatre mini-history, updates on various Walnut-related lawsuits, etc.
RE the Aztec, there’s a new addition to the article that refutes some info in the book that says Black Dahlia murder victim Betty Short saw a movie at the Aztec and stayed with an employee just before going to LA and getting killed. An old newspaper ad reproduced on the Reader page shows the ACTUAL movie Short saw, which was not the movie listed in the book – in fact, very oddly, Short saw “The Blue Dahlia” at the Aztec just before going to LA! A hitherto unknown and fascinating fact that Black Dahlia buffs will want to check into ——– the old Aztec ad was found and provided by blogger myspace.com/sandiegocinerama, where a BUNCH of old Aztec ads (and ads for other San Diego theaters) are scanned.
View link
The Aztec and an adult theater next door can be seen in this 1984 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/deub3a
There is a photo of the current occupant on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/c25r3w
This view of the Aztec is from 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/cfrlzc
1983 Night Photo
Nice photos, thanks.
I saw Psycho II when it was released in 1983. It was a disappointment, but what would you expect?
Are you doing movie reviews?
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/nu4sme