Drake Theatre
7566 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Theater ![](/icons/theater.svg)
1975 → 1980
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Credit: Unknown, 1973
Barfly West '73: T; Bob Damron '77-80: (L.A. After Dark) (P) (H) *
Initially screening straight adult movies, it went over to gay male adult movies in around 1975/1976.
In 1977 the Drake Theatre was listed in the Bob Damron Address Book as operating as a gay male adult theatre. It was later known as the Aladdin Theatre.
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Unknown, 1973
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Credit: ONE Archives Matchbook Collection, Year Unknown