Bonito Theatre
410 N. Ford Boulevard,
East Los Angeles,
CA
90022
410 N. Ford Boulevard,
East Los Angeles,
CA
90022
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The Bonita Theatre is located in the Belvedere district of East Los Angeles. It was built in 1925. It was destroyed by fire on August 2, 1945.
It was rebuilt and opened as the Bonita Theatre on December 1, 1946.
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On 1/22/50, the features were “Barbary Pirate” and “Fury at Furnace Creek”.
LA Times lists the Keystone theater at 1520 E. 1st on 4/9/42. Is this theater listed under another name?
The theatre that Cinema Treasures has listed at 1520 E. First St. is called the Aliso Theatre. It probably got renamed when the Aliso Village housing project was built across the street.
KenRoe: Anaheim Road must refer to the street now called Telegraph Road, which shows up on old maps as Anaheim-Telegraph Road. Interestingly, the 4500 E. block was probably right at the southern end of Ford Boulevard, so the Garden was probably about a mile and a half south of the Bonito. The Garden would most likely be gone now, as the intersection of Anaheim-Telegraph Road and Ford Boulevard was pretty much obliterated by the construction of the Long Beach Freeway-Santa Ana Freeway interchange.
I don’t think the Garden Theatre is listed at Cinema Treasures.
There is a print shop on the first floor. I took a couple of photos. Status should be changed to retail.
Here are some photos from June 2007:
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The L.A. County Assessor’s office gives the date of construction for the 7403 sq.ft. building at this address as 1925.
1st listing in the LA Times: December 1st, 1946.
A 1946 opening under the name Bonito Theatre indicates that there is probably a missing aka, as the building (which in the vintage photo looks like it has a stage house) dates from 1925. The reliable Bill Counter says the remodeled building is currently in use as a print shop.
Destroyed by fire on August 2, 1945 that also injured a 53-year-old man, later rebuilt.