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A look in before the first showing of "Thanksgiving" on the official opening day, November 17, 2023. Photo: Bill Counter
A side wall panorama. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2023
One of the house left ladies. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2023
Across the front. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2023
The house left organ grille. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2023
A look back to the expanded projection booth. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2023
Earlier auditorium views:
A 2005 view to the left organ grille area from 7-how-7 on Flickr.
The house right organ grille. It's a 2005 photo by Steven Rood appearing on the Cinema Tour page about the theatre.
A view from the back of the house. Thanks to Stephen Russo for his 2014 photo, one originally appearing on the LAHTF Facebook page.
A view that had once appeared on the Vintage Cinemas website
The house right wall. Photo: John Hough - 2017
One of the side wall ladies. Thanks to Sean Ault
for his 2017 photo. While waiting for "Blade Runner 2049" to begin he
did a little swirl around the auditorium. It's on YouTube.
The view to the booth. Photo: John Hough - 2017
A wall detail. Photo: Mike Hume - Historic Theatre Photography - 2018
The house right front exit. Photo: Mike Hume - 2018
A look up at the house right organ grille. Photo: Mike Hume - 2018
The auditorium during renovations. Photo: Bill Counter - July 2022
The rear of the house. Photo: Bill Counter - July 2022
A closer look into the project of rebuilding all the upstairs areas. Photo: Bill Counter - July 2022
Another angle on the booth expansion project. Photo: Bill Counter - July 2022
The house after removal of the seats. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022
The rear of the house after more work done on the booth. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022
The rear house right. The blue stairs go to the booth. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022
A look across the expanded booth. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022
A view after removal of the screen and speakers. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
House left. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
The left organ grille area. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
The proscenium columns house left. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
A proscenium detail. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
Looking offstage. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
The house right proscenium and exit area. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
The house right organ grille. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
A wall detail house right. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
More ornament house right. Photo: Bill Counter - March 2023
The view from the middle of the house. Photo: Bill Counter - April 2023
A look to the rear. Photo: Bill Counter - April 2023
The house after some sidewall and ceiling painting. Photo: Bill Counter - May 2023
A closer look at the stage and its new fiberglass on the back wall. Photo: Bill Counter - May 2023
Speakers
in place. Five full-range stage channels for traditional 70mm TODD-AO
reproduction. Plus subs, of course. Photo: Bill Counter - June 2023
A wider view to the stage. Photo: Bill Counter - June 2023
The back wall with new soundproofing. Photo: Bill Counter - June 2023
Ready for carpet and the back wall covering. Photo: Bill Counter - June 2023
From the back. New tracks had been installed for side masking. Photo: Bill Counter - June 2023
The house after carpet, screen and drapes were installed. The new traveler seen here was
rejected and replaced with a longer one. Photo: Bill Counter - July 2023
Lights
are on behind the screen. We're seeing the silhouettes of speakers 2,3
and 4. Channels 1 and 5 are hiding behind the masking, here set for
1.75. The Scope picture width is 36'. Photo: Bill Counter - September
2023
Across the screen with traveler version 1 in place. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2023
A
look to the rear of the house and the expanded projection booth. The
back wall got new drapes and soundproofing. Photo: Bill Counter -
September 2023
One of the ladies. Photo: Bill Counter - September 2023
The auditorium after the pyramidal ceiling fixtures had been cleaned and relamped. Photo: Bill Counter - October 2023
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