New Century Theater
816 Larkin Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94109
816 Larkin Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94109
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The Larkin Theater opened in 1916, but didn’t gain importance in San Francisco until the 1930’s when, together with the Clay Theater, it became a primary venue for foreign films.
By the 1950’s it had become so popular that long runs such as “Diabolique” and “La Dolce Vita” tied up its single screen for weeks and sometimes months at a time.
By the late-1970’s this was all over, it was renamed the Century Theater, and became an adult venue, and as such continues to prosper today as the New Century Theater.
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A while after it had opened in New York in August of 1947, Vittorio De Sica’s film “Shoe Shine” played at the Larkin for eight weeks. That shattering neo-realist movie about the aftermath of World War II and life in a boys' prison was distributed at the time by Lopert Films, Inc.
I saw Bernardo Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution for the umteenth time here in June, 1973.
My photograph of the CENTURY View link
Is this theater still showing gay films, and is it a members only cinema?
Blurb in the LA Times, dated 3/3/78:
The Mitchell Brothers, Artie & Jim, will give the San Francisco Larkin Theater six months to fare well as a straight movie house, with foreign classics and short experimental films slated on the bill of fare. Otherwise, the former porno house will “go gay hardcore”.
The name on this theaters website is New Century Theater which you can find by doing a Google search using that name. I don’t see any type of movies listed for this theater. A better choice for the function above would be Live Performances.
From Boxoffice magazine, May 1950:
“The Titan” in its third week at the Larkin Theater, San Francisco, is being exploited by Quinten Lacey, exploiteer from United Artists.
Here is another photo.
1974 Photo
2009 photo of the Century Tehatre.
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