Opening: This tent show in the Lamanda Park area was running as a legit theatre offering stock productions in 1925. The location was on the south side of the street a half block west of Madre Villa Ave. The 1925 photo by Harold A. Parker in the Huntington Library collection was commissioned by the local Essex dealer, Walter M. Murphy Motors.
The signage in front identifies it as the Liberty Theatre, 3300 E. Colorado. "Every Night at 8:15 New Play Every week."
Status: Long gone. It's unknown how many seasons it was operating.
Lamanda park is an area roughly bounded by Foothill Blvd.on the north, Del Mar Blvd. to the south, Eaton Wash to the east and Allen Avenue to the west, with a panhandle extending south along the western bank of the Eaton Wash. Wikipedia has an article on the neighborhood. There's also a Google map showing its boundaries.
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