Aladdin Theater
3017 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue,
Portland,
OR
97202
3017 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue,
Portland,
OR
97202
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The Aladdin Theater opened as Geller’s Theater and was originally a vaudville theater for Jack Benny and other popular entertainment of the times.
Starting in the 1930’s, the theater was transformed into a neighborhood mom and pop movie house.
In later years, the business went sour and the theater was forced to show adult films for 20 years before ownership changed.
The Aladdin Theater is now a popular live music club.
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Neal Wankoff
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There are 620 seats per the website.
Here is a November 2005 photo;
http://tinyurl.com/2jgv43
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Thanks, best photo yet… glad the old place is still jumping!
Aladdin is a concert venue, not a cinema. A good concert venue, but still – not a cinema.
Here’s a puzzling item from the January 3, 1928, issue of The Film Daily: “Portland, Ore. — The Geller opened on Foster Road just before Christmas.”
Did the magazine get the location wrong, or did Portland have more than one Geller Theatre?
A few 2010 photos can be seen here and here.
A few November 2012 photos can be seen here, here and a 2010 photo here.
Added a 07/19/15 photo. Photo credit, copyright and courtesy of the Vintage Roadside Facebook page.