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1956 - A wider Oscars shot. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this one for a Facebook post on Ken's Movie Page.
1956 - A view west toward the theatre that was located by Richard Wojcik. It was a post on the Mid Century Modern Los Angeles Facebook page. Thanks, Richard!
1957 - Heading east toward Vine with the Admiral, on the left, running "The Searchers" and "Francis In The Navy." Bruce Kimmel notes that this program began March 17.
It's a screenshot from Getty Images footage that's included in Rick Prelinger's "Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles - 2016,"
an hour and twenty minutes of wonderful images from various sources
that was originally presented in a program at the Los Angeles Public
Library. Also see "Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles - 2019."
This second installment was presented at the Library by the
organization Photo Friends as part of the series L.A. in Focus. Both
compilations are on Vimeo.
1957 - In this view the theatre was running "Designing Woman" with Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck. Thanks to Bill Gabel for locating the photo for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page. Bruce Kimmel notes that the premiere was April 10 with the regular run beginning April 11.
1957 - A look east from the American Airlines office at Hollywood and Vine. "Something of Value," a June release with Rock Hudson and Dana Winter, is at the Pantages. Thanks to James J. Chun for the photo on Photos of Los Angeles.
1958 - A Life Magazine photo of the March 26 30th Academy Awards presentation appearing on Google/Life Images. Thanks to BifRayRock on Noirish Los Angeles for the find. The Los Angeles Public Library also has a photo from a similar vantage point in their Herald Examiner collection -- plus there are many more of the Academy Awards if you care to browse the Library's website.
1959 - A 31st Academy Awards photo in the Los Angeles Public Library collection. It's a Herald Examiner photo that popped up on the Facebook page Vintage Los Angeles. See another view of the event on the site epnet.com.
1959 - A fine view east toward the Pantages from Hollywood and Vine. Thanks to Mr. Ethereal Reality who put it on his Noirish Los Angeles post #25007. It's a slide he found advertised on eBay.
1960 - The 32nd Academy Awards, held April 4. Thanks to Kurt Wahlner for locating the photo when it was for sale online. He notes that here we get an early view of the revised neon treatment on the marquee, simplified during the late 1959 renovations. Visit Kurt's wonderful site about a little theatre up the street from the Pantages: www.graumanschinese.org
1960 - A lovely photo on the Facebook page Vintage Los Angeles from the Richard Wojcik collection. It was taken during the run of "Bells Are Ringing" with Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. The film opened June 29 for a nine week run.
1960 - Another "Bells are Ringing" shot. Thanks to Bill Gabel for this one, a post on Photos of Los Angeles. On August 31 the film was replaced with the war drama "Hell to Eternity." That one opened wide with the Pantages plus 15 other theatres and drive-ins.
1963 - The "Cleopatra" premiere from across the street. Thanks to Channing Thomson of Channing Posters for sharing this one on Twitter. Martin Turnbull picked it up for a post on his Hollywood's Garden of Allah Novels Facebook page. See Michael Coat's article about the film's roadshow engagement on the site The Digital Bits. He notes that the Pantages ran the film 72 weeks.
1963 - A "Cleopatra" shot looking east. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for finding this one for a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.
1964 - "Cleopatra" was still running when we drive up Vine St. in "Hollywood 1964,"
a minute and a half of footage on YouTube from John "Johnny Boy"
Bryant. It was shot by one of his grandparents sometime between March and May. Thanks to Stephen Russo
for spotting it. We also see the Filmarte, the Warner, the Iris/Fox and
the Chinese.
c.1964 - A lovely view from the Jon Fisher collection on the Facebook page Mid Century Modern. We're looking east on Hollywood Blvd. toward Vine St.
1965 - Another "Great Race" shot by Mario DiBiasi from Getty Images. Thanks to Torbjörn Eriksson for locating this one for a post on the Southern California Nostalgia private Facebook group.
1965 - A fine look east on taken looking out the front of a bus. "The Great Race" is still on the billboard. Thanks to Alison Martino on Vintage Los Angeles for the photo.
1966 - A bus windshield view looking east on Hollywood Blvd. with the Pantages down the street. The Admiral/Vine Theatre was running "Sweet Hearts" and "The Merry Widow." Thanks to The Kingsley Collection for the photo. It appears in their album Classic Los Angeles which features photos from the estate of Barbara Harlen.
