Valley Guild Theatre
5161 Lankershim Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
91601
5161 Lankershim Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
91601
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Fox West Coast Theatres, Mann Theatres, National General Theatres, Pussycat Theatres
Architects: Simeon Charles Lee
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Valley Theatre
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Locared in the Valley Village district, just to the south of North Hollywood. The Valley Theatre opened in 1938. On April 19, 1955 it was renamed Valley Guild Theatre. It was a District 2 Fox West Coast Theatres house that served as move-over theatre for the nearby El Portal Theatre.
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I once worked here showing the film Shampoo
This letter to the LA Times was written by a Mr. R.A. Simon on 7/24/77. It does not appear that Mr. Simon was a patron of the Pussycat Theater:
“This is part of a letter written to Councilman Joel Wachs. Certain tragic circumstances have come to my notice that the old El Portal Theater is being sold and is to be razed shortly and the Guild Theater is to be to become a porno house.
It would appear that the filth-peddlers, being forced out of Hollywood proper, are spreading their disease to the suburbs. Since the only other theater in North Hollywood (the old Lankershim Theater) is also porno, perhaps the City Council should consider making this a “red-light district” and bring to the residents the crime, pimping and prostitution that go hand-in-hand.
It seems to me that the theater owners are determined to sell to any get-rich-quick artist who doesn’t give a damn for the residents."
Here is part of an LA Times article dated 4/19/55:
In typical filmland style, Fox West Coast Theaters tonight will open the newly remodeled Valley Guild Theater in North Hollywood.
Refurbished at a cost of $35,000, the deluxe showcase, located at Lankershim & Magnolia, will feature many of the latest engineering techniques, including the newly developed “eye-intensity” curved screen, adapted for conventional pictures as well as Cinemascope.
Jacques Tati’s “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday” and “The Little Kidnappers” wil be the opening program.
Here are some photos from the early 1980s:
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There’s a giant high-rise on the site now.
I added a 1967 photo courtesy of the Decaying Hollywood Mansions Facebook page.
Just caught a quick passing shot of this in one of the first season episodes of ADAM-12, with “Reflections in a Golden Eye” showing on the marquee. I think there was a Bob’s Big Boy across the street.
1954 photo as the Valley added courtesy of Kenneth McIntyre.
Major correction: Opened on April 19th, 1955, not February 1st, 1945.
The 1945 opening refers to the Guild theatre in Hollywood.
Opened with “Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot”