The decorations along Hollywood Boulevard had a number of changes through the years. Some of the pre-war chronology is solid (1928, 1931, 1932, 1934) but dating other photos is a difficult proposition. Until more data comes in, here's what we have:
1928 - Real trees with lights.
1929 - Deco chevrons on new conical metal trees.
1930 - Deco chevrons with candles.
1931- A repaint with random squiggles.
1932 - The year of the portraits, small metal trees plus stars
1934 - A star on either side of the top of the tree.
1935 - Evidently the same star design as 1934
1936 - ?
1937 - A cross hatch paint job and a little
Santa flying atop each tree.
1938 - 1939 - Two-dimensional painted leaves on the trees plus a
star plus "Santa Claus Lane"
1940 - Polka dots on the trees and bases.
1941 - Trees? Santas?
1942 - 1943 - Large non-illuminated Santas.
1944 - Presumably the Santas again.
1945 - 1959 - Redesigned trees.
1960 - 1966 - Revolving trees
1967 + - Garlands and lit ornaments across the street.
Thanks to Glen Norman for his research!
1928 - 100 real trees were on the sidewalk for this Christmas season. After New Year's Day they were planted on the grounds of the Hollywood Bowl. It's a view from the
USC Digital Library looking east with the
Egyptian on the right.
1928 -
From the
USC Digital Library
collection comes this stunning California Historical Society photo of the
Warner from
above. We're looking at illuminated Christmas trees down Hollywood
Blvd in December. Real trees that year.
1928 - On the left of the entrance to the
Chinese is one of the decorated trees in a wooden planter. Plus Grauman has his own decorations up as well during the run of "Noah's Ark." The
film, a silent with added soundtrack, starred Delores Costello and
George O'Brien. Thanks to Kurt Wahlner for sharing the snapshot from his collection. See his
GraumansChinese.org website for a sumptuous history of the theatre.
c.1929 - Deco was the style for the Christmas trees that year. We're looking west with the
Hollywood Theatre on the right side of the "trunk" of the tree without a vertical, which would come along sometime before mid-1933. The
El Capitan is in the distance. It's a photo in the
Los Angeles Public Library collection.
c.1929 - An uncredited Christmas season photo looking east toward the Warner in the
Los Angeles Public Library collection.
Here we have nice chevron patterned trees. Candles would replace the
regular streetlamp glass for the next two seasons.
1930 - The year of the candles. The regular glass on the streetlights was removed with these tubular constructions replacing it. Note the same paint job as the year before. This view toward the Pantages is from the
Los Angeles Public Library collection.
1930 - A
busy traffic day during Christmas season. Henry's restaurant would
later be remodeled into the Admiral Theatre, later known as the
Vine. It's a
Los Angeles Public Library photo.
1930 - A superb view looking west along Hollywood Blvd. Note the Christmas "trees" with deco
chevron patterns. The banner at the Warner is advertising Lew Ayres in "The Doorway to Hell," a film that opened November 28. Thanks to David Urov for posting the photo on
the Facebook page
Vintage Los Angeles.
1930 - The "candles" on either side of the trees replaced the regular
streetlight globes. Thanks to Glen Norman for locating this L.A. Times
photo. He added it as a comment to a post about the Hollywood Christmas decorations on the
Los Angeles Theatres Facebook page.
1931 - The Warner running "Safe in Hell" in a shot Ken McIntyre found for his
Photos of Los Angeles
Facebook page. The William Wellman film was a December release that starred Dorothy Mackaill and
Donald Cook. Note the new paint job on the Christmas trees -- no more
chevron pattern but they're still using the candles.
1932 - The year of the portraits. We're looking north on Vine St. with Claudette Colbert
inspecting Christmas decorations. Behind her we see the stagehouse of
what was then called the Mirror Theatre, now the
Montalban. It's a photo in the
Los Angeles Public Library collection.
1932 - A view of the south side of Hollywood Blvd. as we look west from Vine St. Thanks to Glen Norman for locating the photo from the California Historical Society that appears on the USC Digital Library website. The CoCo Cafe was about to open on the corner, an event that confirms the year of the photo. The image also appears with "
When Hollywood Boulevard Became Santa Claus Lane," a 2012 article by Nathan Masters for the KCET website.
