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In the early months of 1980, William Friedkin’s incendiary crime thriller CRUISING opened across the region to almost unanimously negative reviews. Friedkin’s film centered around the activities of a straight New York cop assigned to leave undercover as a same-sex attracted man in the city’s underground S&M club scene in order to snare a serial killer operating in that world, now responsible for a growing list of brutal, grisly murders. The press took the film severely to task at the moment, excoriating it for sensationalizing the homophobic violence erupting in gay communities at the dawn of the AIDS epidemic and crowds stayed away in droves, especially in San Francisco where protestors formed human barricades to prevent patrons from entering theaters representing the film
Another Planet Entertainment (APE) is partnering with Bay Properties, Inc., owners of the Castro Theatre, on an evolution and preservation of San Francisco’s world-renowned show and LGBTQ+ people landmark.
With a long-standing history of working to preserve and improve historic buildings such as the Fox Theater in Oakland, the Greek Theatre in Berkeley and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, APE seeks to enhance the Castro Theatre by implementing significant improvements to the sound, lighting, production, HVAC and the theatre’s trademark marquee, among other facets of the building: all of this, always, with an eye to honoring its unique place in the lives of the Castro and celebrating its communities and residents.
“The Castro Theatre is an icon of the LGBTQ+ community, a treasured space for film, music and live performance and a wonderful building that we will upgrade for more use in the future,” says Gregg Perloff, Another World Entertainment, CEO and Co-Founder. “We yearn to activate and re-energize the building with that always in the forefront of our soul, making improvements to the customer and artist experience, including dress
Frameline47 is shaping up into yet another can’t-miss Festival. To help our community better, we’re shifting our Festival dates one afternoon earlier, with Opening Night on Wednesday June 14 and finishing on Saturday June 24, delivering the full 11-day cinema life that you love while wrapping up prior to San Francisco’s iconic Pride Sunday. We’ll still have all the usual sparkle that Frameline is known for: the biggest and best Opening Night party around, and a Pride Kickoff party at Oasis featuring a sensational performance by drag superstar Alaska for the film God Save the Queens.
We will also be heading back to the magical Castro Theatre where we will present 50 spectacular films with numerous special guests during the 11 days of Frameline47. To secure a seat in this storied space, we invite Frameline Members to snag their Castro Passes, which are on sale now. We’re proud to be celebrating San Francisco’s neighborhood theaters this year with special event screenings at the Vogue, 4 Star, and Balboa Theatres. And we’re pleased to be returning to the Roxie Theater as good as the New Parkway Theater, our trusty neighbor to the east. Those who plan to enjoy Fr
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Opened: November 21, 1969 with "House of Passion" according to research by Mike Rivest. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for sharing this c.1970 photo by Tom Gray that's in his collection.
The operator, Shan Sayles, had purchased the rights to the name from the Fairmont Hotel after they closed their theatre. This second Nob Hill Theatre was on the south side of the avenue between Powell and Mason.
The building dates advocate to 1910 when it opened as a grocery store and butcher shop. It had been a night club called Melody Alley in the 40s, which turned into Club Hangover, a Dixieland style jazz club around 1949. There was a poster in the lobby of Louis Armstrong when he played there. There's more about the Hangover at the bottom of the page.
The theatre's operators thought it had opened in 1968. Ken Roe commented on Cinema Treasures in 2005:
"A sign in the poster frames outside the cinema states that it has been open since 1968."
The San Francisco Chronicle used the 1968 outing for its opening as a movie house in Noah Berger's 2018 article "SF's Nob Hill Theatre closed after 50 years of stripped-down fun." Their origin story:
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