Opened: July 1972 as the Stag Theatres 1 & 2. They were in the building on the west side of the street just north of the Golden Gate Theatre. The 1972 photo by Tom Gray is from the Jack Tillmany collection.
The were renamed Art Theatres 1 & 2 on July 14, 1973.
Closed: March 20, 1991. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for the research.
Status: The building is still there on Taylor St. but with other tenants.
The building the theatres would later be in is seen with the Chateau Restaurant as one of the tenants in this detail from a 1937 photo from the San Francisco Public Library collection. Will King's RKO Grill is in the Golden Gate Theatre's last storefront along Taylor St. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for the image. The photo appears on a Found SF page about the Golden Gate Theatre.
The Art 1 & 2 in 1973. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for sharing the photo by Tom Gray from his collection. It appears that they planned to run "Behind the Green Door" for quite some time.
A c.1990 view by Tom Gray that's in the Jack Tillmany collection. You could stop in at Muffins Coffee Shop for a bite to eat before the show. That oval sign above the marquee would lead you to believe the place was called Movies 1 & 2.
The theatre's marquee is visible on the far right in this 2008 photo from BW Chicago on Flickr.
The building in 2017. We're looking south toward the Golden Gate Theatre and Market St. beyond. Photo: Google Maps
More Information: Jack Tillmany's Arcadia Publishing book "Theatres of San Francisco" can be previewed on Google Books. It's available from Amazon or your local bookseller.
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