Opened: 1937 as the Vogue Theatre, a project of developer A.V. Perkinson. The photo is on Calisphere from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection. "Lady of the Tropics" was an August 1939 release.
South Gate is just south of Huntington Park and Walnut Park. Pacific Blvd. is the main north/south street heading through those two areas. It turns into Long Beach Blvd. as it heads south of Walnut Park.
Architect: S. Charles Lee
A drawing by Mr. Lee of the proposed theatre, at this point without a name. See eight Vogue items on Calisphere from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection.
Over 600 photos from UCLA's S. Charles Lee Papers Collection are on Calisphere where they can be searched by theatre name. They're also on the UCLA Library website. Most of the collection has not been digitized but items can be viewed by request at the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library. There's a finding aid to the collection on the Online Archive of California site.
Seating: 800
A March 28, 1947 ad for South Lyn Theatres that appeared in the South Gate Press. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it for a thread about the Allen Theatre for the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.
After closing as a film house around 1956 it was used as a Latino focused church.
There was sale or lease to a new company
called Allied
Theatres in 1962. Thanks to Mark Brandl for locating this article in the
May 15 issue of the Lynwood Press. The story, while about the Arden Theatre in Lynwood, also mentions the Vogue as an earlier acquisition:
By 1967 it was in use as the Teatro Los Pinos with a mix of Spanish language films, music events and comedy shows.
Closing: The theatre closed for good in October 2014.
Status: It was demolished in January 2018 for construction of a new school to be built on the site. It had previously been closed and available for lease. Thanks to Tiffany Nitsche of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation for the update.
A vintage look at the inner lobby along the rear of the auditorium. The photo is from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection.
A 30s view from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection.
More exterior views:
An April 4, 1938 look along the Vogue Market toward the theatre. It's a G. Haven Bishop photo for Southern California Edison -- part of a series commissioned to show the effects of good lighting. The photo is in the Huntington Library collection.
A 1939 photo from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection.
A 1939 ticket lobby view from the UCLA S. Charles Lee Papers Collection.
A 2008 look at the marquee from Ken McIntyre appearing on the private Facebook group Photos of Los Angeles.
A 2009 facade view from Debra Jane Seltzer on her California Movie Theatres page 14 of her delightful site Roadside Architecture.
More Information: See the Cinema Tour page on the theatre for seven exterior and entrance area photos They list it as the Los Pinos. Head to the Cinema Treasures Los Pinos page for lots of stories from their contributors.
Cafe Press will be happy to sell you a mug, calendar or mouse pad with a night view of the Vogue on it.
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