1932 - Looking east toward the El Capitan. It's a photo from the California Historical Society appearing on the
USC Digital Library website. The truck with the open back doors just beyond the streetlight is from a sign company. One of the doors says "Neon Displays." Also on the site is a view from the same year
looking toward the Roosevelt Hotel.
1932 - A closer look at the El Capitan from the previous photo. Across Highland one can read the banner hanging below the marquee of the Hollywood Theatre advertising "Faithless," an October 1932 release with Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery.
1934
- A view west with the Egyptian on the left and illuminated letters
across the street advertising MGM's "The Merry Widow" at the
Chinese. It ran for a week from November 29 through December 5. It's a card from
Sawyer Scenic Photos in the California Historical Society collection
that appears on the
USC Digital Library website. Note the double stars near the top of the Christmas trees for this season.
c.1935 - A noirish look east on a wet night during Christmas season. It's in the
USC Digital Library collection. Again it's the regular glass on the streetlights replaced with stars.
c.1935 - A different paint job on the trees and two stars on the top of each. In this lovely Christmas season photo on
Calisphere
we're looking west toward the
El Capitan. It's a Frasher Foto Card from the
Pomona Public Library collection. Note the two stars near the top of
each tree for this season.
That empty roof sign frame on the right soon had a J.C. Penney sign on it. Evidently it went up sometime in 1936 or 1937. There's a
photo looking in the other direction with the frame still empty while the Hollywood Theatre was running "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," an April 1936 release.
1936 - The Equitable Building at Hollywood & Vine. Beyond, there's a banner visible beyond at the Pantages advertising "Winterset," a December release with Burgess Meredith and Margo. Their co-feature was "Flying Hostess" with William Gargan, Judith Barrett and Andy Devine. The Examiner photo is in the
USC Digital Library collection.
1937 - The crowd is there for the Christmas parade in this postcard view west on Hollywood Blvd. from the California State Library collection. There's a copy of the image from the negative of the Bob Plunkett photo in the Huntington Library collection. On their site you can enlarge it and look at details.
Note
the vertical and banner at the Egyptian on the left. They were running
"Ali Baba Goes To Town" with Eddie Cantor, a film that had played the
Chinese for a week beginning November 3. The illuminated letters across
the street in the distance are advertising "Navy Blue and Gold" with
Robert Young and Jimmy Stewart. It played the Chinese for a week
beginning November 24, 1937. The Vogue, on the right, is running "Jungle
Princess" with Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland, released in November 1936.
1937 - A Christmas season photo from the
Los Angeles Public Library
Blackstock Negatives Collection. The Warner has a banner out for "It's Love I'm After," a
November 1937 Warner release with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. The
Library has it as November 1930 but note the billboard advertising whiskey --
prohibition didn't end until 1933.
1937 - A view from the west with "It's Love I'm After" at the Warner. It's a postcard using a Bob Plunkett photo that's in the
Huntington Library collection.
1937
- A detail from the Plunkett photo. On the left, the Vogue has a banner
out for "Two Men and a Girl" with Deanna Durbin and Adolphe Menjou. The
banner at the Warner advises that "Alcatraz Island" has been held over
as a co-feature. On the right we have a banner at the Iris for "Wee
Willie Winkie.'
c.1937 - A Christmas time view that looks like the work of Herman
Schultheis. It once appeared on a Facebook page that no longer exists. Note the airborne Santa atop each tree. The
El Capitan is on the right.
c.1937 - A Herman Schultheis view across toward where the Admiral/Vine Theatre would later be. It's still a restaurant at this point. It's a Los Angeles Public Library photo. More views of Santas atop the trees. Note the cross-hatch paint job on the trees with this design variation.
c.1937 - A view looking west from the
Los Angeles Public Library collection. It's a Herman Schultheis photo. Note the flying Santas atop the Christmas trees.
c.1937 - A rainy Christmas season day in Hollywood captured by Herman Schultheis in a
Los Angeles Public Library photo. We're looking west on Hollywood Blvd. toward the Warner.
1938
- Beginning this year it was illuminated stars at the top of the trees instead of Santas. The
Hollywood Theatre was playing "The Great Waltz," a November release with
Luise Rainer and Fernand Gravet. It's a Dick Whittington Studio photo in
the
USC Digital Library collection.
1938 - It's the night of the Christmas Parade. That's the Hollywood over on the
right, again with "The Great Waltz" on the marquee. It's another Dick Whittington Studio photo in the
USC Digital Library collection.
1938 - A change of program. Here the Hollywood Theatre was running "The Cowboy and the Lady," a November release with Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. Photo: Herman Schultheis,
Los Angeles Public Library
1938 - Another Christmas angle shot with the Hollywood running "The Cowboy and the Lady." Photo: Herman Schultheis,
Los Angeles Public Library
1938 - A
USC Digital Library view by Dick Whittington looking east along Hollywood Blvd.
during the run of "The Dawn Patrol" with Errol Flynn.
1938 - A look from across the street during the run of "The Dawn Patrol." It's another Dick Whittington Studio photo in the
USC Digital Library collection.
1939 - A view during the November 26 Christmas Parade. The El Capitan has a banner out for "Folies Bergere of 1940". Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the photo for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.
Earlier in 1939 Clifford C. Fischer had brought a version of the "Folies" that had been
playing the World's Fair in San Francisco to the Chinese. It opened May
12 for a four week run and then moved to the Texas State Fair. A second
"more daring" production took over the San Francisco run. Clifford
later brought that second company, dubbed "Folies Bergere of 1940," to the El
Capitan, opening November 1, 1939. The show was discussed in an October
17 article in the Times.
1939 - Another view during the Christmas Parade. The bill that week at Grauman's Chinese was
"Another Thin Man" and "Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence." On
the right there's another look at the El Capitan's banner for "Folies Bergere of 1940." It's a photo from Bettman
Archives/Getty that appeared on a post of the blog Old Guv Legends. They had spotted it on an Atlantic "Pictures of Christmas Past" post.
1939 - Garlands were added for this season, something they didn't have up in 1938. We're looking east across Highland Ave. Ken McIntyre found the photo for his Photos of Los Angeles collection on Facebook.
1939 - Looking east across McCadden Place. The Vogue is on the left and the Egyptian is on the right. Thanks to Ken McIntyre on Photos of Los Angeles for the photo.
1940
- It's the year of the polka dots. This Christmastime look east on the Boulevard is by Herman Schultheis. The
Hollywood was playing "The Howards of Virginia" with Cary Grant. The
photo is in the
Los Angeles Public Library collection.
1940
- A view during the November 24 Christmas Parade. The
El Capitan had a banner out for "Folies Bergere of 1941," a show that
had opened October 21. A Times article on November 28 noted that it
would be closing its six week run on December 1. At the
Chinese that
week it was "Tin Pan Alley" and "The Gay Caballero." Thanks to Kurt
Wahlner for locating the photo. After closing at the El Capitan,
Producer Clifford C. Fischer then booked a tab version of the show into
the Paramount downtown for a week beginning December 3, where it played
with the film "Dancing on a Dime.
1942 - Santa at the Admiral. This revival double bill played one week beginning November 26. "You
Can't Get Away With Murder" with Humphrey Bogart and "Three Musketeers" with Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers were both 1939 releases. The theatre had opened in May 1940 and was later known as the
Vine.
Thanks to Johnny Wareham on the Facebook page
Vintage Los Angeles for this photo from an album belonging to his mother, who noted "The little arrow [upper right] is pointing
to where I worked during Xmas. Just up the street a little ways from the
Taft building, still on Hollywood Blvd., is the 'Hitching Post.'
Straight up from the theater, about 3 doors is 'Melody Lane' a quite
well known restaurant."
1942
- Time for the scary giant Santa Clauses. The Vogue is running "Secret
Enemies," a September release. It's a photo from the Ronald W. Mahan
collection. Thanks, Ron!
1943 - Thanks to Martin Pal for the post of this snapshot on his
Noirish Los Angeles post #41291.
He notes that the film at the Paramount is "True to Life," a December
1943 release with Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Franchot Tone and Victor
Moore. Glen Norman notes that the non-illuminated Santas were used
during the war years. The trees would be back, with a new look, for
Christmas 1945.
1945 - Dancers from the Earl Carroll Theatre are helping decorate
Hollywood Blvd. That's the
Chinese across the street. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for finding the Getty Images
photo for a post on the
Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.
1945 - The view east toward the Warner in December. The photo was added to the Facebook page
Vintage Los Angeles by Richard Wojcik and is credited to
Electrospark on Flickr.
1946 - A view east toward Cherokee by Bob Plunkett. On the right the
News-View/Ritz Theatre marquee can be seen (barely) through the trees. They were running footage from some wedding and from a USC vs. UCLA game. The negative for this postcard is in the
Huntington Library collection.
1946 - Looking west toward the Paramount during the Christmas season in an uncredited
Los Angeles Public Library
photo. Note the sign in the upper left for "Blue Skies," a 1946
Paramount release with Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Joan Caulfield.
1946 - A Christmas view looking west at one of the most
photographed corners in the city, Hollywood and Vine. The Admiral
marquee is glowing brightly in the middle of the image. The uncredited
photo is in the
Los Angeles Public Library collection. The photo also appears as part of the lovely
Noirish Los Angeles post #2330 by GS Jansen featuring several other Hollywood Blvd. Christmas shots by the same photographer.
1946 - A wonderful uncredited
Los Angeles Public Library view looking west with the Pantages playing "The Jolson Story." Note the Hitching Post Theatre on the left.
1946 - A photo looking west on Hollywood Blvd. during Christmas season added to the
Vintage Los Angeles
Facebook page by Alison Martino. We miss the Egyptian (it would be just
off to the left) but get a glimpse of the Hollywood Theatre vertical
farther down the street on the left. And farther down there's the tower
atop the El Capitan.
1947 - Thanks to Alison Martino for this noirish Christmas view. It was a post on her Facebook page
Vintage Los Angeles.
1947
- A Christmas view west toward Vine St. with the
Hitching Post running "Thunder Mountain," a June
release, along with "Death Valley," out in August 1946. Thanks to
Noirish Los Angeles contributor Ethereal Reality for spotting the
negative for sale on eBay. He shared the image on
Noirish post #56171.
1948 - A December view looking east toward the Warner by Arnold Hylen on the Facebook page
Arnold Hylen-Photographer-Los Angeles Images of an Era.
The
Iris Theatre is running a preview of "You Gotta Stay Happy" with
Joan Fontaine and James Stewart. Or maybe they're running that feature
plus a preview. Thanks to Greta Gustafsson for making the photo
available. Note the new style streetlights.
1948 - Raoul Walsh's "Fighter Squadron" at the Warner in a shot from the collection of
Eric Lynxwiler on Flickr. Thanks to Eric for the photo -- and to Arnold Darrow for spotting it.
1948 - Another Christmas season photo by Arnold Hylen. Thanks to Mr. Hylen's grand niece, Greta Gustaffson, for making it available.
c.1948 - Thanks to Maurice Ideses for this noirish Christmas shot looking east toward the Vogue. The Egyptian of course is hiding just beyond the Pig & Whistle. It was a post on Vintage Los Angeles.
c.1948 - A postcard
derived from the previous photo. The card's retoucher eliminated the
woman in the photo who was walking in the crosswalk. And a few other
things were tweaked to make it a night view. Thanks to Brian Michael
McCray for sharing the card from his collection on a
Vintage Los Angeles post. The card also appears in Elizabeth Fuller's
Old Los Angeles Postcards set on Flickr.
1949 - L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron and his wife are cruising Hollywood Blvd. during the Hollywood Christmas Parade in this
Los Angeles Public Library photo. "All The King's Men" at the Pantages had its Los Angeles premiere on November 16.
1949 - At the Pantages it's "Bride For
Sale," a film that opened December 22 starring Claudette Colbert, George Brent and
Robert Young. The Hitching Post, over on the left, has given up on westerns and is running "The Facts of Love."
Thanks to Martin Pal for including the photo with many other interesting
Hollywood views
in his
Noirish Los Angeles post #50025.
It's a photo from the collection of Eric Lynxwiler that
he's shared on
Flickr. Thanks, Eric!
1950 - The view west toward the towers of the Warner during the Christmas parade. Thanks to Ken McIntyre on Photos of Los Angeles for the find.
1950 - Thanks to Mike Martini Baker for this Christmas view. The
Hollywood is running "Mister 880" with Burt Lancaster along with "Three
Secrets." It was a post on the non-public Facebook group
Mid Century Modern. The photo has also appeared on the
SoCal Historic Architecture Facebook page.
c.1950 - A Christmas view from Ken McIntyre's collection. Another version of the card is also on
Photos of Los Angeles as a post of Bill Gabel.
