Oriental Theatre

7425 Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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MagicLantern
MagicLantern on February 17, 2005 at 12:36 am

Awesome – thanks for the tip, Jeff! I’m going in there next weekend.

jmarellano
jmarellano on February 17, 2005 at 12:29 am

I went into Guitar Center today. If you go in the store down a level to the acoustic room, and into the vintage room, not only can you see where the screen was located, but there is still some ornamental moulding on the ceiling. this is the only room where you can see this at, since drop ceilings were added to the other part.

Oddly enough, if you go upstairs in the Drum Store area, it takes you in part of what was the projection room.

Definitely a site to see.

c13207
c13207 on December 26, 2004 at 5:41 pm

It was the Oriental theatre in 1934 it was near the Gardner street
car stop whem it crossed Sunset Blvd.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 6, 2004 at 9:46 am

There are mentions of Meyer and Holler’s plans for the Granada Theatre in Southwest Builder and Contractor as early as the issue of April 15th, 1921. The theater must have been open by 1924, as the Hollywood Citizen of March 11th, 1924 carries an article about the new air systems which had been installed in both the Granada and the Apollo, making them the best ventilated theaters in the city.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on December 6, 2004 at 9:21 am

The Oriental Theatre (former Granada Theatre) closed in January 1985.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 4, 2004 at 12:51 am

In the mid-1960’s, the Oriental occasionally ran art films, though it was not their regular policy. I remember going there two or three times when they ran movies I had missed in their earlier runs at full-time art houses such as the Los Feliz and the Cinema, or that I wanted to see again. I believe that the Oriental was the third theater at which I saw Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, sometime about 1964. I have no memory of the decor, but I do recall the place being a bit run-down even then, with threadbare patches on the carpets.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on November 3, 2004 at 7:02 pm

The correct street address should be 7425 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. When the Granada Theatre first opened in about 1926 the architects were Meyer & Holler and a seating capacity of 896 (on one floor) is given on their plans. The style of the building was Spanish Pueblo, not Oriental. It had been re-named Oriental Theatre (for some reason?) from at least 1941 and was still listed as such in the Film Daily Yearbook of 1950.

JAlex
JAlex on May 8, 2004 at 2:20 am

Original name of the theatre was the GRANADA.

William
William on November 13, 2003 at 6:55 pm

The Oriental Theatre was located at 7525 Sunset Blvd..