Kuo Hwa 2 Cinema
250 W. Valley Boulevard,
San Gabriel,
CA
91776
250 W. Valley Boulevard,
San Gabriel,
CA
91776
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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!
I saw the original Hong Kong version of Jackie Chan’s Rumble in the Bronx here on March 1, 1995.
Cinematour lists Bridge Theatre as an aka for the earlier Kuo Hwa (aka Edwards San Gabriel/Century) at 330 W. Las Tunas. A comment on our Edwards Century page concurs.
For those wondering about the name, it was most likely named for Yu Kuo-hwa (January 10, 1914 – October 4, 2000) who was the Premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1984 to 1989.
Why the name Kuo-Hwa?
The Los Angeles Times listed the Kuo-Hwa Cinema at 250 W. Valley Boulevard.
Odd name!!