Aliso Theatre
1520 E. 1st. Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90033
1520 E. 1st. Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90033
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Reopened as Aliso on March 27th, 1946. 1st LA Times uploaded.
Old comment from the Keystone Theatre entry that was retconned: Tom Jurado > Jan 2, 2004 13:33:16 AM EST
I talked to my dad yesterday and he said the Keystone Theater was located a half block west of Gless. That would put it between Gless and Clarence. He also said his sister Dora worked there and would sometimes get him and some of this brothers and sisters in free. He said sometimes Mr. Jones, the theater manager, would stop them and ask them where they were going and they would tell him that Dora said it was okay for them to go in (he’s got a million stories). The Keystone Theatre was located on 1st Street about a quarter mile west of Boyle Avenue. I believe the cross street was Clarence or Utah. The area was known as “The Flats” way back then. I think the theater was demolished years ago, but I can remember passing it everyday when I delivered papers in Boyle Heights back around 1956.
A new building has been constructed on the site of the Keystone/Aliso. No trace of the theater remains.
Advertisement in the LA Times, 3/27/14:
KEYSTONE THEATER
1522 E. 1st Street, near Gless Street
Mutual Program and Pacific Features
Daily Change of Program with a Feature Every Night
Amateurs Monday and Keystone Comedy Thursdays and Saturdays
Admission 5 Cents
This was called the Keystone theater in 1942.
The Aliso Theatre was located at 1520 E. 1st Street in Los Angeles.