Aladdin Theater (Portland, Oregon)
Aladdin Theater is a theater in the Brooklyn neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon. It originally opened as a vaudeville house called Geller's Theatre on December 25 (Christmas Day), 1927. Its name was changed to Aladdin in 1934. Later the venue operated as a pornographic cinema for more than 30 years, screening the film Deep Throat for fourteen of them. It was revived as a classic movie and live music venue with a capacity of 620 in 1991.
References
- ^ Lacher, Gary; Stone, Steve (2009). Theatres of Portland. Arcadia Publishing. p. 107.
- ^ "Oregon Music News - Oregon's only all-genre, online music magazine covers music news and events in Portland and throughout the state". Archived from the original on October 14, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ "- Willamette Week". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
External links
- Media related to Aladdin Theater (Portland, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons