The building fell into dilapidation as a movie house in the 1970s. While waiting in line at the local movie house, Jeffty borrows a portable radio. Suddenly Donald finds his deathbed transported to an old movie house. It was produced by Ousepachan Valakuzhy under his production Ousepachan Movie House. Evans made his acting debut in the movie House Party. The Bijou was later used as a silent movie house. In the early 1970s, the Admiral was opened as an adult movie house. This movie house was on Rizal Avenue. This movie house was located in Malabon. Dorothy was already playing piano at age twelve for a silent screen movie house. Its first home was the Hippodrome Theatre, a former movie house. It was referenced and can also be heard in the movie House Party (1990). Teatro del Lago, an opulent movie house, opened in 1927. It became a movie house for adult films in 1974. After the Depression, the theatre operated primarily as a movie house until 1961.