- TitleLinda Lea theater collection, 1947 - 1983 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)1947 - 1983 (inclusive)
- Related names
- Description
1197 item(s) of posters
- Summary
The Linda Lea theater collection encompasses nearly 1200 posters. The Linda Lea Theater operated in downtown Los Angeles, California from the 1940s to 1983 in a theater originally opened as the Arrow Theater in 1924. The Linda Lea was one of the country’s premier exhibitors of Japanese movies and one of only three theaters in Los Angeles to screen Japanese language films. In the 1960s, audiences visited the theater to see the latest films produced by the Toei Company.
- Scope notes
Graphic Arts
The majority of the items in the collection are Japanese language posters for many of Toei’s samurai films and Yakuza films from the 1960s and 1970s, featuring actors like Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, Koji Tsuruta, Hiroki Matsukata, Junko Fuji and Bunta Sugawara. - BiographyThe Linda Lea Theater was located in downtown Los Angeles. It apparently opened on Main Street in 1925 as the Fuji-Kan. In 1947, after the Japanese American internment, the owners of the Fuji-Kan reopened the theater as the Linda Lea. The theater closed in the early 1980s and was demolished in 2007.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationAcquired: 1983.
- Preferred citationLinda Lea theater collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 1753
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings