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[[File:Guild.png|245px|thumb|right|Guild Theater Marquee]]
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'''Theater Location:''' 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025
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'''Theater Location:''' 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  
 
'''Website:''' https://www.landmarktheatres.com/san-francisco-peninsula/guild-theatre/
 
'''Website:''' https://www.landmarktheatres.com/san-francisco-peninsula/guild-theatre/
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'''Closing Date:''' September 26th 2019
 
'''Closing Date:''' September 26th 2019
  
'''Theater Status:''' Open
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'''Theater Status:''' Demolished in 2019, to be replaced by a music venue
  
==Summery==
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==Summary==
Built in 1926. Operated by Landmark since 1989. A short drive north of the Stanford Shopping Center, the Guild Theatre is nestled right next to Downtown Menlo Park, two blocks south of Santa Cruz Ave on El Camino Real. The Guild features the finest in independent film and foreign language cinema. Originally built as a burlesque house and converted to exhibit movies in the 1930s, it is one of the oldest standing theatres on the S.F. Peninsula, featuring two giant golden wings on either side of its gloriously large screen.  
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The Guild Theatre was built in 1926. It was operated by [[Landmark Theatres]] starting in 1989. A short drive north of the Stanford Shopping Center, the Guild Theatre was nestled right next to Downtown Menlo Park, two blocks south of Santa Cruz Ave on El Camino Real. The Guild featured independent and foreign language films.  
  
==Rocky Horror affiliations==
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Originally built as a burlesque house and converted to exhibit movies in the 1930s, it was one of the oldest standing theaters on the S.F. Peninsula, featuring two giant golden wings on either side of its gloriously large screen.
[[The Bawdy Caste]] Performed there monthly between 2006 and September 2019 till it's sudden closure, Farewell show was never performed due to short notice of closure, The cast moved to The Aquarius Theater a few miles away in Palo Alto which is also owned by [[Landmark Theatres]].
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==External links==
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* [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1685 Cinema Treasures]
  
 
[[Category:Venues]]
 
[[Category:Venues]]

Latest revision as of 07:52, 2 February 2021

Guild Theatre Marquee

Theater Location: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Website: https://www.landmarktheatres.com/san-francisco-peninsula/guild-theatre/

Theater Chain: Landmark Theatres

Opening Date: 1926

Closing Date: September 26th 2019

Theater Status: Demolished in 2019, to be replaced by a music venue

Summary

The Guild Theatre was built in 1926. It was operated by Landmark Theatres starting in 1989. A short drive north of the Stanford Shopping Center, the Guild Theatre was nestled right next to Downtown Menlo Park, two blocks south of Santa Cruz Ave on El Camino Real. The Guild featured independent and foreign language films.

Originally built as a burlesque house and converted to exhibit movies in the 1930s, it was one of the oldest standing theaters on the S.F. Peninsula, featuring two giant golden wings on either side of its gloriously large screen.

External links