Manuel Pickett outside Fat Elephant Theater in Rancho Cordova on Friday, May 30. Pickett founded Teatro Espejo, a Latiné community theater collective.Cristian Gonzalez/Solving Sacramento ...

Sacramento’s once beloved Alhambra Movie Theater was demolished 44 years ago, on April 19, 1973, having fallen into disrepair after a celebrated history that began when it opened on Sept. 24, 1927.