Aladdin Theater is a theater in the

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. 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

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venue with a capacity of 620 in 1991.

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