The Kuo Hwa Cinemas twin theatres opened on October 7th. 1994. It’s debut features were the Tsui Hark romantic comedy “The Lovers” in Theatre # 1 and in Theatre # 2 was screening Derek Chang Man-Gon
& Siu Chung-Hon “RUN” an unauthorized remake of Robert Rodriguez' “El Mariachi”. The twin cinema closed it’s doors in September of 1998.
I am currently finishing up research on this theatre for the “Bijou Memories” Blogsite. I expect to have a complete screening playdate for the theatres as well as some other valuable history.
Stay tunned!
The Valley Theatre was operated by a DBA known as Electric Circus. Located just south of Vanowen St. on the West side of Lankershim Blvd, it opened in 1973 and closed in 1975. It operated as an Adults Only venue with a book store and a private two private viewing rooms (used for short loops at 25¢ for 2 minutes). For a short time within this period it advertised as “The Valley Adult Theatre”. From ads in the Valley News, it seems the theatre never ran any notable films. The site is now a parking lot.
I have re-established “Bijou Memories” and have updated all of the original articles with new photos and much more info. You can read about the Villa-Glen and it’s convoluted history at; https://bijoumemories.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-villa-glen.html
Enjoy.
The Edwards became a Chinese Language cinema originally in 1980, named the Kuo Hwa, it ran Shaw Brother’s films, for it’s first few months and then became the home for all of Golden Harvest’s releases. When it closed (date unknown), the theatre was rechristened The Bridge, where it continued to run Golden Harvest titles until The Whittier Earthquake finally ended the run of this little house.
The actual address for Cinemaland was 410 W. Cottage Home St. Los Angeles, CA 90012. The theatre is just around the corner from the address listed here.
For the record.. “Bijou Memories” is back and hosted on Blogger. I am currently rewriting and dramatically expanding the articles with new photos, newspaper ads and posters.
You can view the page on the Loma Theatre here at http://bijoumemories.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-loma-theatre.html Feel free to visit and leave a comment if you’d like. Right now there are only three theatre articles available but more are coming. Please enjoy!
Message for Garfield Theater. I am the owner of the blogger site “BIJOU MEMORIES ” I am currently researching the theatres I visited in the 70’s and 90’s in the San Gabriel Valley. I had visited the Garfield Theater many times, seeing such films as “Once Upon a Time in China and America”, The Storm Riders (almost 6 times on consecutive weekends, dragging as many friends and family as I could coerce), and “Hitman” and so many others.
For the blog I am currently writing, I would like to ask if you have any photos of the interior or the theatre, as well as any flyers or advertising material that you would care to share. This would help me in presenting a full and meaningful remembrance of this marvelous venue.
If anyone else has any additional artwork, flyers or photos.. please feel free to contact me at
Edward Havens,
I was there as well. I saw it when they ran “Drunken Master 2” as the second feature. Good time. I miss that little hole in the wall.
The Kuo Hwa Cinemas twin theatres opened on October 7th. 1994. It’s debut features were the Tsui Hark romantic comedy “The Lovers” in Theatre # 1 and in Theatre # 2 was screening Derek Chang Man-Gon & Siu Chung-Hon “RUN” an unauthorized remake of Robert Rodriguez' “El Mariachi”. The twin cinema closed it’s doors in September of 1998. I am currently finishing up research on this theatre for the “Bijou Memories” Blogsite. I expect to have a complete screening playdate for the theatres as well as some other valuable history. Stay tunned!
The Cosmo closed on December 17th. 1951. In 1953, the Cosmo’s marquee was given to the Monovia-Duarte High School. It still stand there.
The Valley Theatre was operated by a DBA known as Electric Circus. Located just south of Vanowen St. on the West side of Lankershim Blvd, it opened in 1973 and closed in 1975. It operated as an Adults Only venue with a book store and a private two private viewing rooms (used for short loops at 25¢ for 2 minutes). For a short time within this period it advertised as “The Valley Adult Theatre”. From ads in the Valley News, it seems the theatre never ran any notable films. The site is now a parking lot.
I have re-established “Bijou Memories” and have updated all of the original articles with new photos and much more info. You can read about the Villa-Glen and it’s convoluted history at; https://bijoumemories.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-villa-glen.html Enjoy.
The Edwards became a Chinese Language cinema originally in 1980, named the Kuo Hwa, it ran Shaw Brother’s films, for it’s first few months and then became the home for all of Golden Harvest’s releases. When it closed (date unknown), the theatre was rechristened The Bridge, where it continued to run Golden Harvest titles until The Whittier Earthquake finally ended the run of this little house.
The actual address for Cinemaland was 410 W. Cottage Home St. Los Angeles, CA 90012. The theatre is just around the corner from the address listed here.
You can read the article here: http://articles.latimes.com/1996-08-04/local/me-31141_1_melody-theatre
For the record.. “Bijou Memories” is back and hosted on Blogger. I am currently rewriting and dramatically expanding the articles with new photos, newspaper ads and posters. You can view the page on the Loma Theatre here at http://bijoumemories.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-loma-theatre.html Feel free to visit and leave a comment if you’d like. Right now there are only three theatre articles available but more are coming. Please enjoy!
Message for Garfield Theater. I am the owner of the blogger site “BIJOU MEMORIES ” I am currently researching the theatres I visited in the 70’s and 90’s in the San Gabriel Valley. I had visited the Garfield Theater many times, seeing such films as “Once Upon a Time in China and America”, The Storm Riders (almost 6 times on consecutive weekends, dragging as many friends and family as I could coerce), and “Hitman” and so many others.
For the blog I am currently writing, I would like to ask if you have any photos of the interior or the theatre, as well as any flyers or advertising material that you would care to share. This would help me in presenting a full and meaningful remembrance of this marvelous venue. If anyone else has any additional artwork, flyers or photos.. please feel free to contact me at