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Pages about the Warner Hollywood: an overview | street views 1926 to 1954 | street views 1955 to present | main lobby | basement lounge | upper lobby areas | recent auditorium views | vintage auditorium views | stage | stage basement | other basement areas | booth and attic |
A 1928 view of the theatre's
downstairs lounge from the Los Angeles Public Library collection. The photo appeared in the December 1928 issue of Architect and Engineer, part of a seven page article on "Warner Bros. New Theatre." It had also been used in the July 14, 1928 issue of Motion Picture News as part of an article titled "Spanish Atmospheric Style Featured in Design...."
A plan view of the lounge area. It's a detail from a full basement plan dated November 1926. Many thanks to April Clemmer for sharing it from her collection. Visit her website, Instagram and Facebook page.
The elevator is in the lower left. That's the nursery, here called the "Children's Room," in the upper left. The screening room is off to the right. The basement corridor seen on the left edge of the image parallels Wilcox Ave. The one along the bottom parallels Hollywood Blvd. Below the bottom edge of the image are basement areas assigned to the retail tenants along Hollywood Blvd.
The theatre got a remodel in 1961 after a long run as a Cinerama house. Work included new seating, draping the proscenium and a new, more modern look for the lobby areas. Here's how the lounge appeared after the re-do. Cinerama historian Roland Lataille located the photo as part of a March 14, 1962 Motion Picture Herald article about the Warner's makeover. See his In Cinerama site's Warner Theatre page for the full article.
Looking down down the east stairs. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
In the lounge looking west toward the nursery. The ladies room is off to the right. Here some of it was partitioned off as a play area for kids when the building was being used for church services. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
A more open view to the west. The ladies room and nursery are at the far end, the men's room behind us. Off to the left is the elevator. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
The ladies cosmetics room. Thanks to April Clemmer for sharing her c.2012 photo.
Intrepid theatre adventurer Michelle Gerdes in one of the mirrors in the ladies cosmetics room. She was exploring on the last day the church group using the theatre was having services, June 30, 2013. The doorway we see in the mirror looks out toward the main lounge area.
The ladies toilet room at the west end of the lounge. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2013
Looking toward the nursery. It's a shot from Davy's "Exploring the Hollywood Pacific Theatre,"
the 30 minute video he shared on YouTube in May 2025. He was joined on his
expedition by Moody Gabe and Rees. Thanks to Tommy Bernard for spotting
the post.
Closer to the west stairs. Image: Davy - 2025
Up on the west stairs. Image: Davy - 2025
The west stairs up closer to the main lobby level. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 20
A nursery view in 2025. Image: Davy
The south wall of the main lounge. Thanks to Gary Simon for sharing this 2010 photo.
The nook for the elevator on the lounge's south wall. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2013
The north wall of the lounge. Thanks to Michelle Gerdes for sharing this 2013 photo.
The north wall fireplace. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2013
A closer look at the fireplace. Photo: Gary Simon - 2010
The lounge ceiling. Photo: Gary Simon - 2010
The ceiling again -- and a bit of the north wall fireplace. This time they had the center fixture turned on. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - Los Angeles - 2013
A detail of the ceiling out in front of the elevator nook. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2013
The center fixture. Thanks to Irwin Fletcher for this 2006 photo, part of his Warner Theatre set on Flickr.
A 2025 look at the center fixture. Image: Davy
Looking toward the men's room and the screening room beyond. Image: Davy - 2025
From a vestibule near the east stairs, a peek into the men's room. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
The men's toilet area. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
From the men's toilet area looking toward the doorway back out to the lounge. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
Looking toward the screening room, a space the church group renting the theatre had turned into a "Kids Theater." It's a shot from "Epic Abandoned Multi Screeen Theater," 25 minutes of footage shared on YouTube in 2022 by Urbex Offlimits.
Signage at the screening room entrance. Image: Davy - 2025
The screening room being used as an upholstery shop in 1997. We're at the screen end of the space looking toward the
portholes. The doorway on the right gets you up a few stairs to the
booth or out to the landing that leads left to the switchboard room or
right to the office building basement. Thanks to Kurt Wahlner for sharing his photo.
Looking in toward the booth end of the space in 2022. Image: Urbex Offlimits
A closer look at the porthole design. Image: Davy - 2025. See his full 30 minute epic "Exploring the Hollywood Pacific Theatre" on YouTube.
The doorway to the booth and out to the landing in the corridor between the switchboard room and the office building basement. See the other basement areas page for photos of those areas. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
The booth, extensively remodeled by the church group. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
The corner near the one remaining port. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
The mess turns out to be some 70mm footage. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
The house left wall. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
A better look at the big screen. Image: Urbex Offlimits - 2022
The bottom of the east stairs near the men's room end of the lounge. Photo: Bill Counter - 2012
At the top of the stairs in 2022. We're looking across toward the east stairs. The elevator is over to the right. It's a shot from "Epic Abandoned Multi Screeen Theater," the 25 minute tour shared on YouTube by Urbex Offlimits.
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