tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27400446870267231262024-03-19T03:22:24.300-07:00Los Angeles TheatresAn exploration of historic Los Angeles theatres including the grand movie palaces, neighborhood cinemas, and legitimate playhouses. Browse thousands of photos from various archives. Bill Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15645345101104270656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-13095608986299015042024-01-20T07:35:00.000-08:002024-01-20T07:35:42.204-08:00Navigating Your Tour of Historic Los Angeles Theatres<span style="color: orange;"><b>On a Mobile Device: </b></span>If you're missing the right column navigation bar or links at the top you can go to the bottom of any page and click on
"View Web Version." Still can't find what you're looking for? Send me an email at counterb@gmail.com. See you at the movies! -- Bill Counter <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown L.A. Historic Theatres</a> </b></span><br />
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The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">survey page</a> gives a rundown on the 20 major surviving theatre buildings in the Downtown Theatre District. There are links
to pages about each of them for more detail. You might also want to consult alphabetical rundowns on pages for <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/hill-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Hill St. and farther west</a>, the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/broadway-theatres.html" target="_blank">Broadway Theatres</a>, <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Spring St. Theatres</a> and <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/main-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Main St. and farther east</a>. Those pages give you more detail, including discussions about all the theatres that have vanished. In addition, there's a downtown <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">alphabetical theatre list</a> with alternate names and a <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">theatre list by address</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Historic Hollywood Theatres</b></span></a><br />
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Hollywood wasn't just about the movies. Starting in the mid 20s it was also a center for legitimate theatre and musical revues at four newly built playhouses. You'll find an alphabetical list of the theatres in the district on the <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood Theatres overview</a> page that includes a bit of data on each and links to pages for more details. Down below this list there's also an alternate name directory. Also of possible interest is a separate page with a <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/hollywood-theatres-by-street-address.html" target="_blank">list of theatres by street address</a>.<br />
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<b> </b><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside Theatres</a> </b></span><br />
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The Westside started booming with retail and housing in the mid 20s and the theatres followed. Many theatres along Wilshire Blvd., in Beverly Hills, and in other neighborhoods became prime venues for everything from small foreign films to major roadshows. It's a huge territory. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside Theatres overview</a> page gives you both a list by neighborhood as well as a survey arranged alphabetically. Also see the list of <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres-by-street-address.html" target="_blank">Westside Theatres: by street address</a> and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">Westside Theatres: alphabetical list</a> page which includes alternate names.<br />
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<a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Westwood and Brentwood</b></span></a><br />
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Westwood Village was the third significant theatre district to evolve in
Los Angeles, after Downtown and Hollywood.
With the construction of the UCLA campus beginning in the late 20s there
was a chance to develop a unique shopping and entertainment district
for faculty and students. By the 1970's the
area had evolved so that Westwood had the largest concentration of first
run screens of any neighborhood in Los Angeles. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood Theatres overview</a> page will give you a tour of the area.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Theatres Along the Coast</a></b></span><br />
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Santa Monica had a vibrant theatrical life even in the days when it was a small town isolated from the rest of Los Angeles. And that's just the beginning. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a> section will give you links to discussion of theatres in Ocean Park, Venice, Hermosa Beach, San Pedro, Long Beach and other communities. <br />
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<a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>[more] L.A. Movie Palaces</b></span></a><br />
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This section fills in all the other areas of Los Angeles County. Hundreds of terrific theatres were being built by the studios and independents all over the L.A. area in the 20s and into the 30s. You'll find coverage of theatres north and east of Downtown as well as in Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, the San Gabriel Valley, Pomona, Whittier, Long Beach and many other far flung locations. <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span>Some of those listings have been upgraded and appear on this site, many other links will take you to pages on an older site hosted on Google. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">index page</a> has links to all these theatres organized by area.<br />
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<a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Searching by theatre name</b></span></a><br />
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If you don't find it in the right hand column, head for the <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">Main Alphabetical List</a>,
which also includes the various alternate names each venue has used.
This list includes those pages recently updated for this site (in
bold face) as well as the write ups on an older website. For a narrower focus you'll also find separate lists for <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">Westside</a> and <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">Downtown</a>. As well, there are lists by name on the 10 survey pages for more limited areas like Pasadena, North of Downtown, Long Beach, etc. that are listed on the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles Movie Palaces</a> page.<br />
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<a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-los-angeles-main.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Searching by address</b></span></a> <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">
If you know an address or street head to either the <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-los-angeles-main.html" target="_blank">Main Theatre List by Address</a>, the <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-san-fernando-valley.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley List by Address</a>, the <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-san-gabriel-valley.html" target="_blank">San Gabriel Valley, Pomona and Whittier List by Address</a> or the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/losangelesmoviepalaces/long-beach" target="_blank">Long Beach List</a>. If what you're looking for isn't there, you should find a link to take you to a more localized list by address for <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">Downtown</a>, <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres-by-street-address.html" target="_blank">Westside</a>, <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/hollywood-theatres-by-street-address.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a>, etc. Also see the survey pages for more
limited areas that
are listed on the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles Movie Palaces</a> page.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1922-1926 - Egyptomania: </span></b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/01/academy-6.html" target="_blank">Bard's/Academy - Pasadena</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/bards-west-adams.html" target="_blank">Bard's West Adams</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/egyptian-overview.html" target="_blank">Egyptian - Hollywood</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/egyptian-long-beach.html" target="_blank">Egyptian - Long Beach</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/09/garfield-theatre.html" target="_blank">Garfield</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/vista-theatre.html" target="_blank">Vista Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/uptown-theatre.html" target="_blank">Warner's Egyptian - Pasadena</a> |</p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1927 - Exotic destinations:</span></b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/chinese-overview.html" target="_blank">Grauman's Chinese</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/04/mayan-theatre.html" target="_blank">Mayan Theatre</a> | </p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1930 - 1932 - The best L.A. County Art Deco wonders:</span></b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/fox-pomona.html" target="_blank">Fox Pomona</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/four-star-theatre.html" target="_blank">Four Star Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/fox-wilshire.html" target="_blank">Fox Wilshire / Saban</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/leimert-theatre.html" target="_blank">Leimert / Vision Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/pantages-theatre-overview.html" target="_blank">Pantages</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/united-artists-long-beach.html" target="_blank">United Artists Long Beach</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/warner-beverly-hills.html" target="_blank">Warner Beverly Hills</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/warner-grand.html" target="_blank">Warner Grand San Pedro</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/warner-huntington-park.html" target="_blank">Warner Huntington Park</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/wiltern-theatre.html" target="_blank">Wiltern Theatre</a> | </p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1935 - 1939 - Moderne marvels: </span></b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/09/academy-theatre.html" target="_blank">Academy - Inglewood</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/arden-theatre.html" target="_blank">Arden - Lynwood</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/bruin-theatre.html" target="_blank">Bruin Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/el-rey-theatre.html" target="_blank">El Rey - Wilshire</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/showcase-theatre.html" target="_blank">Gordon/Showcase Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/02/la-reina-theatre.html" target="_blank">La Reina Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/tower-compton.html" target="_blank">Tower - Compton</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/vogue-theatre.html" target="_blank">Vogue - Hollywood</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/vogue-theatre.html" target="_blank">Vogue - Southgate</a> | </p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1946 - 1951 - Skouras-style:</span></b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/11/crest-long-beach.html" target="_blank">Crest - Long Beach</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/fox-inglewood.html" target="_blank">Fox Inglewood</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/fox-venice.html" target="_blank">Fox Venice</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/loyola-theatre.html" target="_blank">Loyola Theatre</a> |<br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1948 - 1951 - Skouras-ized older theatres:</span></b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/california-theatre.html" target="_blank">California - Huntington Park</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/08/el-portal-theatre.html" target="_blank">El Portal</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/fox-westwood.html" target="_blank">Fox Westwood Village</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/mesa-theatre.html" target="_blank">Mesa Theatre</a> |<br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">1942 - 1970 - The most interesting Mid-Century Modern designs:</span></b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/baldwin-theatre.html" target="_blank">Baldwin Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinerama-dome.html" target="_blank">Cinerama Dome</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/01/sherman-oaks-2.html" target="_blank">General Cinema - Sherman Oaks I & II</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/la-tijera-theatre.html" target="_blank">La Tijera Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/national-westwood.html" target="_blank">National Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/pan-pacific-theatre.html" target="_blank">Pan Pacific Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/07/paradise-theatre.html" target="_blank">Paradise Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/towne-long-beach.html" target="_blank">Towne - Long Beach</a> | <br />
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That's on the east side of the street between Elmwood and Valencia, a
bit over a block north of Alameda. These days the big landmark is IKEA,
on the other side of San Fernando Blvd. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Marc Chevalier for locating this item in the September 4, 1926 issue of the trade magazine The Billboard: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"BURBANK, Calif. - The Twin City Theater, 822 East San Fernando boulevard, has opened. W.H. Church is manager." <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejLZZzCi_GAOcoxPwW6LRlS7uFrQP5ooHne1leM-xVoipEFAdVk-o6dkSQGt8hgS6o_Hg9Qz2qAuSGSksUT8Na_Q6ZEf3HKqPqP_g5XKtbcRWh3VqS4roYV5dGDc046Vxjlk3Ov7c1A82Js-e8DIJe_tlELFigjF3JbpoxoHUM9Lf_UouNH4BCagBhgyq/s610/TwinCity-1926-WomenSolicitors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="610" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhejLZZzCi_GAOcoxPwW6LRlS7uFrQP5ooHne1leM-xVoipEFAdVk-o6dkSQGt8hgS6o_Hg9Qz2qAuSGSksUT8Na_Q6ZEf3HKqPqP_g5XKtbcRWh3VqS4roYV5dGDc046Vxjlk3Ov7c1A82Js-e8DIJe_tlELFigjF3JbpoxoHUM9Lf_UouNH4BCagBhgyq/w400-h196/TwinCity-1926-WomenSolicitors.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre was looking for "Women Solicitors" in 1926. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for including the ad in a thread about various Murphy's Comedians venues on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7476834865674569" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This November 5, 1927 item in The Billboard was another located by Marc Chevalier:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"MIL AND LIL HOUSMAN advise that after 25 weeks with a Southern show, they have returned to the Coast, and have signed for a season of stock with Murphy's Comedians at the Twin City Theater, Burbank, Calif."<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fo5LCT6eYlkjAnUVMLFZiSBHN6-lDJXHP3vLUcoUjq1OCVmr8Hmct32oYtfHoVnAPZ_6WVAEqIKvOtGx-Vs7S6dUmsz8w_zlvtiU2xewBq3cySqLrV0JeBLZcjUkf5a6QCypEFM-DuLgdIxyMjFfKOxDaiA3Bq97lArfp-enuY5jpuXUhzOUc7UaHw-B/s827/TwinCity-1927-Dec-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="734" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fo5LCT6eYlkjAnUVMLFZiSBHN6-lDJXHP3vLUcoUjq1OCVmr8Hmct32oYtfHoVnAPZ_6WVAEqIKvOtGx-Vs7S6dUmsz8w_zlvtiU2xewBq3cySqLrV0JeBLZcjUkf5a6QCypEFM-DuLgdIxyMjFfKOxDaiA3Bq97lArfp-enuY5jpuXUhzOUc7UaHw-B/w402-h453/TwinCity-1927-Dec-16.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A December 16, 1927 ad for the dramas "The Undercover Kid" and "The Family Pride." Thanks to Ken for locating it. It's nice that they gave us an address! </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmXpl6AdDbJRywFlttMjTbxJ3tnQwOxu9uPKlHa8-lVmCNYv6RIh8tKQspCTWdIXFt4pLpx9yl3QlTGvyrWoWWOeKdvTa5KcZ2vXvgUoLoCSuNhCi5Rs86YQNC3YoZTYBnzXFIrO3JW5n4gfni_TL8SPPhd6nkBZIAicjhL_Lqx_h0k9OPfXjMHk4tIGr/s876/TwinCity-1928-Jan-19-StraightCrooks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="775" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmXpl6AdDbJRywFlttMjTbxJ3tnQwOxu9uPKlHa8-lVmCNYv6RIh8tKQspCTWdIXFt4pLpx9yl3QlTGvyrWoWWOeKdvTa5KcZ2vXvgUoLoCSuNhCi5Rs86YQNC3YoZTYBnzXFIrO3JW5n4gfni_TL8SPPhd6nkBZIAicjhL_Lqx_h0k9OPfXjMHk4tIGr/w407-h459/TwinCity-1928-Jan-19-StraightCrooks.jpg" width="407" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">"Just a few steps west of the Burbank and Glendale City Line." It's a January 19, 1928 ad Ken McIntyre located. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMAWYyBeD4k5gfDAUrlBaY7-w35-ftEp1bnwddjZIXgrg3xwNRJ6jlg_wcVdoaQ0t6d2qfJ9sCR0arYXwFiPGPScxa65kFBMOTXBzRLyHzBz2yAMsOmpBC9gXRM2uXHr_Okydzwuj7RC9pEYpFMGJ8p5nr09mfic-bBPXslu0Jec7wtPmY6s0FCjKteIz/s875/TwinCity-1928-Jan-UnkissedBride.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="779" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMAWYyBeD4k5gfDAUrlBaY7-w35-ftEp1bnwddjZIXgrg3xwNRJ6jlg_wcVdoaQ0t6d2qfJ9sCR0arYXwFiPGPScxa65kFBMOTXBzRLyHzBz2yAMsOmpBC9gXRM2uXHr_Okydzwuj7RC9pEYpFMGJ8p5nr09mfic-bBPXslu0Jec7wtPmY6s0FCjKteIz/w404-h453/TwinCity-1928-Jan-UnkissedBride.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A January 1928 ad for the Murphy's Comedians production of "The Unkissed Bride," a "Hilarious Farce Comedy." And the following Wednesday it would be "The False Alarm," an appropriately themed show for a firemen's benefit. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXVeFqXgbtrgQBMBdqXotqirFWZGeX76svdTOaAR7VVZwcoRVWQDtVhyd3l4zGzXw55mFmV07XThbhWNmN94ETPse-_x35hqZqhCC6FrLHyPcarGGdO7PtbCQuoJjgvbc0QQmf9wUAkfpOT9xT38Uzer6QrWMydIuceNLn1XaYUFrHiIP519hIui_zRic/s870/TwinCity-1928-BurbankDailyReview-Jan-23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="595" height="756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXVeFqXgbtrgQBMBdqXotqirFWZGeX76svdTOaAR7VVZwcoRVWQDtVhyd3l4zGzXw55mFmV07XThbhWNmN94ETPse-_x35hqZqhCC6FrLHyPcarGGdO7PtbCQuoJjgvbc0QQmf9wUAkfpOT9xT38Uzer6QrWMydIuceNLn1XaYUFrHiIP519hIui_zRic/w517-h756/TwinCity-1928-BurbankDailyReview-Jan-23.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre got a fine writeup about their production of "The Unkissed Bride" in this column from the January 23, 1928 issue of the Burbank Daily Review. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhbgC8S0psHbFdXzAzv7HjaRL_UuwQ13sEmiZjlQO3NaZHNMBUYnadsMaHylwzX_S_hjMEceBD8FxsnO9kQAFLYEaPA5SmkiZNsYc1_urRalG0-ihLdvlrFlQsTjArCYX7DDRsC1vjji2yqNK4ffeYq9YC-H4EESSwRmpo5J6qOmiMJYf0fofIznt4VBi/s900/Ritz-S-Pas-1932-Murphys-Comedians.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="900" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhbgC8S0psHbFdXzAzv7HjaRL_UuwQ13sEmiZjlQO3NaZHNMBUYnadsMaHylwzX_S_hjMEceBD8FxsnO9kQAFLYEaPA5SmkiZNsYc1_urRalG0-ihLdvlrFlQsTjArCYX7DDRsC1vjji2yqNK4ffeYq9YC-H4EESSwRmpo5J6qOmiMJYf0fofIznt4VBi/w512-h218/Ritz-S-Pas-1932-Murphys-Comedians.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p>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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7476834865674569" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group. <br /></p><p></p><p>Horace Murphy's companies toured widely, with shows happening simultaneously in many venues. The Colonial in South Pasadena was later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Ritz Theatre</a>. See the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/tent-hawthorne.html" target="_blank">Tent Theatre</a> in Hawthorne. The page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/embassy-gardena.html" target="_blank">Embassy Theatre</a> in Gardena includes a newspaper story about a 1931 booking in that town, at what was then called the Alamo Theatre. </p><p>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: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"...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..." <br /></p><p>See the full article at the bottom of the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Colonial/Ritz Theatre</a> in South Pasadena. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing:</b> Sometime in the 1930s. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Marc Chevalier notes that by the time the 1939 Burbank city directory was compiled 822 East San Fernando had become an auto dealership operated by J.E. Robertson. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjsyBAiqr_0EO-g4kIMOcuonlXPIyzzwPU5mVZYPRqKXTJwSWDs1oHyTGRhE9MJLJelPzlKvoApEZKY20D8GxLU3RA8MuBhKvvgKWsdShmwgA3SVRyhbFnDZQJ3u91KHQGYczhwultm81H5HuXh6l86WgnXucaRAUx8eLnj1cai7RmqPKVdbzPzjZCNTC/s1531/TwinCity-Google-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="1531" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjsyBAiqr_0EO-g4kIMOcuonlXPIyzzwPU5mVZYPRqKXTJwSWDs1oHyTGRhE9MJLJelPzlKvoApEZKY20D8GxLU3RA8MuBhKvvgKWsdShmwgA3SVRyhbFnDZQJ3u91KHQGYczhwultm81H5HuXh6l86WgnXucaRAUx8eLnj1cai7RmqPKVdbzPzjZCNTC/w640-h198/TwinCity-Google-2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>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<br /></p><p><b>More information: </b>There isn't any about the Twin City. Nor have any photos yet emerged. </p><p>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. 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Gardena Blvd.</b> Gardena, CA 90247 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1110+W+Gardena+Blvd,+Gardena,+CA+90247/@33.8812823,-118.2964245,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2ca8351a97835:0x20241f60d827f8d1!8m2!3d33.8812823!4d-118.2938496?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> |<br /></p><p><b>Opened:</b> February 1939. The location is on the south side of the street, one building west of Berendo Ave. Berendo is two blocks west of Vermont. <br /></p><p><b>Architect:</b> Clarence Eugene Noerenberg. Thanks to Joe Vogel for researching the project. He comments: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"A couple of issues of Boxoffice in the mid-1940s mention the Gardena
Theatre (it suffered a fire in 1945) operated by Harry Millstein and
Harry Mellenkoff. It was most likely the unnamed theater being built for Mellenkoff that was mentioned in Southwest Builder & Contractor of October 28, 1938. <br /><br />"This 800-seat house was designed by architect C. E. Noerenberg, best known for designing a number of branch libraries for the City of Los Angeles, and for Dorsey High School, which he designed in partnership with Hollywood architect H. L. Gogerty."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating:</b> 692 is a later number from a Film Daily Yearbook. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ6Xzdqavc8iSMLQoRQalMzvEWrRJuCwrJilBclqRdbh-6mNI9M_EPhxT4eH28ULwaazElqZ7D6FNBzn7oMe1AkCLt_L0xSWkprSDau82dTBJ7dgPti8fD3D16pgNjVIFYuNjfoloXPOgSFaO9VeUnZ47Ujyuk6u0iLZzI76vYbJP4qU4kjiSWZ0s2X1L/s544/Gardena-1939-TorranceHerald-May-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="228" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ6Xzdqavc8iSMLQoRQalMzvEWrRJuCwrJilBclqRdbh-6mNI9M_EPhxT4eH28ULwaazElqZ7D6FNBzn7oMe1AkCLt_L0xSWkprSDau82dTBJ7dgPti8fD3D16pgNjVIFYuNjfoloXPOgSFaO9VeUnZ47Ujyuk6u0iLZzI76vYbJP4qU4kjiSWZ0s2X1L/w230-h548/Gardena-1939-TorranceHerald-May-11.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">An ad from the May 11, 1939 issue of the Torrance Herald. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a fire in the theatre on May 3, 1945. It reopened on November 1, 1945. Joe Vogel comments: </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"As for the L.A. Times report from 1945 giving the address of the theater as 1002 Gardena Boulevard, I suspect that it was either a mistake, or the lots along Gardena Boulevard have since been renumbered."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLTrSWo0lwZ8haJAQ1SKm85YJTfUgDNWVO7yQafut6C4QKhtfVKUGR8PDifA_n5mKuKpJu7I56nrZU-DvGG95DsERlvXzNnVCl4eYqMPCtgaXVEIg3d2oYc84Lbq5oZTqbyd8oalDWSn4hJJgvCJCZuEfoMm4VXoYEiRgz0WDCgugvPizH7Jr2gB3c6qm/s419/Gardena-1947-Times-Dec-31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="419" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLTrSWo0lwZ8haJAQ1SKm85YJTfUgDNWVO7yQafut6C4QKhtfVKUGR8PDifA_n5mKuKpJu7I56nrZU-DvGG95DsERlvXzNnVCl4eYqMPCtgaXVEIg3d2oYc84Lbq5oZTqbyd8oalDWSn4hJJgvCJCZuEfoMm4VXoYEiRgz0WDCgugvPizH7Jr2gB3c6qm/w441-h194/Gardena-1947-Times-Dec-31.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The Gardena Theatre appears in this December 31, 1947 L.A. Times listing. The Park Theatre in Gardena was the venue on Crenshaw Blvd. now known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/10/gardena-cinema.html" target="_blank">Gardena Cinema</a>. Both houses were operated by Harry Millstein and
Harry Mellenkoff. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-kVmC7KHcM2CI2oeVyDDeRufGWvQdMV7J3x6UiX5t0sAKUVDtQfa-9mTEh3K2gGsSmdHFquJ1U592XdSqRB1kHWPyGk6j2wX4KhtSWM_mluEbB8I8_GKZ7H7v2vQV4RZGeAJLZmLXSBaOMtDmG9iPqMxdiMAibCfyIi6ka8-HbbN7gPmQcf6nrJSimkd/s640/Gardena-Theatre-1955-Sept-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-kVmC7KHcM2CI2oeVyDDeRufGWvQdMV7J3x6UiX5t0sAKUVDtQfa-9mTEh3K2gGsSmdHFquJ1U592XdSqRB1kHWPyGk6j2wX4KhtSWM_mluEbB8I8_GKZ7H7v2vQV4RZGeAJLZmLXSBaOMtDmG9iPqMxdiMAibCfyIi6ka8-HbbN7gPmQcf6nrJSimkd/w640-h480/Gardena-Theatre-1955-Sept-16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A schedule for September 16, 1955. Thanks to Denise Gaskell Snuffin for sharing this on <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/32974/photos/165464" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. She notes that she took it when she worked the theatre as a cashier. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDR2ODYnOgOg-1ZprE5TncZE1wQe4CJxvlBBCJIuhe3ooxNJbfPYUe6PtWZZMnzqg4QvXf2fiI74vXQQnRibZlFv1VCfmMneWY14WaOH2h7QxnbjdHBgXADVIej0w4Q2YhUkzwl1n3nJAUVt9mfogAQG39xTEsva4AOgL2gOKzTnvCbtBx2Xr_qwLaqnj/s640/Gardena-Theatre-1955-Oct-22.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDR2ODYnOgOg-1ZprE5TncZE1wQe4CJxvlBBCJIuhe3ooxNJbfPYUe6PtWZZMnzqg4QvXf2fiI74vXQQnRibZlFv1VCfmMneWY14WaOH2h7QxnbjdHBgXADVIej0w4Q2YhUkzwl1n3nJAUVt9mfogAQG39xTEsva4AOgL2gOKzTnvCbtBx2Xr_qwLaqnj/w400-h400/Gardena-Theatre-1955-Oct-22.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The stub from Denise Gaskell Snuffin's October 22, 1955 paycheck. She shared it on <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/32974/photos/165466" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing:</b> November 1955. The Gardena Department Store later moved into the building. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1CD3QF4GM87X7It1nnYrhUtQn5vC1wpEWPAZQEKwoLOkXpd6mSGBgPaQx2Bl_qJS2YgWrNf7wzpqqOwi_glewWLLJ8YD1EVMUTgMB5iStlrCR2q3apSAM3-dujuuwdqS9Rkrbsd9o5k0Uqg_U58VncnFCptaaEhgrj65s7iQPB1I0ppZq3vwpOLV-shc/s1173/Gardena-Theatre-Google-2022-A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1173" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1CD3QF4GM87X7It1nnYrhUtQn5vC1wpEWPAZQEKwoLOkXpd6mSGBgPaQx2Bl_qJS2YgWrNf7wzpqqOwi_glewWLLJ8YD1EVMUTgMB5iStlrCR2q3apSAM3-dujuuwdqS9Rkrbsd9o5k0Uqg_U58VncnFCptaaEhgrj65s7iQPB1I0ppZq3vwpOLV-shc/w640-h346/Gardena-Theatre-Google-2022-A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre building in use as the Gardena Department Store. We're looking east toward Berendo Ave. Vermont is two blocks farther east. Image: Google Maps - 2022. Joe Vogel comments: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The LA. County Assessor’s office says that the department store building was built in 1938, which is when the theater was built."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And regarding the building on the corner: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The L.A. County
Assessor (not always reliable) doesn't list 1002 W. Gardena, but gives
an original construction date of 1924 and an effective construction date
of 1940 for the 4625 sq. ft. building on the corner lot at 1004
Gardena, and those dates don’t match the 1938 construction and 1945
reconstruction of the Gardena Theatre."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-kXWpyRBzYSrPvhAG66efomTc_a0Q38Ymt_HZQgAQ-TxPqlWfT-6ym3XFgZa8hZiQm1GBIzy6Ws8UmhH3xz2EQbTLCA3heXRUdDCB6qO1imtly0KrDN3KqU9FbIFT9wgoROkm5VLJa5u3mpnaHn00zCd5uza3mprn_Vm3srtWvtUOifl2qHGRR3Qrx15/s1404/Gardena-Theatre-Google-2022-B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1404" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-kXWpyRBzYSrPvhAG66efomTc_a0Q38Ymt_HZQgAQ-TxPqlWfT-6ym3XFgZa8hZiQm1GBIzy6Ws8UmhH3xz2EQbTLCA3heXRUdDCB6qO1imtly0KrDN3KqU9FbIFT9wgoROkm5VLJa5u3mpnaHn00zCd5uza3mprn_Vm3srtWvtUOifl2qHGRR3Qrx15/w640-h334/Gardena-Theatre-Google-2022-B.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">A look down the alley toward the back of the former theatre, the second building in. Image: Google Maps - 2022. Joe Vogel comments: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"If you take Google’s street view down the alley behind the building you can see to the left of the single rear door that the plaster is separating, in line with the top of the doorway, indicating that there could formerly have been a double exit door at that location. There is also an area at the other end of the rear which looks to have been bricked up, though it is difficult to make out due to layers of paint. That would have been the location of the second pair of rear exit doors. And again, the plaster appears to be separating in a line that would indicate the top of a doorway that has been bricked up." <br /></p><p><b>More information:</b> See our page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/10/gardena-cinema.html" target="_blank">Gardena Cinema</a>, a 1946 vintage house that didn't get named the Gardena until 1995. There's also a page on an earlier theatre in Gardena, the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/embassy-gardena.html" target="_blank">Embassy</a>, located on Vermont Blvd. There
was yet another early venue at 918 Palm Ave. in Gardena. In the 1922-23
Watts-Compton city directory and the 1925 Watts directory it's listed as
<b>The Auditorium</b>. In the 1927-28 city directory it's listed as the <b>Gardena Theatre</b>.</p><p>See the Cinema Treasures page about the <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/32974" target="_blank">Gardena Theatre</a>. Thanks to Joe Vogel for his research. 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Vermont Ave.</b> Gardena, CA 90247 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/15401+S+Vermont+Ave,+Gardena,+CA+90247/@33.8920897,-118.2924044,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2ca7df3f4d07d:0xa4a5b26eb0bd7bdb!8m2!3d33.8920897!4d-118.2924044!16s%2Fg%2F11f3t77rf_?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> | <br /></p><p><b>Opened:</b> 1929. Thanks to Joe Vogel for doing the research. He reports: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Southwest Builder & Contractor of May 18, 1928, said that H. L. Batey was building a theater on the west side of Vermont Avenue between 153rd and Magnolia Street in Gardena (153rd Street is now Redondo Beach Boulevard.) The entire 15300-15400 block now shows as a single parcel on the Assessor’s office web site, with a construction date of 2001. But Mr. Batey’s 1928 project (probably completed in 1929) must have been the Embassy." <br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It may have been branded as the <b>Alamo Theatre</b> in the early 1930s. The Embassy seems to have been one of two theatres in Gardena at that
time. The other possibility would have been a building at 918 Palm Ave.
