822 S. San Fernando Blvd. Burbank, CA 91502 | map |
A c.1928 ticket for shows by the group Murphy's Comedians. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this for his Murphy's Comedians thread on the Photos of Los Angeles private Facebook group.
Horace Murphy's companies toured widely, with shows happening simultaneously in many venues. The Colonial in South Pasadena was later known as the Ritz Theatre. See the page about the Tent Theatre in Hawthorne. The page about the Embassy Theatre in Gardena includes a newspaper story about a 1931 booking in that town, at what was then called the Alamo Theatre.
Murphy's career was discussed in "Murphy Comedians Open Showhouse...." an April 10, 1931 article from a Glendale paper was located by Jerry Miles. It's about a tent theatre that Murphy was erecting in South Pasadena. Some of their comments about Murphy:
"...There is perhaps no better showman in the west than Horace Murphy. For the past twenty years he has been engaged in theatrical work in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, at one time having more than twelve companies. He has had theaters in Glendale, Burbank, Ontario, San Bernardino, Santa Ana, Orange, Hawthorne, Oxnard and Los Angeles in this vicinity and in Phoenix, Tucson, Douglass [sic], Prescott Arizona. At the present time he is showing in Glendale, Los Angeles and Oxnard, California... Mr. Murphy makes a specialty of showing high class legitimate shows at popular prices..."
See the full article at the bottom of the page about the Colonial/Ritz Theatre in South Pasadena.
These days Harbor Freight is at the 822 S. address. We're looking north. That's Valencia St. taking off on the right. The banners for IKEA are on the left, down in the next block. Image: Google Maps - 2022
More information: There isn't any about the Twin City. Nor have any photos yet emerged.
Burbank had a tent show in the mid-1920s. In the 1926 San Fernando Valley City Directory there is a listing under "theatres" for Tent at 310 N. Providence (or 310 Providencia, if you looked in the alphabetical section). The proprietor was one Jos. Aubrey.
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