Market Street Cinema was a historical theater located on
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in the
Mid-Market district,
San Francisco, California
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. It was founded in 1912 by David and
Sid Grauman
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Biography
Early years
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as the Imperial Theater''.'' It was converted into a movie theatre as the Premiere Theatre (1929) and the
United Artists
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Theatre (1931).
The benefit
world premiere
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of ''
Dirty Harry
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'' was held here on December 22, 1971.
In 1972 it was renamed Market Street Cinema and was used through the early 2000s as an adult entertainment venue.
The role of the theater in San Francisco's sex industry in the 1980s was documented in a photo essay by photographer Leon Mostovoy. In October 2015, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved a plan to demolish the theatre and replace it with an eight-story building.
Market Street Cinema is considered
haunted
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Books
* ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004
* ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
in popular culture: it features in a 2013 episode of ''
Ghost Adventures
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'' (season 7, episode 25) and was used as a shooting location by filmmaker Charles Webb for a low-budget horror movie called ''G-String Horror''.
On August 15, 2016, Mint Minx Press published the novella ''Market Street Cinema'' by author Michele Machado, narrating the fictional account of a dancer working at the club in 1998.
See also
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List of strip clubs
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Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre
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References
External links
Market Street Cinema ''Cinema Treasures''
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Theatres in San Francisco
Cinemas and movie theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area
Market Street (San Francisco)
Sex industry in San Francisco
Strip clubs in the United States
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