that was variously known in the 20s as The Auditorium and the Gardena
Theatre. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a closure in early 1931. The March 28 issue of "<a href="https://ia800509.us.archive.org/19/items/insidefacts13-1931-03-28/insidefacts13-1931-03-28.pdf" target="_blank">Inside Facts of Stage and Screen</a>," available as a PDF via Internet Archive, had this tiny item:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"HOUSE CLOSED - The Alamo Theatre at Gardena was closed March 23." <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Murphy's Comedians had a booking in Gardena later in 1931. There's a thread about Murphy on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7476834865674569" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group. Thanks to Jerry Miles for sharing this May 28, 1931 article he located about a Gardena engagement for the Murphy troupe:<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XHJx09XQwETgdZIXxmz1bxsgKjh4SiU2bZcxgcDg209mn68QM1yFLSPybWrgLauO0brmCIjaICf3hUsCcEvLeUHTmD_fyclO7QhaE37JoLWTaA11hNvf8x-ttNchhpssVr5uSFL67LmGJTIovy1DUEEEC4CjTMRV641zzw8vht_cJCbmWZl7QK6RxBW/s659/Gardena-Murphys-Alamo-1931-May-28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="278" height="742" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5XHJx09XQwETgdZIXxmz1bxsgKjh4SiU2bZcxgcDg209mn68QM1yFLSPybWrgLauO0brmCIjaICf3hUsCcEvLeUHTmD_fyclO7QhaE37JoLWTaA11hNvf8x-ttNchhpssVr5uSFL67LmGJTIovy1DUEEEC4CjTMRV641zzw8vht_cJCbmWZl7QK6RxBW/w313-h742/Gardena-Murphys-Alamo-1931-May-28.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><p></p><p>Murphy went all over the place, with his various companies playing bookings in both regular theatres and setting up their own tents. For some of their other engagements see the pages about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Colonial/Ritz Theatre</a> in South Pasadena, the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/tent-hawthorne.html" target="_blank">Tent Theatre</a> in Hawthorne and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/twin-city-theatre.html" target="_blank">Twin City Theatre</a> in Burbank. </p><p>A directory page on the <span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.cinematour.com/theatres/us/CA/8.html" rel="nofollow">Cinema Tour</a> site lists an <b>Alamo Theatre</b> in Gardena but they have no other data.</span></p><p>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: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"...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..." <br /></p><p>See the full article at the bottom of the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Colonial/Ritz Theatre</a> in South Pasadena. </p><p><span style="color: #444444;">In the 40s there was a management change at the Embassy. Joe Vogel notes: <br /></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Boxoffice of October 5, 1940, said that Laraine Valuskis had taken over
the Embassy Theatre at Gardena from J. Reese. That’s the only mention of
the house I’ve been able to find in Boxoffice."<span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></p><p><b>Closed:</b> Sometime around 1946. </p><div style="text-align: left;">According to research by Cinema Treasures contributors, the building became the Embassy Palace and the Eldorado Club. It's now the Hustler Casino. It's unknown how much of that dates from the 20s and how much is new construction. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimh-zGZtI_BjizrQiQZz0S7An1-Z_T0lA5CgqWDfIcowsheGOAuSBee2jnQN3zVmUC5zLPvkJL0eD01lp82DuMW2w-EMfHjVAoaNU2npSXJCCFGf8jknhXbehD8czdMv0CE9UBE0NZg7SE7Z7ghsW7n05c6svLJbeo57lT2yNuDv_HclpOgKWksLij6izE/s1274/Embassy-Gardena-Google-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="1274" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimh-zGZtI_BjizrQiQZz0S7An1-Z_T0lA5CgqWDfIcowsheGOAuSBee2jnQN3zVmUC5zLPvkJL0eD01lp82DuMW2w-EMfHjVAoaNU2npSXJCCFGf8jknhXbehD8czdMv0CE9UBE0NZg7SE7Z7ghsW7n05c6svLJbeo57lT2yNuDv_HclpOgKWksLij6izE/w640-h226/Embassy-Gardena-Google-2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>On the left we're looking south on Vermont Ave. Over on the right it's a view west on Redondo Beach Blvd. Image: Google Maps - 2022<br /></p><p><b>More information: </b>See the <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/32975" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the Embassy. </p><p>Here on this site see our page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/10/gardena-cinema.html" target="_blank">Gardena Cinema</a>, a 1946 vintage house. There's also a page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/gardena-theatre.html" target="_blank">Gardena Theatre</a>, a venue on Gardena Blvd. that ran from 1939 until 1955. </p><p>There was also an earlier venue at 918 Palm Ave. in Gardena. In the 1922-23 Watts-Compton city directory and the 1925 Watts directory it's listed as <b>The Auditorium</b>. In the 1927-28 city directory it's listed as the <b>Gardena Theatre</b>. This was in the first block west of Vermont. Palm later got renamed W. 165th Pl. See a 1912 Sanborn map in the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364gm.g4364gm_g005601912/?sp=4&st=image&r=-0.634,0.187,2.269,1.188,0" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> collection. <br /></p><p>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/embassy-gardena.html" target="">back to top</a> <span style="color: #666666;">| </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/south-southeast.html" target="_blank">South, South Central and Southeast theatres</a> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown theatres</a> |</span></span></span> </span><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside theatres</a><span style="color: #666666;"> |</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span> </span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> |<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> |</span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles theatres - 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Originally the address was in the 100 block of N. Hawthorne Blvd., on the west side of the street just north of what is now El Segundo Blvd. That would be approximately 12717 Hawthorne Blvd. with the current numbering. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhbgC8S0psHbFdXzAzv7HjaRL_UuwQ13sEmiZjlQO3NaZHNMBUYnadsMaHylwzX_S_hjMEceBD8FxsnO9kQAFLYEaPA5SmkiZNsYc1_urRalG0-ihLdvlrFlQsTjArCYX7DDRsC1vjji2yqNK4ffeYq9YC-H4EESSwRmpo5J6qOmiMJYf0fofIznt4VBi/s900/Ritz-S-Pas-1932-Murphys-Comedians.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="900" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhbgC8S0psHbFdXzAzv7HjaRL_UuwQ13sEmiZjlQO3NaZHNMBUYnadsMaHylwzX_S_hjMEceBD8FxsnO9kQAFLYEaPA5SmkiZNsYc1_urRalG0-ihLdvlrFlQsTjArCYX7DDRsC1vjji2yqNK4ffeYq9YC-H4EESSwRmpo5J6qOmiMJYf0fofIznt4VBi/w512-h218/Ritz-S-Pas-1932-Murphys-Comedians.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p>A c.1928 ticket for shows by the group Murphy's Comedians. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it for a thread about Murphy on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7476834865674569" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group. <br /></p><p></p><p>Horace
Murphy's companies toured widely, with shows happening simultaneously
in many venues. The Colonial in South Pasadena was later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Ritz Theatre</a>. See the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/twin-city-theatre.html" target="_blank">Twin City Theatre</a> in Burbank. The page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/embassy-gardena.html" target="_blank">Embassy Theatre</a> in Gardena includes a newspaper story about a 1931 booking in that town, at what was then called the Alamo Theatre. </p><p>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: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"...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..." <br /></p><p>See the full article at the bottom of the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/ritz-theatre.html" target="_blank">Colonial/Ritz Theatre</a> in South Pasadena. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU2sPTcGTfMsIk3pPdXTw4OmWmgnokcx6HukZTbOO1x2CWYzNuKGCB81qcBS_rwS4F3luRzAzlUP9T-PphFiAwz2vUafE8QZIKc5QakSJd4YbfclMsxCmn7FhkPUwlO9b6T00QD6YWjDVKkhfJ0Sj0KmgTzTGlA8aD-my7wb1AIG3A4UbyagA68aZX-rq/s624/Tent-Theatre-Hawthorne-1928-Wade-Renfroe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="547" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieU2sPTcGTfMsIk3pPdXTw4OmWmgnokcx6HukZTbOO1x2CWYzNuKGCB81qcBS_rwS4F3luRzAzlUP9T-PphFiAwz2vUafE8QZIKc5QakSJd4YbfclMsxCmn7FhkPUwlO9b6T00QD6YWjDVKkhfJ0Sj0KmgTzTGlA8aD-my7wb1AIG3A4UbyagA68aZX-rq/w444-h506/Tent-Theatre-Hawthorne-1928-Wade-Renfroe.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">By mid-1928 the Hawthorne tent location had been taken over by the Wade-Renfroe Players, opening July 1 with "The Patsy." Thanks to Jerry Miles for locating this ad for the Murphy thread on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7476834865674569" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook group. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzheZIoH56p1fghpWq6lVzb4WHai-TnblfbH4v1FIsjWkwaoUghSiHaW6PdE_oOr2eOjmiGutxOBHY2zgAV55YgCUDkeXojPaSJoWC6gjrgfaS4_8O2Mnetv6-g60BWlz-FFWJgaipm_7QDEJBvhPOd9_-UnuX1K9Un5Fpz8L4nmSAr1NDLRtvaYwohJQ/s708/Tent-Theatre-Hawthorne-1932-Lunch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="387" data-original-width="708" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikzheZIoH56p1fghpWq6lVzb4WHai-TnblfbH4v1FIsjWkwaoUghSiHaW6PdE_oOr2eOjmiGutxOBHY2zgAV55YgCUDkeXojPaSJoWC6gjrgfaS4_8O2Mnetv6-g60BWlz-FFWJgaipm_7QDEJBvhPOd9_-UnuX1K9Un5Fpz8L4nmSAr1NDLRtvaYwohJQ/w400-h219/Tent-Theatre-Hawthorne-1932-Lunch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The tent operation was still around in 1932. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing this ad about a lunch spot for rent adjacent to the theatre. <br /></p><p><b>Closing: </b>The date isn't known. </p><p><b>More information:</b> Sorry, there isn't any yet. <br /></p><p>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2024/01/tent-hawthorne.html" target="">back to top</a> <span style="color: #666666;">| </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/06/south-southeast.html" target="_blank">South, South Central and Southeast theatres</a> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown theatres</a> |</span></span></span> </span><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside theatres</a><span style="color: #666666;"> |</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span> </span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> |<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> |</span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles theatres - the main alphabetical list</a> | <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatre-history-resources.html" target="_blank">theatre history resources</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/film-and-theatre-technology-resources.html" target="_blank">film and theatre tech resources</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/contact-information.html" target="_blank">contact info</a> |</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/search/label/site%20navigation" target="_blank">welcome and site navigation guide</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> |</span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /></p>B Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335713971590668080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-51788188602078327552023-12-30T04:28:00.000-08:002024-01-04T11:51:06.058-08:00Pacific 4 / Pacific Galleria 16 / ArcLight Sherman Oaks / Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria<p><b>15301 Ventura Blvd.</b> Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles) CA 91403 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/15301+Ventura+Blvd,+Sherman+Oaks,+CA+91403/@34.1547695,-118.4665507,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c297eb2311c6d9:0xa5d8ea4a7007c6c6!8m2!3d34.1547695!4d-118.4665507!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3f8z0v?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> |</p><p>The mall is located at Ventura Blvd. and Sepulveda, just east of the 405. The initial 4 plex in the mall was open from 1980 until 1999. The replacement 16 screen complex opened as the Pacific Galleria 16 in 2001. <br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">The Pacific 4: </span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Opening:</b> December 1980. It was located on the top floor of the Galleria, what at the time was a three-story enclosed mall. It had opened October 30, anchored by Robinsons on the south and the May Co. on the north end. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgFKye0Gn4_sYqhyvUu0eJ97oLIoti8MLCw5ZAXvVKl0OAdyfuvjL9tMUwqXeLaLcjv3ThRQI2NSyi1G7IL60fMSoth8wBMMqZLJx92Kj9CcNLJY2M2T6IkK4sFxayvVSjC3wjMyz9epLptuak3U4QykklMV5kAbp5_6_e9__AO_NYaYCO0Xs9VeooF5e/s640/ShermanOaks-G-1980-Dec-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="640" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgFKye0Gn4_sYqhyvUu0eJ97oLIoti8MLCw5ZAXvVKl0OAdyfuvjL9tMUwqXeLaLcjv3ThRQI2NSyi1G7IL60fMSoth8wBMMqZLJx92Kj9CcNLJY2M2T6IkK4sFxayvVSjC3wjMyz9epLptuak3U4QykklMV5kAbp5_6_e9__AO_NYaYCO0Xs9VeooF5e/w527-h110/ShermanOaks-G-1980-Dec-5.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A December 5, 1980 grand opening ad. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. Visit his site: <a href="https://movie-theatre.org/" target="_blank">Movie-Theatre.org</a>. They opened with one screen running "Flash Gordon." The other three
screens debuted December 19 with "Seems Like Old Times," "Raging Bull"
and "The Formula." </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnq9GJjFSHaKvL4N09MkPZckhbkD2-StCmP84Wh9y8o4biUEpxcbXGc98LqcPVS0ZCpO5Vpgo-JLlL4FCjslBkWfIRygvV6bWORMelInbS1Lytl5q0btFQyK8sIeNse3dBLxIqG1GJ4iNjLvf7W6-kQcDZh_1bu_qZK1zMX21EsC4TzFV4ULN3ehujJVOP/s904/ShermanOaks-G-Behind-the-Deals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="904" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnq9GJjFSHaKvL4N09MkPZckhbkD2-StCmP84Wh9y8o4biUEpxcbXGc98LqcPVS0ZCpO5Vpgo-JLlL4FCjslBkWfIRygvV6bWORMelInbS1Lytl5q0btFQyK8sIeNse3dBLxIqG1GJ4iNjLvf7W6-kQcDZh_1bu_qZK1zMX21EsC4TzFV4ULN3ehujJVOP/w640-h504/ShermanOaks-G-Behind-the-Deals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The theatres are over on the right in this view across that appears, uncredited, with a 2017 <a href="https://behindthedeals.com/2017/02/01/behind-the-deals-the-story-and-lessons-behind-douglas-emmetts-acquisition-and-redevelopment-of-the-sherman-oaks-galleria/" target="_blank">Behind the Deals</a> story by Joshua Beroukhim. It's a photo by <a href="https://johngaylordphotography.com/galleries/public_spaces/public_spaces.html" target="_blank">John F. Gaylord Photography</a>. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI-T4ZcK1kiMUTbphrifQ718ZCd0P2BAbgv5mvMT3__WkfwftJqjAyCH5WPixPHDqPm-T9995DHFXVH-bALzjKEwynGs3iZoYFAFRV4RNo4hx0zy1TL9m77N7tcpYMMTwJqZtG6XilLaLec9pplRIa9yHR_VuDSwngSYOe_XhnXajvzqJXI0rT3dVkgA/s1200/ShermanOaks-G-USC-thom-8109-1495-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="948" height="659" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI-T4ZcK1kiMUTbphrifQ718ZCd0P2BAbgv5mvMT3__WkfwftJqjAyCH5WPixPHDqPm-T9995DHFXVH-bALzjKEwynGs3iZoYFAFRV4RNo4hx0zy1TL9m77N7tcpYMMTwJqZtG6XilLaLec9pplRIa9yHR_VuDSwngSYOe_XhnXajvzqJXI0rT3dVkgA/w521-h659/ShermanOaks-G-USC-thom-8109-1495-08.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A photo taken by Wayne Thom in 1981. It's in the <a href="https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF19YYSSA" target="_blank">USC Digital Library</a> collection. Fourteen additional shots he took can be seen on <a href="https://calisphere.org/collections/27114/?rq=galleria" target="_blank">Calisphere</a>. </span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGOQBhEUvJVmsfn6Rzg7857U52YKy-idvMjEWpij-V3C-h-e-U_C_WNn8WKZdGlRRRh5jm_kXZsG4PJXKlEffrDHxqccVc9Z7_PewVEGm8-xpt4P71Ci9vjPVz5lRxWgwTQpZYnNclegcWWiltfsUptcB6HcDsm0HRf_oz1TNjxAQkotNp8JzjDCn0q33/s847/ShermanOaks-G-1981-TarpReport.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGOQBhEUvJVmsfn6Rzg7857U52YKy-idvMjEWpij-V3C-h-e-U_C_WNn8WKZdGlRRRh5jm_kXZsG4PJXKlEffrDHxqccVc9Z7_PewVEGm8-xpt4P71Ci9vjPVz5lRxWgwTQpZYnNclegcWWiltfsUptcB6HcDsm0HRf_oz1TNjxAQkotNp8JzjDCn0q33/w528-h640/ShermanOaks-G-1981-TarpReport.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Pacific 4 Theatres are in the lower left on this c.1981 floorplan of the mall's upper level. Todd Tarpley drew this after analyzing available photos as well as shots from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." His fine discussion about the mall's layout appears on a Galleria page of the <a href="http://tarpreport.blogspot.com/2014/05/sherman-oaks-galleria-1980s-floor-plan.html" target="_blank">Tarp Report</a>. He says:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Jeeze, do I have to do everything myself? Since I didn't have the chance to see it in person before it was torn down, I was curious about what the Sherman Oaks Galleria looked like--how big it was, what stores were there, how it was laid out. I found about a dozen photos online, but a floor plan doesn't seem to exist.<br /> <br /> "Why I care: the Sherman Oaks Galleria was synonymous with the mall culture of the early '80s. 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' was shot there. The song 'Valley Girl' was written about it. It was not a large mall; it was not unique; its popularity was fleeting. But I'm a pop culture buff and an urban archaeology buff. </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"So...here's my floor plan of the top floor of the Sherman Oaks Galleria from late 1981, when 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' was filmed there. As you can see, it's a complicated layout with relatively few 90-degree angles!..." </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDieZQ3IlIqdOrrl3TJkk_l71ZETQPUCisABx2tDriJtSOQLMA1CWoKA03k_omBFCjr_T0dOUVpJKOQbUK3yS4W0oSj8FFSfzjUKtbwcndAVcuXQCkxQpo1oqLIMkjfIgEREelODcmg-Lli-9A02EisSwklNfmPG9eRaMG7AzLdLXG18cRzusLGKJ22pPi/s640/ShermanOaks-G-1985-BreakfastClub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="640" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDieZQ3IlIqdOrrl3TJkk_l71ZETQPUCisABx2tDriJtSOQLMA1CWoKA03k_omBFCjr_T0dOUVpJKOQbUK3yS4W0oSj8FFSfzjUKtbwcndAVcuXQCkxQpo1oqLIMkjfIgEREelODcmg-Lli-9A02EisSwklNfmPG9eRaMG7AzLdLXG18cRzusLGKJ22pPi/w640-h414/ShermanOaks-G-1985-BreakfastClub.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The boxoffice in 1985. Thanks to Gary Fimbres for sharing his photo as a post on the private Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Midcenturymodernlosangeles/permalink/10154768766958988/" target="_blank">Mid Century Modern</a>. Mike Rivest later added it to the <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/40919/photos/363787" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the theatre. Among the films playing were "The Breakfast Club" and "The Falcon and the Snowman."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbzTu5KmJS1fBJBJOk6pTFpYFwAp4qnzRyfcRRw0zi2-8YJRPEM0bxqy2_vcyuJEhz-yUdN-KHGD05ExEKDUO4-H4vxeniX_0YlfJo90pzwpxokWKriwZdRy07yBAIgQf_udgViw2MSL6NYZUCFNW1nCsabGTVqucwiC-jdPgo0oq5UoPQeO6Kit1xB4m/s960/ShermanOaks-Galleria-4-1993-ValleyRelics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="960" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbzTu5KmJS1fBJBJOk6pTFpYFwAp4qnzRyfcRRw0zi2-8YJRPEM0bxqy2_vcyuJEhz-yUdN-KHGD05ExEKDUO4-H4vxeniX_0YlfJo90pzwpxokWKriwZdRy07yBAIgQf_udgViw2MSL6NYZUCFNW1nCsabGTVqucwiC-jdPgo0oq5UoPQeO6Kit1xB4m/w640-h408/ShermanOaks-Galleria-4-1993-ValleyRelics.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The boxoffice in 1993. Thanks to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/valleyrelics/posts/pfbid027JFyyjVkfjjHshA7EGQUYyJCYcfcDgLSrrKvhZ5gK5Y6E7X1gwW6JWd1rLy6ZXr8l" target="_blank">Valley Relics Museum</a> for sharing the image in a Facebook post. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhrwAQUKp3YZBWv-y827n5TvpiaZmPC0DvDk-8x1i1LySYLtz0xRGfdWu7pbX7NcjNeK19VKPKd3Dk1h1t8aXh35LaDsxXj0GFF3QZb4nDKD9QbBSTpfda6l_jVtwoF0p_5tRrfPkJt78B9cMI-wgLdsKf5JUeFYh29oaOVp2DHPMNSR20qZE2MxbuLAC/s640/ShermanOaks-Galleria-ValleyRelicsFB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="640" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhrwAQUKp3YZBWv-y827n5TvpiaZmPC0DvDk-8x1i1LySYLtz0xRGfdWu7pbX7NcjNeK19VKPKd3Dk1h1t8aXh35LaDsxXj0GFF3QZb4nDKD9QbBSTpfda6l_jVtwoF0p_5tRrfPkJt78B9cMI-wgLdsKf5JUeFYh29oaOVp2DHPMNSR20qZE2MxbuLAC/w640-h406/ShermanOaks-Galleria-ValleyRelicsFB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A c.1985 photo from the Valley Relics Museum Facebook page. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing: </b>The 4-plex closed in 1999 when the mall got a major makeover. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p><b>The Pacific 4 Theatres in the movies: </b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxWJngG_RHclVEuU-KJ1wcl_0vNAh3GFvA4LvaF2pDZg76vP7U7Nc7-GDcdNmLYLUQrqF5V-p3QSnP8pSWoSPZAE0vJpGlIrOIObtRj3AJ4vdL4XCZUtZlJ3TpSDmewtXkezzw1fQYQ8pWmgwKqJUNiMRHKaZH4cJeTHbzeC4ksXbIzc4MyB1KsjNtGGf/s640/ShermanOaks-G-FastTimes-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="640" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxWJngG_RHclVEuU-KJ1wcl_0vNAh3GFvA4LvaF2pDZg76vP7U7Nc7-GDcdNmLYLUQrqF5V-p3QSnP8pSWoSPZAE0vJpGlIrOIObtRj3AJ4vdL4XCZUtZlJ3TpSDmewtXkezzw1fQYQ8pWmgwKqJUNiMRHKaZH4cJeTHbzeC4ksXbIzc4MyB1KsjNtGGf/w640-h350/ShermanOaks-G-FastTimes-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><p>The theatre plays a part in Amy Heckerling's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (Universal, 1982). The film features Brian Backer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Ray Walston, Kelli Maroney, Eric Stoltz and Forest Whitaker. Cameron Crowe did the screenplay based on his book. The cinematography was by Matthew F. Leonetti. Thanks to Whiteberry for this screenshot shared in a post on <a href="https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=19282411&postcount=24" target="_blank">Blu-ray.com</a>. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2023/12/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for eight more shots from the film. <br /></p><p>Marty Glassman comments: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">I
was in there watching 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' with a friend, when
they showed the scene of the inside of the mall. Everyone started
laughing in the theater, and then they showed the kid taking tickets in
the theater that we were watching the movie, and then we really started laughing."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguC28AjoDMP5YF4mr5b48upBKnXM0i-4gui2y9FTJvCu7eRoW-FNanxHpDMQXUmTLJwrT1hyphenhyphenKAnmyZguw0UgC-j1-J-TVpNW9JA0vhviwU34gHLPtk7e8mTp7dhvQTb-EmX2wYtOd0x6yyuHS76sTzTW4qlBPHTh77zGgXlVln1d2Ej9HcwBiTUkcl99g/s1500/ShermanOaks-G-ValleyGirl-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1500" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguC28AjoDMP5YF4mr5b48upBKnXM0i-4gui2y9FTJvCu7eRoW-FNanxHpDMQXUmTLJwrT1hyphenhyphenKAnmyZguw0UgC-j1-J-TVpNW9JA0vhviwU34gHLPtk7e8mTp7dhvQTb-EmX2wYtOd0x6yyuHS76sTzTW4qlBPHTh77zGgXlVln1d2Ej9HcwBiTUkcl99g/w640-h354/ShermanOaks-G-ValleyGirl-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The mall is seen in the opening credits of Martha Coolidge's "Valley Girl" (Atlantic Releasing, 1983). </span>The film features Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">Cameron Dye, Heidi Holicker, Elizabeth Daily, Michael
Bowen, Michelle Meyrink, Colleen Camp and Frederic Forrest. The
cinematography was by Frederick Elmes. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">While we don't go to the movies in the mall, we do have two visits to the nearby Sherman Theatre and, of course, cruise many theatres in Hollywood. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2016/12/valley-girl.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for shots of the theatres we see. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> <br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5u6d1N74PQFKqgKsma8vaylyJdIuKMHTYMoiJw3eRAhq4O3d6dwf4Olw2JrN_XWIFVVsKQhO2oQO4cBfJYrJ21Odp6-EP-52ckssKT4HAexmo2sMQUUAuwWrAqCRmeRzK_13LkSk5IzMSQxZtiF08ptZekmz1RkLt9B3j6lYLtAwU0VHTv0adBOY0Eer/s1157/ShermanOaks-G-Commando-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1157" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5u6d1N74PQFKqgKsma8vaylyJdIuKMHTYMoiJw3eRAhq4O3d6dwf4Olw2JrN_XWIFVVsKQhO2oQO4cBfJYrJ21Odp6-EP-52ckssKT4HAexmo2sMQUUAuwWrAqCRmeRzK_13LkSk5IzMSQxZtiF08ptZekmz1RkLt9B3j6lYLtAwU0VHTv0adBOY0Eer/w640-h338/ShermanOaks-G-Commando-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">We see the theatres during a fine brawl at the Galleria in Mark Lester's film "Commando" (20th Century Fox, 1985). </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The film </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong. Featured are </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Alyssa Milano, David
Patrick Kelly, James Olson and Sharon Wyatt. The cinematography was by
Matthew F. Leonetti. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">See a clip of the mall brawl scene on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcSXHU0zktM&t=97s" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. There's another shot from the scene showing the theatres on the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2024/01/commando.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post. <br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The mall also appears in </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">"Chopping Mall" (1986),</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> "Innerspace" (1987), "Walk Like a Man" (1987), "Mother" (1996), "Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge" (1989) and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1992). A post by Whiteberry on the <a href="https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=19283137" target="_blank">forum pages</a> of the site Blu-ray.com has a superb rundown of the mall's movies with many screenshots. TV appearances include the 1983 TV movie "Sunset Limousine" and the "Bad Eggs" episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from 1998. <br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">The new Pacific Galleria 16: </span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Opened:</b> 2001 on the 3rd floor. It's in space that had originally been the top level of the Robinsons store at the south end of the mall. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> <br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL_mupTM9hbNwYgwRJkTKf6JL9ODbFP5M7du829Lset_M17F3yBtoY8q3qyuro7mds5_UAISPwRVlBHbeAMjnXZYjFEFe5M0nUxtyooJa1PedefHDKyHqUfJZXqJQJfudUcxBdnxnlhzucOHHdCCBv-SgnmQeJIlzuWHNhXcy4R76bid7JAXmXfcjSoCz/s640/ShermanOaks-G-2001-Nov-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="640" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL_mupTM9hbNwYgwRJkTKf6JL9ODbFP5M7du829Lset_M17F3yBtoY8q3qyuro7mds5_UAISPwRVlBHbeAMjnXZYjFEFe5M0nUxtyooJa1PedefHDKyHqUfJZXqJQJfudUcxBdnxnlhzucOHHdCCBv-SgnmQeJIlzuWHNhXcy4R76bid7JAXmXfcjSoCz/w530-h306/ShermanOaks-G-2001-Nov-2.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A November 2, 2001 ad located by Mike Rivest. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Closing:</b> 2007</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></div><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Rebranded as the Arclight Cinemas Sherman Oaks: </span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Opening:</b> November 2007 with five screens ready. The rest followed in December. This was the second complex to use the ArcLight name. The original <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/arclight-cinemas.html" target="_blank">ArcLight</a>, in Hollywood, had opened in 2001. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Seating:</b> 3,497 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Architects:</b> The rebuild was designed by the Santa Monica office of Gensler & Associates. Thanks to Joe Vogel for the data. He notes that they had also done the Hollywood complex. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ueQo8lvlqOGjE2oHRNNRsBHNJuWaaipz5iZk5rqBbWdB-n09L96vIUdaC22SBZ7_kFfVYolXlf0VSELeq2FOl6Jx96SpQ0vj_ry13_amY7kl5bg7RYGGqWUOw2KCrK5f6ZDCrbNs1wOQFBQfIhPrbi-WPu2JVosmtd5yhwMd6NBCYCW9I6Tb0faurGDN/s513/ShermanOaks-G-2007-Nov-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="385" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ueQo8lvlqOGjE2oHRNNRsBHNJuWaaipz5iZk5rqBbWdB-n09L96vIUdaC22SBZ7_kFfVYolXlf0VSELeq2FOl6Jx96SpQ0vj_ry13_amY7kl5bg7RYGGqWUOw2KCrK5f6ZDCrbNs1wOQFBQfIhPrbi-WPu2JVosmtd5yhwMd6NBCYCW9I6Tb0faurGDN/w300-h400/ShermanOaks-G-2007-Nov-22.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A November 22, 2007 ad. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifcycEg3XMGq02t5LLdkKV6p20QrzPn57Lv3wHa_l5CPuoE3MS6kejtGw_TJTpP5QtCcEFq2UuFiKvvofHrcCqz0N80X6rBd78NyTHJKDVw_hDvAMl5v6r-nmYN5txwY8NLd1G_eB1FRPIHis449ndNAJc66xP7kALsBeXgiMD9ZeQleNEzrTkDH5zInc/s782/ShermanOaks-G-McIntyre-2008-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="782" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifcycEg3XMGq02t5LLdkKV6p20QrzPn57Lv3wHa_l5CPuoE3MS6kejtGw_TJTpP5QtCcEFq2UuFiKvvofHrcCqz0N80X6rBd78NyTHJKDVw_hDvAMl5v6r-nmYN5txwY8NLd1G_eB1FRPIHis449ndNAJc66xP7kALsBeXgiMD9ZeQleNEzrTkDH5zInc/w640-h480/ShermanOaks-G-McIntyre-2008-Sept.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A September 2008 view. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing his photo. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UAUNgP1iXcRCltrOHvjumjZlWvWICj9aGSovZIHVInlktkv2A0HhzP4kzeINDjxlFVM67xjC2fnarMPrhMREYmv5scWp8bfywAN6nYAjRHQiyzl7hcnbpRDdBTGRO0pTCPr-OyAM2XljIKre_8DItK_ahOpK0Sx0xj0MeX9cBMmfIl2uKCVvKesc2Eg8/s778/ShermanOaks-G-McIntyre-2008-Nov.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="778" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UAUNgP1iXcRCltrOHvjumjZlWvWICj9aGSovZIHVInlktkv2A0HhzP4kzeINDjxlFVM67xjC2fnarMPrhMREYmv5scWp8bfywAN6nYAjRHQiyzl7hcnbpRDdBTGRO0pTCPr-OyAM2XljIKre_8DItK_ahOpK0Sx0xj0MeX9cBMmfIl2uKCVvKesc2Eg8/w640-h480/ShermanOaks-G-McIntyre-2008-Nov.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A November 2008 shot from Ken McIntyre. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7PKvTD1PaUf45rlvRZzTrR3ineBGaljWvRCh7EdqYcdiUm6YHQmFhrkwJc8OBbOW4cJQ1by8Hxzue6JZvTaHpwYkgcIRr6_zcHcG6RRHMqWsKC8NEkp2vk9LtQVsCoW6Cg1THgIl1ptZvh-iBDVeYz9JosmeNIWExRGmCiGbsHEqqmrqTkP7vITxYdzG/s680/ShermanOaks-G-AaashishSingh-2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7PKvTD1PaUf45rlvRZzTrR3ineBGaljWvRCh7EdqYcdiUm6YHQmFhrkwJc8OBbOW4cJQ1by8Hxzue6JZvTaHpwYkgcIRr6_zcHcG6RRHMqWsKC8NEkp2vk9LtQVsCoW6Cg1THgIl1ptZvh-iBDVeYz9JosmeNIWExRGmCiGbsHEqqmrqTkP7vITxYdzG/w640-h480/ShermanOaks-G-AaashishSingh-2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A 2018 entrance view by Aaashish Singh</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>The lobby: </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiic8rIjtSYAroNgbe7oL_bAfFz1LmeHDOQTVza1m1-YR6Md_GPoLAOllRW4BIhDjOXdBbYXE3fLordZ8aXnhFp_msBTmvxaR-jUM-D5FiRTIUrXYEiid4wS_PRJHenij89pGApZ4FuLfb1CZ040kyxQo-k2-LMynlDTC4B_5y4Ln8gEkLa3J6vCK6i9Y2Q/s604/ShermanOaks-G-2007-FSantos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="604" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiic8rIjtSYAroNgbe7oL_bAfFz1LmeHDOQTVza1m1-YR6Md_GPoLAOllRW4BIhDjOXdBbYXE3fLordZ8aXnhFp_msBTmvxaR-jUM-D5FiRTIUrXYEiid4wS_PRJHenij89pGApZ4FuLfb1CZ040kyxQo-k2-LMynlDTC4B_5y4Ln8gEkLa3J6vCK6i9Y2Q/w640-h444/ShermanOaks-G-2007-FSantos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">Thanks to Fsantos for sharing this 2007 image on <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/21899/photos/53273" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. Their comment: "Before we opened." <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr71XEwqZDlEspiM4pLrEWCTe4gf7uQa-kLK2dbnpavb-YgCFhCX7yioZQxQH634qIK6I4iHtCbmHRM5LGB1Y2hLnXt58iEWYUzaGdBdxwxMn-TGuH6mEyAX_EbCVHFssi2WJ3DdMNo9e_iur3xEw3SEgdVlSeF-Y4Zs9akntCdsOkXVlgDbISqVX34Kq1/s640/ShermanOaks-G-2007-ArcLight-FB-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr71XEwqZDlEspiM4pLrEWCTe4gf7uQa-kLK2dbnpavb-YgCFhCX7yioZQxQH634qIK6I4iHtCbmHRM5LGB1Y2hLnXt58iEWYUzaGdBdxwxMn-TGuH6mEyAX_EbCVHFssi2WJ3DdMNo9e_iur3xEw3SEgdVlSeF-Y4Zs9akntCdsOkXVlgDbISqVX34Kq1/w640-h426/ShermanOaks-G-2007-ArcLight-FB-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A 2007 lobby shot that had appeared on the ArcLight Facebook page. Thanks to Dallas Movie Theaters for posting it on <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/21899/photos/342520" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-1ERrhgF7D4VNZ69YeB8hGERWM_TNB14nMbaVzkhuynshYfmRN5F_6ekCODchfGjPD9Pk_Ownz390aWh2uw5yEXhi92bQeN4eoHTZGHk9j2Kzj9rUKQxENyqqa1JqeZuPK3pWgpIQcJ9TBfy1KSJ0rTMunKW1LZCqoWLZt6SLBhNg2axxQ_PheXqnS_w/s647/ShermanOaks-G-2019-JS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="647" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-1ERrhgF7D4VNZ69YeB8hGERWM_TNB14nMbaVzkhuynshYfmRN5F_6ekCODchfGjPD9Pk_Ownz390aWh2uw5yEXhi92bQeN4eoHTZGHk9j2Kzj9rUKQxENyqqa1JqeZuPK3pWgpIQcJ9TBfy1KSJ0rTMunKW1LZCqoWLZt6SLBhNg2axxQ_PheXqnS_w/w640-h480/ShermanOaks-G-2019-JS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A 2019 photo by J S that was shared by Google. <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzLUnrwxBhS0ZwfxInJ9YC4e09MahviRBT9Bi3q7Kbm8QIXwQ5Wh_p-ki8vnOGXzDm_stJETKpfTUIab3IE1lNHHcj7zmsz4T-eO3mzvHoG20dxkX2-4bVquW_qGkHSgc5KiWV1EvuPjNZw1hCvD_2KI9pwTjYKSWWD3aF6K5K3L-fQy9poaVXskGRfy8/s523/ShermanOaksG-2021-July-IG-savearclightcinemas-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzLUnrwxBhS0ZwfxInJ9YC4e09MahviRBT9Bi3q7Kbm8QIXwQ5Wh_p-ki8vnOGXzDm_stJETKpfTUIab3IE1lNHHcj7zmsz4T-eO3mzvHoG20dxkX2-4bVquW_qGkHSgc5KiWV1EvuPjNZw1hCvD_2KI9pwTjYKSWWD3aF6K5K3L-fQy9poaVXskGRfy8/w538-h640/ShermanOaksG-2021-July-IG-savearclightcinemas-2.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A photo shared in July 2021 on a Save the Arclight Cinemas Facebook page.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> <br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>The Arclight auditorium look:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F4MYD03FgK7A-a6lQK7cf0YzT11jsXSDwbaozoIkHpqiNKcRdfv0r9tezg0mSdPeGnY1GN1B0oq-EnjTfPPMb69o5KV2aW-hW3FziUdvTncF5Uk-BkoUNr4m1jchpXsBjcZyYCIKJXj6-NTMTx6JmqnZLDrk4lRYnw1X_1ydyx6Y7qdmFO-cJmauKntu/s921/ShermanOaks-G-ScottNeff-2019-CinemaTour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="921" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F4MYD03FgK7A-a6lQK7cf0YzT11jsXSDwbaozoIkHpqiNKcRdfv0r9tezg0mSdPeGnY1GN1B0oq-EnjTfPPMb69o5KV2aW-hW3FziUdvTncF5Uk-BkoUNr4m1jchpXsBjcZyYCIKJXj6-NTMTx6JmqnZLDrk4lRYnw1X_1ydyx6Y7qdmFO-cJmauKntu/w640-h484/ShermanOaks-G-ScottNeff-2019-CinemaTour.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A 2019 view. Thanks to Scott Neff for sharing this one </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">on </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><a href="https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/12000.html" target="_blank">Cinema Tour</a>. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> It's one of over 30 photos dating from 2010 to 2019 that appear on their page about the theatre. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Closing: </b></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">On April 12, 2021 the Decurion
Corporation announced that they were not going to reopen any of its
theatres using the Pacific Theatres and ArcLight brands. Their Vineland
Drive-In was
operating at the time but none of the indoor locations had tried
reopening even as
pandemic restrictions were easing. 300 screens were involved. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Pamela
McClintock had the sad news in "<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/arclight-cinemas-and-pacific-theatres-to-close" target="_blank">Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres to Close</a>," an April 12, 2021 story for The Hollywood Reporter. Also see stories from <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/04/arclight-cinemas-and-pacific-theatres-wont-be-reopening-1234732936" target="_blank">Deadline</a>, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-12/pacific-and-arclight-theaters-will-not-reopen-following-the-pandemic-company-says" target="_blank">L.A. Times</a> and <a href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arclight-cinemas-pacific-theatres-covid-1234949832/" target="_blank">Variety</a>. A
Decurion statement noted: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but
despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company
does not have a viable way forward... To our guests and members of the
film industry who have made going to the movies such a magical
experience over the years: our deepest thanks. It has been an honor and a
pleasure to serve you."</p><p style="text-align: left;">Tom Nunan had a nice April 13 story for Forbes: "<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomnunan/2021/04/13/iconic-movie-chain-closes-in-los-angeles-5-predictions-for-future-of-cinemas-nationwide" target="_blank">Iconic Movie Chain Closes In Los Angeles; 5 Predictions For Future Of Cinemas Nationwide</a>." Ryan Faughnder's April 16 story for the times asked "<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-16/arclight-cinemas-whats-next" target="_blank">After ArcLight Cinemas' closure, what happens next?</a>" </p><p style="text-align: left;">The Pacific Theatres Exhibition Corporation, part
of the Forman empire, filed
for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on June 18 so that they could have protection
while they liquidated their assets and paid creditors. The plan was to sell off whatever is
theirs: seats, projectors, popcorn machines, etc. at both company owned
and leased locations. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Included was whatever equipment the landlords
didn't claim at the leased ArcLight locations in Culver City, Santa
Monica, Sherman Oaks, El Segundo, Pasadena, La Jolla, Chicago, Boston
and the D.C. area. Also affected were the Pacific locations (some
owned, some leased) in Lakewood, Northridge, Chatsworth (the Winnetka),
Sherman Oaks (the 5 plex), City of Industry (Vineland D-I), the Grove,
and Glendale (Americana at Brand). Deadline had the story: "<a href="https://deadline.com/2021/06/pacific-theatres-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy-1234778039/" target="_blank">Pacific Theatres Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy</a>." </p><p>In Variety's June 18 story, also titled "<a href="https://variety.com/2021/biz/news/pacific-theatres-files-chapter-7-bankruptcy-1235000547/" target="_blank">Pacific Theatres Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy</a>," they noted that creditors, including landlords and film studios, might get little or nothing: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"According
to the bankruptcy filings, the six entities that filed for bankruptcy
on Friday had $69 million in liabilities, and just $4.8 million in total
assets. The only secured debt is a $6.4 million obligation to Bank of
America, which means that all the unsecured creditors — including
landlords, taxing authorities, former employees, vendors, various
litigants, and gift card holders — will likely wind up with little or
nothing. The unsecured creditors also include all the major film
studios, along with many smaller distributors, who were still owed box
office revenue when Pacific’s theaters closed last year. Disney is owed
$1.26 million, followed by Warner Bros. ($779,000), Universal
($619,000), Paramount ($501,000), Sony ($389,000) and indie distributor
Neon ($231,000). In sum, 25 distributors are owed $4.26 million."<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">See the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinerama-dome.html" target="_blank">Cinerama Dome</a> page for more stories about the disposition of other ArcLight locations. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en" style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">As the Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria:</span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>Opening: </b></span>Regal Cinemas reopened the former ArcLight location on July 6, 2021. "<a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-06-18/former-arclight-at-sherman-oaks-galleria-taken-over-by-regal-cinemas" target="_blank">Former ArcLight at Sherman Oaks Galleria taken over by Regal Cinemas</a>"
was the June 18 story in the Times. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-sherman-oaks-galleria/1483" target="_blank">www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-sherman-oaks-galleria/1483</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGwPf7ZMTnZRNu8BCT7TSqyOAAujpxa6WSc7p5cD0mARMeVnOf4nc5oua2dJCqAxxKfotPIbDEAPO1VwTH6cTsuknjpo0AqWb6klcIS02bTpmh_frehjJHASS6RiycIQiIcKUJahCRZ1UWflNNNXcck4W0Ps7kVRwdL0khM9fy1qcl1_2TaFQBvVICTNT/s528/ShermanOaksG-2021-July-IG-savearclightcinemas-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="436" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGwPf7ZMTnZRNu8BCT7TSqyOAAujpxa6WSc7p5cD0mARMeVnOf4nc5oua2dJCqAxxKfotPIbDEAPO1VwTH6cTsuknjpo0AqWb6klcIS02bTpmh_frehjJHASS6RiycIQiIcKUJahCRZ1UWflNNNXcck4W0Ps7kVRwdL0khM9fy1qcl1_2TaFQBvVICTNT/w528-h640/ShermanOaksG-2021-July-IG-savearclightcinemas-1.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A photo shared in July 2021 on a Save the Arclight Cinemas Facebook page. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eMWfzuHqRkwegH5Lof6NH1E-Xjt69dlG7bOubtnWIFPDS-MHLE6G5oZJxZQmvdRlqmY8oAW8kW0LFnHqa_2BQpQkOOWeq9KLTcIp5UxhV3X50lVjl4iLwmiPb78K58XH3eGI5BVQpDg4iogvhoRsOV5h87EuDrANPDT9H6eqmWUNHcVaEuLJD2Ymtdi4/s551/ShermanOaks-G-2022-StevenB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="551" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eMWfzuHqRkwegH5Lof6NH1E-Xjt69dlG7bOubtnWIFPDS-MHLE6G5oZJxZQmvdRlqmY8oAW8kW0LFnHqa_2BQpQkOOWeq9KLTcIp5UxhV3X50lVjl4iLwmiPb78K58XH3eGI5BVQpDg4iogvhoRsOV5h87EuDrANPDT9H6eqmWUNHcVaEuLJD2Ymtdi4/w522-h483/ShermanOaks-G-2022-StevenB.jpg" width="522" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The rebranded entrance. It's a 2022 photo by Steven B. on <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/regal-sherman-oaks-galleria-sherman-oaks-2" target="_blank">Yelp</a>. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> In January 2023 the Sherman Oaks
Galleria venue was on the list as one of 39 locations Regal was planning
on shutting in the midst of their bankruptcy proceedings. <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/regal-cinemas-shut-down-theaters-bankruptcy-1235495319" target="_blank">Variety</a> had the list. But it continues to stay open. A story shared on Cinema Treasures:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Regal announces new lease agreement at Sherman Oaks Galleria - KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – The
16-screen Sherman Oaks Galleria theatre will continue operating as a
Regal property following entry into a new lease agreement with the
owner. The Regal theatre is the only structure left standing from the
original Sherman Oaks Galleria mall, which was transformed into today's
modern open-air, mixed-use facility in 2002.</p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">
</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"'The new agreement between Regal and Douglas Emmett
allows movies to continue playing at one of Los Angeles' sacred
entertainment sites,' stated Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Cineworld, parent
company of Regal. 'We are excited not only to preserve the legacy of
Sherman Oaks Galleria but also to update this theatre with the latest
advancements in the movie-going experience. Soon our guests will be able
to enjoy movies in IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX at Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria
cinema.'" </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMpkBRQEjgTGE2ln2JAFa4dFCHShlrRpQywNFURUWws_whufBPPFu4TUKLPjbShiA7ETMpQoVn6xFRxqdFqC2ZfXVAUh6d6_sAE0Rf32ka4XLRUCKEEwMmQPpdsICj4HnUIYIuAMR8irOmwPdtGBS4QjfBxg9FEFzZTGdhh9Azopt1KftSl7tbCmSLINX/s1594/ShermanOaks-G-Google-2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1594" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMpkBRQEjgTGE2ln2JAFa4dFCHShlrRpQywNFURUWws_whufBPPFu4TUKLPjbShiA7ETMpQoVn6xFRxqdFqC2ZfXVAUh6d6_sAE0Rf32ka4XLRUCKEEwMmQPpdsICj4HnUIYIuAMR8irOmwPdtGBS4QjfBxg9FEFzZTGdhh9Azopt1KftSl7tbCmSLINX/w640-h260/ShermanOaks-G-Google-2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">The building in 2023 with its new "Regal" signage. Photo: Google Maps <b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><b>More information:</b> See the Cinema Treasures pages on the <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/40919" target="_blank">Pacific 4</a> and the <a href="https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/21899" target="_blank">Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria</a>. The <a href="https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/12000.html" target="_blank">Cinema Tour</a> page about the 16-plex has over 30 photos dating from 2010 to 2019. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">A mall remodel in 1992 was discussed in the June 8 L.A. Times story "<a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-08-me-77-story.html" target="_blank">Galleria Remodels in Effort to Lure 'More Mature' Customer..</a>" One of their comments:</span></p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The mall became widely known outside Southern California in 1982 because it was mentioned in the song 'Valley Girl' by Moon Unit Zappa. The song described the Galleria as the habitat of teen-agers who talked oddly and were fixated on goods. The lyrics included: 'Like ohmigod like totally Encino is like so bitchen. There’s like the Galleria and like all those like really great shoe stores. . . . I like buy the neatest miniskirts and stuff. It’s so bitchen.' The song--and a subsequent movie, 'Valley Girl,' that was filmed at the Galleria--caused foot traffic in the 100-store mall to increase by 30%, Galleria officials said in 1983..."</div><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">There's a nice history of the mall in </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en">a 2017 <a href="https://behindthedeals.com/2017/02/01/behind-the-deals-the-story-and-lessons-behind-douglas-emmetts-acquisition-and-redevelopment-of-the-sherman-oaks-galleria/" target="_blank">Behind the Deals</a> story by Joshua Beroukhim. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Oaks_Galleria" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> has an article about the Galleria. Of course there's a page about the Regal Galleria on <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/regal-sherman-oaks-galleria-sherman-oaks-2" target="_blank">Yelp</a>. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2023/12/sherman-oaks-galleria.html">back to top</a></span></span><span style="color: #999999;"> </span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/01/san-fernando-valley-theatres.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-san-fernando-valley.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley: list by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown</a> |<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside</a><span style="color: #666666;"> | </span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">the main alphabetical list</a> |</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatre-history-resources.html" target="_blank">theatre history resources</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/film-and-theatre-technology-resources.html" target="_blank">film and theatre tech resources</a> | <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">theatres in movies</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/losangelestheatres" target="_blank">LA Theatres on facebook</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/contact-information.html" target="_blank">contact info</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/search/label/site%20navigation" target="_blank">welcome and site navigation guide</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> |</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>B Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335713971590668080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-78244272200680025442023-12-28T19:30:00.000-08:002023-12-29T10:31:53.310-08:00Assistance League Theatre<p><b>1367 N. St. Andrews Place</b> Hollywood (Los Angeles) CA 90028 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1367+N+St+Andrews+Pl,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90028/@34.0961046,-118.3111718,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2bf4df59ede19:0x1ff5450ee4667f8a!8m2!3d34.0961046!4d-118.3111718!16s%2Fg%2F11cncqsvpj?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> | <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJEhNQbih4vL2yFo4ez672lMoRywmy6-sx9X2mm5a2a6gtqW9YpN7hY1j3i6vJYd27PnGW0-JI6KbAykJzsbb0xHwUGnxV48HAOy_XQmnJZRiYR6WUzYVww0JNZltnJKZY2BhQnZkNTjyYqU9861fZbHn9DRAgaoKaH6u6aa_mQYtVaWEIzgrinyIAoec/s1047/AssistanceLeague-2022-Google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1047" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJEhNQbih4vL2yFo4ez672lMoRywmy6-sx9X2mm5a2a6gtqW9YpN7hY1j3i6vJYd27PnGW0-JI6KbAykJzsbb0xHwUGnxV48HAOy_XQmnJZRiYR6WUzYVww0JNZltnJKZY2BhQnZkNTjyYqU9861fZbHn9DRAgaoKaH6u6aa_mQYtVaWEIzgrinyIAoec/w640-h292/AssistanceLeague-2022-Google.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Opened:</b> 1938 as the <b>Assistance League Playhouse</b>. The location is just north of the 101, a block west of Western and a block north of Fountain Ave. In this 2022 Google Maps photo Fernwood Ave. is on the left. On the right we're looking north on St. Andrews. In recent years the venue was rebranded as the <b>Assistance League Theatre</b>. </p><p><b>Architect:</b> Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls & Clements. <br /></p><p><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org" target="_blank">www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nineoclockplayers" target="_blank">Nine O'Clock Players on Facebook</a> | The site's <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/history" target="_blank">history</a> page notes: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Assistance League Theatre was designed by Stiles O. Clements and
constructed in 1938. A slight departure from his more notable work as
the El Capitan Theater and the Wiltern Theater, Clements was able to
create a nostalgic summer stock theater from his native home in New
England right here in the heart of Hollywood. The Auditorium was
masterfully constructed out of slow growth redwood beams, some of which
measure over 25 feet in length. The result is not only a beautiful
aesthetic but exceptional acoustics as well."</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating:</b> 328 </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Proscenium:</b> 24' wide, height masked to 12'.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Proscenium alcoves:</b> Usable for performers on each side of the proscenium. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Stage depth:</b> 28' plus an apron 6' deep x 29' wide.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Wing space: </b>9' on stage right. Stage left starts at 9' and angles to 16'. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Dressing rooms:</b> 2 large, I medium, 1 star room with a total capacity of 22 performers. There's also a large green room. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Loading:</b> A dock on the Fernwood side of the building. The loading door is 8' wide x 12' tall. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Rigging:</b> basically none</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Cyc:</b> 11' high x 22' wide soft cyc up against the back wall. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Lighting:</b> ETC Element board – 32 S4’s, 32 pars, 2 follow spots, Cyc wash, audience wash.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> <b>Audio:</b> Allen & Heath ZED-436 – 32 inputs, 6 auxes, 2 free-range monitors, 3 shotguns, 3 handheld wireless, 3 wired mics.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> <b>Video:</b> Epson Pro G7905U 7000 lumen projector, HDMI or Thunderbolt/Mini Display inputs. 5' high x 12' wide screen above stage, 8' x 14' rolling screen on stage.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Other amenities:</b> There's a full working kitchen. Onsite parking for 30 cars. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Tech and booking contact:</b> CJ Flanagan, house manager/technical director - cflanagan@assistanceleaguela.org</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTab04qSAkmUja-ZCklaTbWsoLvz2vDoLv_NLw1hmD0FAKNLZKkX0X6HS1G2xZdkxJ-JP_-1-VMb2j7Ufr5vaumsRLFsWHdbhpQ3SJiVebrlPVxyG3bTamnAbvcqyX5gC2N9I7571ct-E1XVR4H_CVFIMrlOWzR7p7veBrk9PcdJ7mVMc_5REGH01d4Pp/s454/AssistanceLeague-1944-Apr-3-MeetThePeople.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="454" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTab04qSAkmUja-ZCklaTbWsoLvz2vDoLv_NLw1hmD0FAKNLZKkX0X6HS1G2xZdkxJ-JP_-1-VMb2j7Ufr5vaumsRLFsWHdbhpQ3SJiVebrlPVxyG3bTamnAbvcqyX5gC2N9I7571ct-E1XVR4H_CVFIMrlOWzR7p7veBrk9PcdJ7mVMc_5REGH01d4Pp/w400-h81/AssistanceLeague-1944-Apr-3-MeetThePeople.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">An April 1944 ad for a production of "Meet the People." </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30tGcCQemAnvv9duY1RYuV-eknlgYj7FHH1BT9cbz0kz-s8NxijexICWEPcHFEMXwpem43IyMfqLbYnvWLBKG_FFagBENQ6UqFwYAVIiwVfbb7sBr3BZczl2XpQIf_6G7WbTcBoniLWsMEI5QRjTyb-8DPurNrI-ePGGQUF4S-zl5iEXM0khnGEaV1aKG/s344/AssistanceLeague-1948-Times-May-AngnaEnters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="95" data-original-width="344" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30tGcCQemAnvv9duY1RYuV-eknlgYj7FHH1BT9cbz0kz-s8NxijexICWEPcHFEMXwpem43IyMfqLbYnvWLBKG_FFagBENQ6UqFwYAVIiwVfbb7sBr3BZczl2XpQIf_6G7WbTcBoniLWsMEI5QRjTyb-8DPurNrI-ePGGQUF4S-zl5iEXM0khnGEaV1aKG/w400-h110/AssistanceLeague-1948-Times-May-AngnaEnters.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A May 1948 Times ad for the dancer, mime and playwright Anita 'Angna' Enters.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre is available for rental as well as being the home of the League's childrens theatre program, the <a href="https://assistanceleaguela.org/theatre-for-children-program/" target="_blank">Nine O'Clock Players</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>The lobby:</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tFQW1VyCgPILas-9QPyD8r8naIlqjUkSJLop6Obxfl70e7OACfSCoNcEt6w7k6sScYfWV9uu2anhQ-tYjukYoNKlBEXMiZnRJObLgCGN7n0SoAHDGn8uj2l4tb7rHlBn4jYFSBh4zXWOhF2rQMKZtsTf_XP-sh-FahUKlEdzOoREObVerXaaoojs3uoC/s937/AssistanceLeague-web-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="937" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tFQW1VyCgPILas-9QPyD8r8naIlqjUkSJLop6Obxfl70e7OACfSCoNcEt6w7k6sScYfWV9uu2anhQ-tYjukYoNKlBEXMiZnRJObLgCGN7n0SoAHDGn8uj2l4tb7rHlBn4jYFSBh4zXWOhF2rQMKZtsTf_XP-sh-FahUKlEdzOoREObVerXaaoojs3uoC/w640-h426/AssistanceLeague-web-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A view from the <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Gallery</a> page on the Assistance League website. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>The auditorium: </b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV441Kz2xHRgzgAqPnpvnk2jhNpnymMK9Ll0BP-vPxOw0KIf205biiq_bqAoZCoTNLMEUAaSDodGukdDFSkpOIjQ_LyQ8Ww72FLDgXWw_dxvx8Y68yZw1MZVaaRiGVBQKavHuauqJSu3XYYDdsHR7IDF6ejeS7iZ-eKwQwLBuF56gLEtO4c7ukX9MxuDe8/s789/AssistanceLeague-web-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="789" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV441Kz2xHRgzgAqPnpvnk2jhNpnymMK9Ll0BP-vPxOw0KIf205biiq_bqAoZCoTNLMEUAaSDodGukdDFSkpOIjQ_LyQ8Ww72FLDgXWw_dxvx8Y68yZw1MZVaaRiGVBQKavHuauqJSu3XYYDdsHR7IDF6ejeS7iZ-eKwQwLBuF56gLEtO4c7ukX9MxuDe8/w640-h506/AssistanceLeague-web-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Looking in from the back of the house. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOflGnXGPzjYVEuHiewsuW-8mP0f3ace3NK9UqXvKjNjrAIllYwRLczqSx7u-0nU4YAkKcoMiiITaDzMfbnjwQnCoi3clTwvyUxuFfkGOZ_V1ozN5MS2ZeQzS5VlFZuFGNlJUv9q6woMIN9NM9B18yHq8PIfPlSm2Wvcv6G4PGC4FUJtbIGaEdV6FpZw-/s500/AssistanceLeague-web-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOflGnXGPzjYVEuHiewsuW-8mP0f3ace3NK9UqXvKjNjrAIllYwRLczqSx7u-0nU4YAkKcoMiiITaDzMfbnjwQnCoi3clTwvyUxuFfkGOZ_V1ozN5MS2ZeQzS5VlFZuFGNlJUv9q6woMIN9NM9B18yHq8PIfPlSm2Wvcv6G4PGC4FUJtbIGaEdV6FpZw-/w640-h426/AssistanceLeague-web-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A view from house left. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> <br /></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BmUJTst1Qja35MulmBUzmheBMmmtCtXPeKnWWorQ_ejeJ65bBE2_ZGu0trnJBMPiAzKFmjCC4uaBjyiLlUqQcMjH5dMesSrKzNZ-zomZ6eupHvkVyD4r8E7hu2aG8qPQft9tF0A9Atw58_km6DHlCINBe6tlFZzM-bMJIcsyTFlGUOCw1Gbhwj8fs8mk/s500/AssistanceLeague-web-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="500" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BmUJTst1Qja35MulmBUzmheBMmmtCtXPeKnWWorQ_ejeJ65bBE2_ZGu0trnJBMPiAzKFmjCC4uaBjyiLlUqQcMjH5dMesSrKzNZ-zomZ6eupHvkVyD4r8E7hu2aG8qPQft9tF0A9Atw58_km6DHlCINBe6tlFZzM-bMJIcsyTFlGUOCw1Gbhwj8fs8mk/w640-h420/AssistanceLeague-web-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A closer look at the proscenium with the same set onstage. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VQeRfS3sO4tI50ozXXsEm8Be2-rNLsP9vO8ke-sT7dm4Wpwx2T9P_BruNmV2c17GBWemSL91rLjg2Ygysj6RUSk8Y7SIrFj_Ix2ii2akZ3dXvhuaqXnXQX6M6wED6ZNopVXowIUZ4WO8p-S9LlFY-Lu8_-3UJQCd-VfzWHKBHaF6qwC51neARtNh8j0j/s1112/AssistanceLeague-web-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1112" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VQeRfS3sO4tI50ozXXsEm8Be2-rNLsP9vO8ke-sT7dm4Wpwx2T9P_BruNmV2c17GBWemSL91rLjg2Ygysj6RUSk8Y7SIrFj_Ix2ii2akZ3dXvhuaqXnXQX6M6wED6ZNopVXowIUZ4WO8p-S9LlFY-Lu8_-3UJQCd-VfzWHKBHaF6qwC51neARtNh8j0j/w640-h360/AssistanceLeague-web-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A table read. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzEbYWQBDL0_n9OfEf5eU039IqwED9rjzg38otT4ipdYZwZjXj2zoLEP2Z7kQ5QRO3JGMC_g7qdlzBmCGYqgS1B1_zRC68_udHFbtzKzvOIk1f3hd28d4daOTqePeT4t3Tb_KqmDfZahXqMX-AIHmZmYNREDuONthavwpq6QwXJq90kK-dNxwc7jBAeRA/s620/AssistanceLeague-9-Oclock-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="620" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzEbYWQBDL0_n9OfEf5eU039IqwED9rjzg38otT4ipdYZwZjXj2zoLEP2Z7kQ5QRO3JGMC_g7qdlzBmCGYqgS1B1_zRC68_udHFbtzKzvOIk1f3hd28d4daOTqePeT4t3Tb_KqmDfZahXqMX-AIHmZmYNREDuONthavwpq6QwXJq90kK-dNxwc7jBAeRA/w640-h506/AssistanceLeague-9-Oclock-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A view appearing on the Assistance League's page about the <a href="https://assistanceleaguela.org/theatre-for-children-program/" target="_blank">Nine O'Clock Players</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTQEjjTSfijTN9qNXA4eS2mCjtPUcNQu4s9ESoxgnQ7z2aDDCO4m249WGB3fVEa7heUZue-CmX74b0_W4UhEusbzQpocL_NWrRwzjOBrxQ_BhoR-T7gzsEFvppPxPFiH1mnSWFl1FwBJKFtE3_OlW8WZNfImFpNixufzWsgrMNDZrMhKUXIrJUVB4bgbM/s550/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="550" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTQEjjTSfijTN9qNXA4eS2mCjtPUcNQu4s9ESoxgnQ7z2aDDCO4m249WGB3fVEa7heUZue-CmX74b0_W4UhEusbzQpocL_NWrRwzjOBrxQ_BhoR-T7gzsEFvppPxPFiH1mnSWFl1FwBJKFtE3_OlW8WZNfImFpNixufzWsgrMNDZrMhKUXIrJUVB4bgbM/w640-h480/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A proscenium view from the <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/venues/343" target="_blank">Hollywood Fringe</a> website's page about the theatre. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing the page in a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/permalink/3300092193348878/" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOfDurXoyFyrwgvyK10BKEica_tqwa8GWjKkvgsBfRtpSfYznlkSmEVGc3CEqv6OBgh97F9jqXVd7nIazDbwMcHsKMjZYT6Fn4nMGF9KLgtQnsSUMeaKSWmSJKG4a9x0t_-V69h2csJBKWFLPM4DIGJeyILU94E7eQ0YgTGBnap7PlRo3d9LIYbTLeKOO/s706/AssistanceLeague-web-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="706" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOfDurXoyFyrwgvyK10BKEica_tqwa8GWjKkvgsBfRtpSfYznlkSmEVGc3CEqv6OBgh97F9jqXVd7nIazDbwMcHsKMjZYT6Fn4nMGF9KLgtQnsSUMeaKSWmSJKG4a9x0t_-V69h2csJBKWFLPM4DIGJeyILU94E7eQ0YgTGBnap7PlRo3d9LIYbTLeKOO/w640-h562/AssistanceLeague-web-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A tartan curtain in use for one production. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YLZS4Kan7EevoQ-PAOi2pE_rlxO-XZRLFZ1CQ1t7C10VLgXa-wORFlndmVuj0JrkC78nvsXYAxWs6Qz6MxAKSQWhh1zLj82UNAGer807kCU1mivysUo1dU9UhduawXSxMvj_aDek6AZVrOz8dOt_ncxCNk7Y9u6JjSeA_sBrCh4rVip2MYM-4DOZkRTw/s523/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="523" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YLZS4Kan7EevoQ-PAOi2pE_rlxO-XZRLFZ1CQ1t7C10VLgXa-wORFlndmVuj0JrkC78nvsXYAxWs6Qz6MxAKSQWhh1zLj82UNAGer807kCU1mivysUo1dU9UhduawXSxMvj_aDek6AZVrOz8dOt_ncxCNk7Y9u6JjSeA_sBrCh4rVip2MYM-4DOZkRTw/w640-h480/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A side wall view. Photo: <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/venues/343" target="_blank">Hollywood Fringe</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXw2hWMVL-n8A7-s_qF7_ZFXRt5o8tzXwrbhZWslLXHY6px_zlfsCRBBXMaA9gaX0GoJBA9ur4jQ54cYoLc_kWJIK0m2TjlPVQRslu1lA7Gb9pkp1uVBPnadTwCrPjOty2ijYGnWXhX7MZG2SABL3HXUTU7ODrXR6UBYWIamL1FAx9_WsAyf7X9MNnopMU/s550/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="550" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXw2hWMVL-n8A7-s_qF7_ZFXRt5o8tzXwrbhZWslLXHY6px_zlfsCRBBXMaA9gaX0GoJBA9ur4jQ54cYoLc_kWJIK0m2TjlPVQRslu1lA7Gb9pkp1uVBPnadTwCrPjOty2ijYGnWXhX7MZG2SABL3HXUTU7ODrXR6UBYWIamL1FAx9_WsAyf7X9MNnopMU/w640-h480/AssistanceLeague-HFringe-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The rear of the house. Photo: <a href="https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/venues/343" target="_blank">Hollywood Fringe</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LF2iSMreoR26WXRnwCXF7zBwp4EmT3C4wNCzs5Zsh8JiRdB2bnw1h7oBl_HyB6pEGkkCKQfFK6A_cpkevr1ALlls5AKwy2qPUAZXOGWvEMMXCe6LH5sBsZAXXl-QMjsACzqbWDR1M_5RoYJYMLdRjLZNlfolooDBbxnb6C1LtPbgh6Fo8GhyAzd3CSoZ/s500/AssistanceLeague-web-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LF2iSMreoR26WXRnwCXF7zBwp4EmT3C4wNCzs5Zsh8JiRdB2bnw1h7oBl_HyB6pEGkkCKQfFK6A_cpkevr1ALlls5AKwy2qPUAZXOGWvEMMXCe6LH5sBsZAXXl-QMjsACzqbWDR1M_5RoYJYMLdRjLZNlfolooDBbxnb6C1LtPbgh6Fo8GhyAzd3CSoZ/w640-h424/AssistanceLeague-web-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another look toward the back wall. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdeKyOLtrzsgJOWff6gzqwzKDt5b7lTI7vtZBXIOCbmpKI3zZRBft9f9dI0PYyUo5yY5mZSjaku-MV0lRLdDgE0I_uwoxoTVt4yrXKbCkX-np-_HH_RCdfVm6UsAcGkwBXt-gX8pMphk2DmFbftiQT2T_ahW0NTQgVuPAVGYbtP5QLv8ImKxoO6bOT0V8/s500/AssistanceLeague-web-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdeKyOLtrzsgJOWff6gzqwzKDt5b7lTI7vtZBXIOCbmpKI3zZRBft9f9dI0PYyUo5yY5mZSjaku-MV0lRLdDgE0I_uwoxoTVt4yrXKbCkX-np-_HH_RCdfVm6UsAcGkwBXt-gX8pMphk2DmFbftiQT2T_ahW0NTQgVuPAVGYbtP5QLv8ImKxoO6bOT0V8/w640-h424/AssistanceLeague-web-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Backstage. Photo: <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Assistance League/gallery</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>The courtyard: </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgte9GrvD0D-6_V69oNF5BuSdEXdIPpv8_QyeCcLGFNFqHn0mEN0A5SPmVqMHe76XkWWBFHlzGak4Q0lQ7oEAEeGnNP8UbWL_sqKNATxcnIYhGtUA5_vPVLSmSnpgXa4rEhSFcgStXvZZ81A6Pjpjra92pu_HD32CtHqnDfvo7y1ryfnAOmity3y1t38Qwa/s500/AssistanceLeague-web-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgte9GrvD0D-6_V69oNF5BuSdEXdIPpv8_QyeCcLGFNFqHn0mEN0A5SPmVqMHe76XkWWBFHlzGak4Q0lQ7oEAEeGnNP8UbWL_sqKNATxcnIYhGtUA5_vPVLSmSnpgXa4rEhSFcgStXvZZ81A6Pjpjra92pu_HD32CtHqnDfvo7y1ryfnAOmity3y1t38Qwa/w640-h428/AssistanceLeague-web-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A view from the <a href="https://www.assistanceleaguetheatre.org/gallery" target="_blank">Gallery</a> page on the Assistance League website. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAUO3z0KpHgrWct0UXQ0UPoQxhhQLfCvh_pYpzczLYi2zpAk1hIzUyTLcyfT_MqBkKN4SI-VT3KOFZzNYQgTjOvUyaGmn33P9MSSIEMPKh_SCR2z2t4yUR9kMqgHtdyx-NwK9ZBkdk3jTsWrzXeUbGIk-7ugNROh2ulY7I7Jnk6FbMqQ1GqwIC4gh1vd9/s550/AssistanceLeague-web-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="550" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAUO3z0KpHgrWct0UXQ0UPoQxhhQLfCvh_pYpzczLYi2zpAk1hIzUyTLcyfT_MqBkKN4SI-VT3KOFZzNYQgTjOvUyaGmn33P9MSSIEMPKh_SCR2z2t4yUR9kMqgHtdyx-NwK9ZBkdk3jTsWrzXeUbGIk-7ugNROh2ulY7I7Jnk6FbMqQ1GqwIC4gh1vd9/w640-h480/AssistanceLeague-web-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A view at night. 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The c.1927 photo by Winstead is from the <a href="https://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17164coll3/id/4479/" target="_blank">Long Beach Public Library</a> collection. See the Long Beach Press-Telegram's September 11 story about the dedication at the bottom of the page. <br /></p><p><b>Architects:</b> Parker O. Wright and Francis H. Gentry of the Long Beach firm Wright and Gentry, "Architects and Engineers." Of course both were 32nd degree Masons. The ornamental terracotta was done by the Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co. The building has been a City of Long Beach landmark since 1980. <br /></p><p>There's a ballroom on the ground floor. The theatre, called the <b>Ernest Borgnine Theatre</b>, is on the second and third floors. There are other meeting rooms also available for rent. <br /></p><p><b>Theatre capacity:</b> 800<br /></p><p><b>Online:</b> <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">www.lbscottish-rite.com</a> | <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/gallery" target="_blank">photo gallery</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076489400358" target="_blank">on Facebook</a> | <a href="https://ernestborgninetheatre.org/" target="_blank">Ernest Borgnine Theatre website</a> | <br /></p><p><b>Phone:</b> 562-436-4983</p><p><b>Stage specs: </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Proscenium: </b>About 35' wide. <b> </b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Stage depth: </b>About 30 feet from the smoke pocket to the back wall, plus a thrust with steps across the front down to audience level.<b><br /></b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Rigging:</b> About 80 wireguide counterweight sets operated from a low flyfloor off right. Some of the equipment is original, with wood-framed arbors and no rope locks, approximately 5" centers and 1/8" lift lines -- typical of many Masonic installations of this era. Some sets have been upgraded, including the sets for electrics. <br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Asbestos: </b>Still in place, motorized. The arbor is off left, the motor is on the grid. Of course there's a cut rope on either side of the stage.</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>House traveler:</b> Motorized for both lift and travel. <br /></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Lighting:</b> It's a 5 scene Century system installed in the 60s that uses 30 6Kw SCR dimmers. The board is off right, the dimmers are in the basement. </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><b>Loading: </b>The upstage right door is up in the sky on the back of the building. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Pipe Organ:</b> It's a Reuter 3/17. It's their opus 156, with 17 stops, 24 registers. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hsbnKRe_3OZS1C2YE2BWizygHaQC6-AWYZkiI0S1XrcChA55DX1DubVFOBxv5GoRxVY7vrLAP5DSna93upzlTOZ6rIG8ApVtTCvDJKyAn-q3h7Ze2AH_w0i7XxUgodTjM9XmYd7wHIZ3ZGVD_QGoKrtVjjOxvOFGShDjqjFm3fErt5Ny7dMJPcrcoLoD/s697/ScottiscRite-LB-PODatabase-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="697" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hsbnKRe_3OZS1C2YE2BWizygHaQC6-AWYZkiI0S1XrcChA55DX1DubVFOBxv5GoRxVY7vrLAP5DSna93upzlTOZ6rIG8ApVtTCvDJKyAn-q3h7Ze2AH_w0i7XxUgodTjM9XmYd7wHIZ3ZGVD_QGoKrtVjjOxvOFGShDjqjFm3fErt5Ny7dMJPcrcoLoD/w400-h266/ScottiscRite-LB-PODatabase-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A photo of the console appearing on a <a href="https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/19885" target="_blank">Pipe Organ Database</a> page about the instrument. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bpR6OxG23wevs43CONIDuCkw1wSmJGG0e4-vN9t5u9jNY017M4_dd266SEU2kYPQbijfQ9IuzcBVIwjBaApb3j9Np4hhdrJhZyYit-_qUG0aUcI34JumngDrOIRmt-0q-CB0ze3pnBcvbUUoLx-gYXxLhtc9RAXkej5ZBgJ5b1EOJwtp1ARIvkdB9vH-/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bpR6OxG23wevs43CONIDuCkw1wSmJGG0e4-vN9t5u9jNY017M4_dd266SEU2kYPQbijfQ9IuzcBVIwjBaApb3j9Np4hhdrJhZyYit-_qUG0aUcI34JumngDrOIRmt-0q-CB0ze3pnBcvbUUoLx-gYXxLhtc9RAXkej5ZBgJ5b1EOJwtp1ARIvkdB9vH-/w399-h266/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0113.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A 2023 shot by Mike Hume. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> Open and available for rentals of all sorts. One interesting perk is that you can chose from about 70 vintage backdrops for your event, some dating from the 1880s. Among other users, the theatre is a home for the <a href="https://childrenstheatreoflongbeach.org/" target="_blank">Children's Theatre of Long Beach</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Many thanks to Susan, the theatre's technical director, for enthusiastically providing a tour of all the backstage and support areas of the building. