Golden Harvest Theatre
1152 Smith Street,
Honolulu,
HI
96817
1152 Smith Street,
Honolulu,
HI
96817
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The last of the Hawaiian ethnic movie theatres was sold to make way for a Christian Broadcasting center. The Golden Harvest was a twin theatre located on Smith Street near Beretania Street. The theatre opened in 1981 and closed in 1995 after the operator, Golden Reserves Hawaii LTD’s lease expired. The theatre largely ran Chinese language movies and martial arts films. While the Golden Harvest did well initially, it struggled in the last two years.
The theatre’s closing marked an end of an era for ethnic movies in Hawaii, an era that included the Japanese language Toya and Nippon Theatres, the Filipino language Zamboango Theatre, and the Chinese language Liberty Theatre. All of those theatres no longer exist.
Contributed by
Chuck Van Bibber
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The address for this theater was:
1152 Smith St
Honolulu, HI 96817
Here is a small photo and the article about this theater being sold.
This is a May 2009 photo.
This theatre should have AKA Palace Theatre and Asian Cinema Center.