Bagdad Theater

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Bagdad Theatre
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View from across Hawthorne Boulevard.
Location:	Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:	45°30′42.8″N 122°37′31.5″W / 45.511889°N 122.625417°W / 45.511889; -122.625417
Built/Founded:	1927
Architect:	Thomas & Mercier
Architectural style(s):	Mission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	March 8, 1989
NRHP Reference#:	89000099

The Bagdad Theater is a movie theater in the Hawthorne District of Portland, Oregon, United States. It originally opened in 1927 and was the site of the premiere gala of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975, and of My Own Private Idaho in 1991.^[1]

The theater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bagdad Theatre 1989.^[2] It is currently owned by the McMenamins brewpub chain.

[edit] Appearances in film

• The Bagdad was featured briefly in the beginning of the film Bongwater.^{[citation needed]}
• The Bagdad was prominently featured in the film What the Bleep Do We Know!?.^{[citation needed]}
• The Bagdad was featured in the Food Network television program The Secret Life Of.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• McMenamins Bagdad Theater
• Bagdad Theater on Myspace

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