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Gaiety Theatre
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Address 160 O’Farrell Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity unknown
Original Theatre Owner Gilbert M. Anderson
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation Opened 18 October 1913
Operated as Gaiety Theatre: 1913-1915
Operated as Hippodrome Theatre: 1913-?
Operated as Union Square Theatre: unknown
Type of Musical Accompaniment unknown
Current Status Demolished

The Gaiety Theatre was the development project of film actor and producer Broncho Billy Anderson. After opening, the motion picture theatre did not realized the hoped for success and in 1915 Anderson turned control over to Ackerman and Harris and the theatre was renamed the Hippodrome. In the mid 1920s the theatre became the Union Square Theatre, which presented live entertainment and motion pictures.

In the 1930s, the theatre continued to struggle after being redubbed the Filmarte Theatre and eventually closed in 1933. The building was demolished in 1936 for a department store expansion.

References: Tillmany-TheatresSF p. 52.

 

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