Garden of Allah Theatre
43 E. St. James Street,
San Jose,
CA
95221
43 E. St. James Street,
San Jose,
CA
95221
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Movies were shown starting on May 26th, 1972-1973. Ad posted.
Development of the site has begun. The church (theatre) building has been sealed-up and stabilized, to protect it while the new structures are built around it.
Is it known what the devolpment plans are for the building?
My girlfriend and I were into old movies, lived downtown in San Jose, began to frequent the Garden Of Allah. After a few visits we met the owners. They found out I was an art major and asked me to do posters for their very cool events, including conerts as well as retro/foreign and art films. I did it for free, they had said they would help me get exposure in San Francisco.I was young and totally trusting.Never got a personel address or phone number. I went to see them with art for an up coming movie, they had closed up. No word, no phone number, nothing. They had all of my original art. I was heart broken. Many years later I can imagine they were not making it, and just fled the venue. I hope they came out ok…I’d love to find out what happened…..
Ads appear in the papers for this theatre in 1972 and 1973, and it appears in the City Directory for that time period as well. Whether it operated without advertising during other years, or these indeed were the only years of operation is something not known at this point.