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>In the lobby:</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ8dLM6_iDoGlQOIR8drktx3WRs9gMu5uyxbH6bavMn7mPo4IDkIz0v7yGV5acXoJCJPtRZa-EMEqNrSl_gnMXaRlDJaphoYww_-RbHX8-4Ofsy81vu5uAh97X29-K3VfSSftZ5FQw_559eFhrNtA7kjeofj7RE3zjonW-xwXK2YqQOjAXD1I_OKRXKAT/s1896/ScottishRite-LB-web-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1896" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ8dLM6_iDoGlQOIR8drktx3WRs9gMu5uyxbH6bavMn7mPo4IDkIz0v7yGV5acXoJCJPtRZa-EMEqNrSl_gnMXaRlDJaphoYww_-RbHX8-4Ofsy81vu5uAh97X29-K3VfSSftZ5FQw_559eFhrNtA7kjeofj7RE3zjonW-xwXK2YqQOjAXD1I_OKRXKAT/w640-h426/ScottishRite-LB-web-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b></b></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The ballroom, with a small stage and a big kitchen, is straight ahead on the main floor. An elevator is through the portal and to the left. The stairs get you to the theatre's main floor. The balcony is on the third floor. Photo: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruABexml3CaKTpyH8nb_0PO5HKTixqenyXvYvMd0GYSG2dD7ExhrCrydA4TnHyuYP_SajVmh3rJN_cSAF_g2HWVZkHWfv5q0tZg3pLPlG0uwBQ_bwPNd5N9drNeoShTOmUSM49qxvggpd6MivELhV8nIrlxv61MTIpT8o5543RKT1h42Rx-2tpUYlLZct/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruABexml3CaKTpyH8nb_0PO5HKTixqenyXvYvMd0GYSG2dD7ExhrCrydA4TnHyuYP_SajVmh3rJN_cSAF_g2HWVZkHWfv5q0tZg3pLPlG0uwBQ_bwPNd5N9drNeoShTOmUSM49qxvggpd6MivELhV8nIrlxv61MTIpT8o5543RKT1h42Rx-2tpUYlLZct/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-1.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Peeking in to the ballroom. Thanks to Michelle Gerdes for sharing this 2023 photo and her many others appearing on the page. See 69 images from her explorations of the building on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/michellegerdes/posts/pfbid02gu9iQiB56ssAef2mwWZHWvtzaxTuhwaY2uBrijeZEzRjFAi2nh3CrHhmCKs7Xtfal" target="_blank">Facebook post</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVjrm0IDsEvTnRLNwT119-DY2JGrmkKHJdnYHETFULrBiyp1po6D7WDqEi27l1qUA9gFd-EW_3owpNCTAW1z-cZ8fFoTi_m8h8DrZFnpQ5buozVsPxrcreqM0dEOcBaYFHkdF1WVkJrSKQC9rFurmuUUN855JGfpW61BNuiVl2qN78VxkcgQ7wgG_CgWn/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVjrm0IDsEvTnRLNwT119-DY2JGrmkKHJdnYHETFULrBiyp1po6D7WDqEi27l1qUA9gFd-EW_3owpNCTAW1z-cZ8fFoTi_m8h8DrZFnpQ5buozVsPxrcreqM0dEOcBaYFHkdF1WVkJrSKQC9rFurmuUUN855JGfpW61BNuiVl2qN78VxkcgQ7wgG_CgWn/w428-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-3.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The main floor ballroom. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2023<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeEGQI8GAOPiqnYtpZA58zcLueUGN3nhcrmUuG3ZktoVEcy8r1O_dl8Ybb4xZ6P91fOh_D2Dfn6EsYYas-aYPYKm1YCmpcoYHkSW4ZEhjfdYaqkSb4EqCltSIyTJ4NgmXs3YplGn4S2rn_7zO6QCwFyZSQm66lxV_J2mX9hobVr7y0ZjxKfq5CjDH9YmF/s1416/ScottishRite-LB-web-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1416" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeEGQI8GAOPiqnYtpZA58zcLueUGN3nhcrmUuG3ZktoVEcy8r1O_dl8Ybb4xZ6P91fOh_D2Dfn6EsYYas-aYPYKm1YCmpcoYHkSW4ZEhjfdYaqkSb4EqCltSIyTJ4NgmXs3YplGn4S2rn_7zO6QCwFyZSQm66lxV_J2mX9hobVr7y0ZjxKfq5CjDH9YmF/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The second floor landing. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMJ8Hyv0mGdYHLysvn36qWdsjgcMoLX1aFz1v4jmdflaKDQ9Nrc8QhS4pHYu7KJNlUmix_JvDJgFTlPwql98CQELNF_fKp6CBfp4-HnUsLxurALW5H_wqIu-cTB8vLub6_G2PvfXlZpXPWeHgsSTwnKej698njvCC7L9j4buTCwv67EZSROQ7P1tgaTQv/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMJ8Hyv0mGdYHLysvn36qWdsjgcMoLX1aFz1v4jmdflaKDQ9Nrc8QhS4pHYu7KJNlUmix_JvDJgFTlPwql98CQELNF_fKp6CBfp4-HnUsLxurALW5H_wqIu-cTB8vLub6_G2PvfXlZpXPWeHgsSTwnKej698njvCC7L9j4buTCwv67EZSROQ7P1tgaTQv/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /> Ornament in the center of the ceiling. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - 2023</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgs7jjgX5rvjldXf2W0Ylf_ETATVoT5w5Cw7_MTAmYNg_D9pv7-aZnTYh2S3XOdQsodrPptbqYbZUyikbteyznDDNomsn7D-6q34H2spyoY8lhy23g2wXeuIT6n1EOK-V8KSx-7LcM6XvgllLjrE4DFY3pq3C8cd48_0SzsfZzZsxmVyh_bjQHbovxPDC/s1888/ScottishRite-LB-web-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1888" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgs7jjgX5rvjldXf2W0Ylf_ETATVoT5w5Cw7_MTAmYNg_D9pv7-aZnTYh2S3XOdQsodrPptbqYbZUyikbteyznDDNomsn7D-6q34H2spyoY8lhy23g2wXeuIT6n1EOK-V8KSx-7LcM6XvgllLjrE4DFY3pq3C8cd48_0SzsfZzZsxmVyh_bjQHbovxPDC/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-3.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A railing detail. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWd09QJBc9hYDj0WCUNgkMuPIYi3-3Hk5BLnu3ov7AvsIVVfYe5x3PO4xLCRuwYwhD8fr1qUpdkpmXjLZT29BGo6h2fKvp_q_Qw1Q9qtC3HJRsySxP47veiH3wRmu0XoardTacuL4Ds2KkQJkun2Aci_fBT19KglQyNR9a5mBQfXbNvIi7eCvIfB-rWuLO/s1453/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1453" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWd09QJBc9hYDj0WCUNgkMuPIYi3-3Hk5BLnu3ov7AvsIVVfYe5x3PO4xLCRuwYwhD8fr1qUpdkpmXjLZT29BGo6h2fKvp_q_Qw1Q9qtC3HJRsySxP47veiH3wRmu0XoardTacuL4Ds2KkQJkun2Aci_fBT19KglQyNR9a5mBQfXbNvIi7eCvIfB-rWuLO/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0154.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A look back to the entrance doors. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Mike for sharing the many photos of his appearing here. Visit his <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre-Photography/default.aspx" target="_blank">Historic Theatre Photography</a> site for hundreds of great photos of the theatres he's explored. And don't miss his page about the <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre/Scottish-Rite-Long-Beach.aspx" target="_blank">Scottish Rite</a>. Some of his Scottish Rite shots also appear as a post for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/146375445554376/posts/2181263708732196" target="_blank">Archiving Technical Theatre History</a> private Facebook group. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytWIfYPOEykcYDuhIHpJNRUstyO3zChsxc6fLP0NxsdKyxckmJIWGSA_7OkBDGf-Xn7BSgwCvfpfyfi6aaN6H8k3Fx7QBySzZh1O02iQRKbcym-VUOlFb_eTvwIMnvPbU5HuvJcffTby4fisIOKavmZMfD_YBiUw-im1D7qnimnU7m1bFeaLcPBKoeII0/s1490/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0158.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1490" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytWIfYPOEykcYDuhIHpJNRUstyO3zChsxc6fLP0NxsdKyxckmJIWGSA_7OkBDGf-Xn7BSgwCvfpfyfi6aaN6H8k3Fx7QBySzZh1O02iQRKbcym-VUOlFb_eTvwIMnvPbU5HuvJcffTby4fisIOKavmZMfD_YBiUw-im1D7qnimnU7m1bFeaLcPBKoeII0/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0158.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 2nd floor lobby. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p><b>Auditorium views: </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoXQvT0sPjGHt0PNknxjYzsN1K2cCpvjDHU1lsdaqU9M5DRsG8SLcImFs9LQTpUpM8aly102n6L6Kc6jqEc236FhDExz6_im13uR-hRxULITfLC0JA4CdXpzc5cvgAhm3Pc5fG-ciLm_-okMFFWTKW8yFBMAMQM7ayJvj8IEBrwrKcXME-mz1Hy-LdQwg/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-1-40s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1500" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoXQvT0sPjGHt0PNknxjYzsN1K2cCpvjDHU1lsdaqU9M5DRsG8SLcImFs9LQTpUpM8aly102n6L6Kc6jqEc236FhDExz6_im13uR-hRxULITfLC0JA4CdXpzc5cvgAhm3Pc5fG-ciLm_-okMFFWTKW8yFBMAMQM7ayJvj8IEBrwrKcXME-mz1Hy-LdQwg/w640-h512/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-1-40s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b></b><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A 40s proscenium view. Thanks to the Ronald W. Mahan Collection for sharing this photo from their archives. Thanks for sharing this, Ron. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5agShKUHFOYgxq-AxF8B5Elgk3erVmDQo8ufH4txubw-uYYa64Bg08tXMs-aN_Ef1rpO8uNxHcQKkKao-j3V5DBzMVJ3vUqgd6Qi1OiS01SfSIXRzxhw5KFlgAX2nXdcv-jVj4wI1fYrVf1gseTEg1_zbch7EMSbI-3HjjLb-kK433l1wM_WdwIb3mcLP/s1058/ScottishRite-LB-EBT-drops-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1058" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5agShKUHFOYgxq-AxF8B5Elgk3erVmDQo8ufH4txubw-uYYa64Bg08tXMs-aN_Ef1rpO8uNxHcQKkKao-j3V5DBzMVJ3vUqgd6Qi1OiS01SfSIXRzxhw5KFlgAX2nXdcv-jVj4wI1fYrVf1gseTEg1_zbch7EMSbI-3HjjLb-kK433l1wM_WdwIb3mcLP/w640-h438/ScottishRite-LB-EBT-drops-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A more recent proscenium shot appearing on the <a href="https://ernestborgninetheatre.org/" target="_blank">Ernest Borgnine Theatre</a> website. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXlcrM0AzHprImn-iOU3PT2DvJYxoHILL9ZP5jQfOSfPruvkqDnIDQa7V5CBbJ3tPe3G1UxK8rDcMO_oOv9YZwlvad9qtPuow4OfT2pwjVPlAHk75jyrvqEGEK9v1rtLyjd5Qt3P3P5cUGJeeLzDGysbHsJRrk5jWGSJ93wJ_hbScQzRCAuM_RBwpbx8P/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXlcrM0AzHprImn-iOU3PT2DvJYxoHILL9ZP5jQfOSfPruvkqDnIDQa7V5CBbJ3tPe3G1UxK8rDcMO_oOv9YZwlvad9qtPuow4OfT2pwjVPlAHk75jyrvqEGEK9v1rtLyjd5Qt3P3P5cUGJeeLzDGysbHsJRrk5jWGSJ93wJ_hbScQzRCAuM_RBwpbx8P/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A balcony soffit fixture. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023 </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHUUQW8IOIq3AcyCtD1sJ41HoCuKs6EI-Rcb8Q_zk0YsliP4loWx9P8GV5m9q3gy7aU-JD8h-OsFHmxiH6sW_lofN3oVovFm6vuIKaOjqnxw1ui1WJtAG1qBKGli9fGRYo9xilZ7svZYWNiwueOBdhPJ_0SQaYUdjyaDP4wLPx6YbXh9TRCSaIk3Ou6VA/s1327/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1327" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHUUQW8IOIq3AcyCtD1sJ41HoCuKs6EI-Rcb8Q_zk0YsliP4loWx9P8GV5m9q3gy7aU-JD8h-OsFHmxiH6sW_lofN3oVovFm6vuIKaOjqnxw1ui1WJtAG1qBKGli9fGRYo9xilZ7svZYWNiwueOBdhPJ_0SQaYUdjyaDP4wLPx6YbXh9TRCSaIk3Ou6VA/w640-h320/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0112.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking toward house right. That's a bit of the fire curtain visible in the proscenium. The organ console is over near the side wall. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaHjKZKBDLkOUs1W2BxUYg-ZGmU-VSWBztBPE9IoohoyV27Ysp_fj7J2rMO1-Lq2WBtBELjgTThtyp7CLoaC8B846IVsOOZidzpWLoqeWmTMYLmJRDESHcVJk-EBiynh-FMI09dEmcfTRz3Ybtgskj9Lpc7jTjA16DCTT_qEPVX25wXq0gXI8slJP5PP-/s1502/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaHjKZKBDLkOUs1W2BxUYg-ZGmU-VSWBztBPE9IoohoyV27Ysp_fj7J2rMO1-Lq2WBtBELjgTThtyp7CLoaC8B846IVsOOZidzpWLoqeWmTMYLmJRDESHcVJk-EBiynh-FMI09dEmcfTRz3Ybtgskj9Lpc7jTjA16DCTT_qEPVX25wXq0gXI8slJP5PP-/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-12.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A proscenium detail. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_TiKcf8IJqwhyphenhyphensSF1W8EcQ2fWHkXvzxZSWpxPVCIcv1Rf40Lr6OCYlIDy-M-ivBdUEa4Je6oESTrYZDA7OukBp2TriZa-McJzLc5Lo1Kjscd6pADVrGKzT0-pNN9eYBCKaU1qV28QTHq4UpI7HfCAZ4sYXRCbsM1I4KuEJp-0rZYWEs2P4v-ifQU5OJC/s1021/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1021" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_TiKcf8IJqwhyphenhyphensSF1W8EcQ2fWHkXvzxZSWpxPVCIcv1Rf40Lr6OCYlIDy-M-ivBdUEa4Je6oESTrYZDA7OukBp2TriZa-McJzLc5Lo1Kjscd6pADVrGKzT0-pNN9eYBCKaU1qV28QTHq4UpI7HfCAZ4sYXRCbsM1I4KuEJp-0rZYWEs2P4v-ifQU5OJC/w424-h414/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0138.jpg" width="424" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A look around the corner, at the facet of the proscenium facing directly onstage. To the left, note the smoke pocket for the fire curtain. The edge of the curtain is tracked, unlike the usual system of using a cable guide. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLsarUW9mKPRgf6UtVNxNcWggbYo3nGymoOUPSJP95H1ZSEbtdloh8HFp6XVZYrmVQyMFbtspd0AOIlfT7DHvVgx9hFKzSpQxXoSJRPBTZ2k-3qVXFAccGerpePBpiv7fojYkG1Y1y2bA2_mgMyxGO8Qfn9sGr1mv3-3fW81q_qZSt0_-BlJ-GvBKFkj8/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="998" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLsarUW9mKPRgf6UtVNxNcWggbYo3nGymoOUPSJP95H1ZSEbtdloh8HFp6XVZYrmVQyMFbtspd0AOIlfT7DHvVgx9hFKzSpQxXoSJRPBTZ2k-3qVXFAccGerpePBpiv7fojYkG1Y1y2bA2_mgMyxGO8Qfn9sGr1mv3-3fW81q_qZSt0_-BlJ-GvBKFkj8/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-17.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The organ console over in the house right corner. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibARG9B0hQ54Fj-U_14n6g2p4bn7mpFMR9Ewb_7ggdDRw3bg357hbviTl-YEdf22hVz9DZZ4RtZrX5tYZg7fOnuLINKLvwOzTmVdzd_10kqypd95NnP6Gp2tF_KW3Bplox6HxiGWz9vBHR50cP3dziFYU3hSJZCBWgqmj-HB-t4Lqfpeq9u7V2MYphN1BB/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibARG9B0hQ54Fj-U_14n6g2p4bn7mpFMR9Ewb_7ggdDRw3bg357hbviTl-YEdf22hVz9DZZ4RtZrX5tYZg7fOnuLINKLvwOzTmVdzd_10kqypd95NnP6Gp2tF_KW3Bplox6HxiGWz9vBHR50cP3dziFYU3hSJZCBWgqmj-HB-t4Lqfpeq9u7V2MYphN1BB/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-16.jpg" width="426" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A house left grille view. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCjUshzopT6quarWT-P4_94CNq2xDeusew7qKGy5oMcdUHvCKIO53f8PeNE5lCFkgeHH8rkA1HghtT3SKGytN2LxrWZLZIcQAUiLBIJ8CfITLRJHi2qdBvRAz0bcAyp67uGvu00dqk1VIr0NdBLctN4_3H8jdbn72nMzSHL9qFBsrgulZlJNbPX0qP0G0/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCjUshzopT6quarWT-P4_94CNq2xDeusew7qKGy5oMcdUHvCKIO53f8PeNE5lCFkgeHH8rkA1HghtT3SKGytN2LxrWZLZIcQAUiLBIJ8CfITLRJHi2qdBvRAz0bcAyp67uGvu00dqk1VIr0NdBLctN4_3H8jdbn72nMzSHL9qFBsrgulZlJNbPX0qP0G0/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-10.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house left side of the proscenium. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG90qJG4H5l0LbfA5yvJkjx8YBih7XmcLCycDvYTP43mLO-eIB1yEf_dk8yfFyiiB5xdQOr56lRIrgxH0PExyI-JW1Qz8N2hib26Zez8qzHfw4yl-y2DlEXmMs_gusV6nxjJHrKsscWDBPECvBQQVazpPDS4yC45yxnzmJQga7LApP5gIrjYeEU9MwuoYs/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1500" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG90qJG4H5l0LbfA5yvJkjx8YBih7XmcLCycDvYTP43mLO-eIB1yEf_dk8yfFyiiB5xdQOr56lRIrgxH0PExyI-JW1Qz8N2hib26Zez8qzHfw4yl-y2DlEXmMs_gusV6nxjJHrKsscWDBPECvBQQVazpPDS4yC45yxnzmJQga7LApP5gIrjYeEU9MwuoYs/w640-h500/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An early look to the rear of the house by Inman that's in the Ronald W. Mahan Collection. Note the 1926 vintage lighting array on the front of the
balcony and the projection ports upstairs, now covered with
soundproofing material. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgrtBp6FpH6vJcFWxr8RbyBQo3op7StOOTK2nHmVxc2LluWCZW_hLM2vNnRe5KfkJdTNeHyzmQV-BVJHsEHAOulVdis65Us-p5T_wPiCp_42Et1uXU4BfbbpuPRdQvit_84sx9wR3Eb7rFTtHYYrNqeYiE4BfS0iVDTi8-61dIIA2aggarqO_rnoBIfTu/s808/ScottishRite-LBPL-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="808" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgrtBp6FpH6vJcFWxr8RbyBQo3op7StOOTK2nHmVxc2LluWCZW_hLM2vNnRe5KfkJdTNeHyzmQV-BVJHsEHAOulVdis65Us-p5T_wPiCp_42Et1uXU4BfbbpuPRdQvit_84sx9wR3Eb7rFTtHYYrNqeYiE4BfS0iVDTi8-61dIIA2aggarqO_rnoBIfTu/w640-h492/ScottishRite-LBPL-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">An undated Winstead Brothers photo looking to the back of the house from the <a href="https://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17164coll3/id/4253" target="_blank">Long Beach Public Library</a>
collection. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMBFcCkoJfnYFAlG3AXSyU11-R44AORN0on2mTvEgKs8uRMYDQJettO6MqanBtMn8aWPXcXP5746xoRvddOFmBKpKEKMVFrrD8_ZvIKpS4RBdXcGW6reEHsxpTZhIwtHurVqa2yD5mOkW4hLozetZY0y3CTYHTWhHzu6yFOyGGQmh011Lpm_CCRjP9Dss/s1620/ScottishRite-LB-web-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMBFcCkoJfnYFAlG3AXSyU11-R44AORN0on2mTvEgKs8uRMYDQJettO6MqanBtMn8aWPXcXP5746xoRvddOFmBKpKEKMVFrrD8_ZvIKpS4RBdXcGW6reEHsxpTZhIwtHurVqa2yD5mOkW4hLozetZY0y3CTYHTWhHzu6yFOyGGQmh011Lpm_CCRjP9Dss/w640-h426/ScottishRite-LB-web-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A recent view to the rear from the <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmF1-rEBbs-sDDf0MTwFQpPEoCHQbkYQQfK4DsSyN-QcazNAwnzSfzHIlqSc2v-lFLC5OUzdWoiY63PPegyR1g56J4gsW9g71GBV54m3uNNAE46ARgOfxp6rxYpgrBrpIlnaoN_U1zSRTnobEhWAt-f7tfgtaJPWsbmSV1YNSvnGgfUy_DhL1WD05pmuU/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmF1-rEBbs-sDDf0MTwFQpPEoCHQbkYQQfK4DsSyN-QcazNAwnzSfzHIlqSc2v-lFLC5OUzdWoiY63PPegyR1g56J4gsW9g71GBV54m3uNNAE46ARgOfxp6rxYpgrBrpIlnaoN_U1zSRTnobEhWAt-f7tfgtaJPWsbmSV1YNSvnGgfUy_DhL1WD05pmuU/w428-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-15.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A lone spectator waiting for the show. Oh, that's Steve Gerdes! 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Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023 </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjtl44lwB3Ow2Di-VeI86Ix1zFjlgAZsSR09ItrNxx-HZm68kjSBZHuqaW6gKixDT33OtoWCO_4laIm1z-vZUkNC9FDZZ65ImqABWLIvhtNG3x6qcZeHyQOGcrDTQoDJgx3-FA-g70IwiCP3aPlLLh1L8shk4vYesTZxk6PzTctUbOcG4xZ7jczaTTGsE/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjtl44lwB3Ow2Di-VeI86Ix1zFjlgAZsSR09ItrNxx-HZm68kjSBZHuqaW6gKixDT33OtoWCO_4laIm1z-vZUkNC9FDZZ65ImqABWLIvhtNG3x6qcZeHyQOGcrDTQoDJgx3-FA-g70IwiCP3aPlLLh1L8shk4vYesTZxk6PzTctUbOcG4xZ7jczaTTGsE/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The view from the house mix position. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023. Don't miss the page about the Scottish Rite on his <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre/Scottish-Rite-Long-Beach.aspx" target="_blank">Historic Theatre Photography</a> site. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxP7tS3GqeGI6fdNgCTskXq4NTbVQwf3AiBWfM-Xf0q51DjYkLOmgcSvL-jRsUh-PHKJq_mM01fN6uRLkd-itu3ffNzlXI1as7Nx66kIbuD-F414t0A--8aVepO6xEK95UvBtDpV5NfbDiwD-sZN8cDO5dR6nx809Nh6Jan82f2xw7d9fwobmShngX6NC/s1416/ScottishRite-LB-web-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1416" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxP7tS3GqeGI6fdNgCTskXq4NTbVQwf3AiBWfM-Xf0q51DjYkLOmgcSvL-jRsUh-PHKJq_mM01fN6uRLkd-itu3ffNzlXI1as7Nx66kIbuD-F414t0A--8aVepO6xEK95UvBtDpV5NfbDiwD-sZN8cDO5dR6nx809Nh6Jan82f2xw7d9fwobmShngX6NC/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The ornament above the proscenium. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BUQxEQuda-CAfym2E1cMTHwqjo8hwEF1TNoRQWGsiBLWaftSvrKUD4EnasfXPY4yMD6C-C0IpWwfJQTe9-hm_q6hgUMUZwGy5GZZCjNBJRl6XZSKXG9h7r1iEgQoMuyFZM0wbIjKE56HWULWpRlD1ww54B3M-zZLnWdNQRrpulzu6YjRgfYIm2h017Wk/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BUQxEQuda-CAfym2E1cMTHwqjo8hwEF1TNoRQWGsiBLWaftSvrKUD4EnasfXPY4yMD6C-C0IpWwfJQTe9-hm_q6hgUMUZwGy5GZZCjNBJRl6XZSKXG9h7r1iEgQoMuyFZM0wbIjKE56HWULWpRlD1ww54B3M-zZLnWdNQRrpulzu6YjRgfYIm2h017Wk/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house left wall. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsNhUVKls_Iq4WujT_Yn-iH7lMURuxwV1RkBornJMv56T6IP2VhP3oGoAAoqSdH3UeNTiX7ekeYBpKarpGvNcxDlbejJqSqKYsNn3SH29u44GPV35Cd_dxVgumECyruC4MMXEpc1Eo58yBqZkNt2cVpO4E8y8054QVZYInSFS95fu3iCPrWnX6y_07dDi/s1416/ScottishRite-LB-web-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1416" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsNhUVKls_Iq4WujT_Yn-iH7lMURuxwV1RkBornJMv56T6IP2VhP3oGoAAoqSdH3UeNTiX7ekeYBpKarpGvNcxDlbejJqSqKYsNn3SH29u44GPV35Cd_dxVgumECyruC4MMXEpc1Eo58yBqZkNt2cVpO4E8y8054QVZYInSFS95fu3iCPrWnX6y_07dDi/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Up the balcony's center aisle. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC6gDPTAM6ROGcLeyb0M-e75mmPyxc3KJ8bYILa0dQ87h-Lcz_yUXO4O2N0y-nQrw0VB5KqMt2Fi38vw8YWGgwUCWGLKERU2xngujKtX4S2KQ04lVnIwjtQ5aWtVJ4LCxyigoXLxLnoMLeLgItakAlDDAMhnjJGRtnfF94x9i-Pw7YSicPtN245ZLujDX/s1575/ScottishRite-LB-web-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1575" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC6gDPTAM6ROGcLeyb0M-e75mmPyxc3KJ8bYILa0dQ87h-Lcz_yUXO4O2N0y-nQrw0VB5KqMt2Fi38vw8YWGgwUCWGLKERU2xngujKtX4S2KQ04lVnIwjtQ5aWtVJ4LCxyigoXLxLnoMLeLgItakAlDDAMhnjJGRtnfF94x9i-Pw7YSicPtN245ZLujDX/w640-h426/ScottishRite-LB-web-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house left corner. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7EBOsRPeFQudltPeNIMCQH8HfzsDwemDPsioDMSbdt5MfdBV3lGut9-y9EvAVKhlKKg-CTMHEgTEbvOWauLQOJQ0yBQGGf-n8DxaA4b4oPc27H8itJ1fdy_IEQ1m_jGCI2ZJqZKFaTTlHBbEnJD4cTMNS4ObvJuLiKfS_x6ObvHVrs0owaTIX8FhFjfl/s1888/ScottishRite-LB-web-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1888" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7EBOsRPeFQudltPeNIMCQH8HfzsDwemDPsioDMSbdt5MfdBV3lGut9-y9EvAVKhlKKg-CTMHEgTEbvOWauLQOJQ0yBQGGf-n8DxaA4b4oPc27H8itJ1fdy_IEQ1m_jGCI2ZJqZKFaTTlHBbEnJD4cTMNS4ObvJuLiKfS_x6ObvHVrs0owaTIX8FhFjfl/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view from the back row. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO_UTyE2GJDOPVUFXYc2-9psQc7_EFdT29hZE6wfFeXGYJvc4hZaqKlSs7ar8MMYhKeK9awHftIuMIJdqASCZhsbvjBNq_ceTUFCgZKhqm2DQdcJ6tk3_T34jMGqi7p9bu86afenSqycz6pMDXNy2IqimneER_mZq0GDxJuuUtIAVd4AjaTz5b2SW-_QE/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO_UTyE2GJDOPVUFXYc2-9psQc7_EFdT29hZE6wfFeXGYJvc4hZaqKlSs7ar8MMYhKeK9awHftIuMIJdqASCZhsbvjBNq_ceTUFCgZKhqm2DQdcJ6tk3_T34jMGqi7p9bu86afenSqycz6pMDXNy2IqimneER_mZq0GDxJuuUtIAVd4AjaTz5b2SW-_QE/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A booth level view. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Backstage: </b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneLv3SjbiwWKvWBFjLGVniGMjUBvaQZtyA1r6eaLBySBIZqsWnZy_erqKc9ZVHJjGAxOWgndf61dHqfOJAAHfibthF0zeqmKcaka-qubxcyTT0pNYOIZpcz9GMdS0wy8Ft_Pbpk1N4KQ31uI6gc54T8DQ5GyZ6CVAJA6Aggq9Ox5jA0kYT1qRtuyQaZaR/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneLv3SjbiwWKvWBFjLGVniGMjUBvaQZtyA1r6eaLBySBIZqsWnZy_erqKc9ZVHJjGAxOWgndf61dHqfOJAAHfibthF0zeqmKcaka-qubxcyTT0pNYOIZpcz9GMdS0wy8Ft_Pbpk1N4KQ31uI6gc54T8DQ5GyZ6CVAJA6Aggq9Ox5jA0kYT1qRtuyQaZaR/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0129.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The auditorium as seen from stage left. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSTQYFTKHkmJ9uHfhO9vzDb_Js1OCdZuVgcGVCeG9_yq4D_lwDeZBlfl_HmPHftfyJPFmXMpUyCuELCYOHs_NpWlI6Ewyio-b9HNUQJ7orE65glElFLUah30OJ16XY0WZHK-Sg6c_1SjIA4JOucQNgz-CIwo5dTF7iqyZFvlSSDPn0IH4uKbW7Q3DNKBr/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSTQYFTKHkmJ9uHfhO9vzDb_Js1OCdZuVgcGVCeG9_yq4D_lwDeZBlfl_HmPHftfyJPFmXMpUyCuELCYOHs_NpWlI6Ewyio-b9HNUQJ7orE65glElFLUah30OJ16XY0WZHK-Sg6c_1SjIA4JOucQNgz-CIwo5dTF7iqyZFvlSSDPn0IH4uKbW7Q3DNKBr/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0128.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Downstage left. The controls for the motorized fire curtain on this side of the stage are the three buttons on the little gray box on that brown corner molding. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcFBqYfnRSaVc1H6R3Ka1neHbECOYgGsSSDOsS-ir0dj51MymEbAV3c6Ikps2wM3zZ3HQhEEwg_w_ofqMN3r3fj47TI9c4F4FVV4dGcMs54XGnpj6Jee63SVwMo9SE6WdeTb-fanHGsuCMqCbkI1NK2fbgdaET3KLLJlKF1ehLKA82zwEHIy7PZDtcyxG/s1500/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcFBqYfnRSaVc1H6R3Ka1neHbECOYgGsSSDOsS-ir0dj51MymEbAV3c6Ikps2wM3zZ3HQhEEwg_w_ofqMN3r3fj47TI9c4F4FVV4dGcMs54XGnpj6Jee63SVwMo9SE6WdeTb-fanHGsuCMqCbkI1NK2fbgdaET3KLLJlKF1ehLKA82zwEHIy7PZDtcyxG/w640-h426/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the stage left scene dock looking up at the proscenium wall. That's the arbor for the fire curtain on the left. The motor for it is up on the grid. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrsiiIqY_PXRjPgBXTslWUZ9AGf7o8BsrwJdwX5IkJmZax2o7lMdrhBj2S5kfrvj6mpapfxHhwLOz_VSF4wvBZ3_F5ZTCoNGs1iV78SIbj7ocE05f__OtqeA9dYuclIQ7_PBxNKh8aNzhDgcU-w-mo8BIvOR_eem4NH1kHlNKHBJxr0rq_9L1S7BLScpM/s1500/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrsiiIqY_PXRjPgBXTslWUZ9AGf7o8BsrwJdwX5IkJmZax2o7lMdrhBj2S5kfrvj6mpapfxHhwLOz_VSF4wvBZ3_F5ZTCoNGs1iV78SIbj7ocE05f__OtqeA9dYuclIQ7_PBxNKh8aNzhDgcU-w-mo8BIvOR_eem4NH1kHlNKHBJxr0rq_9L1S7BLScpM/w640-h426/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking across to stage right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44OqB0wWVUvWTQRWMQyZnsOIOQ_svhEujKSmldqBtyGtMEIasd1ydHP3WiCRdldviqptiSY6s1JpStX7SN0gGkutleI-NSQdoHHL_mmzIkFA6pUWaqv-gvX0owY9BuwAmLpbn4HkWDHoNFw49zOyX8v8GbkCMAwUe7YmgwWN1X00TKNaIWgnWbDWC2-X/s1500/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44OqB0wWVUvWTQRWMQyZnsOIOQ_svhEujKSmldqBtyGtMEIasd1ydHP3WiCRdldviqptiSY6s1JpStX7SN0gGkutleI-NSQdoHHL_mmzIkFA6pUWaqv-gvX0owY9BuwAmLpbn4HkWDHoNFw49zOyX8v8GbkCMAwUe7YmgwWN1X00TKNaIWgnWbDWC2-X/w640-h426/ScottrishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0053.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drops and the back wall as seen from the stage left scene dock. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAGanCu03FUzg_FO7Of-by0c-zYOfogyyCOjoq7O8XawEFdmBIB13ubscmwwOFnlbrdATz390WDgURU3mcv1Pc-aeoC-vE_pscQRz-sowGkk2pbSkDVjuZTSAcrExIiP8Qjzhp4BRlDYMTtdSwOVVMpRePW-bAN90W8rTfuh4HoasPkWH0EDJv7P5Kwh9/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAGanCu03FUzg_FO7Of-by0c-zYOfogyyCOjoq7O8XawEFdmBIB13ubscmwwOFnlbrdATz390WDgURU3mcv1Pc-aeoC-vE_pscQRz-sowGkk2pbSkDVjuZTSAcrExIiP8Qjzhp4BRlDYMTtdSwOVVMpRePW-bAN90W8rTfuh4HoasPkWH0EDJv7P5Kwh9/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">The flyfloor, off right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yRhcc1C1EnFT1wXUBhVcXn5OQJ7qUFa1TcO-JmXiIlfPBsLTU2h0oMPnIY7aX6WXLucI1qt6iPd00oJ1sM9Nw4pp4GRJIF18YX-fX0qsJ0zxer4Bp-JA3mlIohkMD1944TgVoJ1wST0DyJz5aUp3FfPsa3VojvGr1PVK_QD0yLU7rIs17H3tCQPsMyJ5/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yRhcc1C1EnFT1wXUBhVcXn5OQJ7qUFa1TcO-JmXiIlfPBsLTU2h0oMPnIY7aX6WXLucI1qt6iPd00oJ1sM9Nw4pp4GRJIF18YX-fX0qsJ0zxer4Bp-JA3mlIohkMD1944TgVoJ1wST0DyJz5aUp3FfPsa3VojvGr1PVK_QD0yLU7rIs17H3tCQPsMyJ5/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0127.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A look up. The trough of galvanized metal is a thundersheet. The back wall, with a layer of medium-density fiberglass, is on the right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJTuLnKzhoH2rup5u2uLF00qQMmpdGkQkd7c_ZoufLaK5ZDYfIEEm14S4QbRV5cYYo6jmnYQ8SAa1JI20rDvb4G9YpTk5AdHHcvv4pTZCq0GZUpqw-8uysUCSr81pmmv6aI7GRSaL9wupQg3LxoMFOkAhHEoS-ZakZNtdsYJVSdRCCCdVllOxE719wmQi/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJTuLnKzhoH2rup5u2uLF00qQMmpdGkQkd7c_ZoufLaK5ZDYfIEEm14S4QbRV5cYYo6jmnYQ8SAa1JI20rDvb4G9YpTk5AdHHcvv4pTZCq0GZUpqw-8uysUCSr81pmmv6aI7GRSaL9wupQg3LxoMFOkAhHEoS-ZakZNtdsYJVSdRCCCdVllOxE719wmQi/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking into the house from stage right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fjBKtlriB3CUg5bSgY6PB2DtZfM-8UdJ73DUqHVGlZPtC8KdvVC_yFSEM9zVo8FmcZIzNVI5BOf2C277XKAO09GI5YhFgw2roWDaEWsMjzWa53JqjbyWf1Wu7W98jnDv5PxRwGIYNkqKpkJPeuKsnyAKcC_1sarBH5E99yKP_y6GyAadJ01uaKJLzPxm/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fjBKtlriB3CUg5bSgY6PB2DtZfM-8UdJ73DUqHVGlZPtC8KdvVC_yFSEM9zVo8FmcZIzNVI5BOf2C277XKAO09GI5YhFgw2roWDaEWsMjzWa53JqjbyWf1Wu7W98jnDv5PxRwGIYNkqKpkJPeuKsnyAKcC_1sarBH5E99yKP_y6GyAadJ01uaKJLzPxm/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">A closer view down right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4NKKuyhkuNBOflBlwFwX1jGJWyiX5eZ6BszitoZbYBzFR090NpW29eQkxc1NEdDdUJMYwDLQkyoIfNvc-je_bLhm4sdluTFkO9ZAgn1GeiBZsfi4gpkz-_ehbuu019vz1FMeg0M7Su0cWVdRUfhdoumW0_Bs9LDqUWf9g4jNtst335oX52FsnyJbniPi/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4NKKuyhkuNBOflBlwFwX1jGJWyiX5eZ6BszitoZbYBzFR090NpW29eQkxc1NEdDdUJMYwDLQkyoIfNvc-je_bLhm4sdluTFkO9ZAgn1GeiBZsfi4gpkz-_ehbuu019vz1FMeg0M7Su0cWVdRUfhdoumW0_Bs9LDqUWf9g4jNtst335oX52FsnyJbniPi/w640-h480/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A
20s vintage Brenkert plano, onstage as set dressing for the Children's
Theatre of Long Beach production of "Pirates of Penzance." Photo: Mike
Hume - July 2023 <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0SRCX3DQh_N7-gabyYck_UTnU3mLDH3Y9BXS6r-iUrqrsb6Ylga96p6mM7ShvUtgs9XXs8hjXvZAJua09QIo-K9FmFUXTIHWIDiXhDPxZZ0Mafj1ft9kkaJMoD9qlhz3ahgD0TQ-0GBTS5ynTQWMinOm7JD-r_flRLUP_K5v2RSG9oISZwNQIy-8Szoq/s1471/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1471" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0SRCX3DQh_N7-gabyYck_UTnU3mLDH3Y9BXS6r-iUrqrsb6Ylga96p6mM7ShvUtgs9XXs8hjXvZAJua09QIo-K9FmFUXTIHWIDiXhDPxZZ0Mafj1ft9kkaJMoD9qlhz3ahgD0TQ-0GBTS5ynTQWMinOm7JD-r_flRLUP_K5v2RSG9oISZwNQIy-8Szoq/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0137.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view from up right. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbEDxEn3u4dO7g5uRzWRllUFt3wu24YtzzEJn6i3BeaDZJPnDZSA-nuofsWCq26rl3SZ7zg3xxBbRpiw7CHl8D-JFD-D8I9pxibtYr10BhXmU6_7VLHcpwUSFKxTcyEEUsCn1sblnN9rb47USY0MkEhPHKIwg1K0bQmn3zUHEQJTECjRjSX2qWMc43sPg/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbEDxEn3u4dO7g5uRzWRllUFt3wu24YtzzEJn6i3BeaDZJPnDZSA-nuofsWCq26rl3SZ7zg3xxBbRpiw7CHl8D-JFD-D8I9pxibtYr10BhXmU6_7VLHcpwUSFKxTcyEEUsCn1sblnN9rb47USY0MkEhPHKIwg1K0bQmn3zUHEQJTECjRjSX2qWMc43sPg/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0132.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stairs to the flyfloor back in the up right corner. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4tNrEJq9_YAwtZw4WzhJcbB3G5LIAyLXfycqMUphcOdKHb3JZnMk1qt5eoHPpGWbLpGgYrSG0JAt2pRQPtPkdez0MH5oBsaffauBw-0A_qv8loR0-eTFwM7a4nys-mGAPFsaz--CTX5ER1jvekNd9T6rLqROcwQdwHYkgXhwyl_1kXe4A8zp6ic05pUy/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4tNrEJq9_YAwtZw4WzhJcbB3G5LIAyLXfycqMUphcOdKHb3JZnMk1qt5eoHPpGWbLpGgYrSG0JAt2pRQPtPkdez0MH5oBsaffauBw-0A_qv8loR0-eTFwM7a4nys-mGAPFsaz--CTX5ER1jvekNd9T6rLqROcwQdwHYkgXhwyl_1kXe4A8zp6ic05pUy/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-16.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The upstage end of the flyfloor. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxH8WekLlvs_6KiK9dpSpbroLggF7btayyT5YAQ0DpwKA1r6qJhQXyErtfNpR1deU93msMJZ3AqdQNnYYFO1RmQtRXAZFWyPF-srde--Z_IS--S3JQW2PqpLRVq0TK66sr8acVm6SY6LN_UFje_VkTt_6M6dOocgEDT2fI1zoG6WOaMQ241J4z97Y7hgNr/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxH8WekLlvs_6KiK9dpSpbroLggF7btayyT5YAQ0DpwKA1r6qJhQXyErtfNpR1deU93msMJZ3AqdQNnYYFO1RmQtRXAZFWyPF-srde--Z_IS--S3JQW2PqpLRVq0TK66sr8acVm6SY6LN_UFje_VkTt_6M6dOocgEDT2fI1zoG6WOaMQ241J4z97Y7hgNr/w424-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-18.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking across the back wall. Note the fiberglass soundproofing. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl2jjL9EPY6bPpw5AgDcXt5b_ecNjbAvd1DMNpTvFOfP9CGZ2GPLnv3OHEECSPk9GWWftXdi43BMN5mOuggyDc-fM9CqHF6TD8Rfwo8vM_3_GFomopvmlKSBE5Q90gjSGSagRICc39h3JS13VGGDk4nWD_8GozxchukQeUt_lSHaScXZfExzKT6QScxeg/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl2jjL9EPY6bPpw5AgDcXt5b_ecNjbAvd1DMNpTvFOfP9CGZ2GPLnv3OHEECSPk9GWWftXdi43BMN5mOuggyDc-fM9CqHF6TD8Rfwo8vM_3_GFomopvmlKSBE5Q90gjSGSagRICc39h3JS13VGGDk4nWD_8GozxchukQeUt_lSHaScXZfExzKT6QScxeg/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0060.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Looking upstage. Theatre explorer Ron Mahan is taking a shot of one of the ropelocks for an electric batten. The lines for them are along the offstage wall. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHrq8zsjSxvS48CbKTji3AozQJxhtlrKGR7zr1eho8LnycW2HoytFOWclI0jPZEIFI72qCfCiXNgxE3hHJZ_NH39GwiBT8qet7W70csbs3p2mVZ7j-qEJffSkYGcWYQPSwlHbnPVdFnY4BY03F63bArZFnv-mRY6jiKg7sPcoAFrGhOPX1JvNyKzZK83R/s1384/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1384" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHrq8zsjSxvS48CbKTji3AozQJxhtlrKGR7zr1eho8LnycW2HoytFOWclI0jPZEIFI72qCfCiXNgxE3hHJZ_NH39GwiBT8qet7W70csbs3p2mVZ7j-qEJffSkYGcWYQPSwlHbnPVdFnY4BY03F63bArZFnv-mRY6jiKg7sPcoAFrGhOPX1JvNyKzZK83R/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0061.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A look to the loading bridge from downstage. The ladder to get you there is back in the corner. On the right note several of the original wood-framed arbors. 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The electric battens are on the sets against the wall. 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Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto6cxOpGHAbORbVtnMHT0VZesj6vIcPNspor2uKKIexD_l2kTjqp915WeakVRhAy3ao6SGikyw9v0JnHRJNfyIgOojzQyZCHdNAzNnh9vsMV0fPZMe4V0YRhl3KoxY1Tx-DvwMep3hfUmn7WzZF193FOXSiCAeFaqgsiAIOqAGLAxuL763w5UfA299ATE/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto6cxOpGHAbORbVtnMHT0VZesj6vIcPNspor2uKKIexD_l2kTjqp915WeakVRhAy3ao6SGikyw9v0JnHRJNfyIgOojzQyZCHdNAzNnh9vsMV0fPZMe4V0YRhl3KoxY1Tx-DvwMep3hfUmn7WzZF193FOXSiCAeFaqgsiAIOqAGLAxuL763w5UfA299ATE/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0069.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Floorblocks below the lockrail. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemg8wpop9oMTtzqaoxCRnI2g_0OOHrkLXOWUHUkAokbvkiCgwAwQfSZJsOJqjeYzTH-CLm6RSJlqWezFoeXDZtryiHPBAYfMt4jceJUV9BpHKThuhUp40YCd-VK3fU654t8wBn1uTKkeNPKiZF2ZGN9GMJz-a3QdbhPFyNvufSQX1YmPATJku0Xg_LZcu/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0065.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemg8wpop9oMTtzqaoxCRnI2g_0OOHrkLXOWUHUkAokbvkiCgwAwQfSZJsOJqjeYzTH-CLm6RSJlqWezFoeXDZtryiHPBAYfMt4jceJUV9BpHKThuhUp40YCd-VK3fU654t8wBn1uTKkeNPKiZF2ZGN9GMJz-a3QdbhPFyNvufSQX1YmPATJku0Xg_LZcu/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0065.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The downstage end of the flyfloor. The motor on the deck is for the house curtain. Note the stack of retired wood-framed arbors up against the wall. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkgZsSDZtakUktN2X1G9NwIbOxcmcCM5MjT4GxsX_OhtLTHc0Fg3uk1-sNLW7onAfvqhj8XtP609bo4TAO6QIeQ9GDaRqnXjouQkaY-HAqEYBaV9h0ndfj7FaLgPMlIg6Q2AmHy4sh7HHcxB7wvRyCHDxJnRqsyqSAMVVIf_VEyRZmscpMiPPsTXamdr0/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkgZsSDZtakUktN2X1G9NwIbOxcmcCM5MjT4GxsX_OhtLTHc0Fg3uk1-sNLW7onAfvqhj8XtP609bo4TAO6QIeQ9GDaRqnXjouQkaY-HAqEYBaV9h0ndfj7FaLgPMlIg6Q2AmHy4sh7HHcxB7wvRyCHDxJnRqsyqSAMVVIf_VEyRZmscpMiPPsTXamdr0/w640-h480/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Downstage checking out the rigging. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyesOMWPubUPWlPjHxDmLleWy-1iUBq-ARkcEsGm5XPXs7T5GnxP9D450eNrVtLQFXdujvQGb-MqwXow886yVYOypi4wySA5EGoOm9LJblAtyPug-1MeFDLYrYEUzov0SsfwtkrV1JZsz8q3N6NCqrwbYgdoDVV183rkvQOaFMIw1oQzTpo7fjgnV67xn/s1386/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-IMG_7733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1386" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyesOMWPubUPWlPjHxDmLleWy-1iUBq-ARkcEsGm5XPXs7T5GnxP9D450eNrVtLQFXdujvQGb-MqwXow886yVYOypi4wySA5EGoOm9LJblAtyPug-1MeFDLYrYEUzov0SsfwtkrV1JZsz8q3N6NCqrwbYgdoDVV183rkvQOaFMIw1oQzTpo7fjgnV67xn/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-IMG_7733.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another view of some of the wood-framed arbors. The arbor on the right with the square weights is the motor driven set for the house curtain. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd96L-LII_OxxwtLEXyh64_8_1g47BwkPOVQiIlWTSfCfJezfsxwBAcqeezvgdi_U3cZDY6U807gc8h1wKlpN8hGpBaX_3x9Q4b92HW5rK6jSakhCALbKQTNeWUoLvTcSPtxia4u3lnYWosqlEETKIlX94OQaLEIF8DDrWYgE9GKijaUKMS414GLjWxPcT/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd96L-LII_OxxwtLEXyh64_8_1g47BwkPOVQiIlWTSfCfJezfsxwBAcqeezvgdi_U3cZDY6U807gc8h1wKlpN8hGpBaX_3x9Q4b92HW5rK6jSakhCALbKQTNeWUoLvTcSPtxia4u3lnYWosqlEETKIlX94OQaLEIF8DDrWYgE9GKijaUKMS414GLjWxPcT/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A peek at some of the vintage drops. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023. He calls our attention to the thunder sheet in the upper left. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yoDpmBGhCRukAYMODic0t6OorQcCaZTW2aFBBF0h-plNXlB_8Uu-NFzs2NU4n-P6_xhYrnPiTPrqKoPbGtgPrKc03MsNjIXGg8dbblP_4N5eOE7Cu8sBjF5D4BXfnBGCCOpLoF1hXmT9znWes8cFmfA1wYWyC59rNk77zkYyrX3S3u962I8RklJWKVI1/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yoDpmBGhCRukAYMODic0t6OorQcCaZTW2aFBBF0h-plNXlB_8Uu-NFzs2NU4n-P6_xhYrnPiTPrqKoPbGtgPrKc03MsNjIXGg8dbblP_4N5eOE7Cu8sBjF5D4BXfnBGCCOpLoF1hXmT9znWes8cFmfA1wYWyC59rNk77zkYyrX3S3u962I8RklJWKVI1/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A downstage look across. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>In the basement:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0wJ5BW9bP2QyWYmzVKPQvxSPwr5Tt3h_1gxEJ26u2y4eugk_Cf388mgL6GE9qAgAjUXQb65Rwewopsd5PLbVvf9tfR4FIxhTImttmuKZQweBstYFRRSaUyg7cITbcGSFFNRzGTfE4yjwzWT5Vyqd0-0StcjVAb1sKonC-ONhOhVbD-aHMKhAaM8nhHj_/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0wJ5BW9bP2QyWYmzVKPQvxSPwr5Tt3h_1gxEJ26u2y4eugk_Cf388mgL6GE9qAgAjUXQb65Rwewopsd5PLbVvf9tfR4FIxhTImttmuKZQweBstYFRRSaUyg7cITbcGSFFNRzGTfE4yjwzWT5Vyqd0-0StcjVAb1sKonC-ONhOhVbD-aHMKhAaM8nhHj_/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0141.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Century dimmer rack below the stage. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulfFM9MU5ST8v376hU1-HZtHnwG274RgaTc97sUVMCYpXnAY2PSBis0kwkjNIxMVO6gdnZiZ51B9iOkHxVRkEGyL7XbF7NEsXUQ4-SKmnmhIsdsL4sEMpvbSCwSxBk9RNxwQ4jxpNtmmW6lC4dhmmsxMoZvORJN3vjLoQxmyXsy96rUEys-snw2vyXcmW/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulfFM9MU5ST8v376hU1-HZtHnwG274RgaTc97sUVMCYpXnAY2PSBis0kwkjNIxMVO6gdnZiZ51B9iOkHxVRkEGyL7XbF7NEsXUQ4-SKmnmhIsdsL4sEMpvbSCwSxBk9RNxwQ4jxpNtmmW6lC4dhmmsxMoZvORJN3vjLoQxmyXsy96rUEys-snw2vyXcmW/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0143.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The stairs back up. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>To the attic, booth and house left organ chamber:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40Q-p1YCWgpI3TNgWvajJ_LHY44_gg1uxhI-PbS7Rkj13IACL5QiQjxoSAEd7LVGVDHI4YUvA0-f_saXQbZE-6GkFB39fOtOb3O2DWb6qBekeXNEX5ZNJJBA_esFjn53mWj1BQP90QReAWhUwtxrfsjOnF54PpxXPMCoZzzyK_6tlLyHMhsODWTkljdpF/s1435/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1435" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40Q-p1YCWgpI3TNgWvajJ_LHY44_gg1uxhI-PbS7Rkj13IACL5QiQjxoSAEd7LVGVDHI4YUvA0-f_saXQbZE-6GkFB39fOtOb3O2DWb6qBekeXNEX5ZNJJBA_esFjn53mWj1BQP90QReAWhUwtxrfsjOnF54PpxXPMCoZzzyK_6tlLyHMhsODWTkljdpF/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0079.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the unused projection booth. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 <b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TA3GDUU3NW2oIqQE0gYFY-IBeX2StdE5k_Rb3H_NoOA6lyJGHteuZwmw_LfaYMqgq5nlFYEu59cQpnV7358b5JsFfkWxyduD4bwYkou_fSrV6TKFGg4yaujm6coP2s1uNFewC-sdFfKJsBhGcmlc2NqCSB3AnVeVPyRZILFhjSnodyrEPtWFfHkHtgZT/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TA3GDUU3NW2oIqQE0gYFY-IBeX2StdE5k_Rb3H_NoOA6lyJGHteuZwmw_LfaYMqgq5nlFYEu59cQpnV7358b5JsFfkWxyduD4bwYkou_fSrV6TKFGg4yaujm6coP2s1uNFewC-sdFfKJsBhGcmlc2NqCSB3AnVeVPyRZILFhjSnodyrEPtWFfHkHtgZT/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-20.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another booth view. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94UN2Rw-qHaoXcoYLURXFd7OjD7i-qdXPGmJ9sSgOj13f1f73kO9s0WKzrwdTkgumCqZrv7ZJ2rG-7vY85bQ4U1wI_uIqkZ1o3m6Ul-08G8ja3pejfHIRzDvvFgQwGeZYqDh7aPtXc1tdBIbOBK64xVhbh71ZO3st_Af0cU1Ws9zeS9PR68r8uznEzwQa/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94UN2Rw-qHaoXcoYLURXFd7OjD7i-qdXPGmJ9sSgOj13f1f73kO9s0WKzrwdTkgumCqZrv7ZJ2rG-7vY85bQ4U1wI_uIqkZ1o3m6Ul-08G8ja3pejfHIRzDvvFgQwGeZYqDh7aPtXc1tdBIbOBK64xVhbh71ZO3st_Af0cU1Ws9zeS9PR68r8uznEzwQa/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0085.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the low attic at the lobby end of the building. We're looking toward the front wall. In the upper center note a sheave and cable for the chandelier in the entrance lobby. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaju-Gf5lF8GXUSV2DPiOXwH2piKcHsYSNEU_TigD1UzaeCTsR_uyQ-WWWHAvp2PpUPGsBYYEt9hpyzwWEgcrn_kdPJUynDL9AUCpBgNi0cynlelhTzqnEkyokTiizrSMdnWSVFSfsauXOgY8ELAnpQeknTau402NnElSr-5Ze3Ix288lFoDyZ3JEzu3a/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaju-Gf5lF8GXUSV2DPiOXwH2piKcHsYSNEU_TigD1UzaeCTsR_uyQ-WWWHAvp2PpUPGsBYYEt9hpyzwWEgcrn_kdPJUynDL9AUCpBgNi0cynlelhTzqnEkyokTiizrSMdnWSVFSfsauXOgY8ELAnpQeknTau402NnElSr-5Ze3Ix288lFoDyZ3JEzu3a/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0080.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the way around to the house left organ chamber. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJwJ_b5zA5QEiPASrocMkyt83XdzBeDZ8nMxjz1SeP43HOuKUBaBunBgfaRAY0pCyl3iOY6x9vPI5wZT2P90FcOOwf5rc0qTyt59qa2XaNhgI7QtPILYwG1FOqsnIOF9rK7hXDlYwZ0FUYFQTryz51iELMO2VJpkFfU1Gj5J296sk6oHH9QLCEpfw6NZR/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJwJ_b5zA5QEiPASrocMkyt83XdzBeDZ8nMxjz1SeP43HOuKUBaBunBgfaRAY0pCyl3iOY6x9vPI5wZT2P90FcOOwf5rc0qTyt59qa2XaNhgI7QtPILYwG1FOqsnIOF9rK7hXDlYwZ0FUYFQTryz51iELMO2VJpkFfU1Gj5J296sk6oHH9QLCEpfw6NZR/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-21.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The auditorium is off to the right. The plank walkway takes a turn to the right and heads along the house left side of the auditorium. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1x_plrSPgG3Iyr2vuxOGA0FN3RsglExegEhsSA0qB9VDvpVsjtZxDWRoCgwIZRAme2eUVdhwSN7SRfaPqeBjh74FkaMhPjAfX_HIy8mQPyYlmM8J1FI6K9s9BYGUN2QG1zVODH4-oe-Jkeq0ag6S-ADx2ZzpiInAU7HtfNIYffIihkuTmkPPc6Y2pQIDL/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1x_plrSPgG3Iyr2vuxOGA0FN3RsglExegEhsSA0qB9VDvpVsjtZxDWRoCgwIZRAme2eUVdhwSN7SRfaPqeBjh74FkaMhPjAfX_HIy8mQPyYlmM8J1FI6K9s9BYGUN2QG1zVODH4-oe-Jkeq0ag6S-ADx2ZzpiInAU7HtfNIYffIihkuTmkPPc6Y2pQIDL/w428-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-22.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Along the side of the auditorium with the house left organ chamber door straight ahead. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OHYdEMgWnpewwavttU05h_vDmSEEXPQeDSRzc1HpzjXqahErch2nW5ydC4lx3JCuUx-hVOCV9eOiuf_NLZ86kCjFUBDtC6VEmqpMOpIcUaqz_cm46y_Ye_-H-8k7E0dOKwh_Su7EK52GND1sNUxVnhmxqjE6SvUppzZPzOJmKZ5LmiSO_R_3eThG5l9K/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0083.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OHYdEMgWnpewwavttU05h_vDmSEEXPQeDSRzc1HpzjXqahErch2nW5ydC4lx3JCuUx-hVOCV9eOiuf_NLZ86kCjFUBDtC6VEmqpMOpIcUaqz_cm46y_Ye_-H-8k7E0dOKwh_Su7EK52GND1sNUxVnhmxqjE6SvUppzZPzOJmKZ5LmiSO_R_3eThG5l9K/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0083.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">In the house left organ chamber. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvG4u1cPZscGUdP2nb_nVqeYXRYCTdJY1k7POYMw4_L52_tOkMZnZqXvskPJlkXz2JqYa6-H87lKAX30qfzUwzsnxJZdAVlPwKEEm6vEMC4ijUGaV3ofTZMp9tLj8rBiPi1EeGkDKySJ6J6sJGLsCgdLXoLiVbRMaxQTEtUa-1vVOe9ekmUTB3cGhkuBNB/s1444/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0081.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1444" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvG4u1cPZscGUdP2nb_nVqeYXRYCTdJY1k7POYMw4_L52_tOkMZnZqXvskPJlkXz2JqYa6-H87lKAX30qfzUwzsnxJZdAVlPwKEEm6vEMC4ijUGaV3ofTZMp9tLj8rBiPi1EeGkDKySJ6J6sJGLsCgdLXoLiVbRMaxQTEtUa-1vVOe9ekmUTB3cGhkuBNB/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0081.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A look to the rear corner of the chamber. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-VpUguBQV_Y7zTQ72_KTIf4GZrsb8VbCBQ8iKjt9xHpOL4VX8plbvda_Eok1mTYtAkrxNSyzBuHTr7IND7bRsHucORKjFqDZ9E3kTecS6sEBi2SBskc7Ssba2G7BUnBdveUuucwPyG-MRqWciozQKTJdEAwPfOLvRpdb38QBGWfGsYmD4xtvTrHCG6Pa/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-VpUguBQV_Y7zTQ72_KTIf4GZrsb8VbCBQ8iKjt9xHpOL4VX8plbvda_Eok1mTYtAkrxNSyzBuHTr7IND7bRsHucORKjFqDZ9E3kTecS6sEBi2SBskc7Ssba2G7BUnBdveUuucwPyG-MRqWciozQKTJdEAwPfOLvRpdb38QBGWfGsYmD4xtvTrHCG6Pa/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-24.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Surplus counterweights in use. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The house right chamber isn't accessed through the attic. For that one there's an access hole in the ceiling of the exit corridor that runs along the house right side of the auditorium at balcony level. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukqwXoag7x-_SllPr8YZPHucp8GdkIORhG5_NyEaXOnYkTHjhsWDTkisc0yPWG77L_8Pb1LsO3lgJZWAGvzr7CuOu48cj2S5n4iD1j7nx-vOOXEvUxZooroCHUX40zS9poF8dgvJEMqqRrXYq67OkEFpmaNgJZvKxHz1T5PR7m9LxxkYVzyA2oc2a3Ykw/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="561" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukqwXoag7x-_SllPr8YZPHucp8GdkIORhG5_NyEaXOnYkTHjhsWDTkisc0yPWG77L_8Pb1LsO3lgJZWAGvzr7CuOu48cj2S5n4iD1j7nx-vOOXEvUxZooroCHUX40zS9poF8dgvJEMqqRrXYq67OkEFpmaNgJZvKxHz1T5PR7m9LxxkYVzyA2oc2a3Ykw/w421-h561/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-25.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back in the center of the low attic. The doorway leads to the attic above the auditorium. Up at the top is a door out onto the roof. Photo: Michelle Gerdes - July 2023. Thanks, Michelle! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqPx8SRLlK5t5rD8aGnLntJrySwGuOEkma01T3kXuUz9vaQDbABRcQ-zPQc8c9oggJSI0AjX3SypGTOXAHLwDOWYXWMCYanf4jA6G6rlmUpMBteYQArkL027CrjalwtSvf6MQ0Wyj7DX9u-iXXUqhx_AjiD-b8FuJfcJ7ZPjZ73UGVoHxolI_0P1EPKsI/s1500/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0089.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqPx8SRLlK5t5rD8aGnLntJrySwGuOEkma01T3kXuUz9vaQDbABRcQ-zPQc8c9oggJSI0AjX3SypGTOXAHLwDOWYXWMCYanf4jA6G6rlmUpMBteYQArkL027CrjalwtSvf6MQ0Wyj7DX9u-iXXUqhx_AjiD-b8FuJfcJ7ZPjZ73UGVoHxolI_0P1EPKsI/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-5D4_0089.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the attic above the auditorium. This storage area is at at the rear near the entrance door. 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Yes, that plank on the right is the walkway to get to the ceiling cove lighting position. 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We're looking in from an access door house right. Note the risers for the balcony seating at the top of the image. Photo: Mike Hume - July 2023</div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Vintage backdrops:</b> Many of the 70 or so drops in the theatre's collection pre-date the building as they were acquired from older facilities. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1140" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbC3jLLxkJz85--25cPwQ1iE4-HtJiPy8tVYXaQ3GdpL1WI1wU-7D3HmfVnr6d1NmNYR-QJTnZnKsjyaqGxPgZveCFJPnDi2ytPkmdW4iMlOI-Z69K7fClfcjGUGTMH5joCGmaxPbQLkBTYcvqIJg0-wiVZa_rVULaVXqUxyFluJPfvxq6MrESBSVxWQW/w640-h456/ScottishRite-LB-EBT-drops-20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>More exterior views: </b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIQ3yfzBYzTuTf_X5AKlAO-OCfdW4wrcFp5aDoLP_PBEci_lhHIRpCZZ7jQbQgrFoBFANlPG3Ez9-NzQcqvk7hAuLjc7qhP9h9VWgtJjShnAl9PbNH0cWjE5Av5nzp-5Lhyoz0I9begQBxJYNIpWS3-C2JhmpI6HY2fhMUsaPpM1hDrkWoCXlKSsjL7SX/s1600/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-2-1934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="1600" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIQ3yfzBYzTuTf_X5AKlAO-OCfdW4wrcFp5aDoLP_PBEci_lhHIRpCZZ7jQbQgrFoBFANlPG3Ez9-NzQcqvk7hAuLjc7qhP9h9VWgtJjShnAl9PbNH0cWjE5Av5nzp-5Lhyoz0I9begQBxJYNIpWS3-C2JhmpI6HY2fhMUsaPpM1hDrkWoCXlKSsjL7SX/w640-h382/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-2-1934.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1934 </b>- Thanks to the Ronald W. Mahan Collection for sharing this photo from their archives.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlmFu4OfgBtYokbmKh1UiMXplp5mOt3SWdjN32sMwDqOHyqt5XIm-KSLGYnuGCjI_cySNG34iYiMEwXsiB2dgOtextvj62JL4XeywcStvEgKERyanfw-azO9m1sl5xqU3s6fsRbL-FyY36V8qgvvFDNEjxBaAa-3Rtgu0KKp7aCj3Es2KfVTljsgYzbw0/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1500" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlmFu4OfgBtYokbmKh1UiMXplp5mOt3SWdjN32sMwDqOHyqt5XIm-KSLGYnuGCjI_cySNG34iYiMEwXsiB2dgOtextvj62JL4XeywcStvEgKERyanfw-azO9m1sl5xqU3s6fsRbL-FyY36V8qgvvFDNEjxBaAa-3Rtgu0KKp7aCj3Es2KfVTljsgYzbw0/w640-h510/ScottishRite-LB-Mahan-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b></b><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1934 </b>- Ornament over the entrance arch. Photo: Ronald W. Mahan Collection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYi1WY-v352uM-2WgPNHYsR23ClHwPxMAAwctuOwfw2SGqniKZ3p2PvGW9xKCf8AjXmMEBs7Fhgd_Kjgk1V9SZgsKXSGpIEmtOqL-9GcpY82xK8DWIZJ8rl1VtF0XlGefaWyQmxq05XYiqvNf7zevGZuQDV8pV3Naa2IDlLao5o4HWuc723cBS_Rg1vfC/s1434/ScottishRite-LB-card-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1434" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYi1WY-v352uM-2WgPNHYsR23ClHwPxMAAwctuOwfw2SGqniKZ3p2PvGW9xKCf8AjXmMEBs7Fhgd_Kjgk1V9SZgsKXSGpIEmtOqL-9GcpY82xK8DWIZJ8rl1VtF0XlGefaWyQmxq05XYiqvNf7zevGZuQDV8pV3Naa2IDlLao5o4HWuc723cBS_Rg1vfC/w640-h402/ScottishRite-LB-card-3.jpg" width="640" /></a><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b> c.1935</b> - A postcard that popped up on eBay. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kn5kCtujy3GFaHWpJGVVyBidwaxtFo1mGI8cjFhVzvo-mkLs_44ccyLidaS9bNRPoMWjOF0AU94ux00v1F58OOvem2-QA6s7nSUiZEY3VpCyTT6WviV2w3QCiW-36zjDY-NC7ArjfKe6JIjVrvvI-fQ_dlGwpWWLAiGJ7-5hIR8VrPPcdIctay580kfv/s976/ScottishRite-LB-HipPostcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="976" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kn5kCtujy3GFaHWpJGVVyBidwaxtFo1mGI8cjFhVzvo-mkLs_44ccyLidaS9bNRPoMWjOF0AU94ux00v1F58OOvem2-QA6s7nSUiZEY3VpCyTT6WviV2w3QCiW-36zjDY-NC7ArjfKe6JIjVrvvI-fQ_dlGwpWWLAiGJ7-5hIR8VrPPcdIctay580kfv/w640-h380/ScottishRite-LB-HipPostcard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1940s</b> - A card available from the site <a href="https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/long-beach-california-scottish-rite-temple-real-photo-vintage-postcard-aa46217/34702761" target="_blank">HipPostcard</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4fQNTbSxjibBOD7Z0V7vqpx0Qb_TEYB-WSJU4nK_5UVMU1anHwVpftvazPUVrzLpQXVmh7GOEtFsnjBit_0SAwhgyKfapP5_bfuy-3eI0bu3gGtyOOe5BLreXloP8MEgedHugslaVlTzKah1nm3ZC2Orryoewb-s3Euvv-cmfuNRHM0MEwFtoMGzAL8p/s1416/ScottishRite-LB-web-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1416" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4fQNTbSxjibBOD7Z0V7vqpx0Qb_TEYB-WSJU4nK_5UVMU1anHwVpftvazPUVrzLpQXVmh7GOEtFsnjBit_0SAwhgyKfapP5_bfuy-3eI0bu3gGtyOOe5BLreXloP8MEgedHugslaVlTzKah1nm3ZC2Orryoewb-s3Euvv-cmfuNRHM0MEwFtoMGzAL8p/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-web-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.2020</b> - The ornament above the front doors. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajfsRKX8YBYrXX584sjOlk2Qj7S2YKtKc9FYSPRNsu82mo_pNzjCyEBeobG4o1s3vOBoR1QeH9RHRol1RK0OARBe1fE3amhuXhukM91XVIEjl9DfJdySiZYHxduQ80xq_hC06z9n-zICKwHEvJ7ATgZ_ATRw3nzUyMyS6a3ODNxnTZJtu_grVHeJ8ZiE-/s1620/ScottishRite-LB-web-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajfsRKX8YBYrXX584sjOlk2Qj7S2YKtKc9FYSPRNsu82mo_pNzjCyEBeobG4o1s3vOBoR1QeH9RHRol1RK0OARBe1fE3amhuXhukM91XVIEjl9DfJdySiZYHxduQ80xq_hC06z9n-zICKwHEvJ7ATgZ_ATRw3nzUyMyS6a3ODNxnTZJtu_grVHeJ8ZiE-/w640-h426/ScottishRite-LB-web-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.2020</b> - The top of the stagehouse. Photo: <a href="https://www.lbscottish-rite.com/" target="_blank">Long Beach Scottish Rite</a> website </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXOsNLN3LPgO1R9OOryICCEQXKp_vZyDpiWhvMchejATlQwPMPiEPCS983rQsDNOMZEsR0iLF2XBZYQpzR3w1vofsNILUevPuKJF7zy8CVyDj2ITGO-tCpmZ6C15l0GBErEj93WwIUjBpd3QrjHf-wEhOHR6yW_InW-koRIN10jHgt6TpLbxyRWiL4EiC/s1210/ScottishRite-LB-Google-2022-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1210" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXOsNLN3LPgO1R9OOryICCEQXKp_vZyDpiWhvMchejATlQwPMPiEPCS983rQsDNOMZEsR0iLF2XBZYQpzR3w1vofsNILUevPuKJF7zy8CVyDj2ITGO-tCpmZ6C15l0GBErEj93WwIUjBpd3QrjHf-wEhOHR6yW_InW-koRIN10jHgt6TpLbxyRWiL4EiC/w640-h268/ScottishRite-LB-Google-2022-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2022</b> - A view from Google Maps. On the right we're looking west toward Long Beach Blvd. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeUfXkAOOQaX6BhW7CGB_Whi-BTMHwJKy4JrKSONq29lW9DZiuo_-M_hwtF-Msz1HY2Yu9RS8QoD0u6SZlJsNfCzCYY9-6J6MFsRtxl41rf8U9ANUbkEuQ1kS9mImn8LTgM7YRIlOYS6dYI39_No6eCwpDbocuu-Kd68Iau_s7lxGkwBUkxeaV7Th2UYw/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeUfXkAOOQaX6BhW7CGB_Whi-BTMHwJKy4JrKSONq29lW9DZiuo_-M_hwtF-Msz1HY2Yu9RS8QoD0u6SZlJsNfCzCYY9-6J6MFsRtxl41rf8U9ANUbkEuQ1kS9mImn8LTgM7YRIlOYS6dYI39_No6eCwpDbocuu-Kd68Iau_s7lxGkwBUkxeaV7Th2UYw/w426-h640/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - The bronze plaque next to the entrance. Photo: Michelle Gerdes </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5mw43TKHEFObPgSkD6P5kOWszzb8FZxq49yyGi1-tuZB5gYFeQ7_ptiE_IqA5GM3aL4TtFLB8YZUlZB7b6fY_NwC-hNYvbFA6SQh_mH9_fgQjHn23v2r23DuqtmZp3wLJkORToofKDW5Wzx-HP2etoroGmMDcW6lkF2KzjS1VW4z5c-iF1pDCW16YEyG/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5mw43TKHEFObPgSkD6P5kOWszzb8FZxq49yyGi1-tuZB5gYFeQ7_ptiE_IqA5GM3aL4TtFLB8YZUlZB7b6fY_NwC-hNYvbFA6SQh_mH9_fgQjHn23v2r23DuqtmZp3wLJkORToofKDW5Wzx-HP2etoroGmMDcW6lkF2KzjS1VW4z5c-iF1pDCW16YEyG/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - The ornament at the top of the facade. We're looking north. Photo: Mike Hume </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0ftewxG2lhEBr_-8wH28HUh1yhYFJvG0bxsjxAc51QejQpd-unkXgD176Pv6YAExM54q3lG_dJa4Ek6SASsdFRIXHVOoy0jRKzmsNia_qo-kWEUEubNyntLbmcDVZe2uTdT1V5NEFBohvZkslG2Gy-vj5f18Q5hQeHSsleftjtKrppAVFCE5b3e_Bk7d/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0ftewxG2lhEBr_-8wH28HUh1yhYFJvG0bxsjxAc51QejQpd-unkXgD176Pv6YAExM54q3lG_dJa4Ek6SASsdFRIXHVOoy0jRKzmsNia_qo-kWEUEubNyntLbmcDVZe2uTdT1V5NEFBohvZkslG2Gy-vj5f18Q5hQeHSsleftjtKrppAVFCE5b3e_Bk7d/w640-h480/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - Theatre explorers at work: Steve and Michelle Gerdes, Ron Mahan, Bill Counter. Photo: Mike Hume</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVc1v2QNHGA5maxHjHEZ5Pk9TqoR6B538K_CBJKNHCuFM0EFC91jB049HmTAIrqWQmxR5N_ymdPvTshwAQwsBxcQf7gT7NPsCztXBLX-A_dMu0O0zIg267G7A2k9D9ff6RxY24unl1wv2aXUCS_kN3oUNN2qE-GAhqbmPO37r7qolekC-z-KH-Xj9Gy4b/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVc1v2QNHGA5maxHjHEZ5Pk9TqoR6B538K_CBJKNHCuFM0EFC91jB049HmTAIrqWQmxR5N_ymdPvTshwAQwsBxcQf7gT7NPsCztXBLX-A_dMu0O0zIg267G7A2k9D9ff6RxY24unl1wv2aXUCS_kN3oUNN2qE-GAhqbmPO37r7qolekC-z-KH-Xj9Gy4b/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - The view southeast across the corner of the Elm Ave. parapet. Photo: Michelle Gerdes </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CpWtafkT72uptONwZeNv7_d78oJh3SXHVF1S9XqPesbvyHhcBmE3rFIhzmkuZHFAAwCe9KuAcVd8axR--9xGYrXYvo7XQS-DpNCwaf3PWRBS2a5772nz5hKnvKju6gYi1w__5UgnekHtd7w4_ITk0oiwVjyXGgA2Z4AmH9M-WvxLkSRnpIyvfYTjrQ1m/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CpWtafkT72uptONwZeNv7_d78oJh3SXHVF1S9XqPesbvyHhcBmE3rFIhzmkuZHFAAwCe9KuAcVd8axR--9xGYrXYvo7XQS-DpNCwaf3PWRBS2a5772nz5hKnvKju6gYi1w__5UgnekHtd7w4_ITk0oiwVjyXGgA2Z4AmH9M-WvxLkSRnpIyvfYTjrQ1m/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - South toward downtown. Photo: Michelle Gerdes </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqm0hjZhR6L7MzZznd9CAZvjaAa6yYGBR1yu7R3246Wmd4fVyJH0MkaONTU01KQzZ9Q8M-WOrv7gBJHrumfiBAU8Mp-k1bH2BOSG4aKcWA6_l51iCPSj8V_bJAI5INJgtIBJTlhjG4shsatMMP5O4fAEq6myeTXEsuWuO0c18GO_ICyqcpNMylS9Syg19/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqm0hjZhR6L7MzZznd9CAZvjaAa6yYGBR1yu7R3246Wmd4fVyJH0MkaONTU01KQzZ9Q8M-WOrv7gBJHrumfiBAU8Mp-k1bH2BOSG4aKcWA6_l51iCPSj8V_bJAI5INJgtIBJTlhjG4shsatMMP5O4fAEq6myeTXEsuWuO0c18GO_ICyqcpNMylS9Syg19/w640-h428/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - Looking west toward the stagehouse. Photo: Michelle Gerdes </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-z0zF3fB8YsazrV3QCW3ioJd9YfIKVpvSR5qJsGLomhUgm-Rb419baVW8gQ7ozKQ_wkVBnXHg1CO5mauKple0CMIBZgyuiHOztEWvgrOqlk1_US__5cKRPtMmPs_AlwboaEJvEa_dGl_DCbhXK1obMsz-tLl2VkJeaBdgD7E_zEhLpR0sBnJBDJ5sWjo/s2048/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-z0zF3fB8YsazrV3QCW3ioJd9YfIKVpvSR5qJsGLomhUgm-Rb419baVW8gQ7ozKQ_wkVBnXHg1CO5mauKple0CMIBZgyuiHOztEWvgrOqlk1_US__5cKRPtMmPs_AlwboaEJvEa_dGl_DCbhXK1obMsz-tLl2VkJeaBdgD7E_zEhLpR0sBnJBDJ5sWjo/w640-h426/ScottishRite-Hume-2023-7-30-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - Along the south side of the stagehouse looking toward the back of the building. Photo: Mike Hume. Thanks! Visit Mike's <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre-Photography/default.aspx" target="_blank">Historic Theatre Photography</a> site for hundreds of great photos of the theatres he's explored. And don't miss his page about the <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre/Scottish-Rite-Long-Beach.aspx" target="_blank">Scottish Rite</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVa4h91ZcUcaAk_J66OLusIzesVhziN_36Bzpqm6vWEpXSK4SbbVR3BskDloJBTrenx3CAW1NcpzvpQF_TLrzVeYzPHetl4jwvntI4ss__xkAzBGzCSaMmOFzEXXsvANS9L-o7rdQXJOKjWbIZiBs2k3wQqkSu6hnbU0iINUohLr1-KaqnqLzjBudojqHs/s1500/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVa4h91ZcUcaAk_J66OLusIzesVhziN_36Bzpqm6vWEpXSK4SbbVR3BskDloJBTrenx3CAW1NcpzvpQF_TLrzVeYzPHetl4jwvntI4ss__xkAzBGzCSaMmOFzEXXsvANS9L-o7rdQXJOKjWbIZiBs2k3wQqkSu6hnbU0iINUohLr1-KaqnqLzjBudojqHs/w640-h426/ScottishRite-LB-Gerdes-2023-7-30-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - The view to the southwest. Photo: Michelle Gerdes. Thanks for the photos, Michelle! See 69 images from her explorations of the building on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/michellegerdes/posts/pfbid02gu9iQiB56ssAef2mwWZHWvtzaxTuhwaY2uBrijeZEzRjFAi2nh3CrHhmCKs7Xtfal" target="_blank">Facebook post</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p><b>The Long Beach Press-Telegram's September 11, 1926 story about the dedication:</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsLTlOdUSiNvMHqLNrvHkOargNPgdtF6orqk20tQyfseFruxcKzrIbocC8xXt7D6kLJqXkuUmiCi9IKD5rhojKgVOeoVyeOyPTNY8C3LsOKwkFY57WnQCD70xjVhArl2QXjN1gPFnU25FsvK3knRnpEmmIbHgPQ8LR68CZ7UyLJbf1D1u40ASrEwJ2vsz/s1920/ScottishRite-LB-1926-Press-Telegram-Sep-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1005" height="1269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsLTlOdUSiNvMHqLNrvHkOargNPgdtF6orqk20tQyfseFruxcKzrIbocC8xXt7D6kLJqXkuUmiCi9IKD5rhojKgVOeoVyeOyPTNY8C3LsOKwkFY57WnQCD70xjVhArl2QXjN1gPFnU25FsvK3knRnpEmmIbHgPQ8LR68CZ7UyLJbf1D1u40ASrEwJ2vsz/w667-h1269/ScottishRite-LB-1926-Press-Telegram-Sep-11.jpg" width="667" /></a></b></div><p></p><p>Thanks to Mike Hume for locating the story and Ron Mahan for going on the search for a version that was actually readable. <br /></p><p><b>More information:</b> Don't miss the page about the Scottish Rite on Mike Hume's <a href="https://www.historictheatrephotos.com/Theatre/Scottish-Rite-Long-Beach.aspx" target="_blank">Historic Theatre Photography</a> site. </p><p>The <a href="https://artslb.org/venue/ernest-borgnine-theatre/" target="_blank">Arts Council of Long Beach</a> has a page but there's not much on it. There's an article about the building on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Rite_Cathedral_(Long_Beach,_California)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. 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Spring St.</b> Los Angeles, CA 90013 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parking+lot,+340+S+Spring+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013/@34.0489268,-118.2473542,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c64a2c502275:0x9546e83bd555add9!8m2!3d34.0489914!4d-118.2473173!16s%2Fg%2F11c3q4bq39?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> | c.1904 - 1907 <b><br /></b></p><p><b>434 S. Spring St.</b> Los Angeles, CA 90013 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/434+S+Spring+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013/@34.047848,-118.2490255,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2c64a5b2deda1:0x8dde2b29f6cadf7b!8m2!3d34.047848!4d-118.2490255!16s%2Fg%2F11r10s3rnz?entry=ttu" target="_blank">map</a></b> | 1907 - c.1910 </p><p><b>Opening:</b> Harry Temperly's peep show arcade called <b>Automatic Vaudeville</b> had opened by 1904 at the 340 S. Spring address. This was on the east side of the street mid-block between 3rd and 4th. You could put your pennies in various Mutoscope, Bioscope or Kinetoscope machines and design your own program.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-__Mn1pWRrkLDjYZOMrFZV92lkRITxIhayjWHSsgvo6oMBzLYDgJrD6uyjApRTPoruYTA-cmngeO8941fPzkGXINaMfXuLslm9ZrUt40_qal-TpxCzn2VoRmyfs3T7OdXGowApSv-0m-JVdRak6swuynjNxsmBvnhnS8_4EOEwppSGSlCzSmy8eX5G-q/s871/PennyArcade-431-S-Spring-1904-Dec-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="315" height="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-__Mn1pWRrkLDjYZOMrFZV92lkRITxIhayjWHSsgvo6oMBzLYDgJrD6uyjApRTPoruYTA-cmngeO8941fPzkGXINaMfXuLslm9ZrUt40_qal-TpxCzn2VoRmyfs3T7OdXGowApSv-0m-JVdRak6swuynjNxsmBvnhnS8_4EOEwppSGSlCzSmy8eX5G-q/w302-h833/PennyArcade-431-S-Spring-1904-Dec-13.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ladling out "moral filth." Harry Temperly and F.W. Johns, another arcade operator, were in trouble concerning obscene films
running in their machines. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this
December 13, 1904 article. It's one he added as a comment on a thread
about various early Main and Spring St. venues for the private Facebook
group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7094928957198497" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a>. See more about Johns on the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/10/433-s-spring.html" target="_blank">Penny Arcade</a>, located at 431 S. Spring. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uAzZFjuPHVQESTbOD1r-Ccp2h8Njhlcu0jZ2E_P2yrN8JMYqFRxCuCPjwrbNgVWzOAKwr7Tb1tIK-P9lLtj2VKSRLfrc97ga3whaaDTwRcjNVY011Ul9o5p54Au-a7KHKF7VJq747hqzHzsHhASaym5ZqMMnuA-JLq-cvm6TxTVWCuO7DzrMd48EKFlK/s706/340-Spring-AutomaticVaudeville-1905-Nov-3-A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="706" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uAzZFjuPHVQESTbOD1r-Ccp2h8Njhlcu0jZ2E_P2yrN8JMYqFRxCuCPjwrbNgVWzOAKwr7Tb1tIK-P9lLtj2VKSRLfrc97ga3whaaDTwRcjNVY011Ul9o5p54Au-a7KHKF7VJq747hqzHzsHhASaym5ZqMMnuA-JLq-cvm6TxTVWCuO7DzrMd48EKFlK/w400-h334/340-Spring-AutomaticVaudeville-1905-Nov-3-A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSTGIO3XQCwEpEHOL_cdfh__EoQLhCjSLvFOiR2tfFcSIlW4Xy86hYeXflHj0wfQ4Ca5w9SWfANFwx4z4d78GAmmz7Zt_d4zMUwlUbS4DD8yphzBeOtqjWyAaspORGLhohbrm6K895f9-Z0TJCaKePtFHS-rF3kM9JtZC3mHhyphenhyphenRzJC21yluG7s-A1b4nv/s698/340-Spring-AutomaticVaudeville-1905-Nov-3-B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="698" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSTGIO3XQCwEpEHOL_cdfh__EoQLhCjSLvFOiR2tfFcSIlW4Xy86hYeXflHj0wfQ4Ca5w9SWfANFwx4z4d78GAmmz7Zt_d4zMUwlUbS4DD8yphzBeOtqjWyAaspORGLhohbrm6K895f9-Z0TJCaKePtFHS-rF3kM9JtZC3mHhyphenhyphenRzJC21yluG7s-A1b4nv/w400-h95/340-Spring-AutomaticVaudeville-1905-Nov-3-B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this November 3, 1905 promotional item. </p><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNYgtPXVPt7nsGz2wSb19y0RVWbdc-pjALj-6y5SQj6DMz2zbDJyAJKPbiQ3anfxfEl4RWVnQ0F2tcieSFyjbVf8rWTN6wfZR_gMe9zm1bUqe2JdvYLS30kh0gdLbyvKWV2mjjCUFty-9orHaK7BNj1kigtrlS0eojPaDM_VW16mYynxo4pYnHuHIECVB/s1027/AutoVaud-340-S-Spring-1906-Sanborn-LOC-img-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="537" height="981" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNYgtPXVPt7nsGz2wSb19y0RVWbdc-pjALj-6y5SQj6DMz2zbDJyAJKPbiQ3anfxfEl4RWVnQ0F2tcieSFyjbVf8rWTN6wfZR_gMe9zm1bUqe2JdvYLS30kh0gdLbyvKWV2mjjCUFty-9orHaK7BNj1kigtrlS0eojPaDM_VW16mYynxo4pYnHuHIECVB/w512-h981/AutoVaud-340-S-Spring-1906-Sanborn-LOC-img-8.jpg" width="512" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p>Spring
St. is at the top with the the Automatic Vaudeville operation at 340 identified as "Auto. Slot Machines" in this 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. It's a detail from image 8 of
Volume 2 from the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190602/?sp=8&st=image" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>
collection. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/capitol-theatre.html" target="_blank">Hotchkiss Theatre</a> behind it at times went by other names including the Casino, Los Angeles, Empress and Capitol. At the time of this map they note the "Entrance" to it at 344. Later it was moved a few doors north to 338, sometimes listed as at 340. At the
bottom of the image it's the Belasco at 337 S. Main St., a theatre later
known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/05/follies-theatre.html" target="_blank">Follies</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">
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A c.1907 view looking south toward 4th St. The photo by Putnam Studios is in the <a href="https://csl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990013788380205115&context=L&vid=01CSL_INST:CSL&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&lang=en" target="_blank">California State Library</a> collection. <b> </b></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A detail from the Putnam Studios photo. The arch at the left is the not-quite-finished new entrance to the Hotchkiss Theatre at 338. Just beyond it's "Automatic
Vaudeville" at 340. A couple doors farther down is the original arched
Hotchkiss entrance at 344. That's the H.W. Hellman Building beyond, built in 1903. </div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing at this Address: </b>The date is unknown, presumably sometime in 1907. See <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kjcuyaFspyxbvBST5wPCxetsZxIxKk3BeH35PMgaSWHLDYXIYa9TCYErjItSv0Ae0Z6hpONpUFWdH3JWUssEh61ltXkeqV9uanbygNnet-2pOwlIf5yBtZ8mh0lavu1wIeTVouQIsGY7/s1600/Empress-HDL.jpg" target="_blank">a 1913 photo of the Hotchkiss/Empress Theatre</a> by G. Haven Bishop from the Huntington Library collection. To the right of the theatre entrance is the former Automatic Vaudeville location, by the time of the photo used as a restaurant. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Nearby:</b> Also on the block but on the west side of the street at various times were <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/tallys-phonograph-parlor.html" target="_blank">Tally's Phonograph and Vitascope Parlor</a><b> </b>locations at 311 and 339 S. Spring.</p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> The site of the building is now a parking lot just south of the Reagan State Office Building. See a lovely <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh01yehxakYOD1c-BtWh81gs8NocD3P3DvUCn-OndyHR8TzK4YcCm1pWTsHXcJrlKpLDSwbZhBAIJ2x99OVt9EqzzThX6ES-sW8xjQvmzfU44xYYMYsp5RIeqf3VjMqDxDtW1GVpHhib2Lw/s1600/Follies-HDL-8679.jpg" target="_blank">1956 photo of the lot </a>by Palmer Connor that's in the Huntington Library collection where we're looking through from Spring toward the back of the Follies Theatre on Main. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><b>Moving to 434 S. Spring:</b> In 1907 Temperly moved his Automatic Vaudeville operation. The new location was a building on the east side of the street between 4th and 5th with three storefronts at 432, 434 and 436 plus upstairs office space. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/s626/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/w331-h400/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><p>"Where
To Go Tonight." Automatic Vaudeville, calling itself "The most popular playhouse in town," appeared in this September 1907 column of ads in the Los Angeles Record. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for
locating this for for a post for the private Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5634226946602046" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a>. </p><p>The other advertisers: The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/12/royal-theatre.html" target="_blank">Royal Theatre</a> was at 246 S. Broadway. "The Original Penny Arcade" at 125 S. Main was a venue later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/happy-hour-theatre.html" target="_blank">Happy Hour Theatre</a>. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/theatorium.html" target="_blank">Theatorium</a> at 444 S. Main was just north of the location of the current Regent Theatre. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/scenic-theatre.html" target="_blank">Scenic Theatre</a> was, as the ad says, at 522 S. Spring. The business at 258 S. Main offering "all the latest songs and moving pictures, 1c" was <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/kingsley-moles-collins.html" target="_blank">Kingsley, Moles & Collins Co</a>. They were mostly a printing and stationery firm and it appears that they added some peep show machines. </p><p>In the 1907 city directory the 434 space had been listed as a curio shop operated by a Mr. Wing Hing Long and the 436 space to the south was the Savoy Restaurant. In the 1908 directory 434 was listed as being occupied by Automatic Vaudeville, operated by Harry G. Temperly. By the time of the 1908 directory
the 436 storefront south of Automatic Vaudeville had become a movie house operated by Hummel and Ward, listed in later directories the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/edison-theatre.html" target="_blank">Edison Theatre</a>. </p><p><b>Closing: </b>Sometime around 1909 or 1910. Automatic Vaudeville is still listed in the 1909 directory. By the time of the 1910 book it had become a novelty manufacturer run by Werner Gerson. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBToZw4bXw1lGHg5BNJf_qSYZ5vX5CK-i8cmfJdCWrf3bvnyHuxEDIfC4xbABYCh_ZvbDjh7d0kt6kXXN5iUMT9WCVU9sm9Jf-wxt0mnxwlNC2_WGby-TrrmSdGL0kkpV2ubsw_Qt1YD9LtoqT9t2Cgj-Grlo9RreDOlfcWVWOJJrRH0EmMi485vErGEu/s932/AutoVaud-434-S-Spring-Baist-1910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="561" height="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBToZw4bXw1lGHg5BNJf_qSYZ5vX5CK-i8cmfJdCWrf3bvnyHuxEDIfC4xbABYCh_ZvbDjh7d0kt6kXXN5iUMT9WCVU9sm9Jf-wxt0mnxwlNC2_WGby-TrrmSdGL0kkpV2ubsw_Qt1YD9LtoqT9t2Cgj-Grlo9RreDOlfcWVWOJJrRH0EmMi485vErGEu/w514-h852/AutoVaud-434-S-Spring-Baist-1910.jpg" width="514" /></a></div></div><p>
This detail from plate 002
of the 1910 Baist Real Estate Survey from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19467/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1910+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>
shows 432, 434 and 436 S. Spring as storefronts between the Johnson Bldg. on the south and the Delta Bldg. on the north.</p><p>The 1911 and 1912 directories have no listing for 434 S. Spring. <br /></p><p>
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<b>Status:</b> The building once housing the arcade and theatre space been
demolished. The site is now a park between the El Dorado lofts on the
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The Spring Street Park is now on the site of the Automatic Vaudeville / Edison Theatre building. The Rowan Building dates from 1912. Photo: Bill Counter - 2019 <br />