Note that we no longer have a readerboard in the lot east of the Chinese. Kurt Wahlner, curator of the site
GraumansChinese.org notes that that the signage was removed sometime between July 1948 and January 1951.
1951 - "Welcome Santa - Merry Xmas To All" says the marquee in this Christmas parade view of the News-View behind the Marymount College float. It's a Los Angeles Daily News photo in the collection of the UCLA Library. That's the News-View / Ritz Theatre across the street.
c.1952 - A lovely vista west along Hollywood Blvd. past the marquee of the Academy on the right, a theate later known as the
Holly. The
marquee says it's "available." Thanks to Bill Gable for finding the
photo for a post on the
Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page. There's also a slightly cropped version from Richard Garcia on
Vintage Los Angeles.
c.1952 - A wonderful view looking east toward Highland. Don Sherman added this one to the
Photos of Los Angeles
page on Facebook. Note above the entrance of the Paramount that they're
running something in 3-D. Perhaps "Bwana Devil." The photo is also in
Richard Wojcik's collection and appears on
Vintage Los Angeles.
1952/1953 - At the Pantages it's "Blackbeard the Pirate" with Robert Newton, Linda
Darnell and William Bendix. It had its premiere at the Pantages December
24, 1952 and opened in New York the following day. On the left the Paris is advertising the "First L.A.
Showing" of something called "Venus of Paris" along with "Indiscretion."
Many thanks to Sean
Ault for sharing the photo from his collection.
early 1950s- A Christmas image on
Vintage Los Angeles from the Richard Wojcik collection. Another version of the photo appears from Bill Gabel on
Photos of Los Angeles.
early 1950s- A rainy Christmas season view looking east toward Vine
St. The Admiral Theatre marquee is peeking out on the left. Thanks to
Sean Ault, a noted historian of transit in the Los Angeles area, for the
photo.
early 1950s - Thanks to Bill Gabel for this Christmas season view, a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.
1953 - A December view from the
Metro Library and Archive looking west on Hollywood Blvd. toward the Warner. The caption notes that it would be the last Christmas for the Red Line cars.
early 50s - Thanks to Sean Ault for this Christmas season view looking east toward the theatre. It's one he found on eBay.
early 1950s - Looking west. Thanks to Hector Acuna for finding this shot for a post for the non-public Facebook group
Mid Century Modern.
1953 - A photo from Richard Wojcik on
Vintage Los Angeles. On a
re-post
Richard notes that Red Car service on Hollywood Blvd. would end in
1954. He credits the photo to Roger Bogenberger / Pacific Electric
Railway Historical Society.
1954 - Thanks to
Hillary Hess on Facebook for this great "No Business Like Show Business" photo on Facebook. Woody Wise spotted it for a share on his
All Movie Theatres page.
1954 - A sweet December view of the theatre's marquee in the center of the image as we look west. The Warner is down the street. Thanks to Richard Wojcik for the postcard from his collection, appearing on Vintage Los Angeles. The Admiral was running "The Wild One," a February release with Brando
along with "My Forbidden Past," a 1951 release with Robert Mitchum and
Ava Gardner.
The card has also been seen in various versions on the So Cal Historic Architecture Facebook page, on Gaylord Wilshire's Noirish Los Angeles post #9302, on Photos of Los Angeles and in Elizabeth Fuller's Old Los Angeles Postcards
collection on Flickr.
Elizabeth gives us what is on the back of the one
she has, mailed in January 1958: "Famous intersection in the heart of
the entertainment capital of the world. Motion Picture Studios,
Broadcasting Studios, Famous hotels and restaurants are nearby. Here, a
visitor to the southland may by chance catch a glimpse of his favorite
celebrity." "Greetings: We
are having a wonderful time out here. It is sunny and warm - 79
degrees today. Fine places to see and go to - we are starting back this
week. We'll see you soon I hope. Lillian Art"
1954
- Another view of the Admiral running "The Wild One" and "My Forbidden Past." The banner says "New Wide Screen." Thanks to Richard Wojcik
for sharing the photo from his collection.
1954 - A terrific Christmas view of the Pantages from the Richard Wojcik collection on the Facebook page for the non-public group
Mid Century Modern Los Angeles.
