Living outside of LA, people often ask me about where I live. They see La Puente on the address and they say, “Where’s that?”

So here’s the second part to the LACMA post. On the way home from the Kubrick exhibit I was feeling inspired to take some photos. I wanted to get some shots of the Star Theater, just in case this building is ever torn down and replaced with a Walmart or a check cashing place. It was on the way home, anyway. Why not, right? Well… there’s actually stuff in my city besides BJ’s Pizza and Olive Garden. True Blood filmed parts of season 4 on the same street.

This theater was designed by S. Charles Lee in the Quonset Hut style and opened as the Puente Theatre in late 1947.

It was renamed the Star and during its later years, it ran adult films before being used for live performances.

It once again was used as a first-run movie theater, operated by an independent operator, eventually closing in 2007.