1967 - A marquee detail from the footage taken at the premiere for "The Happiest Millionaire."
1969 - "Hell's Angels '69" was a September release. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing the photo as a Facebook post on Ken's Movie Page.
1972 - "Lady Sings The Blues" at the Pantages. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for the photo, a post of his on Photos of Los Angeles.
1973 - Thanks to the now-vanished American Classic Images website for this photo taken in March.
1974 - The theatre running Paul Mazursky's "Harry and Tonto." Thanks to Sean Ault for sharing the photo from his collection.
1970s - Thanks to Kolchak Ans for this vertical shot. Note that it says "Pacific" at the top. It's from his post on the Facebook page Photos of Los Angeles.
1975 - "Black Christmas" at the Pantages. Thanks to John Stewart for his photo, one of fourteen appearing in his Los Angeles Theaters set on Flickr.
1975 - A marquee detail from John Stewart on Flickr. John is the long-time projectionist at the Austin Paramount. Thanks to Mike Hume for advising about John's photo collection.
1976 - Looking east on Hollywood Blvd. in a view Ken McIntyre found for Photos of Los Angeles. We get a bit of the Pantages below us and the Music Box (then called the Pix) down the street.
1979 - The vertical gets some repair work. The National Tour of "A Chorus Line" played the Pantages from October 8 until December 22. Thanks to Allen Headrick for locating the photo for a post for the Facebook group Images and Memories of Los Angeles.
1981 - Looking west at the Pantages in a view on Vintage Los Angeles from the Richard Wojcik collection. The stage production "Annie" was playing.
1981 - A look at the season, as advertised on the west wall. Thanks to Marc Seavey for his photo, one of six Hollywood views he took included in a post on the Photos of Los Angeles Facebook page.
1982 - Herschel Bernardi playing in "Fiddler on the Roof" in May. Thanks to the now-vanished American Classic Images website for the photo.
1987 - A William Reagh photo in the California State Library collection taken during the run of "Me And My Girl." It's the Library's item # 001381114.
1990 - Shirley MacLaine was appearing. It's a photo by Carol Westwood that's in the Los Angeles Public Library collection.
1995 - The big dig happening for the Hollywood & Vine Red Line station. It's a February photo from the Metro Archive & Library on Flickr.
1995 - Opening up another section of the street. It's a photo from the Metro Library and Archive.
1995 - Filling it all in. It's a photo from the Metro Library and Archive. For additional fun check out their 135 photo LACMTA Metro Red Line Construction album.
2001 - A "Lion King" shot on Vintage Los Angeles from the collection of Brad Adams. Thanks, Brad!
2005 - The Pantages playing the musical "White Christmas." It's a Skip Bolen photo from his Los Angeles at Night album on Facebook. Thanks, Skip!
2010 - Thanks to Don Solosan for this facade view, appearing on the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation Facebook page.
2010 - A fine vertical sign shot by Don Solosan on the LAFTF Facebook page. Thanks, Don!
2013 - A look up the length of the Pantages vertical from atop the marquee. It's a photo that appeared on the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page from Howard Nugent, then the master electrician at the theatre.
2013 - The Pantages running "The Wizard of Oz." No, this wasn't the 3-D IMAX film version -- but that was up the street at the Chinese at the same time. This was an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the 1939 film. Photo: Bill Counter
2015 - The view west from the Pantages toward Hollywood & Vine. Thanks to Howard Nugent for his photo. Now retired, at the time he took the photo he was the master electrician at the Pantages. The photo originally appeared as a post on the Los Angeles Theatres Facebook page.
2015 - "Holiday Trees," a December 2015 Pantages Blog post included this great look down the vertical.
2015 - Christmas decorations going up. It's a photo from the "Holiday Trees" post on the Pantages Blog.
2015 - A lovely night view looking west. Thanks to the Pantages for the terrific photos. See the "Holiday Trees" post for more photos of the Christmas decorating action -- and a video.
2016 - "Marquee," a January post on the Pantages Blog includes many vintage photos as well as several views of the LED panels retrofitted into the 1930 structure. Here we see the panels getting a checkup. See the post for a fine tour.
