X 1 & 2 Theaters
5959 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
5959 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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X marks the spot!
Very interesting history you guys have put together on this theatre,Thanks for the pictures.
There will be a charge for this. The year given for the first photo is 1983 and the second is 1982.
Here are a couple of early 80s photos:
http://tinyurl.com/djxpu2
http://tinyurl.com/d3vrsj
I seem to recall that when Legend did his schlock movie programs in the early 90s they shared the parking lot with the Florentine Gardens patrons (I think we showed the parking lot attendants our theater stub or something). Wonder why they can’t do something like this again.
Great link from LM. You can even see the already closed World Theater next to it. It’s not exactly the same photo as the cars on the street are different. According to Johnny Legend, when the theater was built it was named the Adam and Eve and changed to the X name later. When Tobalina pulled out (pardon the pun) it became the Hawaiian Gardens. He said the right side, where the mainstream films played, was by far the best with 150 seats, better sight lines, etc. The left side was a poor design with a dark picture. He said the place has been empty since 1992 but hasn’t been turned into anything because the parking lot has been a gold mine for the owners. He again mentioned the former manager and what a total nut case he was.
So sad. All that wasted space. Well I’m glad I was there for the Hollywood Gardens screenings at least.
Here is a photo taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/5y34ko
No need to do that. Here is the same photo from the same source.
Can’t the original poster just crop/resize it so the “X” shows? Give me 2 seconds in Photoshop and I can do it.
The photo is too large for this page.
You cut off the part that shows the X. See post of 11/7/07.
In the February 10, 1971, issue of the Los Angeles Times, this twin theatre was going by the names Adam Theatre and Eve Theatre. In the Independent Theatre listings (the two names were listed individually in the alphabetically arranged Hollywood section, even though they shared both one address and one telephone number), the Adam’s entry says “Latest Adult Sound Films” and the Eve’s says “Adults Movies”, but the same issue of the paper contains a good-sized display ad (two columns and two inches) for the Eve Theatre which gives its current attraction as West Side Story, and the ad is complete with Oscar icon and that movie’s famous fire-escape-motif logo. I’ve searched the theatre section of that issue of The Times for a display ad for the Adam, but found none. Apparently, they did actually run West Side Story on one screen and some ‘70s porn flick on the other.
This theatre is for sale. Real estate broker is Well-Being Realty
Here are a few photos:
http://tinyurl.com/23o33m
http://tinyurl.com/2dpwsl
Macumba is a religion practiced in Brazil, if anyone was wondering. It involves placing offerings of cigars, alcohol and dead poultry on the street to appease the spirits. The ad is from the LA Times in December 1974:
http://tinyurl.com/2sk7fp
Seems interesting — I’ll have to get it for – uh – research. ;]
Seriously though, any films – adult or not, that show this area back in the day are intriguing to me. I’d love to see some footage of Hollywood theaters like the Vine or the Ritz or even downtown L.A. theaters like the Orpheum or the Million dollar back when they were mainstream theaters.
The X 1 & 2…
LOL
That does scream 70’s doesn’t it?
Scott — I have never heard of this film. An “adults only” perhaps? Do you know where one can get it?
In the just released DVD Reflections in Love (Carlos Tobalina, 1971), there is footage of the exterior & the lobby of this theater (you can see the ticket booth, part of the snack bar, and the staircase & door to the projection booth). In that part of the film, there is a re-enactment of a theater raid (for obscenity). The film also has footage of the Mayan & the Las Palmas theaters during this time.
This theater is shown in the film “The Unheard Music”.
All three theatres were very close together, but I don’t think they were all open at the same time. I’m pretty sure the Hawaii closed a few years before the building the X 1&2 was in was converted into a theatre. I can’t remember what was in that building before.
So Left to right on Hollywood Blvd, there was the World, X1&X2 and the Hawaii, all on the same block? amazing. Now this area is a total eyesore. It’s hard to imagine people flocking to this part of Hollywood blvd. for one theater let alone three.
shatter: The World was in the dark building at far left, beyond the parking lot you can see in the first of the three pictures hollywood90038 linked to above. If you look at the third of the three pictures, you can see a corner of the building where the Hawaii Theatre was located, just past another parking lot east of the Florentine Gardens.
where exactly was the World theater in relation to the X1&2?