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13 lut 2017 · Here, we take a look back in time at five great movie theaters of the Mission. El Capitan Theatre, 2353 Mission St. El Capitan in 1939. | Photo: San Francisco History Center, SFPL
23 mar 2011 · As people began acquiring televisions in the ’50s, theaters became unprofitable and began to close. The Cinema Treasures website lists 20 of the city’s theaters as demolished, 65 as closed, and only one, the Pagoda in North Beach, as currently under renovation.
Located at 3575 Geary Boulevard, the Coronet was built by San Francisco Theatres, Inc., which also owned the Alexandria Theater down the street at Geary and 18th Avenue and many other theaters, such as the Balboa, the Coliseum, the Metro, the Harding, and the Vogue.
Built as the Mandarin Theatre in 1925, in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, it was initially used to stage Chinese opera. Later renamed the Sun Sing Theatre in 1949. It closed as a movie house in 1986, and has since been converted into retail use, as the Sun Sing Center.
13 cze 2013 · The family settled in San Francisco in 1900 and first opened a vaudeville theater on Market Street near Mason called the Unique Theater. Soon they added motion pictures and began to expand...
29 mar 2023 · This comparatively small, historic theater in SF’s Mission District operates as a non-profit and shows a curated selection of classic, international, and independent films from every decade. The one thing that you absolutely won’t find is the latest Hollywood blockbuster, and that’s exactly the point.
22 cze 2022 · The 1,407-seat Castro Theatre opens at 429 Castro St. on June 22. Mayor James “Sunny Jim” Rolph attends the invitation-only screening of Paramount’s silent race-car movie “Across the...
