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Life Theatre

Vermont Ave. at Imperial Highway Los Angeles, CA  90044 | map | 

Opening: It didn't. It was to be a project for Fanchon & Marco's Southside Theatres but they went with another architect.   

Architect: William Pereira

Seating: 1,700 was the announced number. 

An item about the new theatre that appeared in the April 24, 1948 issue of Boxoffice.  

A drawing of Pereira's design for the Life Theatre made an appearance in a June 19, 1948 Boxoffice spread titled "The 'New Look' in California Theatres." The caption:

"A new unit in the Southside Theatre, Inc. circuit of Los Angeles will be the Life Theatre, 1,700-seat house incorporating modern techniques in design and construction. It will be the first of several new showhouses planned by this firm. Architect: W.L. Pereira." 
 

 
The other two drawings in the Boxoffice article were of S. Charles Lee's early designs for the Reseda Theatre in Reseda and Bay Theatre in Pacific Palisades. Although both were built, neither ended up looking like these drawings. 
 

The project was still on as late as mid-1948. This item appeared in the August 14 issue of Boxoffice.   

More information: The project that Southside Theatres DID build in this area was the Southside Theatre, a design by Clarence Smale that opened in September 1949. The building, now a church, is located at 11243 S. Vermont Ave., a half block north of Imperial Highway. 

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