Bonito Theatre

410 N. Ford Boulevard,
East Los Angeles, CA 90022

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Bonito Theatre

The Bonita Theatre is located in the Belvedere district of East Los Angeles. It was built in 1925. It became the Bonita Theatre on December 1, 1946.

Contributed by William Gabel

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on June 2, 2007 at 12:57 pm

Joe; The Garden Theatre was located at 4511 Anaheim Road, Belvedere Gardens. Other theatres listed in this district in 1950 were….Golden Gate, New Boulevard, Royale, Strand and United Artists all of which were on Whittier Boulevard.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 3, 2007 at 9:46 am

On 1/22/50, the features were “Barbary Pirate” and “Fury at Furnace Creek”.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 3, 2007 at 2:42 pm

LA Times lists the Keystone theater at 1520 E. 1st on 4/9/42. Is this theater listed under another name?

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 3, 2007 at 3:08 pm

The theatre that Cinema Treasures has listed at 1520 E. First St. is called the Aliso Theatre. It probably got renamed when the Aliso Village housing project was built across the street.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on June 3, 2007 at 3:25 pm

KenRoe: Anaheim Road must refer to the street now called Telegraph Road, which shows up on old maps as Anaheim-Telegraph Road. Interestingly, the 4500 E. block was probably right at the southern end of Ford Boulevard, so the Garden was probably about a mile and a half south of the Bonito. The Garden would most likely be gone now, as the intersection of Anaheim-Telegraph Road and Ford Boulevard was pretty much obliterated by the construction of the Long Beach Freeway-Santa Ana Freeway interchange.

I don’t think the Garden Theatre is listed at Cinema Treasures.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 23, 2007 at 10:18 am

There is a print shop on the first floor. I took a couple of photos. Status should be changed to retail.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 9, 2008 at 9:13 pm

The L.A. County Assessor’s office gives the date of construction for the 7403 sq.ft. building at this address as 1925.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 30, 2019 at 3:02 pm

1st listing in the LA Times: December 1st, 1946.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on September 30, 2019 at 3:47 pm

A 1946 opening under the name Bonito Theatre indicates that there is probably a missing aka, as the building (which in the vintage photo looks like it has a stage house) dates from 1925. The reliable Bill Counter says the remodeled building is currently in use as a print shop.

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