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<b>More Information: </b>See the page about the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/edison-theatre.html" target="_blank">Edison Theatre</a>, next door to Automatic Vaudeville at 436 S. Spring. Theatres on this side of the 400 block also included the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/01/unique-theatre.html" target="_blank">Unique Theatre</a> at 456 S. Spring and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/herman-theatre.html" target="_blank">Herman Theatre</a> at 460 S. Spring. Across the street there was the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/hornes-big-show.html" target="_blank">Chronophone / Horne's Big Show</a> at 423 and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/10/433-s-spring.html" target="_blank">Penny Arcade / Johns & Devlin Nickelodeon</a> at 433 S. Spring. <br />
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the street a half block south of Sunset Blvd. This postcard is one that has appeared many times online from various sellers. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The project was kicked off
with a fundraiser at Ciro's led by John Garfield and Bette Davis that netted $6,500. The entrance, which later featured a canvas canopy, had footprints and
handprints of regular GIs in the cement similar to those of the stars in the forecourt at the Chinese. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Architect:</b> Unknown. Prior to its use as the Canteen, the building had been a nightclub called the Red Barn. That venture had closed in 1937. Hollywood art director Alfred Ybarra was responsible for transforming it into the Canteen with the help of various studios, their employees, and their unions. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Capacity:</b> As the Canteen it was limited to 500. It's unknown what the seating capacity was later as a legit house. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>The end of the Canteen: </b>It closed after serving Thanksgiving dinner in 1945. In the book "The Hollywood Canteen," Lisa Mitchell and Bruce Torrance note that soon Thomas Lee and Guy Francis, doing business as Creative Enterprises, leased the building and tried to reopen as a nightclub using the Hollywood Canteen name. Bette Davis went to court and got an injunction to stop the unauthorized use of the brand. The authors add that there WAS a later Hollywood Canteen operated by the Hollywood Canteen Foundation during the Korean War. It was a redo of the Florentine Gardens nightclub at 5955 Hollywood Blvd. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Later theatrical use of the Canteen: </b>The building was later operated as the <b>Golden Spike Theatre</b>. And in 1959 it got another redo and became the <b>Le Grand Theatre</b>. An April 1959 issue of the Hollywood Tourist and Convention Bureau's "Hollywood: Entertainment Capital of the World" newsletter had an article on the venue by Art Weissman: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Le Grand Comedy Theatre Now Presenting 'Laff Capades of 1959' - Hollywood Celebrities Throng New Showplace -- Le Grand Comedy Theatre, once the famed Hollywood Canteen where the greatest names in show business entertained and waited upon wartime throngs of service men and women, has opened its doors to initiate another era of live theatrical magic, starring the hilarious histrionics of Joey Faye and Jack Albertson in 'Laff Capades of 1959,' an original musical comedy penned by author Snat Werris and composer Carmino Ravosa. The authors wittily created an international background against which producer Zev Bufman, in association with Ted Chapman, deftly fashioned the singing, dancing and comedy talents of..."</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkpaiiqUzER87f9TEGhcl1Ev_8sj3GxdBqkV-haHEoPUG2AckA3sppa2Ofv_NXd6y067yBskIkNGYxa7fR4ObV67kjdDXiOKVAmEtpsvrJMnlx33syxWBlfVBihrGYuHP6JnbM0SyEbl4gSGVJaKGNOCl1KqilBbeDnXot33QeDqtD0a3eSkFjt0NrQ/s498/LeGrand-Times-April-1960-PajamaTops.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="498" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkpaiiqUzER87f9TEGhcl1Ev_8sj3GxdBqkV-haHEoPUG2AckA3sppa2Ofv_NXd6y067yBskIkNGYxa7fR4ObV67kjdDXiOKVAmEtpsvrJMnlx33syxWBlfVBihrGYuHP6JnbM0SyEbl4gSGVJaKGNOCl1KqilBbeDnXot33QeDqtD0a3eSkFjt0NrQ/w459-h86/LeGrand-Times-April-1960-PajamaTops.jpg" width="459" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">An April 1960 ad in the Times for "Pajama Tops," then in its 114th week. Of course all 114 weren't at this particular theatre. It had also played at the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/forum-theatre.html" target="_blank">Forum Theatre</a> on Pico beginning in 1956 and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/cine-cienega.html" target="_blank">Civic Playhouse</a> on La Cienega. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogiosKkcthLN9HmIhhI9RRGCsP78s7VCO_5qJtTRxmZOSUdAWKTLyVvd5A7JmFeqzDIfjG8f8rKqIpKIDYexwJNc42KU4_BEvEjqz7e66vg4xNVx0bJyzKeSEQPCYaO3uPsctB6d3tG656Zyn_w7Atdn26U6livv9vUbSp8kXhhndK6IxdP4IRXQBig/s381/LeGrand-Times-1960-PajamaTops-122nd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="121" data-original-width="381" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogiosKkcthLN9HmIhhI9RRGCsP78s7VCO_5qJtTRxmZOSUdAWKTLyVvd5A7JmFeqzDIfjG8f8rKqIpKIDYexwJNc42KU4_BEvEjqz7e66vg4xNVx0bJyzKeSEQPCYaO3uPsctB6d3tG656Zyn_w7Atdn26U6livv9vUbSp8kXhhndK6IxdP4IRXQBig/w458-h146/LeGrand-Times-1960-PajamaTops-122nd.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> The "Smash Sexy Hit" -- "Pajama Tops" in its 122nd week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ql4RGJIDz4PlpeUEt6lLtNkJ_6nIsDdKzrXsdNiifn6bituNOLCr6aBNcUJdrfhWHGrq2c_wUDHa03megeGpdklpqbCYfODM9BZp1GLwTMsA6MjcwwExpS8pQ-z8VRdePl4s7oVCWQBMO9pTxcNEU0N1AQjYssrw_LkBz7Ahd8N1mcbw8Nb-HgJVfQ/s473/LeGrand-Times-1960-Connection.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="473" height="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ql4RGJIDz4PlpeUEt6lLtNkJ_6nIsDdKzrXsdNiifn6bituNOLCr6aBNcUJdrfhWHGrq2c_wUDHa03megeGpdklpqbCYfODM9BZp1GLwTMsA6MjcwwExpS8pQ-z8VRdePl4s7oVCWQBMO9pTxcNEU0N1AQjYssrw_LkBz7Ahd8N1mcbw8Nb-HgJVfQ/w448-h109/LeGrand-Times-1960-Connection.jpg" width="448" /></a> <br /></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">A 1960 ad for Jack Gelber's "The Connection." <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">An item on page W-4 of the September 11, 1961 issue of Boxoffice noted: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Le Grande Theatre is getting a $15,000 facelifting for the opening of 'Little Mary Sunshine' September 20..." </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNEHFT55M1xeZXxNDlGp-IWkY5l2MuQy_td7S3jGfFrjJ-ZwQe5Gr0TEmPquzur3KDbSJQd19s0npnMKDd9H_hHwMoCjQylD5AhKTNShT33H6CMfki3NluBHc3mHMmdaCaT9VflfyoODb8b0pE2KXZCQHgSaF6GrahbFFH77jzXQpp4dDKo4q7Dzmtg/s591/LeGrand-1962-InvitationDinners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="494" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNEHFT55M1xeZXxNDlGp-IWkY5l2MuQy_td7S3jGfFrjJ-ZwQe5Gr0TEmPquzur3KDbSJQd19s0npnMKDd9H_hHwMoCjQylD5AhKTNShT33H6CMfki3NluBHc3mHMmdaCaT9VflfyoODb8b0pE2KXZCQHgSaF6GrahbFFH77jzXQpp4dDKo4q7Dzmtg/w384-h460/LeGrand-1962-InvitationDinners.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Part of a 1962 ad listing the Le Grand as one of 36 theatre bonuses you'd get for joining a program called "Invitation Dinners."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DQmKBtzfTaAMPts4dfjmNJ_tPRR63FwA_j6O6GWCpBeEzHHoBx2c_yHQ6IG_1K0eX8p-l8n56q3XoPHMBEnJMZTiqAU2z8duZlUOnfFMaxrxcDFyiJbYy2NDkfvsmWLxJqTRvjNvz8U4MV4z3yOCOAr6imIQDxpfBdr5lZ-UMIvT8q5XGqlkS0t2oA/s486/LeGrande-Times-1963-May-25-Lenny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="486" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DQmKBtzfTaAMPts4dfjmNJ_tPRR63FwA_j6O6GWCpBeEzHHoBx2c_yHQ6IG_1K0eX8p-l8n56q3XoPHMBEnJMZTiqAU2z8duZlUOnfFMaxrxcDFyiJbYy2NDkfvsmWLxJqTRvjNvz8U4MV4z3yOCOAr6imIQDxpfBdr5lZ-UMIvT8q5XGqlkS0t2oA/w461-h144/LeGrande-Times-1963-May-25-Lenny.jpg" width="461" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Lenny Bruce at the Le Grand in 1963. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing this May 25 ad from the Times as a post for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/permalink/2447958375228935/" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> private Facebook group.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Uu1FWwtxv64kumZ3qCvPmozjUAq-zck0EtLApkGVmU-gTpq_CiTX16X1QnE12D0sGYC6LK1iosOlSJ18VWuy2LINAC3Sns4NC1tdobKkgjAZ5dV9pE291oOu7FVNqW-8Q0Qujf1nRtbroVf865Cy8dQDm92m7DDpmjGjMiyj8Y-G_lsq_dx307MdrA/s349/LeGrand-1963-11-30-Sunday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="349" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Uu1FWwtxv64kumZ3qCvPmozjUAq-zck0EtLApkGVmU-gTpq_CiTX16X1QnE12D0sGYC6LK1iosOlSJ18VWuy2LINAC3Sns4NC1tdobKkgjAZ5dV9pE291oOu7FVNqW-8Q0Qujf1nRtbroVf865Cy8dQDm92m7DDpmjGjMiyj8Y-G_lsq_dx307MdrA/w458-h72/LeGrand-1963-11-30-Sunday.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><p>A November 30, 1963 ad for the play "Sunday in New York" spotted by Ken McIntyre for another post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/permalink/1727536610604452/">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook group. <b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing as a legit house: </b>1965. The last production at the Le Grand was the Los Angeles Youth Theatre production of "The Fantasticks." <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It was demolished in December 1966. The site at Cahuenga and Sunset is now occupied by the parking garage for the CNN building. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>Interior views as the Canteen: </b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvIAjzY6gexDuhVNNjHmyJctny2UMbWqgPKgi8uh1WN2lx0pz3_AQdC6BkogyEXQUEi00NqcFCAB7zoHJ7Ba89qHSyoEw5-AnMy1vcYV4q71HTqByWsdA2edbqVydStBcCEJOxOOJAhZ3rT4G4wgUb-vZjphQA5hy74bsmNxtLw5SdMKK9tTrE2cEmw/s1740/Canteen-THC-FB-102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="1740" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvIAjzY6gexDuhVNNjHmyJctny2UMbWqgPKgi8uh1WN2lx0pz3_AQdC6BkogyEXQUEi00NqcFCAB7zoHJ7Ba89qHSyoEw5-AnMy1vcYV4q71HTqByWsdA2edbqVydStBcCEJOxOOJAhZ3rT4G4wgUb-vZjphQA5hy74bsmNxtLw5SdMKK9tTrE2cEmw/w640-h510/Canteen-THC-FB-102.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The entry hall. It's a photo appearing as a post on the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0C1FP35N4ctZ2WsgspRwf5evvB6ne4EWaMACHBmi8LHvrnGiXLNyhhrPuLxuj38Sbl&id=128689163936482" target="_blank">The Hollywood Canteen</a>. The page is from Lisa Mitchell and Bruce Torrence, the authors of the 2012 book "The Hollywood Canteen." They note that it's the coat check straight ahead and the front doors on the right. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi8Z_1At0XYBg0Ipe_yieAJp1UAVF5XT2AIH44a4MMbUp2rDVw6a7b8Ew-O22FHYcA1_6xfjLcpt6SfdwK30JO46MZ6wWJGoKktn8kke5yP-LYXQgIFrntSlfdXiCJDxK-bU4MH45FfDtpvh2M2_y1WT-DJT-zEx75ntfseYuKRhskKtPZnteIvc8WQ/s1631/Canteen-THC-FB-103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1631" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi8Z_1At0XYBg0Ipe_yieAJp1UAVF5XT2AIH44a4MMbUp2rDVw6a7b8Ew-O22FHYcA1_6xfjLcpt6SfdwK30JO46MZ6wWJGoKktn8kke5yP-LYXQgIFrntSlfdXiCJDxK-bU4MH45FfDtpvh2M2_y1WT-DJT-zEx75ntfseYuKRhskKtPZnteIvc8WQ/w640-h504/Canteen-THC-FB-103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking in toward the stage on the west end end of the building. The photo appears on the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02yWJxUZGs5TMdvu8LuVYNqP3sAmqHMosyF6ZTKGu4yEKUcHQfrppdAuQGdpSy7vCWl&id=128689163936482" target="_blank">The Hollywood Canteen</a> where they note: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"This photo of the Hollywood Canteen was taken from the lobby, looking into the main room. On the left wall is a list of the various guilds and unions that volunteered their time and energy to remodel the former cabaret theater into the Canteen."<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWFRR1MyZO2My5eaXbxDyMhDTxnf9SHJVHPKrz3By91drv1S4U7O3PPddpQyzqPs0e-cQflv5bP3JIk2JFiQIeiBWvj-4nVY9kkIgT8CuiJkLir2SePn5FsKQtWvmam1tJKO8BPlQmBv-/s838/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="838" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWFRR1MyZO2My5eaXbxDyMhDTxnf9SHJVHPKrz3By91drv1S4U7O3PPddpQyzqPs0e-cQflv5bP3JIk2JFiQIeiBWvj-4nVY9kkIgT8CuiJkLir2SePn5FsKQtWvmam1tJKO8BPlQmBv-/w640-h458/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Another view to the stage. It's a photo in the Bruce Torrence <a href="https://hollywoodphotographs.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=HC-036&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeFOjnsgFqphN6UcNJll_7L3jczxRjCSFci8ak83PlBwlS8Uzp3wh0LEGUKgPBHhbTCagLb3sNCYeV1a2yMyM7seJEdhGqFQTyLpKk5MqraqJtzpKQvFb5aypD-Sg-MFjBimAvsbUGlJg28x-d0x70ziGe3oguRbZTDzjcQrZzoXzBR3w0XK6zsmScg/s609/Canteen-Torrence-503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="448" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeFOjnsgFqphN6UcNJll_7L3jczxRjCSFci8ak83PlBwlS8Uzp3wh0LEGUKgPBHhbTCagLb3sNCYeV1a2yMyM7seJEdhGqFQTyLpKk5MqraqJtzpKQvFb5aypD-Sg-MFjBimAvsbUGlJg28x-d0x70ziGe3oguRbZTDzjcQrZzoXzBR3w0XK6zsmScg/w444-h605/Canteen-Torrence-503.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Bob Hope onstage plus a view of the house left decor beyond. Photo: <a href="https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/search?I_DSC=canteen&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Bruce Torrence / Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2NUHhfVmg89us8wdOsZAmi6RF8pwksE3u20z69t2B6boGdAjD5U5dglIZIelZsbOfequHUSn_t3Rv9JriSv27sUwDVSfKdT-WRZxvZqkaHSU1wAWfpcapQKhyxSPMCDfLUjBqF1mal_c8WcgXkjVLv36PtO-i6vysf7J8wneef5vSJ846d5EOR4kaQ/s969/Canteen-Torrence-501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="969" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2NUHhfVmg89us8wdOsZAmi6RF8pwksE3u20z69t2B6boGdAjD5U5dglIZIelZsbOfequHUSn_t3Rv9JriSv27sUwDVSfKdT-WRZxvZqkaHSU1wAWfpcapQKhyxSPMCDfLUjBqF1mal_c8WcgXkjVLv36PtO-i6vysf7J8wneef5vSJ846d5EOR4kaQ/w640-h500/Canteen-Torrence-501.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A look across the stage toward the house right murals. Photo: <a href="https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/search?I_DSC=canteen&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Bruce Torrence / Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNWR1Z7N8AmHa4Fnv7D6PS5LLUk9s9GCWmsE0x-xyxcF9nGOtIzC9UeMW66fZRa73NpIOQyvnB6jEsGbTx7BWytK0aRlwzifMal-2H10a9qr-55COVb5IvHqVuPBddLRcrhxEAe-72S6zA6UlAauICfRw7Ao5B9GLWp_s0RDsy7Y1jW1zoBCzyRNG-w/s1913/Canteen-THC-FB-101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="1913" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNWR1Z7N8AmHa4Fnv7D6PS5LLUk9s9GCWmsE0x-xyxcF9nGOtIzC9UeMW66fZRa73NpIOQyvnB6jEsGbTx7BWytK0aRlwzifMal-2H10a9qr-55COVb5IvHqVuPBddLRcrhxEAe-72S6zA6UlAauICfRw7Ao5B9GLWp_s0RDsy7Y1jW1zoBCzyRNG-w/w640-h564/Canteen-THC-FB-101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The main serving counter for food and drinks on the house right side near the rear of the room. Thanks to the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02mMgncwiyEndaMU7taj55HCLt5JrnSbrP3QsDQBgJhjf75ymSq6zDP4zHZ4k4CLEwl&id=128689163936482" target="_blank">The Hollywood Canteen</a> for sharing the photo. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRygpKzKNBMEA3RZYdWoXrBC_RHrlpEXJLSw8X36gNT5gZ1kJkGkXj4M5rtGw7bColtyXxCiWctVuBJwoxmVwg68G_H1SZVEvrFJAVjum9KfwThlfvLyRJlw4NwJkeSaIoNDgAU3TRmSCBy1nSL6iTQ4Ax-cYSQTTjYkRaoSIkfSv4A3rFytRDs8FI9Q/s1880/Canteen-THC-FB-104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1880" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRygpKzKNBMEA3RZYdWoXrBC_RHrlpEXJLSw8X36gNT5gZ1kJkGkXj4M5rtGw7bColtyXxCiWctVuBJwoxmVwg68G_H1SZVEvrFJAVjum9KfwThlfvLyRJlw4NwJkeSaIoNDgAU3TRmSCBy1nSL6iTQ4Ax-cYSQTTjYkRaoSIkfSv4A3rFytRDs8FI9Q/w640-h506/Canteen-THC-FB-104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The rear of the room. It's another Bruce Torrence Collection photo appearing on the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/128689163936482/photos/a.132373180234747/338024683002928" target="_blank">The Hollywood Canteen</a>. They comment: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"When the Hollywood Canteen celebrated its first birthday, in 1943, celebrities, businessmen and civic leaders were invited to witness the evening's activities. The raised platform, at the rear of the Canteen's main room, was reserved for those guests. The rest of the room was where the servicemen danced, eat, and watched the evening's entertainment. Here, some of the visiting dignitaries are waiting for the night to begin."<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">There don't seem to be any interior photos available of the building when it was set up for productions as the Le Grand. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More exterior views:</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI37WIoZVe8UB-p18jqDDJNtchImjRiIcHntd3w7WZJMQi2jKdBwnugmftk-gZlto4Pk6LS74ive1bOyaSHcoTwAMbeZnCTqktf8Oo10iW90YgWi5zogXe-3KanLacXd4XIU9fcHsPFyvdaGxaawdbaAHbdlSU3J4JYWUu-IhsJ4ydKCsL0_L-qAoUKA/s970/Canteen-const-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="970" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI37WIoZVe8UB-p18jqDDJNtchImjRiIcHntd3w7WZJMQi2jKdBwnugmftk-gZlto4Pk6LS74ive1bOyaSHcoTwAMbeZnCTqktf8Oo10iW90YgWi5zogXe-3KanLacXd4XIU9fcHsPFyvdaGxaawdbaAHbdlSU3J4JYWUu-IhsJ4ydKCsL0_L-qAoUKA/w640-h388/Canteen-const-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1942</b> - Getting the building ready. Thanks to Henry Briceno for locating the photo for a post for the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lostmarket/posts/1427909281316462" target="_blank">Lost Angeles</a> Facebook group. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUx0HSnU8DK-08IXUxOhwH2EaDUiZv5KvZSSaWntz7M4YsT44UXjd3ngB5K7sLZOJq19zbWn7GdkMf4dJ6ZG9rduyTVVdx56OQ91_vAxd2incYefo_HJL7kFjCOMEJYN0nAGI5aWHzprg4/s1198/Canteen-1942-Oct-3-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1198" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUx0HSnU8DK-08IXUxOhwH2EaDUiZv5KvZSSaWntz7M4YsT44UXjd3ngB5K7sLZOJq19zbWn7GdkMf4dJ6ZG9rduyTVVdx56OQ91_vAxd2incYefo_HJL7kFjCOMEJYN0nAGI5aWHzprg4/w640-h448/Canteen-1942-Oct-3-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>1942</b> - Thanks to Martin Turnbull for locating this October 3 opening night photo for a post on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gardenofallahnovels/posts/368393984848466" target="_blank">Hollywood's Garden of Allah Novels</a> Facebook page. He comments: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"This
must have been an exciting night to witness: After months of
fundraising, cajoling, recruiting, organizing, and building, Bette Davis
and John Garfield’s pet project, the Hollywood Canteen opened... As we
can see, bleachers were set up in the forecourt so that people could
witness the parade of stars (Eddie Cantor was the MC that night.) And
word had obviously gotten out already because that long lone of
servicemen is already four men deep. From that night until November 2,
1945, the Hollywood Canteen hosted, entertained, and fed nearly 4
million grateful servicemen."</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qE4hbULYOwZ0BUbmAS5cRlE-OPdFuVOBwU-Jdt8vRyN79Vp1caEf26DXGAT90r2E6JYJs2rsSmVJzeTAmLCPgyAr13HKe8dhEII5T5ZSke3wPcnwrrtR_gdRq9AN7AVCBOtxLmfbaFp_/s1000/Canteen-1942-Turnbull.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qE4hbULYOwZ0BUbmAS5cRlE-OPdFuVOBwU-Jdt8vRyN79Vp1caEf26DXGAT90r2E6JYJs2rsSmVJzeTAmLCPgyAr13HKe8dhEII5T5ZSke3wPcnwrrtR_gdRq9AN7AVCBOtxLmfbaFp_/w640-h430/Canteen-1942-Turnbull.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>1942</b> - A photo from the Bruce Torrence collection. Martin Turnbull posted it, uncredited, on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gardenofallahnovels/posts/326106882410510" target="_blank">Hollywood's Garden of Allah Novels</a> Facebook page. He commented: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Servicemen were welcomed with refreshments, world-class entertainment, and the chance for Tommy from Tennessee and Ike from Idaho to meet—and possibly even dance with—a real, live movie star. Bette insisted on full integration allowing Black men to dance with white women and vice versa. It doesn’t sound like a bit deal these days, but back then it was a first. This photo is from 1942, so it was taken not long after the Canteen opened."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BJZQ1OKMxqmCU7f7getyYTYBYlHgiHmD1MjVVrRYDlW6_udtFM1y2ro-05IG8Wh07DRLx2CAgwEhNCdOezT_qdBh9c0GAH_yRS65f6wVTXs---uP6_dK5ITpP7SwL1zn0Y-ZpQHTR5uDERQx7OOSpiZhFk9eaRmGu3H_qfn2CWkrN9fQExLhDzK-9w/s1587/Canteen-eBay-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1587" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BJZQ1OKMxqmCU7f7getyYTYBYlHgiHmD1MjVVrRYDlW6_udtFM1y2ro-05IG8Wh07DRLx2CAgwEhNCdOezT_qdBh9c0GAH_yRS65f6wVTXs---uP6_dK5ITpP7SwL1zn0Y-ZpQHTR5uDERQx7OOSpiZhFk9eaRmGu3H_qfn2CWkrN9fQExLhDzK-9w/w640-h400/Canteen-eBay-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1943</b> - A postcard that was offered for sale on eBay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2jsbYBiz3ZWBj3oBZZxqkkMAiQey0l3q9wck-R0Pt2VnAym1jjoQP6eFuYQAQ1ARMEx1JczmSYMgEo1go0U679HeCygtTZM2Ioy6Unn4kw0YrZugKae3iCdadEOChT_GzvdBAWkEq3EN/s879/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="879" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2jsbYBiz3ZWBj3oBZZxqkkMAiQey0l3q9wck-R0Pt2VnAym1jjoQP6eFuYQAQ1ARMEx1JczmSYMgEo1go0U679HeCygtTZM2Ioy6Unn4kw0YrZugKae3iCdadEOChT_GzvdBAWkEq3EN/w640-h428/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1945</b> - A photo from the Bruce Torrence <a href="https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/search?I_DSC=HC-144&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceuOt0KJ_GLTsCAAcs9unNFTr4zmQFu-H1zaoxsY193cTKH3W70PxRp4fL9rUERyNefCv4T2a2GgxEnNhS8vqLM780sl8uIOlHuHgW4PeIIfAVLwT6JQ569Wv369WNmhh-p5r7RPmqV8pWY6PvUyKyr4RnNsDd0KtEpdXIlJSwATfGGSsMm87IW8_HQ/s800/Canteen-LAPL-1963-6154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="800" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceuOt0KJ_GLTsCAAcs9unNFTr4zmQFu-H1zaoxsY193cTKH3W70PxRp4fL9rUERyNefCv4T2a2GgxEnNhS8vqLM780sl8uIOlHuHgW4PeIIfAVLwT6JQ569Wv369WNmhh-p5r7RPmqV8pWY6PvUyKyr4RnNsDd0KtEpdXIlJSwATfGGSsMm87IW8_HQ/w640-h508/Canteen-LAPL-1963-6154.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1963</b> - A July photo by Howard D. Kelly that's in the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/6154" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. We're looking southwest. The RCA Building was under construction on this side of Sunset. Just above the upper left corner of it look for the red awning of the Le Grand on Cahuenga, one block farther over. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the center it's the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinerama-dome.html" target="_blank">Cinerama Dome</a> just getting underway. Morningside
Ct., this side of the Dome, is a street that no longer exists. It now
leads into the ArcLight parking garage. Ivar is the street beyond the
Dome. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5ICgiHntWN4HDEccNn616RqmfEbDtOQ1FIxcXoU1ockTzoldNH_0ua3mqmIntddD5DeK8-nsVpgwBz91G-SQxITMhcGhOk_qzYMSWtAXCe68LNJ94fsm3O4A2A-xEgYnlwjhaROTVv-DUL9T884CLlY_YPbN5GKt9Wucio5XMylvISsddmFRwo5i_w/s543/Canteen-LAPL-1963-6154-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="543" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5ICgiHntWN4HDEccNn616RqmfEbDtOQ1FIxcXoU1ockTzoldNH_0ua3mqmIntddD5DeK8-nsVpgwBz91G-SQxITMhcGhOk_qzYMSWtAXCe68LNJ94fsm3O4A2A-xEgYnlwjhaROTVv-DUL9T884CLlY_YPbN5GKt9Wucio5XMylvISsddmFRwo5i_w/w387-h167/Canteen-LAPL-1963-6154-D.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1963</b> - A closer look at the red awning of the Le Grand. It's a detail from the previous photo. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZykWrMrLMHYWBu2dVAUKN_7xnt7bjabtRoloXxh_x5rpyfO1uMjvtNo_K4wef_Q8lA94Vl9FrRFBXn67kQ9WMKivbRxsAUI2TkM8RgXBA-Ew_U14wWu7KxPVl9EWYvayFXoDhTlBG782563d8858hF97uym_SOTKCEsADZ2woHICBpwnw3s_RtkCVA/s800/Canteen-LAPL-1965-5943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="800" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZykWrMrLMHYWBu2dVAUKN_7xnt7bjabtRoloXxh_x5rpyfO1uMjvtNo_K4wef_Q8lA94Vl9FrRFBXn67kQ9WMKivbRxsAUI2TkM8RgXBA-Ew_U14wWu7KxPVl9EWYvayFXoDhTlBG782563d8858hF97uym_SOTKCEsADZ2woHICBpwnw3s_RtkCVA/w640-h524/Canteen-LAPL-1965-5943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1965</b> - Another view by Howard D. Kelly that's in the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/5943" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. Also see <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/search/searchterm/Pacific%20Theaters" target="_blank">more Cinerama Dome photos</a> in the LAPL collection. The Library comments about that building in the lower left: <br /> <br /><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The 1963 18-story International Style Sunset Vine Tower, designed by architect Douglas Honnold of the firm Honnold & Rex, was the first skyscraper built in Los Angeles after the city repealed its 14-story building height limit."</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre1Lr4jiVppmys7-ZWHGiiTF9neUQOH3P-uOrENaELf-DSjM2eK1Im89TI7r3NsKDfiBDpHw3cwFbSRRctrYJoSiwD7qR_QQuPG6eTm6O9o3CEajqYESwvh2Zw5-7B9uNzDdnK02QwVoU/s801/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="801" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgre1Lr4jiVppmys7-ZWHGiiTF9neUQOH3P-uOrENaELf-DSjM2eK1Im89TI7r3NsKDfiBDpHw3cwFbSRRctrYJoSiwD7qR_QQuPG6eTm6O9o3CEajqYESwvh2Zw5-7B9uNzDdnK02QwVoU/w640-h472/Canteen-HPhotographs-HC-274.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1966</b> - A post-closing photo from the Bruce Torrence <a href="https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/search?I_DSC=le+grand&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GzaE3ekwD0NrwmhWRR169oyyXyp74elGh_-b-ayW-mNXKH9m8MkQ55Lr4hDt4q1FYzLl6XW2skF15lb1KFV-8QITN9OrAW70xquchcnMSzqiz0KW_OTMZrqsEhq4v2sE-dsc8rovbALqepJDXJH4Ys5ZNfDL34tozjGSBBCTlAhusVIgEBrap59Xzw/s1018/Canteen-2022-Clemmer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1018" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GzaE3ekwD0NrwmhWRR169oyyXyp74elGh_-b-ayW-mNXKH9m8MkQ55Lr4hDt4q1FYzLl6XW2skF15lb1KFV-8QITN9OrAW70xquchcnMSzqiz0KW_OTMZrqsEhq4v2sE-dsc8rovbALqepJDXJH4Ys5ZNfDL34tozjGSBBCTlAhusVIgEBrap59Xzw/w640-h392/Canteen-2022-Clemmer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2022</b> - The garage now on the site. Sunset Blvd. is off to the right. Thanks to April Brooks Clemmer for the photo. Visit her <a href="https://www.aprilclemmer.com/" target="_blank">April's Old Hollywood</a> website. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>The Canteen in the Movies: </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzQkQmuHUuicrIw8C1FfVJ5wuWGsUn_M34qIb8X_HclqjO_NSOmJqytQ3Tazm3oXZqopiNnzmPd3CVccvkowLQRhd06RAWGJyyT3j2-If2oUhXh_-OmiuI9bNwx8DqvJJd0VysNWoZtjOm2dLl4GJjzq13_CGE7lCfU9tT5bixhMivIr18iJ90MnaEw/s1500/Canteen-HollywoodCanteen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1500" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzQkQmuHUuicrIw8C1FfVJ5wuWGsUn_M34qIb8X_HclqjO_NSOmJqytQ3Tazm3oXZqopiNnzmPd3CVccvkowLQRhd06RAWGJyyT3j2-If2oUhXh_-OmiuI9bNwx8DqvJJd0VysNWoZtjOm2dLl4GJjzq13_CGE7lCfU9tT5bixhMivIr18iJ90MnaEw/w640-h482/Canteen-HollywoodCanteen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Joan Leslie, Bette Davis, John Garfield, the Andrews Sisters and dozens of other stars appear in the December 1944 Warner Brothers film "Hollywood Canteen." This shot looks like the real thing but all of the interiors and most of the exteriors were done on the Warner lot. Delmer Daves wrote the screenplay and directed. The cinematography was by Bert Glennon. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2023/04/hollywood-canteen.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for a shot of the Pantages and Hitching Post seen earlier as well as a view of the film's opening at the Warner Hollywood. <br /></p><p><b>More information:</b> Check out the 2012 book "The Hollywood Canteen: Where the Greatest Generation Danced With the Most Beautiful Girls in the World" by Lisa Mitchell and Bruce Torrence. Joan Leslie did the forward. It's profusely illustrated with photos from Mr. Torrence's collection. You can get it on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Canteen-Greatest-Generation-Beautiful/dp/1593932790" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. The book's authors also have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039448526198" target="_blank">Hollywood Canteen</a> Facebook page. <br /></p><p>See the over 600 Hollywood Canteen photos in the Bruce Torrence <a href="https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/search?I_DSC=canteen&I_SDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_SDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_SDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_EDATE%5BMM%5D=&I_EDATE%5BDD%5D=DD&I_EDATE%5BYYYY%5D=YYYY&I_CITY=&I_STATE=&I_COUNTRY_ISO=&I_ORIENTATION=&I_IS_RELEASED=&I_IS_PRELEASED=&_CB_I_PR=t&_CB_I_PU=t&_CB_I_RF=t&_CB_I_RM=t&I_SORT=RANK&I_DSC_AND=t&V_ID=&G_ID=&C_ID=&_ACT=search" target="_blank">Historic Hollywood Photographs</a> collection. The <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/search/searchterm/hollywood%20canteen" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> has over 60 photos of action at the Canteen in their collection. </p><p>Benjamin McVey did a nice 2021 Cinema Scholars article: "<a href="https://cinemascholars.com/the-hollywood-canteen-service-and-the-stars" target="_blank">The Hollywood Canteen: Service and the Stars</a>." <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/hollywood-places/spotlight-on-the-hollywood-canteen/" target="_blank">Martin Turnbull</a> has a page about the Canteen. There's also a <a href="https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/11/25/the-hollywood-canteen-where-movie-stars-were-at-your-service/" target="_blank">Messy Nessy Chic</a> article about the venue.</p><p>| <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2023/04/canteen.html">back to top</a></span></span></span> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">| </span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood Theatres: overview and alphabetical lists</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> | <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/hollywood-theatres-by-street-address.html" target="_blank">Hollywood Theatres: list by address</a> | </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown theatres</a> | </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> |<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> | </span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">L.A. 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Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this and the three items below for a Facebook thread on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/429781353760576/posts/9188689131203044" target="_blank">Ken's Movie Page</a> about Ms. Glaum's various venues. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6ogkFGM80hyJxJWJbgmLqSvZfLlVwSZWp8Zc-2FlL9jgiRmoCOr6AgT50GkznVoSlCiQm34c-wopjz2eQtevaybht2phY3lI0vO-NK12mFhfHNyoY6v_98uMqYkN13cxx-EnmjiDf5PGozaQE3W4hM58KjyhUaCSazD_FpFmYr7vARz3O8dI0uctXA/s869/HappyHollow-1939-Sept-27-AaronSlick-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="869" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6ogkFGM80hyJxJWJbgmLqSvZfLlVwSZWp8Zc-2FlL9jgiRmoCOr6AgT50GkznVoSlCiQm34c-wopjz2eQtevaybht2phY3lI0vO-NK12mFhfHNyoY6v_98uMqYkN13cxx-EnmjiDf5PGozaQE3W4hM58KjyhUaCSazD_FpFmYr7vARz3O8dI0uctXA/w640-h98/HappyHollow-1939-Sept-27-AaronSlick-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> An opening day ad. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOfOGQ-jRq97oK-Sqh3U8giHnNxAHOyVtZCoE6bG8ydsgEo6izlxnbxM24mgLymY95vx0f_jH6JDeRgvlQZID-W3iqcnF0ahh_vQS0r7_zhZHbX2iA50nZk2z5vYC_OiIn6ByItG-JApCHvGjXnH1MmjASUyZ5QNwvNQ3yDTy88z7IWCoQLsENfj_iQ/s894/HappyHollow-1940-Jan-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOfOGQ-jRq97oK-Sqh3U8giHnNxAHOyVtZCoE6bG8ydsgEo6izlxnbxM24mgLymY95vx0f_jH6JDeRgvlQZID-W3iqcnF0ahh_vQS0r7_zhZHbX2iA50nZk2z5vYC_OiIn6ByItG-JApCHvGjXnH1MmjASUyZ5QNwvNQ3yDTy88z7IWCoQLsENfj_iQ/w275-h400/HappyHollow-1940-Jan-10.jpg" width="275" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A January 10, 1940 item. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zoRVNRbzx9F-vbx0yxIWUMJieu_xolBNQBZl3XgULjgwOXBV0KVPrJxiC9oTGy09nqEEcevv4BzECU2Cmia6ziMe0B9BM66s7TR81EluhQTyfu4_PgNhHuHvu3wTp5Q_EEpm93IhLgRBM69AjZqGJ833gGViYIJdFIWvblyvKsnRHGkwVzVlWz4Gww/s894/HappyHollow-1940-Feb-Glaum-HappyHollow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="370" height="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zoRVNRbzx9F-vbx0yxIWUMJieu_xolBNQBZl3XgULjgwOXBV0KVPrJxiC9oTGy09nqEEcevv4BzECU2Cmia6ziMe0B9BM66s7TR81EluhQTyfu4_PgNhHuHvu3wTp5Q_EEpm93IhLgRBM69AjZqGJ833gGViYIJdFIWvblyvKsnRHGkwVzVlWz4Gww/w287-h697/HappyHollow-1940-Feb-Glaum-HappyHollow.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A February 1940 article appearing in a San Fernando Valley paper. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfFuGEmEyD0qckTUzK_kgUD-WQGGXytWfAktGbmVOkhG4qE7NLv_BX7GfwNPjZ9wQboc6MI929kjhCq6EeDfUOm-Bo8p-jC3Vq8A59lvMigjk9js855g3TmmWnhQvXgE9HS5I3W5lrdUtrVK1K8qrxR2OdI0IsUOXgUBhEnZZcK2eDaHJRiYL7uXX0g/s665/HappyHollow-1940-Times-June-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfFuGEmEyD0qckTUzK_kgUD-WQGGXytWfAktGbmVOkhG4qE7NLv_BX7GfwNPjZ9wQboc6MI929kjhCq6EeDfUOm-Bo8p-jC3Vq8A59lvMigjk9js855g3TmmWnhQvXgE9HS5I3W5lrdUtrVK1K8qrxR2OdI0IsUOXgUBhEnZZcK2eDaHJRiYL7uXX0g/w498-h640/HappyHollow-1940-Times-June-10.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was called the <b>Glaum Playhouse</b> in this June 10, 1940 review in the Times of the melodrama "The Cellar Varieties." </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it. <br /></div><p>An exact location for the Happy Hollow isn't known. On the southwest corner of 11th and Broadway it's Hearst's Herald Examiner Building. The northwest corner has a string of single story retail buildings. What was once the Los Angeles Railway Co. building, now the Hoxton Hotel, is on the northeast corner. The 1924 vintage building on the southeast corner opened as a YMCA, was later the Case Hotel, and is now a hotel called the Proper. </p><p><b>Closing:</b> It could be that the venue didn't run beyond 1940. <br /></p><p><b>More information:</b> There isn't any more yet about the Happy Hollow. In 1935 Ms. Glaum had taken over the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/10/union-theatre.html" target="_blank">Union Theatre</a> near USC for her shows. By 1938 that house was running movies again. In 1952 Ms. Glaum was the operator of the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/beaux-arts-theatre.html" target="_blank">Beaux Arts Theatre</a> at 8th and Beacon.