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
2019 - Cyclists take over the street for an August 18 CicLAvia event. Note the scaffolding on the theatre's tower. Photo: Bill Counter
2019 - The scaffolding is down and the tower supporting the vertical sign is gleaming after being repainted. Photo: Bill Counter - September 23
February 29, 2020 - The top of the vertical up in the air. Thanks to Adam Faruqi for his photo, added as a comment on a Hidden Los Angeles Facebook page post. On Instagram there's a cropped version of the photo, uncredited, as a post from Eric Lynxwiler. The rehab project for the vertical is being done by YESCO, Young Electric Sign Co., based in Salt Lake City.
February 29, 2020 - "PANT" on the ground. Thanks to Daniel Moreno for the photo. To the left of the sign section is Joe Mongelli, current head electrician at the Pantages. The photo was on the Hidden Los Angeles Facebook page for a post that got many comments. It can also be seen, uncredited, on Instagram as a post from Eric Lynxwiler and on the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page as a post by Alison Martino.
February 29, 2020 - The bottom of the old sign. Thanks to Jen Smith for sharing her photo.
February 29, 2020 - The first night since the theatre opened without having a vertical sign. Photo: Bill Counter
March 1, 2020 - The daytime look without the vertical. Photo: Bill Counter
March 3, 2020 - YESCO back in action to weld extensions on to the supporting I-beams that were chopped off close to the facade during the vertical's removal. Photo: Bill Counter
March 3, 2020 - Welding an extension onto the beam halfway up the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 3, 2020 - Working on adding an extension for the stub of a beam at the top of the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 3, 2020 - Coming down after preliminary work at the top of the facade. Note the new beam in place. Photo: Bill Counter
March 3, 2020 - Finishing work for the beam extension at the top of the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - The sign arrives from the YESCO shop. It's in two pieces. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - A detail of the tubing. When it's on the letters have an outer band of turquoise with two runs of white inside that. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - Pantages head electrician Joe Mongelli checking out the workmanship. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - The bottom section lifted off the truck. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - The two pieces getting lined up so they can be bolted together. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - Up in the air. But it didn't work this first time. The crane they were using didn't have enough length to get the sign high enough to clear the marquee. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - Lifting a second time using the other crane. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - The sign getting a push to slide it on to the two support beams. Additional support would be a welded connection to the framework sticking out from the top of the spire as well as a bracket on the theatre facade at the bottom of the sign. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - A bit of welding at the support beam half way up the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - Securing the sign to the support beam at the top of the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - That's a level in his left hand, checking for alignment before the top of the sign is temporarily secured to the spire. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - A bit of welding at the top before they unhook the nylon sling that's supporting the sign. Photo: Bill Counter
March 4, 2020 - Inside the sign for a bit more welding to the support beam half way up the facade. Photo: Bill Counter
March 5, 2020 - One YESCO guy inside the sign and two at the base determining what welding needed to be done to attach the sign to the bottom bracket. Photo: Bill Counter
March 5, 2020 - Measuring a piece of channel to reinforce the framework at the top of the spire. Some of the final welding would have to wait until the next day due to generator problems. Photo: Bill Counter
March 5, 2020 - Getting ready to take up the "Hollywood" tubing for the east side of the sign. All the other tubing had been installed at the shop. Photo: Bill Counter
March 5, 2020 - Installing the "H" on Hollywood as the guys on the crane start installing the covers on the edge of the sign. Photo: Bill Counter
March 5, 2020 - Installation continues on the edge covers and the "Hollywood" tubing. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - Finishing the welding on the bottom support bracket. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - Revamping an existing conduit run to power the sign. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - Up in the basket with the City's inspector, on the left, taking a look at the work. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - Finishing the welding at the top. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - Lit for the first time. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - The Yesco crew getting ready to pack up and hit the road. Here they're bringing down some runs of spare tubing. Photo: Bill Counter
March 6, 2020 - The "Hollywood" tubing on the west side. Photo: Bill Counter
April 2020 - With the virus shutdown the message from the Nederlander Organization was "Only Intermission." Photo: Bill Counter
April 2020 - A marquee detail. Thanks to Brian Donnelly for his photo.
June 3, 2020 - A peaceful protest against police violence and racial inequality. Thanks to Brad Stubbs for his photo, one of 46 in his album "BLM Protest - Hollywood (Day 3)" on Facebook.
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