Alameda Theatre
5136 Whittier Boulevard,
East Los Angeles,
CA
90022
5136 Whittier Boulevard,
East Los Angeles,
CA
90022
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Sometimes this site is really slow. I’ve in the past had to convert photos from JPEG to PNG or back again to get them to post. To get CT to read them differently or something.
I just tried to add a nice 1938 view of the theater, when it was the United Artists, but this site has become very hard to navigate, and I couldn’t get it uploaded. And it’s not as though I’m some senile old geezer; I’ve loaded many photos here, over the years. I give up.
Currently some type of “dollar” store.
Closed 1986. Spanish movies from 1972-1986.
Does anyone remember when this theater was called the United Artist the Ua for short. It was a great little theater, not the golden Gate but nice theater.
does anybody recall snow white and the seven dwarfs playing at this theater.
Yeah, just saw this theater in the 1979 film “Boulevard Nights.” The ese vato younger brother “Chuco” walks right in front of it as he wanders the nightlife of East L.A watching to make sure that “11th Street” don’t put a filero in his back.
You will also see it briefly in two shots of Whittier boulevard at night, with marquee lights bright and glowing in the film “Boulevard Nights”.
Not only was that retail store once a movie theatre, it was once a movie star.
JM
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Here is a 1981 photo. You can see the top of the Golden Gate theater in the background.
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Here is a 1983 photo. Maybe I should show this to the owner of the building.
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The function should be retail.
It’s not an auto showroom anymore.
Here are the photos:
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This is an enormous clothing store. I took some photos which I will post later, particularly of the murals. I talked briefly with the manager, who did not believe his building was a movie theater at one time. From there I could walk to the Golden Gate.
During the 30’s and 40’s this theatre was operated by Fox West Coast Theatres along with other UA houses like the Inglewood, Long Beach, Four Star, Pasadena, Capitol…
The Alameda Theatre sure had fans at one time.
Sometimes I hate change!
George Vreeland Hill.
The Alameda theatre was located at 5136 Whittier Blvd. (one block west of Atlantic Blvd)
Formally the United Artists Theater in East Los Angeles. The original architects for this former theater were Walker & Eisen, along with C.A. Balch.
This theater is located 1 block from the Golden Gate Theater Auditorium on Atlantic & Whittier Boulevards. Though no longer used as a theater, it is now occupied by retail store.
Where in East Los Angeles was the Alameda
It is interesting to note that the two allegorical deco incised relief panels depicting UNITY and ARTISTRY on this and the other UA houses noted here, may be also seen on the facade of the United Artists in Berkeley, but switched, so from left to right it reads, ARTISTRY, and UNITY. The theatre in Berkeley still functions as a 7-plex, with the lobby spaces well preserved.