Park Miller

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Located on South Alvardo by Wilshire Boulevard, the Park Miller was a public movie theater that started showing gay themed movies in June 1968. One of the earliest filmakers who had a deal with the Park Miller was Pat Rocco. The theater was originally opened in 1911 as the Alvarado with a neo-classical style facade. In 1936, S. Charles Lee remodeled the theater in Art Deco style.

In the 1970s, the Park Miller was expanded and returned to mainstream films. The theater closed in 1986 and was gutted.

There was a sister theater run by the same management and located in New York City. It was located at 124 W. 43rd Street in Times Square. In the summer of 1969 it started showing gay films. In 1978 it was remodeled and became the famous disco Xenon. Both theaters were owned by the Los Angeles based Shan Sayles who also owned other movie theaters in Los Angeles (such as the Vista and the NuArt).