Long Beach Theater
32 Long Beach Boulevard,
Long Beach,
CA
90802
32 Long Beach Boulevard,
Long Beach,
CA
90802
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The Long Beach Theater was built in 1922 for vaudeville. A few years later it was converted to motion pictures. The theater was on American Avenue, which later became Long Beach Boulevard. The building was razed for a parking lot in November 1952.
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Ken McIntyre
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The Long Beach Independent had a front page story on the demolition of the theater, but the date was 11/13/52, not September as I stated above.
http://tinyurl.com/5z25xv
Plans for a new theater on American Avenue at the corner of Bunce Avenue (actually called Bunce Way, which was an alley half a block north of Ocean Avenue) were announced in the June 11, 1920 issue of Southwest Builder & Contractor. It was being designed by the firm of Walker & Eisen. Early references to this theater in the L.A. Library’s California Index call it either the Empire Theatre (apparently its opening name) or the Mission Theatre (on cards citing articles from 1924 about an enlargement of the stage and proscenium, with plans by Long Beach architect H.L. Gogerty.)
This is a sketch for a Long Beach Theater that may never have been built, according to the caption:
http://tinyurl.com/yyl9fp7
Could this be it on the left? I’ve looked through all the Long Beach listings, and this is the only one that looks to be the right distance away from the back of the Fox West Coast
Whoops, helps if I include the link:
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No, that is the United Artists Long Beach Theatre. See my comment on the Fox West Coast page.