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Broadway</b> Los Angeles, CA 90037 | <b><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/4727+S+Broadway,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90037/@34.0002313,-118.2787826,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2c81502bffbeb:0xb7427e621522c4ef!8m2!3d34.0002313!4d-118.2787826" target="_blank">map</a></b> | <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyVQges2X7Y0gELckoIfF4ybyTz98YZlCz9HTQ6kN6aerzChWunmOwmJmHn-HSVK4xZv5IB6swTs_RsbnohL_aXH5y5oLL03HEIxLswuIoZ6KAeRUdE6ZNEVupFqWliEdX8nzjdJHrzcoT4eQCWICBlsc041oUagDYXMlvt_SzOfQwDY9PdfG6LdK1A/s1600/American-4727-1941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyVQges2X7Y0gELckoIfF4ybyTz98YZlCz9HTQ6kN6aerzChWunmOwmJmHn-HSVK4xZv5IB6swTs_RsbnohL_aXH5y5oLL03HEIxLswuIoZ6KAeRUdE6ZNEVupFqWliEdX8nzjdJHrzcoT4eQCWICBlsc041oUagDYXMlvt_SzOfQwDY9PdfG6LdK1A/w640-h452/American-4727-1941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Opened:</b> 1913 as the <b>Palace Theatre</b> on the northwest corner of 47th Place and what was then called Moneta Ave. </p><p>In this 1941 photo they were running "Sunny" with Anna Neagle and Ray Bolger along with the western "Kansas Cyclone" starring Don "Red" Barry and Lynn Merrick. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the photo on eBay for a Facebook thread about the theatre on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/429781353760576/posts/8783284831743478" target="_blank">Ken's Movie Page</a>. He also shared the photo on the private Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/6327574117267322" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a>. That "East..." sign we see beyond the front of the streetcar was on the Eastern-Columbia store at 4717 S. Broadway. <br /></p><p><b>Seating:</b> Supposedly 500 originally. 422 was a later number appearing in an issue of the Film Daily yearbook. <br /></p><p><b>Architect:</b> Train & Williams. Joe Vogel located this item in the November 16, 1912 issue of Southwest Contractor & Manufacturer:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"THEATER AND STORES—Morris Hurwitz, 212 N. Main St., has been awarded the general contract at $10,500 for the erection of a 1~story brick moving picture theater and store building at Forty-seventh St. and Moneta Ave, for John Borelli. The contract does not include decorating, lighting fixtures or gas heaters. Train & Williams, Archts., 226 Exchange Bldg."</p><p style="text-align: left;">The project was actually to be located at Moneta and 47th Place, not 47th Street. Joe adds: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The December 12, 1912, issue of Southwest Contractor & Manufacturer confirms the site of the theater designed by Train & Williams as the northwest corner of 47th Place and Moneta Avenue."<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFcxQFQ4JX7DX9ALFUJmSu_xw5IoY_JhjnWe6rI0U8Pjx2YBAFxV5gl-nr_V13zqSgU9LRL065CoTcvoNce4H1z7FYprMkw8nZQYmyP0328mEA_rM9etXAt8FgQNmM_1iR4-vOpcgTDsOyFR_B8qHa9UEux1AnBCwovOmnwdySVV7bimnxMwemARWYw/s914/American-1913-June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="556" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFcxQFQ4JX7DX9ALFUJmSu_xw5IoY_JhjnWe6rI0U8Pjx2YBAFxV5gl-nr_V13zqSgU9LRL065CoTcvoNce4H1z7FYprMkw8nZQYmyP0328mEA_rM9etXAt8FgQNmM_1iR4-vOpcgTDsOyFR_B8qHa9UEux1AnBCwovOmnwdySVV7bimnxMwemARWYw/w296-h485/American-1913-June.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre was already in trouble in June 1913 for letting kids under 14 in without an adult, a violation of a city ordinance. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this as well as many of the other ads and news items appearing on the page. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVJZV4aNXieVMTggsZaautIG_TaIiD6-26OPFk68NQWeQqd88PyCbaggSsD5yE5VQZCFGw4vo8XBzN8NTTBRCKVdxENWUstzZbCV-jJjY0pRk24M49w_iDXKNnn8tqQAZQBfwH-y2BXVyF9k8HGoZAUJsWJyeX-VsJG1cj-PdelxOPH8n3a22MzBDbQ/s716/American-1913-Nov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="716" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVJZV4aNXieVMTggsZaautIG_TaIiD6-26OPFk68NQWeQqd88PyCbaggSsD5yE5VQZCFGw4vo8XBzN8NTTBRCKVdxENWUstzZbCV-jJjY0pRk24M49w_iDXKNnn8tqQAZQBfwH-y2BXVyF9k8HGoZAUJsWJyeX-VsJG1cj-PdelxOPH8n3a22MzBDbQ/w369-h181/American-1913-Nov.jpg" width="369" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mr. Corenson wanted to sell half the business by the time of this November 1913 ad. The theatre was listed as the Palace in the 1914 and 1915 city directories. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFxEFy5VIZ4guijPQZF0rPzMdyabQwhP5bJnGwuPzrgCWDv-xr-PVf4a1B-9-TPs89JSgstzC15Lw3NC5wFggJp_6xkkeUJ4LZbGZUWlIzMDyRu4Dkcm_Oc_ElUtSvI6Q58-2WezHZP1F1CYYBHWkZwghZ50d0l5yxEn5OGO3R7M2S6aRhtQSwWlUFg/s712/American-1915-April.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="712" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFxEFy5VIZ4guijPQZF0rPzMdyabQwhP5bJnGwuPzrgCWDv-xr-PVf4a1B-9-TPs89JSgstzC15Lw3NC5wFggJp_6xkkeUJ4LZbGZUWlIzMDyRu4Dkcm_Oc_ElUtSvI6Q58-2WezHZP1F1CYYBHWkZwghZ50d0l5yxEn5OGO3R7M2S6aRhtQSwWlUFg/w374-h199/American-1915-April.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Must Sell In 3 Days." It's unknown if this was still Mr. Corenson trying to get out or, perhaps, a new owner. The ad appeared in April 1915. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre was still listed as the Palace in the 1916 city directory. In the 1917 directory it had become the <b>New Palace</b>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhgzZOCXR291cFvUadPlJVBPrNBQCSlko_Nt5Mc47B-vtEbPi0msuTwW9Cih4MIVJ5xSsP3wWFjiSs_OrOMBMQCIdW6kfwpPPw7gpDC4LCKU1BaV-NEea9pd9qcRqYE47X8xdtzx_qz1rrYz9tVhkBIxkGkW2GV7R5Vz4K35ZArHc9l0B71xNxyD-3Q/s660/Casino-Central-1918-ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="385" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhgzZOCXR291cFvUadPlJVBPrNBQCSlko_Nt5Mc47B-vtEbPi0msuTwW9Cih4MIVJ5xSsP3wWFjiSs_OrOMBMQCIdW6kfwpPPw7gpDC4LCKU1BaV-NEea9pd9qcRqYE47X8xdtzx_qz1rrYz9tVhkBIxkGkW2GV7R5Vz4K35ZArHc9l0B71xNxyD-3Q/w300-h513/Casino-Central-1918-ad.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">It was called the New Palace with a 4725 address in this 1918 column of ads from the L.A. Times. The 1918 city directory also used the 4725 address. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It was still the New Palace in the 1919 and 1921 city directories. In the 1922 edition it again used the 4725 address. In 1923 the New Palace was listed in ads celebrating "Paramount Week."</p><div style="text-align: left;">It was renamed the <b>American Theatre</b> sometime before 1933. Ken McIntyre notes that an October 22 ad that year had it as the American. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5pw1TTNXUlq-jtF8dRcWrqfE_RG1dAbIJXtpXhWJQ8X3azhdaVOtJ33lhFaVm1JqAI_x2JZHF65SG4tXSG8A46335slcz22Lzr0nVvNgssdnhbkdSbK0Pd1ShPxKl-hT4u7iUJHuBfaTUZ2pS_ehn5j-wisBsRTnNkPwFPlbwgkcZESNtQVcMXl4dQ/s914/American-1935-Dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="333" height="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5pw1TTNXUlq-jtF8dRcWrqfE_RG1dAbIJXtpXhWJQ8X3azhdaVOtJ33lhFaVm1JqAI_x2JZHF65SG4tXSG8A46335slcz22Lzr0nVvNgssdnhbkdSbK0Pd1ShPxKl-hT4u7iUJHuBfaTUZ2pS_ehn5j-wisBsRTnNkPwFPlbwgkcZESNtQVcMXl4dQ/w296-h810/American-1935-Dec.jpg" width="296" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The American heads this partial list of some southend theatres advertising in a neighborhood paper in December 1935. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for the ad. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LlS8YKXjym3zfREAabqPUQyVSZrVwycfsN27XWhYDQym031PYq1QD1se5CP4iVxYobNWNUFLc-I2CsfksNRPnO2RWRIaz8N56cur8ah30nJd3Tco5cipTRFwBVTTyesHSWdux6_UjEBCTy1m3Xc7HkrZHgLOUooTl7lYLIb6C7KJ9pEswLZccf9IuA/s852/American-4727-S-Bway-USC-dw-1938-08-10-065.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="852" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LlS8YKXjym3zfREAabqPUQyVSZrVwycfsN27XWhYDQym031PYq1QD1se5CP4iVxYobNWNUFLc-I2CsfksNRPnO2RWRIaz8N56cur8ah30nJd3Tco5cipTRFwBVTTyesHSWdux6_UjEBCTy1m3Xc7HkrZHgLOUooTl7lYLIb6C7KJ9pEswLZccf9IuA/w507-h350/American-4727-S-Bway-USC-dw-1938-08-10-065.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">A look at some of the seats in the back of the house in 1938. It's a photo by Joseph Carter of the Dick Whittington Studios that's in the <a href="https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1XVJM8_H" target="_blank">USC Digital Library</a> collection. It was needed for some sort of legal action against the theatre. </p><div>The 1942 city directory uses the 4727 address. Harry Vinnicof took over the theatre in 1943. Joe Vogel spotted this item in a May issue of Boxoffice: </div><div> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"LOS ANGELES-The Vinnicof Theater circuit has taken over the American Theater, 500-seat South Broadway showcase, from E.A. Thompson and K.C. Manny."</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ML4Ro_V0vqxP1hG0FiNS6nhiA3m62_LlW1xXXoP25KnR3Iu6G3nWGHnmZG73H-nRaJstGlLbZVv6HgC-rrO_s_w_tcCChorBIw_QsV24BldEwueQG269hehYiMvoF7LyrF8iu_lQHGxyc6NwMkilEjdyqJd1O8K9sdof0xoAxLaK7SAehczX1NfSlA/s622/American-1943-Nov-Vinnicof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="614" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ML4Ro_V0vqxP1hG0FiNS6nhiA3m62_LlW1xXXoP25KnR3Iu6G3nWGHnmZG73H-nRaJstGlLbZVv6HgC-rrO_s_w_tcCChorBIw_QsV24BldEwueQG269hehYiMvoF7LyrF8iu_lQHGxyc6NwMkilEjdyqJd1O8K9sdof0xoAxLaK7SAehczX1NfSlA/w297-h301/American-1943-Nov-Vinnicof.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A November 1943 item announcing the reopening as part of the Vinnicof circuit after a redecoration. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihi8ILHlRL7VO6bw_5CloPsGAboI6qbWuZ1ZDcbRlQreoaIZryEp5wVgbut16aADg5x4TzV5rzIAn4f2llHaHxrsMDSvZnMXo0kD8P3T2iBzOg36ReBzTfEwAKrKIclSCxw4P5sANd4zsjvHho4fE0UG6KtphvUVnmneW2Khma0rAbOjUbi-i1-Zkcyg/s924/American-1943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="924" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihi8ILHlRL7VO6bw_5CloPsGAboI6qbWuZ1ZDcbRlQreoaIZryEp5wVgbut16aADg5x4TzV5rzIAn4f2llHaHxrsMDSvZnMXo0kD8P3T2iBzOg36ReBzTfEwAKrKIclSCxw4P5sANd4zsjvHho4fE0UG6KtphvUVnmneW2Khma0rAbOjUbi-i1-Zkcyg/w510-h221/American-1943.jpg" width="510" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A 1943 Vinnicof circuit ad. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCeIJgUKLIIHMWYGzcxNo7QkP1Jtac2G1OJOjix3K77Lwowx-zz5TiG69Y_oA3dMNly2qFoI8_qS2Hr1tNWtoKosdd5G2ON9WWVAVvgrW2L4OPiQ2FUrQf_xWHhnQJpeGNVA1E13nEbpMq486i1zsm_gypk2MXpboQa4qI-dLVKhsdtaRPKLEwOEcug/s630/American-1944-Mar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="630" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCeIJgUKLIIHMWYGzcxNo7QkP1Jtac2G1OJOjix3K77Lwowx-zz5TiG69Y_oA3dMNly2qFoI8_qS2Hr1tNWtoKosdd5G2ON9WWVAVvgrW2L4OPiQ2FUrQf_xWHhnQJpeGNVA1E13nEbpMq486i1zsm_gypk2MXpboQa4qI-dLVKhsdtaRPKLEwOEcug/w295-h205/American-1944-Mar.jpg" width="295" /></a></div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A March 1944 listing in the Times unearthed by Ken McIntyre. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIO0lA0qaISKYSSSLXaJugEPDyWymQgVPO4gshhCv7wrrXsXcZAqakgNZZal76OsRw6ra-UTv-6YuaDjlWhWdSuh2HSBgEn1cMonXQzh2SxWAB3b7kNkWZlP_uPueyH-rUCzq02R6mJVNY2_SktKxf6Evo6tzFlzfaluLM5qeDTL-jU_MbwdnMav49Q/s642/American-1945-Sept-fire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="595" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIO0lA0qaISKYSSSLXaJugEPDyWymQgVPO4gshhCv7wrrXsXcZAqakgNZZal76OsRw6ra-UTv-6YuaDjlWhWdSuh2HSBgEn1cMonXQzh2SxWAB3b7kNkWZlP_uPueyH-rUCzq02R6mJVNY2_SktKxf6Evo6tzFlzfaluLM5qeDTL-jU_MbwdnMav49Q/s320/American-1945-Sept-fire.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A reopening in September 1945 after a fire. <br /></div><div> </div><div> <br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe7vt8v67QsS7LAzv1_pTedVbAQpbboNe0KjuwY9XGBqMjq9ZJWBrOVe1Pd6_6ZBTRV8Wm1n2Nuukyxwg6riMIxAW5TLwaP2mWl1NQ0W4mqh1BMpjJGQ7fK9m-aruedXZ2fAsA0fkv3T3sVXFwSiREwB5dQGFrHCUoUwkm4k9rM5RaOqJ_ZlCT64ICg/s515/American-Vinnicoff-1948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="421" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe7vt8v67QsS7LAzv1_pTedVbAQpbboNe0KjuwY9XGBqMjq9ZJWBrOVe1Pd6_6ZBTRV8Wm1n2Nuukyxwg6riMIxAW5TLwaP2mWl1NQ0W4mqh1BMpjJGQ7fK9m-aruedXZ2fAsA0fkv3T3sVXFwSiREwB5dQGFrHCUoUwkm4k9rM5RaOqJ_ZlCT64ICg/w295-h360/American-Vinnicoff-1948.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this 1948 Vinnicof circuit ad. <br /></div><div> </div><div><b>Closing: </b>The date is unknown.</div><div> </div><div><b>Status:</b> It's been demolished. Joe Vogel notes that the strip mall now on the site dates from 1990. <br /></div><p><b>More information:</b> See the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/20437/" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the American. 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<b>Opened:</b> May 25, 1955 with "A Man Called Peter" and "The Eternal Sea."
It was built and initially operated by Aladdin Enterprises. The location was the west side of Sepulveda a bit north of Oxnard St. </p><p>Thanks to Robert Juzefski for the 1978 photo. David Zornig shared it on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3818/photos/96932" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. "Animal House" was a 1978 release. "Slap Shot" was out in 1977. <br /></p><p><b>Architect:</b> Unknown. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Capacity: </b>1,500 cars. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-RbpueDZDiHyaV7r-J60xdcQme3cRXmrB-QXGn7CoERIVhNQtNmSSV4xiKwY5UxZOnEjV18s7pz3i1iYdQUnTABp4Rg4UriQwmMH1YFYGTj0HO30KMz_teygnzsOYI7rA9hcbZXX5RdAZzV5DtBbKJ449CLvmZK4QACT_JlFW5pdtypoH6WsjLQNZg/s640/Sepulveda-1955-May-25-Rivest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="608" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-RbpueDZDiHyaV7r-J60xdcQme3cRXmrB-QXGn7CoERIVhNQtNmSSV4xiKwY5UxZOnEjV18s7pz3i1iYdQUnTABp4Rg4UriQwmMH1YFYGTj0HO30KMz_teygnzsOYI7rA9hcbZXX5RdAZzV5DtBbKJ449CLvmZK4QACT_JlFW5pdtypoH6WsjLQNZg/w452-h476/Sepulveda-1955-May-25-Rivest.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The May 25 opening day ad in the Valley Times. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. Visit his site: <a href="https://movie-theatre.org/" target="_blank">Movie-Theatre.org</a> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5_Inn6RZLT0lVuUP5p3AgjWhED2AmA5-j7VkLAEQnt1PhMIxNfDi6VlmCNEYnjyKuwwKnNIY_DUCmiS7fVaEfTSOb7pQhtFO15JZ3wwOP8jAvaVvIvluLFA-zwf_TR5VNNZ0mFiIJkUIenghVoR12y26PHOtuew5CZ6MIB3Upvryr1k_K67sy6hZ8g/s800/Sepulveda-LAPL-61048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="800" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5_Inn6RZLT0lVuUP5p3AgjWhED2AmA5-j7VkLAEQnt1PhMIxNfDi6VlmCNEYnjyKuwwKnNIY_DUCmiS7fVaEfTSOb7pQhtFO15JZ3wwOP8jAvaVvIvluLFA-zwf_TR5VNNZ0mFiIJkUIenghVoR12y26PHOtuew5CZ6MIB3Upvryr1k_K67sy6hZ8g/w640-h514/Sepulveda-LAPL-61048.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>A May 25, 1955 Valley Times photo now in the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/61048" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. It was published with this copy:</p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Participating at opening ceremonies of new Sepulveda Super Drive-in Theatre on Sepulveda boulevard, south of Victory boulevard, are, from left, Helen M. Schrank, general manager of Valley Market Town; Don Cottrall, general manager of theater, and Jack Y. Berman, theater owner. Drive-in, along with Valley Market Town, covers 25 acres." </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHT3qyjWm-3gnCYTQdS-Z2Io0xvvJrx0BpUnuuuT4HHC-0O3uCsPDhbteMm_EALRZRVdfyWwCAqNcAvUaZY2pEqa8uTyVK3Rhgm0evzjOtiUUcvoJKuSSw-fVtJ24jhCR5qYHi_NY7CbVp0kiEezR8liwz33dKs0-8hSoNkQBXC4Zuv_AhgZwpj5y1w/s576/Sepulveda-DI-1955-June.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="484" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHT3qyjWm-3gnCYTQdS-Z2Io0xvvJrx0BpUnuuuT4HHC-0O3uCsPDhbteMm_EALRZRVdfyWwCAqNcAvUaZY2pEqa8uTyVK3Rhgm0evzjOtiUUcvoJKuSSw-fVtJ24jhCR5qYHi_NY7CbVp0kiEezR8liwz33dKs0-8hSoNkQBXC4Zuv_AhgZwpj5y1w/w385-h458/Sepulveda-DI-1955-June.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> "Super Snack Bar." A June 1955 ad. </div><p> The theatre was later operated by Pacific Theatres. </p><p><b>Closing:</b> August 13, 1989. The screen stayed up until 1992. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It's been demolished. Some of the site is used as parking for the Orange Line busway. There's also an L.A. Fitness on part of the site. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f4Q3rV0EDDFrwMt0RvJsBjknPJuWeGinQepSesuztXRIOrzeJhgFPTVN_LbF4BMv6nACm0--bod1qUhKbxpAeGnhIcCtRUisTJxMuB62rUeX3VBW4FPgn9IuX79ncF1clIx51L4ohRmrwvp-qbvzesJcOLvFX8G7nxhBcK766nPXmKcs9J3ohEhtzA/s710/Sepulveda-DI-AdrieneBiondo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="710" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8f4Q3rV0EDDFrwMt0RvJsBjknPJuWeGinQepSesuztXRIOrzeJhgFPTVN_LbF4BMv6nACm0--bod1qUhKbxpAeGnhIcCtRUisTJxMuB62rUeX3VBW4FPgn9IuX79ncF1clIx51L4ohRmrwvp-qbvzesJcOLvFX8G7nxhBcK766nPXmKcs9J3ohEhtzA/w640-h440/Sepulveda-DI-AdrieneBiondo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1955</b> - Running the 1954 releases "The Caine Mutiny" and "On the Waterfront." Thanks to Adriene Biondo for locating the photo. It makes an appearance on the site <a href="http://www.garbell.com/drive-ins/drive-in.htm" target="_blank">garbell.com/drive-ins</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O0OOxIyLK_Pkn9L8i59Lt5pbpmeOXkchGmyzy3K5ScHZvob0xoCcFa_n4e96It3vecR3LpvH5rng5dEB3v6mxjIpqUXPGOvS7nhKokxIFPP_du0jvsE1lTY0W2ePEqweJnC7DdzQ8_VxteuotJxgfcL-s3FQiMIN1DbvJsxTnWvfkbvhpCgYO7OG4w/s2048/Sepulveda-D-I-Markland-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O0OOxIyLK_Pkn9L8i59Lt5pbpmeOXkchGmyzy3K5ScHZvob0xoCcFa_n4e96It3vecR3LpvH5rng5dEB3v6mxjIpqUXPGOvS7nhKokxIFPP_du0jvsE1lTY0W2ePEqweJnC7DdzQ8_VxteuotJxgfcL-s3FQiMIN1DbvJsxTnWvfkbvhpCgYO7OG4w/w640-h410/Sepulveda-D-I-Markland-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1955</b> - Another kiddie ride shot. Thanks to Will Markland for including this one in a post about the theatre on the private Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/598379723941589/posts/1537520083360877" target="_blank">Southern California Nostalgia</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYREarmKosVOXkKhoR1fhmiSyuU7mmbzXpuun3s5aDVj_9nuSreYIJPo9o4cwUOPNNQxjPmGN0CToWDWHEhS5PhadNmUnUgXXMYYmuOVeaTBO_doB5RyIjZdGdGWEJ_FBgKx5yfTYsA6Fr84iVX0YV0Wc7m3rBxqjWm33LaI2mxmjkMA69xvkKSy08hA/s785/Sepulveda-D-I-Markland-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="785" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYREarmKosVOXkKhoR1fhmiSyuU7mmbzXpuun3s5aDVj_9nuSreYIJPo9o4cwUOPNNQxjPmGN0CToWDWHEhS5PhadNmUnUgXXMYYmuOVeaTBO_doB5RyIjZdGdGWEJ_FBgKx5yfTYsA6Fr84iVX0YV0Wc7m3rBxqjWm33LaI2mxmjkMA69xvkKSy08hA/w640-h418/Sepulveda-D-I-Markland-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1980s?</b> - A look up the screen tower. Thanks to Will Markland for sharing this shot on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/598379723941589/posts/1537520083360877" target="_blank">Southern California Nostalgia</a> Facebook group.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>The Sepulveda Drive-In in the Movies: </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FETkdqwZN5Dgb6nDzesz0PMfY2HkVz3PSq2TVei301K9qOG27iT-bcWN2T-fOcOjl5frCL-0Ip9ATqy-Mq8z2_ZGEbwTmDwEsFXHHpmssZqUoFPCRKxlmAAydYS1BnzgQLBdx6gXsIWn36ZaM02PNE8rVZGZNAd-uqegtaUKYsQ990CylgwSas5EOA/s1500/Sepulveda-Targets-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1500" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FETkdqwZN5Dgb6nDzesz0PMfY2HkVz3PSq2TVei301K9qOG27iT-bcWN2T-fOcOjl5frCL-0Ip9ATqy-Mq8z2_ZGEbwTmDwEsFXHHpmssZqUoFPCRKxlmAAydYS1BnzgQLBdx6gXsIWn36ZaM02PNE8rVZGZNAd-uqegtaUKYsQ990CylgwSas5EOA/w640-h356/Sepulveda-Targets-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Early in Peter Bogdanovich's "Targets" (Paramount, 1968) we see the back of the Sepulveda Drive-In screen tower as the shooter, played by Tim O'Kelly, drives by on the 405. The film stars Boris Karloff as an aging Hollywood star, Nancy Hsueh as his assistant and Bogdanovich as, of course, the director of Karloff's last several films. The cinematography was by LĂ¡szlĂ³ KovĂ¡cs. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2023/06/targets.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for one more Sepulveda shot plus 20 views at the Reseda Drive-In, where most of the film's action takes place. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft9qJcFrA5ZySPT2_wI0haqGxOXp7RsQbdUAb6Ntslv6MC00_rbAFJuV9dRAYdafD4cdgjhthvbwGtAiFbUKY52kVkiO2muwTvitjKfNVpTDXLwdQYDiK_ssOxHklf8C-8wpjPcMfcjhQH9G0NCKMZ4ojcvL59oH_ZnJ8dDzD5QfWPvuh6rww3eM1NA/s1436/Sepulveda-D-I-BankShot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1436" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft9qJcFrA5ZySPT2_wI0haqGxOXp7RsQbdUAb6Ntslv6MC00_rbAFJuV9dRAYdafD4cdgjhthvbwGtAiFbUKY52kVkiO2muwTvitjKfNVpTDXLwdQYDiK_ssOxHklf8C-8wpjPcMfcjhQH9G0NCKMZ4ojcvL59oH_ZnJ8dDzD5QfWPvuh6rww3eM1NA/w640-h274/Sepulveda-D-I-BankShot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre gets a cameo in "The Bank Shot" (United Artists, 1974). Thanks to Eric Schaefer for spotting the theatre in the film and getting the screenshot. Gower Champion directed this caper film based on a novel by Donald Westlake. It stars George C. Scott, Joanna Cassidy, Clifton James and Bob Balaban. The cinematography was by Harry Stradling, Jr. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-bank-shot.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for three shots from the scene inside the drive-in of the gang painting the bank they've stolen. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOX2x5Fs5CVBb27k8blzOQu9rdtBSvFYpBn0OSrgKvSBlQO9zp2pd_DdILGFPTY0bZzbRTk3NbY_W_AYPI9GFofvIaOpkGLE8O0NFJCnjj14y2VxjwDYN_UREIQzZvwUqyH-Rl4G_EZGgMaK1Xu4VuRcnA4Z8OFe_eng8R2NnYfooMSGWcfJfSkS2TA/s2063/Sepulveda-OtherSideOfTheWind.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="2063" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOX2x5Fs5CVBb27k8blzOQu9rdtBSvFYpBn0OSrgKvSBlQO9zp2pd_DdILGFPTY0bZzbRTk3NbY_W_AYPI9GFofvIaOpkGLE8O0NFJCnjj14y2VxjwDYN_UREIQzZvwUqyH-Rl4G_EZGgMaK1Xu4VuRcnA4Z8OFe_eng8R2NnYfooMSGWcfJfSkS2TA/w640-h520/Sepulveda-OtherSideOfTheWind.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>We're on a bus in the unfinished Orson Welles
film "The Other Side of the Wind" (Netflix, 2018) when we get this look at
the marquee. They had left Paramount
Studios and were headed to the 70th birthday party at the home of a film
director played by John Huston. Aboard are some actors and execs that
were involved in the day's shoot. The two features on the marquee are 1971 releases. Featured in the film are Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg, Norman
Foster, Lilli Palmer, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Random, Mercedes
McCambridge, Cameron Mitchell and Paul Stewart. The cinematography was
by Gary Graver. <br /></p>When Welles died in 1985 he left about
100 hours of footage as well as outlines, a partial
workprint, and some edited scenes. He had shot the footage between 1970
and 1976 and worked on editing it into the 1980s. After years of legal
wrangling by various parties, Netflix acquired the film's elements in
2017 and assembled it for a 2018 release. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2023/05/other-side-of-wind.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for a closer marquee view, a look at an unidentified theatre where they're showing footage of the film-within-the-film, and seven shots from a drive-in sequence at the end of the film. <br /></div><p><b>The Sepulveda on TV: </b></p><p>The theatre appears in several episodes of the series "Chips" including "Baby Food" (season 1, episode 6), "Green Thumb Burglar" (season 1, episode 8) and "The Return of the Supercycle" (season 3, episode 11). Thanks to David Coppock for the data. It was also in an episode of the series "Knight Rider" titled "Halloween Knight" (season 3, episode 5). <br /></p><p><b>More Information:</b> See the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3818" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the Sepulveda D-I. The theatre also gets a listing on the "Drive-in Theatres" page of the site <a href="http://www.garbell.com/drive-ins/drive-in.htm" target="_blank">www.garbell.com/drive-ins/drive-in.htm</a>.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/12/sepulveda-drive-in.html" target="">back to top</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/01/san-fernando-valley-theatres.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-san-fernando-valley.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley: list by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown</a> |<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside</a><span style="color: #666666;"> | </span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">the main alphabetical list</a> |</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatre-history-resources.html" target="_blank">theatre history resources</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/film-and-theatre-technology-resources.html" target="_blank">film and theatre tech resources</a> | <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">theatres in movies</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/losangelestheatres" target="_blank">LA Theatres on facebook</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/contact-information.html" target="_blank">contact info</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/search/label/site%20navigation" target="_blank">welcome and site navigation guide</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> |</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>B Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335713971590668080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-32278664591298705912022-11-01T14:28:00.001-07:002022-11-02T14:38:53.150-07:00Village Theatre - Griffith Park<p><b>5500 Riverside Dr.</b> Los Angeles, CA 90027 </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Opened:</b> Perhaps 1947. This film house was running by at least September 1947 as they were listing their film titles in the L.A. Times that month. It was not listed in the 1945 and 1946 telephone directories. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9WG_xdmkBcZUsDAcvhil5ivX79-BjrTfOAjzPycpwH1Ec97KnrARvYUuS6k7WJ0b_3nzxXIty7jPLny548pgwtJX2B6lMDRT442RLXryMpRrpWvyEqrKBt62BzFP6p7cX8fefSHrD173t49W3tvUStgPQjQ1GDdlnpjwDews3Hpnu532jSdkS_HjTw/s672/Village-GP-ACSC-1945-D1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="672" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9WG_xdmkBcZUsDAcvhil5ivX79-BjrTfOAjzPycpwH1Ec97KnrARvYUuS6k7WJ0b_3nzxXIty7jPLny548pgwtJX2B6lMDRT442RLXryMpRrpWvyEqrKBt62BzFP6p7cX8fefSHrD173t49W3tvUStgPQjQ1GDdlnpjwDews3Hpnu532jSdkS_HjTw/w640-h482/Village-GP-ACSC-1945-D1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The approximate theatre location is indicated in orange. The image is a detail from a 1945 Automobile Club of Southern California map on the site <a href="https://www.historicpictoric.com/products/historic-map-los-angeles-california-1946-vintage-wall-art" target="_blank">Historic Pictoric</a>. <br /></p><p>It's listed with the 5500 Riverside address in several telephone directories including the September 1947 Yellow pages and the May 1948 white pages. 5500 was on the east side of the street. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating capacity:</b> Unknown. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0n51un78TRJhFpB1gLQPmu088c1uPODfatwpeEjGAywkrO9D1WWh0TBVgznle_1g987U5yXnrNHPEvNaRO19YCS1DOWHC1X0NyqT696ZHLGtZVb31nQ1MHwMzffEAknG-4vA4scdxOBdnTq12p7XZHu1WFAaFb5hVbk0mmjS8eQGQTGbsqATSArFWA/s542/Village-GriffithPark-1947-Dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="542" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0n51un78TRJhFpB1gLQPmu088c1uPODfatwpeEjGAywkrO9D1WWh0TBVgznle_1g987U5yXnrNHPEvNaRO19YCS1DOWHC1X0NyqT696ZHLGtZVb31nQ1MHwMzffEAknG-4vA4scdxOBdnTq12p7XZHu1WFAaFb5hVbk0mmjS8eQGQTGbsqATSArFWA/w523-h136/Village-GriffithPark-1947-Dec.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A December 1947 listing in the L.A. Times. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqse0hsDs5mhX61OxDlFL3gO9FSsi0keJsTI5TP3B62gcQdLTMmVdk0FEvSYQJ9mGSbqUx6rzTexZ6i4rCHBEect9Y62u-JT5a9orrHzQ_5g3Esbo7PAVwku13MzPCXQe8EIWS7JXKmawDPbGN8EeTLn64gxR0z71o2ePGXakLspyFNGZlc_IM8d7SKg/s457/Village-GriffithPark-1948-July.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="457" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqse0hsDs5mhX61OxDlFL3gO9FSsi0keJsTI5TP3B62gcQdLTMmVdk0FEvSYQJ9mGSbqUx6rzTexZ6i4rCHBEect9Y62u-JT5a9orrHzQ_5g3Esbo7PAVwku13MzPCXQe8EIWS7JXKmawDPbGN8EeTLn64gxR0z71o2ePGXakLspyFNGZlc_IM8d7SKg/w400-h231/Village-GriffithPark-1948-July.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">"Winter Meeting" and "The Hunted" playing in July 1948. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZBVkzcV8fp2voEHlvrweX9OhRkJwtNdrUpUypDVts8MWEGeGofOIDtDWtortI3bKlYpX-7iT-OPBixEuz8V0u4ZoPCK8mV8wgB1K9_xmZNiR6ef-RyZ7CvvG9EvOezjUtF1FOZAnRJJOqcZ4Vskk0wogKrDJg5dJuTix2_ZAVf9-PpFBVtcbM91yxw/s539/Village-GriffithPark-1949-Nov.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="539" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZBVkzcV8fp2voEHlvrweX9OhRkJwtNdrUpUypDVts8MWEGeGofOIDtDWtortI3bKlYpX-7iT-OPBixEuz8V0u4ZoPCK8mV8wgB1K9_xmZNiR6ef-RyZ7CvvG9EvOezjUtF1FOZAnRJJOqcZ4Vskk0wogKrDJg5dJuTix2_ZAVf9-PpFBVtcbM91yxw/w400-h181/Village-GriffithPark-1949-Nov.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> "Thieves Highway" and "Within These Walls" were two of the films in November 1949.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTu90vvmBMuTV_9sCfLDcV412wkSt8nsfimZ4mX2wcuqyDyzrw9zD3KkC0dTpeg9sTZ6BF6_PCw7yTNsQKbQLvOPmb_IMROP1Zor_dF-JGQxL0CwdD2Qe9asF87KonN-4gMhHi-P4sFvTtssAX5vEe2f9AcESAxHhx8UQzSTWGNe0ATFeNimkoyD5cA/s523/Village-GriffithPark-1950-July.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="523" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzTu90vvmBMuTV_9sCfLDcV412wkSt8nsfimZ4mX2wcuqyDyzrw9zD3KkC0dTpeg9sTZ6BF6_PCw7yTNsQKbQLvOPmb_IMROP1Zor_dF-JGQxL0CwdD2Qe9asF87KonN-4gMhHi-P4sFvTtssAX5vEe2f9AcESAxHhx8UQzSTWGNe0ATFeNimkoyD5cA/w400-h178/Village-GriffithPark-1950-July.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">A Times listing in July 1950.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closed:</b> 1950 may have been the end. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVFSQFNEiC5JuOOXFfT0zAEElWQgi6i8Hm3YAnV1AHM7EMjXQYguuL8MNChE9pACAx7bI7pMxrxAQZ7Y8nBqX9ZbKpquxlbmc74jOf07wroivHlOx0U1advfHpUcTkTrdocwR91-I53O7ftET48ljqfIXDKQ3Ri_-JQtDMYAl3nFd2EA5tSrHhHpIuw/s492/Village-GriffithPark-1950-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="492" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVFSQFNEiC5JuOOXFfT0zAEElWQgi6i8Hm3YAnV1AHM7EMjXQYguuL8MNChE9pACAx7bI7pMxrxAQZ7Y8nBqX9ZbKpquxlbmc74jOf07wroivHlOx0U1advfHpUcTkTrdocwR91-I53O7ftET48ljqfIXDKQ3Ri_-JQtDMYAl3nFd2EA5tSrHhHpIuw/w320-h204/Village-GriffithPark-1950-Sept.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>A September 1950 ad. "Call Theatre for Program" might have been an indication that there wasn't one. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the ads. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It's an address that no longer exists. It's under the 5 Freeway. Riverside Drive no longer extends north of Los Feliz Blvd. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LAYHMxzeODRUs1dGcVsKumk_bUijKXT7jcSgeqZsT1mvowIjWiBmW-M-eXU7rW00_plsMaRcuy91y3TpzJt63qCbETeKFbohlit7y8Bd6UYC32XPF_1XQY8Adc1eRXevjdre_oTPl4Q9z3uyHqin-916p1kmzZA5oAMPTTxJZCuCDvjPXbvrzqO_Yw/s786/Village-GP-2022-Google-A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="786" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LAYHMxzeODRUs1dGcVsKumk_bUijKXT7jcSgeqZsT1mvowIjWiBmW-M-eXU7rW00_plsMaRcuy91y3TpzJt63qCbETeKFbohlit7y8Bd6UYC32XPF_1XQY8Adc1eRXevjdre_oTPl4Q9z3uyHqin-916p1kmzZA5oAMPTTxJZCuCDvjPXbvrzqO_Yw/w640-h442/Village-GP-2022-Google-A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>A 2022 Google Maps image of the area. 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Spring St.</b> Los Angeles, CA 90013 | <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/433+S+Spring+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013/@34.048347,-118.249225,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2c64a53d0549f:0x2190f21967e031fd!8m2!3d34.048347!4d-118.249225" target="_blank"><b>map</b></a> |</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Opening:</b> It was the location of the Edison Phonograph Agency as early as 1902. The building was on the west side of the street in the middle of the block between 4th and 5th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Later it became a penny arcade called, appropriately enough, <b>Penny Arcade</b>. It was operated by the San Francisco firm <b>Johns & Devlin</b> and appears to have transitioned into a nickelodeon by the time the 1906 Sanborn map was researched. It closed soon after that. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QJ_iRjwxmH0RhgBie6IHhNJNaqZMcj7wbxCefAnFRDeioTMke6Pj153tqwO87SNOKZLbFNJ4KaiPHY4jekljDbSzqn3MiuK00OnFfrv92O4KkzCdTeEhx7VnGvIRtJasN-Ch2UDZ0jI-8Y6_X8XdMmlhemmpYgVGuLNW-an4qXrlPLD-ruhxxm5ejQ/s800/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="800" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QJ_iRjwxmH0RhgBie6IHhNJNaqZMcj7wbxCefAnFRDeioTMke6Pj153tqwO87SNOKZLbFNJ4KaiPHY4jekljDbSzqn3MiuK00OnFfrv92O4KkzCdTeEhx7VnGvIRtJasN-Ch2UDZ0jI-8Y6_X8XdMmlhemmpYgVGuLNW-an4qXrlPLD-ruhxxm5ejQ/w640-h350/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1895</b> - The building the arcade/theatre would be in hadn't yet been constructed. It would soon rise just beyond the Niles Pease building. It's a photo from the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86607" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. Yes, this is the block between 4th and 5th, despite that 334 number on the building on the right. The numbering changed around 1890 and they hadn't yet repainted. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSksDNWc8D2Ama6iiyqpIYm_YaaF3QHnuYLbysaGLUzgPtDV3oK5OL3YiE4t2HLtifQ86JGyH1rww3gjGF33UeaC86LvCh-gqNWgScsn1SdHTVFBOquP2g5CmBpPwU-nyVr9ExaJ3gJ9XEnbrEs4_Kg11_tUMBzwo2JDazL3kkSc6V_kSPmOJTNcK_ng/s800/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="800" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSksDNWc8D2Ama6iiyqpIYm_YaaF3QHnuYLbysaGLUzgPtDV3oK5OL3YiE4t2HLtifQ86JGyH1rww3gjGF33UeaC86LvCh-gqNWgScsn1SdHTVFBOquP2g5CmBpPwU-nyVr9ExaJ3gJ9XEnbrEs4_Kg11_tUMBzwo2JDazL3kkSc6V_kSPmOJTNcK_ng/w640-h252/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86604.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1900</b> - An undated drawing of part of the south end of the 400 block. The theatre would later be in that 3-bay building that's the second in from the left. This is from the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86604" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. It's also indexed a <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86607" target="_blank">second time</a> under a different URL. Beginning on the left it's Niles Pease Furniture, U.R. Bowers & Sons, B. Wynns & Co., Wills & Sonocer, Lewis & Alderson, N. Strauss & Co., D. Whitney & Co. and, at 421 near the right, George Elliott, stationery and artists' materials. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1902</b> - The <b>Edison Phonograph Agency</b>, with Peter Bacigalupi, Jr. as manager, was listed in the city directory at the 431 S. Spring address. This seems to be a return engagement for Bacigalupi. He was running an Edison agency on Spring St. in the 1890s and then turned the business over to Thomas Tally, who operated his <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/tallys-phonograph-parlor.html" target="_blank">Tally's Phonograph and Kinetoscope Parlor</a> business at a number of Spring and Main St. locations. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There were a variety of tenants upstairs at 431 1/2 including the Fidelity Wall Paper Co. and a lady advertising her services under "Baths."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1904</b> - The city directory this year listed the <b>Penny Arcade</b> at 431, operated by T.W. Johns & Co. with Thomas W. Johns and Frank J. Devlin as principals. The directory noted that in addition to the arcade they were "dealers in all sorts of amusement machines." 433 was listed as a curio shop operated by the Kakiuchi Brothers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFuF5d0jRjpOCXUmI0nT6L1NxI1Q0KRReqXwcHC4_cKLdRcu7a_w4QDVEYjWCF25OnZS1pmwuhxdZN6IkFX7_eUkejSmXJZeuHhbqrWXpzZY2Vh_Sly8KOtgwbhFklxbslWjj88V2TWdyA85ZSCoIGNCHXi7U71GPznqDXOurzPb5AqqH8E0Fwjku5w/s705/433-S-Spring-1904-CD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="705" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFuF5d0jRjpOCXUmI0nT6L1NxI1Q0KRReqXwcHC4_cKLdRcu7a_w4QDVEYjWCF25OnZS1pmwuhxdZN6IkFX7_eUkejSmXJZeuHhbqrWXpzZY2Vh_Sly8KOtgwbhFklxbslWjj88V2TWdyA85ZSCoIGNCHXi7U71GPznqDXOurzPb5AqqH8E0Fwjku5w/w499-h197/433-S-Spring-1904-CD.jpg" width="499" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An ad appearing in the 1904 city directory. