Bagdad Theatre

Bagdad Theatre
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
Photograph of a tile-roofed building with a large marquee on an urban street corner
View from across Hawthorne Boulevard
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Bagdad Theatre (Oregon)
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Bagdad Theatre (the United States)
Location3708–26 SE Hawthorne Boulevard
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates45°30′42″N 122°37′32″W / 45.511803°N 122.625440°W / 45.511803; -122.625440
Built1927
ArchitectThomas & Mercier
Architectural styleMission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.89000099
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1989

The Bagdad Theatre is a movie theater in the Hawthorne District of Portland, Oregon, United States. It originally opened in 1927 and was the site of the gala premiere of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975, and of My Own Private Idaho in 1991.[2]

The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3][4] It is currently owned by the McMenamins brewpub chain.

  1. ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (October 2009), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved March 10, 2010
  2. ^ "Bagdad Theater History". McMenamins. 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Zisman, K.; Koler, J.; Morrison, J; Grimala, B. & Yost, A. (August 15, 1988). "Bagdad Theatre". National Park Service. Retrieved April 5, 2012.