Opened: 1923. The location was a block west of Market St. and a block and a half north of Manchester. Thanks to Deanna Bayless for spotting the 20s postcard in the collection of Cal State Dominguez Hills. Prior to 1935 this address had been called 103 N. Commercial. In the 1938, 1940 and 1942 city directories it's given an address of 103 N. La Brea.
The theatre was run by West Coast Theattres and its successor companies Fox West Coast and, at the end, National General. Just a block over on Market were the Fox Inglewood, the United Artists and the Ritz.
Architect: Carl Boller
Seating: 640, according to data from Bill Gabel.
Closing: 1969
Status: It was demolished in 1969 and after years as a parking lot there's now an office building on the site.
1923 - A look at the newly opened theatre with a nice view of the stagehouse. They were running "Afraid To Fight," a July 1922 release with Frank Mayo along with a vaudeville show. It's a photo in the Los Angeles Public Library collection.
1944 - A view from Marc Wanamaker's Bison Archives appearing on page 115 of the terrific 2008 Arcadia Publishing book "Theatres in Los Angeles" by Suzanne Tarbell Cooper, Amy Ronnebeck Hall and Mr. Wanamaker. The page with the photo is included in the preview on Google Books. The book is available from Amazon or your local bookseller.
late 1940s - Looking east on Queen St. toward La Brea. That's the Inglewood Theatre over on the left. The Arcade Theatre used to in the next block of Queen St., between La Brea and Market. Thanks to Tom Anderson for locating the photo for a post on the Lost Angeles Facebook page.
c.1950 - The theatre appears on the far right in this photo on Calisphere from the Inglewood Public Library. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for spotting it in the collection. That Grecian temple was the First National Bank. We're looking north on La Brea. A comment on Calisphere: "The Inglewood Theater closed over Memorial Day weekend in 1969 and was demolished soon after to accommodate a failed redesign project for the downtown area of the city."
c.1960 - Down to operating three days a week. Thanks to transit historian Sean Ault for sharing this photo from his collection.
2020 - The theatre was once in the middle of where this office complex is now situated. We're looking south on Market toward Queen St. Photo: Google Maps
More Information: See the Cinema Treasures page on the Inglewood.
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