The Vogue Theatre

The Vogue Theatre is one of San Francisco’s oldest operating cinemas. According to property records, only the Mission District’s Roxie Cinema is older. The Vogue opened in 1910 as the Elite Theatre and was briefly known as the Rex before becoming the Vogue in 1939. In it’s over 100-year history the Vogue has thrived as a venue for foreign and independent film and is well known as the City’s most popular venue for Woody Allen films. In 1984-85 the Vogue held The Gods Must Be Crazy for an amazing 70-week run.  In 2007 the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation purchased the theater and ensured its continued existence. In 2012 the SFNTF teamed up with CinemaSF, further brightening the future of the beloved theater.  The Vogue has become the annual home for the Mostly British Film Festival and continues to host an eclectic mix of first run and classic cinema. It’s been reported that more than 4,000 people have had paranormal experiences at this historic theater. Entire audiences of more than 600 were said to have witnessed a ghostly little girl skipping up and down the aisles, and at least seven different entities have been identified here. A ghost named Fritz, for example, is rumored to haunt the projection room, and he has been known to take care of switching the film reels when the living projectionist fell asleep.