El Monte Theatre

11020 Valley Mall,
El Monte, CA 91731

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El Monte Theatre

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The El Monte was built for Sanborn Theatres in 1939. It was twinned in later years before closing.

Contributed by William Gabel

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 3, 2007 at 8:55 pm

This is a website for a recently added theater in Temecula. I don’t know what the connection is between the El Monte and the Temecula theater:
http://www.themovieexperience.com/

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 3, 2007 at 9:39 pm

The El Monte was built for Arthur Sanborn, founder of Sanborn Theatres, which today operates using the name The Movie Experience.

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on January 3, 2008 at 6:32 pm

I stopped by yesterday. The vertical El Monte sign remains, but there’s little else left of this place.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 15, 2008 at 9:12 am

This theater is for sale on Loopnet.

DonSolosan
DonSolosan on January 15, 2008 at 1:37 pm

The building has been stripped bare, and they’re planning on using it for retail, so it’s not really a theater any more.

Hilltopper11
Hilltopper11 on November 20, 2008 at 11:52 am

It’s hard to believe now, but in the 1950’s this was a going concern. Around 1955, we went to see “Song of the South” at a Saturday matinee. We lined up down Valley, and when we finally got into the show, they were seating us IN THE AISLES on the floor, aligning a row with a seat row, filling each aisle about halfway across. I think they got an additional 2 or 3 kids per row doing this. Hey what did I know, it was 4th grade!

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 23, 2009 at 1:57 pm

The year given for this photo is 1984.

coweyhere
coweyhere on November 6, 2010 at 11:08 pm

A photo from Sept 2009:

View link

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on March 11, 2012 at 12:02 pm

The CBS show “48 Hours Mystery” had a shot of the theater marquee in a recent show.

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