1957 - A delightful view of the
Chinese running "Kiss Them For
Me" with Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield which premiered November 15.
It's a post from Richard Wojcik on the non-public Facebook group
Mid Century Modern Los Angeles. The photo also appears in the
Classic Los Angeles Photos
section of the Kingsley Collection, a terrific group of photos from the
estate of Barbara Harlen. Note that exciting new construction in the
center of the photo rising on the Hollywood Hotel site.
1957/58
- On the
right the Vogue has "Peyton Place," a run that began December 13, 1957
at the Vogue and the Loyola after the world premiere the night before at
the Beverly. "April Love" and "Three Faces of Eve" are playing at the New-View. It's a photo by Frank J. Thomas in
the Frank J. Thomas Archives. It's on Flickr from the Manitoba Museum of Finds Art. Thanks to Martin Pal for finding the photo to include with other Hollywood Christmas views in his Noirish Los Angeles post #50025.
1959 - A street view during a Christmas parade that appeared on Ed Fuentes' blog
[view] from a loft. The photo is from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
1959 - Thanks to Noirish Los Angeles contributor Ethereal Reality
for this "Beloved Infidel" shot he found on eBay and shared on his
Noirish post # 52066.
The film, starring Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr, opened November 20
for a four week run, closing December 17. That's the manager's 1956 Cadillac in front.
1959 - Thanks to Sean Ault for finding this "Beloved
Infidel" shot. Also see
a version posted by Noirish Los Angeles contributor Ethereal Reality
that he found on eBay and shared on his
Noirish post # 52066.
1960/61 - "World's
Greatest Attraction" Thanks to Alison Martino for posting this colorful
view from the Richard Wojcik collection on the non-public Facebook
group
Mid Century Modern. The Warner was doing a revival run of "This Is
Cinerama" which ran for 22 weeks beginning November 2, 1960.
1961 - A Christmas season view west toward the Warner. Thanks Ken McIntyre for posting the shot on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page. The theatre had a remodel and the Cinerama installation was removed. Here the letters above the readerboards once again say "Warner." Cinerama would be back in October 1962.
- Thanks to Richard Wojcik on
Vintage Los Angeles for this holiday shot looking east. It was taken right after Christmas following the opening of "The Cardinal" at the
Egyptian.
1963 - A fine look at the Cinerama neon up on the vertical at the Warner in a December photo. It's on Vintage Los Angeles from the Richard Wojcik collection. Thanks, Richard!
1963 - A December "Cleopatra" shot on
Vintage Los Angeles from the collection of Richard Wojcik. Note the added neon on the vertical. Thanks, Richard!
1960s - Thanks to Martin Pal for this shot from Vicky Valentine's collection looking east from Highland Ave. Martin shared it on his
Noirish Los Angeles post #33734. Thanks also to Hoss C for his
post #33735 where he had done some color correction for us.
1966 - Looking west past the Egyptian toward the Hollywood
Theatre and Highland Ave. In the distance there's the tower of the El
Capitan building. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for the photo on the Facebook
page
Photos of Los Angeles.
1966 - Another vista looking west toward Hollywood and Highland found by Ken McIntyre for the
Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page. Note the black hulk of the El Capitan beyond.
1969 - Thanks to Glen Norman for this photo he took during the Santa Claus Parade on November 26. Loew's is now back to it's original name, the
El Capitan.
1973 - Loew's had left town and what was Loew's Holly got renamed the
Holly Cinema in this view looking west. It's another find of Ken McIntyre on
Photos of Los Angeles.
1975 - The vista east on Hollywood Blvd. from Highland. In this photo discovered by Ken McIntyre for the
Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page the Hollywood Theatre is at the lower right with the Egyptian up the street.
c.1978 - A shot from the 5th year of the "Deep Throat" run at the Pussycat. Thanks to Sean Ault for finding the photo.
1982 - Thanks to
American Classic Images for this December photo. The Warner had been renamed the Hollywood Pacific in 1968.
2016 - Thanks to Shawn Dudley for this December look down from the W Hotel. It was a post on
Photos of Los Angeles. In the background we get the lights atop Capitol Records.
2017 - All wonderfully decorated again. Who else puts Christmas
trees on their marquee? "Hamilton" was running until December 30. Photo:
Bill Counter
2018 - A Wicked Christmas at the Pantages. Photo: Bill Counter
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