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-__Mn1pWRrkLDjYZOMrFZV92lkRITxIhayjWHSsgvo6oMBzLYDgJrD6uyjApRTPoruYTA-cmngeO8941fPzkGXINaMfXuLslm9ZrUt40_qal-TpxCzn2VoRmyfs3T7OdXGowApSv-0m-JVdRak6swuynjNxsmBvnhnS8_4EOEwppSGSlCzSmy8eX5G-q/s871/PennyArcade-431-S-Spring-1904-Dec-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="315" height="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-__Mn1pWRrkLDjYZOMrFZV92lkRITxIhayjWHSsgvo6oMBzLYDgJrD6uyjApRTPoruYTA-cmngeO8941fPzkGXINaMfXuLslm9ZrUt40_qal-TpxCzn2VoRmyfs3T7OdXGowApSv-0m-JVdRak6swuynjNxsmBvnhnS8_4EOEwppSGSlCzSmy8eX5G-q/w302-h833/PennyArcade-431-S-Spring-1904-Dec-13.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">T.W. Johns and his Penny Arcade were in trouble concerning obscene films running in his machines. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this December 13, 1904 article. It's one he added as a comment on a thread about various early Main and Spring St. venues on the private Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/7094928957198497" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a>. See more about Harry Temperly's operation on the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2023/07/automatic-vaudeville.html" target="_blank">Automatic Vaudeville</a> page. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1905</b> - The company had become <b>Johns & Devlin</b> by the time of the city directory this year. The business at 431 was listed under "Places of Amusement" and it's noted that the firm is from San Francisco. It was McKee's Cafe at 529 and a Japanese Fancy Goods store at 433, operated by Shibata Jugiro (or Jujiro, listed both ways). 435 was Benford & Levy, a men's clothing store. Upstairs at 431 1/2 were many tenants including a tailor and dyer, a physician, a photographer and a dentist. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPeTqzr6pH_8wZfkcrPpH6V9XM9e1QA6hrF-2dBPM_8RAvxe1tmuduT5lYYVU81hkl3cLLdE7BAmpDqUBYxmMr8ZWtBaQFcFtcU8Ujv6SQ-a165DLfs5Vkfh0V5hhZWitsBWWVcuz2ry7s4-Xy_aJB9Nd4lJ6RYTdnWJWhfbe6FSPwFsLP_oT4VnuUw/s574/433-S-Spring-1906-Sanborn-LOC-Img-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="574" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPeTqzr6pH_8wZfkcrPpH6V9XM9e1QA6hrF-2dBPM_8RAvxe1tmuduT5lYYVU81hkl3cLLdE7BAmpDqUBYxmMr8ZWtBaQFcFtcU8Ujv6SQ-a165DLfs5Vkfh0V5hhZWitsBWWVcuz2ry7s4-Xy_aJB9Nd4lJ6RYTdnWJWhfbe6FSPwFsLP_oT4VnuUw/w544-h459/433-S-Spring-1906-Sanborn-LOC-Img-7.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1906</b> - The business at 431-433 is seen indicated as "Moving Pictures" in this detail from image 7 of Volume 2 of the 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map that's on the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190602/?sp=7&st=image&r=-1.534,0,4.068,1.432,0" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> website. That designation implies that they were actually running a nickelodeon. It differs from how a peep show parlor was usually indicated: "Auto. Slot Machines."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing: </b>Sometime in 1906 or 1907. There's no listing for anything at 431 or 433 in the 1906 city directory. By the time of the 1907 directory the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co. had taken over 431 for their offices. The directory listed 433 as a jewelry store. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><b>Status:</b> The building the arcade/theatre was once in is long gone. The Trust Building, dating from 1928, is on the site. See a <a href="https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/trust-building" target="_blank">Los Angeles Conservancy</a> page about it. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajj6L360IiIIpJ2KTzqWwco_8Zh69K5iIQwzc3tlrQLlCkmIyTNpNi8592HnLm21D-S9GspAY2r1O9KsDeB98xcAXU_CafTv5ZCbqESv3Azb_aBIMV4zTRwe3pQR8TD5DhsA1P2Nx9Dxs66o4uDS8rXOUK68dYsa8ED6Dv2rt1OO4uFkwcqu-i0q6bg/s800/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="800" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajj6L360IiIIpJ2KTzqWwco_8Zh69K5iIQwzc3tlrQLlCkmIyTNpNi8592HnLm21D-S9GspAY2r1O9KsDeB98xcAXU_CafTv5ZCbqESv3Azb_aBIMV4zTRwe3pQR8TD5DhsA1P2Nx9Dxs66o4uDS8rXOUK68dYsa8ED6Dv2rt1OO4uFkwcqu-i0q6bg/w640-h502/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86531.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1908</b> - Looking south toward 5th St. Note that the Niles-Pease Furniture Co., just beyond the theatre building, got a new four-story home sometime around 1900. On the right edge of the image it's the Angelus Hotel, a building completed in 1901. In April 1908 the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/hornes-big-show.html" target="_blank">Chronophone Theatre</a> opened at 423 S. Spring, in the three-story building at the center. It's a photo from the <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86531" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRk2vgU2xCMBY2tHhZQve9X-mXNv9DoYMyOpqIYA0HcQzorEj3diLJ73ADGtehPNu2ScOXzU4DTzwT4-PanwUVDags6_dDLeDaT25EZHh9FVw2CryI19gQB80pce9aXo2vy3eSksZ2kLqIq1AbvUoAdWqTEAo3I9PF81NUCu_XCEFY3q4mOMlXbZrsQ/s505/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86531-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="405" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRk2vgU2xCMBY2tHhZQve9X-mXNv9DoYMyOpqIYA0HcQzorEj3diLJ73ADGtehPNu2ScOXzU4DTzwT4-PanwUVDags6_dDLeDaT25EZHh9FVw2CryI19gQB80pce9aXo2vy3eSksZ2kLqIq1AbvUoAdWqTEAo3I9PF81NUCu_XCEFY3q4mOMlXbZrsQ/w346-h431/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86531-D.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1908</b> - A detail from the Library's photo indicating the building the arcade/theatre had been in at 429-435. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi8V4uwbagocz3IC4qLp_pMFldU1S2VOmbHNizQt0w20hP9Ef86GtIKWVm2JjrWCILJEKTEuXcvMDNyEvO0qCxdIaLBNWLIhoWjv2SQM48opOQhMgsugCdTDj7tpKAWPvf-JZ9QBkJ1HH6TyfgR6GTzSnxQWrRCHSPU65dR_Vn7IE572UF6n0UhMCFw/s800/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="800" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoi8V4uwbagocz3IC4qLp_pMFldU1S2VOmbHNizQt0w20hP9Ef86GtIKWVm2JjrWCILJEKTEuXcvMDNyEvO0qCxdIaLBNWLIhoWjv2SQM48opOQhMgsugCdTDj7tpKAWPvf-JZ9QBkJ1HH6TyfgR6GTzSnxQWrRCHSPU65dR_Vn7IE572UF6n0UhMCFw/w640-h336/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86643.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1910</b> - A <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86643" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> photo. On the right we're looking north on Spring. That's a view west on 5th on the left. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQHJWRR2IxrV7nWi2xVBgNCnQr9TplcI6Dv3O5NOY1AxXFLBr7OmFuOZcjwHDd6bPDZgesX-HmXJ4IoFRsB1N-3bByJLAAaSBQMReYsyD-JCWGT2ujV9MxNIjfURkc2w9Rb8n_isDUhs_-eusjprptVQu30Otqw5RAXRSJ6GOl29W3WV3Zz4KFOQu8w/s846/433-S-Spring-1914-Baist-pl-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="846" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQHJWRR2IxrV7nWi2xVBgNCnQr9TplcI6Dv3O5NOY1AxXFLBr7OmFuOZcjwHDd6bPDZgesX-HmXJ4IoFRsB1N-3bByJLAAaSBQMReYsyD-JCWGT2ujV9MxNIjfURkc2w9Rb8n_isDUhs_-eusjprptVQu30Otqw5RAXRSJ6GOl29W3WV3Zz4KFOQu8w/w640-h394/433-S-Spring-1914-Baist-pl-02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1914</b> - 431 and 433 are seen here as a Postal Telegraph office. It's a detail from plate 002 of the 1914 Real Estate Survey from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19067/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1914+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>. The <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19467/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1910+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">1910 Baist Map</a> shows similar information for this address.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2AH0RfyZwXsWkPEMDIc-Lwj4Q9tJ1JI5mPdp5e_zFA039DgqpYHXi6yigZFnAljhrU3CNXg9mLWvAWe91_P2kh1_Mnf3-8OTu-NjeJV-ahb8jxtMQkdjnYE4CUeeXHtUrJqdDGc23ywb7Jv5WlYB8gbPvIY2fgYO_3yQnsNawqw1-p7q3QOtLoMDoQ/s800/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86533.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="608" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2AH0RfyZwXsWkPEMDIc-Lwj4Q9tJ1JI5mPdp5e_zFA039DgqpYHXi6yigZFnAljhrU3CNXg9mLWvAWe91_P2kh1_Mnf3-8OTu-NjeJV-ahb8jxtMQkdjnYE4CUeeXHtUrJqdDGc23ywb7Jv5WlYB8gbPvIY2fgYO_3yQnsNawqw1-p7q3QOtLoMDoQ/w486-h640/433-S-Spring-LAPL-86533.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><p><b>1930s</b> - Looking south after construction of the Trust Building on the site. It's the gleaming white edifice half way down the block. It's a <a href="https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/collection/photos/id/86533" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> photo. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More information: </b>Well, there isn't any yet about the Johns & Devlin operation. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nearby was the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/hornes-big-show.html" target="_blank">Chronophone / Horne's Big Show</a> at 423 S. Spring. Also on the block, but on the east side of the street, were the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2023/07/automatic-vaudeville.html" target="_blank">Automatic Vaudeville</a> arcade at 434, the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/edison-theatre.html" target="_blank">Edison Theatre</a> at 436, the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/01/unique-theatre.html" target="_blank">Unique Theatre</a> at 456 and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/herman-theatre.html" target="_blank">Herman Theatre</a> at 460 S. Spring. </div><p>| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/10/433-s-spring.html">back to top</a><span style="color: #999999;"></span></span></span> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown: theatre district overview</a> | <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/hill-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Hill St. and farther west</a> |</span> <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/broadway-theatres.html" target="_blank">Broadway theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Spring St. theatres</a></span> <span style="color: black;">| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/main-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Main St. and farther east</a> |</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres alphabetical list</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><br />
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version of it once appeared on the Photos of Los
Angeles Facebook page as a post from Bill Gabel. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Capacity:</b> 775 cars, more or less. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwslwzId9J2oFAbH6lxt98VnQGz4GZCOIfj3xZcXqNLUWKLPmdevzTxeQvyQpr5RoCX84h-NV5a23ryLOhf6WmzHQ6MWIxoqELZosCu9M02JF9Dv651RsqtOFP4J71ySf4BOq8vPoEk3MqPY_Y72RpX3DTfKfLmIrCx8e3LWRKTpV9bBqqM4hyI8IPg/s640/Olympic-1945-Times.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="31" data-original-width="640" height="32" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwslwzId9J2oFAbH6lxt98VnQGz4GZCOIfj3xZcXqNLUWKLPmdevzTxeQvyQpr5RoCX84h-NV5a23ryLOhf6WmzHQ6MWIxoqELZosCu9M02JF9Dv651RsqtOFP4J71ySf4BOq8vPoEk3MqPY_Y72RpX3DTfKfLmIrCx8e3LWRKTpV9bBqqM4hyI8IPg/w640-h32/Olympic-1945-Times.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> In the first listing in the Times it was just called <b>Drive In</b>. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating this April 3 ad. Visit his site: <a href="https://movie-theatre.org/" target="_blank">Movie-Theatre.org</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9QkCIK08xrxwhjPB_BIwwiyb_Gitm6EEU-bMlboAVnw6ga05tn9sNb9N5_6_6p3_TUKYG8sMvfDFS0Vv97c2ymu9R-59v0EJpHwrDng939GVEwQEsz98Qw3BAhoBPP2B6P0sUfP-_UKJPdxACG2dZWnaJw3MNRwBPwOk1qKOA6_-41w6oxcHeL4S2A/s664/Olympic-1945-Vanguard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="547" height="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9QkCIK08xrxwhjPB_BIwwiyb_Gitm6EEU-bMlboAVnw6ga05tn9sNb9N5_6_6p3_TUKYG8sMvfDFS0Vv97c2ymu9R-59v0EJpHwrDng939GVEwQEsz98Qw3BAhoBPP2B6P0sUfP-_UKJPdxACG2dZWnaJw3MNRwBPwOk1qKOA6_-41w6oxcHeL4S2A/w575-h697/Olympic-1945-Vanguard.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">An opening ad that appeared in the Venice Evening Vanguard. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-asl00FtWA22YCjc4EL7BRdK7zXcaVOkyCVdGCPGmJ3rA8Txo1Jil8i0Fo0HJZRfFkuLyxMLKJQqeuSw9yxNYWSm8jQmRO2oHrgQlNilELkiZw_RAFqah-83OlN31RM7mIkwogE2y5dxcrcXW2B3CgmV6OgHo_0ArnN9HQIIZmU0zYP5aVqjBUQ-og/s1080/Olympic-DI-1945-April-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="743" height="742" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-asl00FtWA22YCjc4EL7BRdK7zXcaVOkyCVdGCPGmJ3rA8Txo1Jil8i0Fo0HJZRfFkuLyxMLKJQqeuSw9yxNYWSm8jQmRO2oHrgQlNilELkiZw_RAFqah-83OlN31RM7mIkwogE2y5dxcrcXW2B3CgmV6OgHo_0ArnN9HQIIZmU0zYP5aVqjBUQ-og/w510-h742/Olympic-DI-1945-April-1.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Instructions and a film listings for later in April and early May 1945. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TgKPDvZiBjI2Hi5KI15loOmuh16_NX57x6roktWY_eud7_UeqLQvdrsQgmJ8j4spoq4EcEWFW36qUjRTNhx-FN1Ovc0wc9jYy7cLroaMidmJCw9AVv3YDrRRPzEY27YkC3oL8_Obz0BHpS1crAV_VPS2ywKLWy74vcSXORTzTGH0ywljy5xTMFXpqg/s1519/Olympic-DI-1945-April-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1519" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TgKPDvZiBjI2Hi5KI15loOmuh16_NX57x6roktWY_eud7_UeqLQvdrsQgmJ8j4spoq4EcEWFW36qUjRTNhx-FN1Ovc0wc9jYy7cLroaMidmJCw9AVv3YDrRRPzEY27YkC3oL8_Obz0BHpS1crAV_VPS2ywKLWy74vcSXORTzTGH0ywljy5xTMFXpqg/w640-h456/Olympic-DI-1945-April-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkt73LgpWRcukHrfoZ6ot3lGb68JsibwMGyWvggKVPXCvQfiuX_xuRarVa7PymvzGBzCsbrQJnqqnuQPh6uBDSGhkJJ2gc1aLJL2p60ppA02dN7B1Zt8blzDw-1e0drviVd1FmlMWYOV6V2lB5CUSMV6aYBdSH4ww_M52XD6cxB9HkeS5q5P3nkvG_A/s1485/Olympic-DI-1945-April-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1485" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPkt73LgpWRcukHrfoZ6ot3lGb68JsibwMGyWvggKVPXCvQfiuX_xuRarVa7PymvzGBzCsbrQJnqqnuQPh6uBDSGhkJJ2gc1aLJL2p60ppA02dN7B1Zt8blzDw-1e0drviVd1FmlMWYOV6V2lB5CUSMV6aYBdSH4ww_M52XD6cxB9HkeS5q5P3nkvG_A/w640-h466/Olympic-DI-1945-April-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_e2D5_3QPWLUDNjMpIxYDPl8Wiq9TrQc13PttR53XYhabqZqEPNRwRJoNtC_Wz5ZYsDtX60yYoQaPLwztUNrvpSdzBj8SCDrPMPYRfL1ZPf8xGo39vkwYsYpSQmPz8Fku94O7zVLwB9VwlSNnwpuKAgvu-D-V0v6bZpXUvO7CGWXT6CxkDCRqOCPzgg/s1505/Olympic-DI-1945-April-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1505" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_e2D5_3QPWLUDNjMpIxYDPl8Wiq9TrQc13PttR53XYhabqZqEPNRwRJoNtC_Wz5ZYsDtX60yYoQaPLwztUNrvpSdzBj8SCDrPMPYRfL1ZPf8xGo39vkwYsYpSQmPz8Fku94O7zVLwB9VwlSNnwpuKAgvu-D-V0v6bZpXUvO7CGWXT6CxkDCRqOCPzgg/w640-h460/Olympic-DI-1945-April-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Inside pages of the April and May program. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating these on the site Worthpoint. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre got a remodel in 1950 that included the addition of a playground, upgraded speakers and the surfer mural painted on the screen tower. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts19UKS0uoy-afDGz0j1KB-fYgnxjCQMjT7YEInMXN8ixf7TcWFzE9bsrk0l7kCev0vN8Cjo6mMEib6GHc87TI3BfSYS-13jnWjXGk3r1xbYLGdRARlHrmt-IkReWF000R_mS90Qb4clOuUZLIfAjTFLPDfARULXaVpuVXaDmvCMECnw1f0i-_a7c0w/s615/Olympic-DI-1951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="485" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts19UKS0uoy-afDGz0j1KB-fYgnxjCQMjT7YEInMXN8ixf7TcWFzE9bsrk0l7kCev0vN8Cjo6mMEib6GHc87TI3BfSYS-13jnWjXGk3r1xbYLGdRARlHrmt-IkReWF000R_mS90Qb4clOuUZLIfAjTFLPDfARULXaVpuVXaDmvCMECnw1f0i-_a7c0w/w427-h542/Olympic-DI-1951.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A 1951 ad located by Ken McIntyre. <br /></p><p><b>Closing: </b>October 14, 1973. Bill Gabel notes that the final show was "School Girls," "School Girls Growing" and "Swinging Wives." <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> The Martin Cadillac dealership was on the site for over 40 years. They closed in 2019 to make way for a new mixed-use development. See Steven Sharp's Urbanize story "<a href="https://la.urbanize.city/post/martin-cadillac-makes-way-expo-line-adjacent-offices-and-apartments" target="_blank">Martin Cadillac Makes Way for Expo Line-adjacent Offices and Apartments</a>."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p><b>More photos: </b><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9wX6XB1bWXo7wkRIs0rx2LmqGKv02AWubjQv03XDZtFE7pkJPEBHO5VP_Fy3fW5WfiRTvI6ZR3lPTTaiz23z_mtaKOdDq4ehU5gUtEGJaXHO71buTl-tPBLqjBc9DPnic3JdrrG0MZzPimrogco3yEbf1gYAzFa2r6y0AOovZx1waqrqPQcZcNBpjg/s640/Olympic-DMT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="640" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9wX6XB1bWXo7wkRIs0rx2LmqGKv02AWubjQv03XDZtFE7pkJPEBHO5VP_Fy3fW5WfiRTvI6ZR3lPTTaiz23z_mtaKOdDq4ehU5gUtEGJaXHO71buTl-tPBLqjBc9DPnic3JdrrG0MZzPimrogco3yEbf1gYAzFa2r6y0AOovZx1waqrqPQcZcNBpjg/w640-h554/Olympic-DMT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1946</b> - A trade magazine image located by Dallas Movie Theaters for a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/135364" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. "That Night With You" was a September 1945 release. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7chHuzx27rx1wt_qNzhVjsMZchTpTrMT8n4caznlkHRxVB54rsbakAw101VDwzKXB3Re3Xqx1bTr1tn_yJCLm8-0pGtEu4GWT3oHGWE2W_vecinsjFmDlHe4qhlIbfsocPw1X1wN2A7EKcVqwgRyfmoYjUYxu2orwJAPq5ZX8qA6npv1k-DyIxWxzQ/s640/Olympic-aerial-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="640" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz7chHuzx27rx1wt_qNzhVjsMZchTpTrMT8n4caznlkHRxVB54rsbakAw101VDwzKXB3Re3Xqx1bTr1tn_yJCLm8-0pGtEu4GWT3oHGWE2W_vecinsjFmDlHe4qhlIbfsocPw1X1wN2A7EKcVqwgRyfmoYjUYxu2orwJAPq5ZX8qA6npv1k-DyIxWxzQ/w640-h504/Olympic-aerial-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.1946</b> - An early shot with lots of undeveloped land behind the theatre. Thanks to Michael Kilgore for locating this one for a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/363956" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. He notes that it once appeared on the Classic Hollywood/Los Angeles/SFV Facebook page but the provenance is unknown. Also see: <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/272547" target="_blank">1947 photo </a>- Historic Aerials | <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/136262" target="_blank">later more developed view</a> | <a href="https://calisphere.org/item/ba087d04418936f590d1ec51afb511ba/" target="_blank">1962 aerial looking north</a> - Howard D. Kelly - LAPL |<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cM_nvJOgidLutFXs3l5z5QnOIMb_hPDw__3LLWaLY7jsB18NgQ_8ydO7g-WiWqngU4W-Ib7nw6WM5L55_p1uXmupKGn6fLsUKViwU9vz6K8Hf6Xq9trObebm--LaIHxF5Dln7Si0GiRAOFy7P6u56pyZMcafBp0Njd8vwyXmlehkV_3INnM0DaUEpA/s640/Olympic-1946-DollySisters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="640" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4cM_nvJOgidLutFXs3l5z5QnOIMb_hPDw__3LLWaLY7jsB18NgQ_8ydO7g-WiWqngU4W-Ib7nw6WM5L55_p1uXmupKGn6fLsUKViwU9vz6K8Hf6Xq9trObebm--LaIHxF5Dln7Si0GiRAOFy7P6u56pyZMcafBp0Njd8vwyXmlehkV_3INnM0DaUEpA/w640-h374/Olympic-1946-DollySisters.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1946</b> - Thanks to Bill Gabel for sharing this shot he located as a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/23451" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. Michael Kilgore notes that it's from late April or early May. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvEWTgy1hx-InX9IHrpQlNTCBy2dJ39_IpFPLHZxsIG79Mj2S9XkjGjjTP21xWOOBP6Rbpn5JPB5zdgSEiTpqUSQezbOnZQHdEN6JnSABp6rSzS-z_-qTYjg7nrUzybVjNpitLw-sjDwoZGbsqTzRJOfjOseRfFBZd2fmPb3PnC86GTpILHAXyNyPpw/s640/Olympic-Life-1951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="640" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvEWTgy1hx-InX9IHrpQlNTCBy2dJ39_IpFPLHZxsIG79Mj2S9XkjGjjTP21xWOOBP6Rbpn5JPB5zdgSEiTpqUSQezbOnZQHdEN6JnSABp6rSzS-z_-qTYjg7nrUzybVjNpitLw-sjDwoZGbsqTzRJOfjOseRfFBZd2fmPb3PnC86GTpILHAXyNyPpw/w640-h478/Olympic-Life-1951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1951</b> - The new 1950 mural on the screen tower. It's a shot presumably taken for Life magazine. Thanks to David Zornig for locating it for a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756/photos/90309" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wWZ2RwubeuwcmV5Qs7SOTpUEE3kIymgq4uEoki-x4ShHiqb2C_1BVfsM82VI2qbt33UacokEq15ztmWWV2FNzjAkxHpT4thADTHpHzSyQFLxrdqLYgfSWC9st2GQN4W2xR8zR-lOkNoMhAXzp1g5j2RR7N4ygqtOOP5_IJ83r-l0wuhD0Z3I3rp2vw/s1000/Olympic-1951-Turnbull.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wWZ2RwubeuwcmV5Qs7SOTpUEE3kIymgq4uEoki-x4ShHiqb2C_1BVfsM82VI2qbt33UacokEq15ztmWWV2FNzjAkxHpT4thADTHpHzSyQFLxrdqLYgfSWC9st2GQN4W2xR8zR-lOkNoMhAXzp1g5j2RR7N4ygqtOOP5_IJ83r-l0wuhD0Z3I3rp2vw/w640-h428/Olympic-1951-Turnbull.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1951</b> - An entrance view taken by Kurt Hutton after the 1950 remodel. Thanks to Martin Turnbull for locating the image in the <a href="https://gettyimagesgallery.com/images/drive-in-cinema/" target="_blank">Getty Images</a> collection. It originally appeared with the article "We Go To Hollywood" in the magazine Picture Post. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNZHr41aM1TBF_Nbmj2lUZFwnZR2Hz4ijvnfisIPTvdvhGf3OIxowqD7Ick5kUd1Swoy9smju4Aa1d1qrDpDtnKrv_JgsAHxWkc7E_gpY4CB5WnMYUAFRr4CBH-qEnWGxBb27N-qkbMtUgJLRtTUuJAQw8sx2v6QHUpO_4wwBnWmERG3_TYhl7NN2_g/s417/Olympic-SMPL-1784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNZHr41aM1TBF_Nbmj2lUZFwnZR2Hz4ijvnfisIPTvdvhGf3OIxowqD7Ick5kUd1Swoy9smju4Aa1d1qrDpDtnKrv_JgsAHxWkc7E_gpY4CB5WnMYUAFRr4CBH-qEnWGxBb27N-qkbMtUgJLRtTUuJAQw8sx2v6QHUpO_4wwBnWmERG3_TYhl7NN2_g/w398-h400/Olympic-SMPL-1784.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1960s?</b> - It's an undated view from the Fred E. Basten collection of the <a href="https://digital.smpl.org/digital/collection/smarchive/id/1784" target="_blank">Santa Monica Public Library</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefOFkdPtjbgKvOcCZLjfr7jEFrvTXQyKewYms8KuHvtsBlVEHuAJ5kQ8ZEyVQlRw94Pikw6fDeTudWUJdQ9VpEzJLrIwr21jdam_DWkj1UxoMyOapvRDbm2OCX5w6s6SiAuUdMCrSX_ZQAiz4dMjCLYAhdifhpgRqU_3HkMuT4d-zQJOwukRImBnuBQ/s1080/Olympic-DI-Ault-1973-A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefOFkdPtjbgKvOcCZLjfr7jEFrvTXQyKewYms8KuHvtsBlVEHuAJ5kQ8ZEyVQlRw94Pikw6fDeTudWUJdQ9VpEzJLrIwr21jdam_DWkj1UxoMyOapvRDbm2OCX5w6s6SiAuUdMCrSX_ZQAiz4dMjCLYAhdifhpgRqU_3HkMuT4d-zQJOwukRImBnuBQ/w640-h426/Olympic-DI-Ault-1973-A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1973</b> - A photo by John Margolies that's in the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2017708181/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> collection. Thanks to Sean Ault for locating it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAhVYpc4YTsiezcnI6UuYPECaZ12eNJslUknkv8kM50poSH0IBGPD5ywv0vys1cZpIJgWrWZpVoEyuN80-VbhwuidtSq908DrO_aCWPHJqTrRy_Zwa5YDH4NJRYBbAAje8jxOXYBixWd5y9h-q9H99BoQxbZpeknzYamVoUhoERFHpryVVZkAX6G7Sg/s579/Olympic-LOC-Martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="579" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAhVYpc4YTsiezcnI6UuYPECaZ12eNJslUknkv8kM50poSH0IBGPD5ywv0vys1cZpIJgWrWZpVoEyuN80-VbhwuidtSq908DrO_aCWPHJqTrRy_Zwa5YDH4NJRYBbAAje8jxOXYBixWd5y9h-q9H99BoQxbZpeknzYamVoUhoERFHpryVVZkAX6G7Sg/w640-h428/Olympic-LOC-Martin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1974</b> - Martin Cadillac, on the site of the Olympic. It's a photo by John Margolies in the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2017704202/" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> collection.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5QDZjPzg5g0SR9yiHq375DDE7IqQbtGJ9daaUzY1Qg_q_BTEOLaUQFDXrqdWpR0nTPSA18QsshfMRKwCv7Zr4SCP-jimnX8qJFgj7wnY2Tr8QYORKyehLgR_cHhOEvKb2Qb_GZDkklKySWFjG7K-tm06LcfjeiG0olmrhmPsHyi39Meo6TkZ9aPxyw/s1600/Olympic-2019-Urbanize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1600" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5QDZjPzg5g0SR9yiHq375DDE7IqQbtGJ9daaUzY1Qg_q_BTEOLaUQFDXrqdWpR0nTPSA18QsshfMRKwCv7Zr4SCP-jimnX8qJFgj7wnY2Tr8QYORKyehLgR_cHhOEvKb2Qb_GZDkklKySWFjG7K-tm06LcfjeiG0olmrhmPsHyi39Meo6TkZ9aPxyw/w640-h430/Olympic-2019-Urbanize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2019</b> - An image that appeared with Steven Sharp's Urbanize story "<a href="https://la.urbanize.city/post/martin-cadillac-makes-way-expo-line-adjacent-offices-and-apartments" target="_blank">Martin Cadillac Makes Way for Expo Line-adjacent Offices and Apartments</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p><b>The Olympic Drive-In in the Movies:</b> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkEOfSijp652Rj8ckz6d7MxjIuvgvyCTH5LXH5Y8hXGzovKc9uzk_g3HdXexpK_EEb7ARt85tPZyqwqg921jKkWtChKvCjuUEf4E_FKH0RpdPxvZoD2jieMwbxs7vglVfnYjovk2k2n1aFUCd_nOna6EfVEyrrsAGaW2V0Nyk5l_cr_-DZIAQ6_SL6w/s638/Olympic-FactsOfLife-101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="638" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkEOfSijp652Rj8ckz6d7MxjIuvgvyCTH5LXH5Y8hXGzovKc9uzk_g3HdXexpK_EEb7ARt85tPZyqwqg921jKkWtChKvCjuUEf4E_FKH0RpdPxvZoD2jieMwbxs7vglVfnYjovk2k2n1aFUCd_nOna6EfVEyrrsAGaW2V0Nyk5l_cr_-DZIAQ6_SL6w/w640-h386/Olympic-FactsOfLife-101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Bob Hope and Lucille Ball are out on the town (but not with their own spouses) in "The Facts of Life" (United Artists, 1960). 56 minutes into the film they decide to go to the Olympic. This screenshot is from the fine page about filming locations on the site <a href="http://www.themoviedistrict.com/the-facts-of-life/" target="_blank">The Movie District</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AXoQtgwBemwANm9A_nUBAenDLqRPksdBXeRVg0vMwB6L88LK3gESoERKGaB4cEjGvZAwdNhEJvQvzvMBy70rHxaFXggFq4xWjjqPGs1I6EkL-h0wKCszAVm4dUgza6XI1gpGf7Qf3bsttFHrZ4WpIxqHEbg5pjWmqq3vqYajEvrXIta6NoQ7BMohJA/s1920/Olympic-FactsOfLife-102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_AXoQtgwBemwANm9A_nUBAenDLqRPksdBXeRVg0vMwB6L88LK3gESoERKGaB4cEjGvZAwdNhEJvQvzvMBy70rHxaFXggFq4xWjjqPGs1I6EkL-h0wKCszAVm4dUgza6XI1gpGf7Qf3bsttFHrZ4WpIxqHEbg5pjWmqq3vqYajEvrXIta6NoQ7BMohJA/w640-h360/Olympic-FactsOfLife-102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">At the entrance. It's not going to go well as a hideaway. Thanks to Chris Nichols for this screenshot -- and for the nudge to get a page up about the Olympic. He's an editor at <a href="https://www.lamag.com/" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> magazine and is also the author of the Taschen book "<a href="https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/popculture/all/01172/facts.walt_disneys_disneyland.htm" target="_blank">Walt Disney's Disneyland</a>."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG5I3vzrFd-pyzXfg1841rv2dKo3Em2XF7UcvKHr0mNA1X5vQ3KqUkuAxnQBPr4SixXjtgrHHTUHRcC2Ld3al0lDCmiFaxN3uQnOCE8ssHMU1lr5H1DIZQWH1sYh0NCVR6p6mwJaLJQgB_Pt80zpsUFJqR5c450NIiVZPVON59VE8bDrLGwE8q6JI_Q/s1920/Olympic-FactsOfLife-103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG5I3vzrFd-pyzXfg1841rv2dKo3Em2XF7UcvKHr0mNA1X5vQ3KqUkuAxnQBPr4SixXjtgrHHTUHRcC2Ld3al0lDCmiFaxN3uQnOCE8ssHMU1lr5H1DIZQWH1sYh0NCVR6p6mwJaLJQgB_Pt80zpsUFJqR5c450NIiVZPVON59VE8bDrLGwE8q6JI_Q/w640-h360/Olympic-FactsOfLife-103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pulling into a space at the Olympic. It's idyllic for a moment until their dry cleaning man takes the next spot. When they try to leave without being recognized their horn gets stuck and then they forget to put the speaker back on the post. It's another screenshot by Chris Nichols. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGHs7g5_EJmIkx5xPf5jZrIuLm0lw1_LIlkDPTvMkgU9wUP4PcRX3ib_zEbQGAnfrz80gh8_GRyY1W6bIxE0NLL9F8TakqCIXipOYZc5BkzIekVtpMUT53uywEsEPkHrCgFnPzTT4Gu7IYV2wWw-V5M-6r2O-9evdHgcZGmuEZYKrld5USyaGfg7YVw/s752/Olympic-FactsOfLife-104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="752" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGHs7g5_EJmIkx5xPf5jZrIuLm0lw1_LIlkDPTvMkgU9wUP4PcRX3ib_zEbQGAnfrz80gh8_GRyY1W6bIxE0NLL9F8TakqCIXipOYZc5BkzIekVtpMUT53uywEsEPkHrCgFnPzTT4Gu7IYV2wWw-V5M-6r2O-9evdHgcZGmuEZYKrld5USyaGfg7YVw/w640-h330/Olympic-FactsOfLife-104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Attempting to back out while kissing. And at the same time putting the
speaker back on the post. They're trying to avoid letting the dry
cleaning guy get a good view of their faces for a positive
identification. On IMDb: "<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053810" target="_blank">The Facts of Life</a>." </p><p>Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore play the spouses of Bob and Lucy. Melvin
Frank directed. The cinematography was by Charles Lang, Jr. Chris added shots of several other locations they used as comments on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.nichols.5832/posts/pfbid02qZ1A2HJGj5a2hcv4n4VkAtrt5moprMUpd5pnHL9SVbsemjx5z9p6rK2C9v71hcaPl" target="_blank">Facebook post</a>. The film shot in Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, Acapulco,
Monterey and San Francisco. He notes that the full film can be seen on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On9qCuf3rGY" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. </p><p><b>More information:</b> See the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3756" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the Olympic Drive-In. 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It's located on the east side of the street a block north of Magnolia Blvd. Photo: Bill Counter - November 2022<br /></p><p><b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.laemmle.com" rel="" target="_blank">www.laemmle.com</a> <br /></p><p><b>Seating:</b> 1,100 in 7 auditoria. </p><p><b>Closing:</b> The date isn't yet known as it depends on the plans of the new owners of the building. In May 2021 Laemmle sold the property to North Carolina-based developer Grubb Properties for $9.5 million. They did a lease-back deal to allow the theatre to continue to operate.<br /></p><p>The developer plans to demolish the existing 33,000 sf. two-story building and replace it with a seven-story 128 unit apartment complex on the site that'll also have 5,000 s.f. of commercial space. Greg Laemmle noted: "We're going to operate as long as we can. We don't think it’s in anyone's best interest to have just a vacant property, but that’s going to be their decision."</p><div>The plans for the site were announced in "<a href="https://therealdeal.com/la/2022/09/13/shows-over-laemmle-noho-7-theater-to-become-multifamily" target="_blank">Show's over? Laemmle NoHo 7 theater to become multifamily</a>," a September 13, 2022 article by Trevor Bach and Christian Bautista for the real estate blog The Real Deal. Thanks to Donavan S. Moye for spotting the story. </div><div><br /></div><div>Laemmle did similar sale and leaseback deals with other developers during the pandemic for the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/royal-theatre.html" target="_blank">Royal</a> and <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/12/laemmle-playhouse-7.html" target="_blank">Pasadena Playhouse 7</a>. The new owners of the Playhouse 7 have leased that complex to Landmark. The Royal is still in operation by Laemmle. The Claremont had a sale pending but Laemmle pulled out, although noting that the venue's future is still uncertain if business doesn't pick up. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The site HyperAllergic had an October 2022 article about the concern of the locals about the potential closing titled "<a href="https://hyperallergic.com/773220/behind-the-fight-to-save-north-hollywoods-last-indie-cinema" target="_blank">Behind the Fight to Save North Hollywood's Last Indie Cinema</a>."</div><div> </div><div><b>Status:</b> Still operating and probably that will be the case into 2024. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><b>Interior views:</b></div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4yiP9etXifiaJdB2AbNxcWJL0p411iZHrCQJcc4Kt8merRbP0YMyQUwEtdK5aKBWa4FjO1pUHeuAKuFgufS0ORntw-fYqBV5af4K4mLF-PelYlGGg-iOTnJVk_0BJVdZKNxHM2xZHoGUwloRxOLaQUgqs0KMOFzOs1_tC6vfpu1eJ3BAWejgC8fr5g/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4yiP9etXifiaJdB2AbNxcWJL0p411iZHrCQJcc4Kt8merRbP0YMyQUwEtdK5aKBWa4FjO1pUHeuAKuFgufS0ORntw-fYqBV5af4K4mLF-PelYlGGg-iOTnJVk_0BJVdZKNxHM2xZHoGUwloRxOLaQUgqs0KMOFzOs1_tC6vfpu1eJ3BAWejgC8fr5g/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The view in toward the bar. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9YeTLpzjJYL4QZBVu7RMarvEgcFeSNNgaaaVSMtsR-NJtbrLr6pUcx1PvdOqrVp8xAFcWJgAV8PMztrCwJgpcDVrqTAqM5WAz6NlbW42M0LUJReBLowIcgdftuoGZ917E1qTDHq0W6fxEUYu3BLrZWU9blzzb-eoqQy5cow20O1sHpj8erHjUBViDw/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9YeTLpzjJYL4QZBVu7RMarvEgcFeSNNgaaaVSMtsR-NJtbrLr6pUcx1PvdOqrVp8xAFcWJgAV8PMztrCwJgpcDVrqTAqM5WAz6NlbW42M0LUJReBLowIcgdftuoGZ917E1qTDHq0W6fxEUYu3BLrZWU9blzzb-eoqQy5cow20O1sHpj8erHjUBViDw/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking back west to the front doors. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXkLYY7TL41cQ2GJ9o-d4YEh2oWSLf80w4dNX3KYVdiXpxuKa0_z5Hpqvc4QlwQvOl6eKlxeoclU77RhJtrUJnR2EQoto4U6YmWNLo0alILoYmKxWxutizzWAbbmOKursSfG9ygUrw5sLEGuKX4er7q3RISgUiV-aeDVTNaLH2zVYdMVaQb9L-wxEVQ/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXXkLYY7TL41cQ2GJ9o-d4YEh2oWSLf80w4dNX3KYVdiXpxuKa0_z5Hpqvc4QlwQvOl6eKlxeoclU77RhJtrUJnR2EQoto4U6YmWNLo0alILoYmKxWxutizzWAbbmOKursSfG9ygUrw5sLEGuKX4er7q3RISgUiV-aeDVTNaLH2zVYdMVaQb9L-wxEVQ/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The south wall with the boxoffice and auditoria 1 and 2. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6dnbaDbB6g8eqZ3SHEl5X_bDQ4wJhykQwLIbeT6ytcYcvJRyFO21QkbIh7McABDoCf61vgIabh1f7zJhX5-VlH1ggai0dIk93mjzpqNLpc9X5yMAFLBn2lzPx8ipw-A5XtFyYrcVEHg-rlk2x4mAGZ9SriKRvs-HWw5SmRjKLVNc5v49bQHsN1InHA/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg6dnbaDbB6g8eqZ3SHEl5X_bDQ4wJhykQwLIbeT6ytcYcvJRyFO21QkbIh7McABDoCf61vgIabh1f7zJhX5-VlH1ggai0dIk93mjzpqNLpc9X5yMAFLBn2lzPx8ipw-A5XtFyYrcVEHg-rlk2x4mAGZ9SriKRvs-HWw5SmRjKLVNc5v49bQHsN1InHA/w426-h640/NoHo-2022-11-10-12.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another look toward 1 and 2. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmqAUpEy8QLHsuDRzYZPm9PhpW1QhkGZBtFeWq5ztTAzimD5M_oY-pNzbNtetIUTzuItBhs0dCRqTuiGzWor9gqq8u2gPjDEZVtRNruaw7wiCiZ0IvHpOmG14qVsccTlt5jTSBLZWJG0GiLgDbd8Mpw7xwfqBhSU3KCx6wzCmst25ZGXY0l0e_uzb4g/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmqAUpEy8QLHsuDRzYZPm9PhpW1QhkGZBtFeWq5ztTAzimD5M_oY-pNzbNtetIUTzuItBhs0dCRqTuiGzWor9gqq8u2gPjDEZVtRNruaw7wiCiZ0IvHpOmG14qVsccTlt5jTSBLZWJG0GiLgDbd8Mpw7xwfqBhSU3KCx6wzCmst25ZGXY0l0e_uzb4g/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The north wall and the corridor leading to auditoria 3-7. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jcrm3I-S5LyxBFZR9CzIf9msPC255JN6j59KA6TFdGlZoY1660a5vn9BO19cq6oei1SLaQOZU_RZXRboBw8bosnnEoJmMrJcJdMa8GO0XljUxs6J2RKvQho8ClnYty4J_qoAws5RG9Ppr_Jmc3Uk_fic5eXM5R3gmDEMx1Aoj7iIXKJHPJfcAlJU1Q/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jcrm3I-S5LyxBFZR9CzIf9msPC255JN6j59KA6TFdGlZoY1660a5vn9BO19cq6oei1SLaQOZU_RZXRboBw8bosnnEoJmMrJcJdMa8GO0XljUxs6J2RKvQho8ClnYty4J_qoAws5RG9Ppr_Jmc3Uk_fic5eXM5R3gmDEMx1Aoj7iIXKJHPJfcAlJU1Q/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Down the corridor. Screen 4 is straight ahead, 3 off to the right. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TmuTTy8RsLzTjb5GB5uQTMbjPrZT0F83w_jMOl2USVOGxaVmZ8aR-sxhnnFZsy6LETQDS8UXYDJaZYMqS8eelNuz16PlnkNv0T29jgx8mk0oG0vujGhHM5wmFGn_crSLB7qnibZyFbOPkuiXhJDNYguieRQ9ELl_S6Aux3TwE1hNehGdRK9XTE83_w/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TmuTTy8RsLzTjb5GB5uQTMbjPrZT0F83w_jMOl2USVOGxaVmZ8aR-sxhnnFZsy6LETQDS8UXYDJaZYMqS8eelNuz16PlnkNv0T29jgx8mk0oG0vujGhHM5wmFGn_crSLB7qnibZyFbOPkuiXhJDNYguieRQ9ELl_S6Aux3TwE1hNehGdRK9XTE83_w/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking right at the intersection toward 5-6-7. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSagqGi4pg2ECUbgfQLa2DLQ4fScnBUebsNQ4NrmDXN6b3uTy7tNUCIPZQuGLye7WYcu2-xlvoCIu6E6ULEHsPN6101OPM2vO4mpO-bqL0eFFikSBSScET8ZzRuj9481LqYKmaJeorsMDRoXtsSiFR3BOelJ4GDml4vWTprXFRXi2mP-WXrrx6j0Kenw/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSagqGi4pg2ECUbgfQLa2DLQ4fScnBUebsNQ4NrmDXN6b3uTy7tNUCIPZQuGLye7WYcu2-xlvoCIu6E6ULEHsPN6101OPM2vO4mpO-bqL0eFFikSBSScET8ZzRuj9481LqYKmaJeorsMDRoXtsSiFR3BOelJ4GDml4vWTprXFRXi2mP-WXrrx6j0Kenw/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view back up the hall to screens 5 and 4. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4LBWj8ArkMpxgapVhR8DbL1n-89bDgexasamXTI1XFmlm4Oz1tw2iTGASiYkertAYX1TcsB5WGd1baGxRjssAFRaddEJw5Y-Au7OA7g_c3q-DkNX0xxcok5bd0T7-zyVxlNETof2E4C8NkIED-oacZabEC5D0d78X61Brtvr4l3n_ujToG42TgNfzQ/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4LBWj8ArkMpxgapVhR8DbL1n-89bDgexasamXTI1XFmlm4Oz1tw2iTGASiYkertAYX1TcsB5WGd1baGxRjssAFRaddEJw5Y-Au7OA7g_c3q-DkNX0xxcok5bd0T7-zyVxlNETof2E4C8NkIED-oacZabEC5D0d78X61Brtvr4l3n_ujToG42TgNfzQ/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-11-10-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The view back toward the lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUqWw-5QtFazC14Utf_FcD4hNNJ4UolhkRvqOwGDCKSYDw7L4oNoStXvl4ICXPegDKuXHXv281hEiKd64iG91b1FaiPw0fOfiVgzfuF7WRXq39V0ypo3W6yXXaesRJWfvQLC46F3Gc43EnKEc1y6kaItqToiFAdP-X-4tXqS41ZHWRVT8ZyX1_xL_Ww/s1500/NoHo-2022-A2-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUqWw-5QtFazC14Utf_FcD4hNNJ4UolhkRvqOwGDCKSYDw7L4oNoStXvl4ICXPegDKuXHXv281hEiKd64iG91b1FaiPw0fOfiVgzfuF7WRXq39V0ypo3W6yXXaesRJWfvQLC46F3Gc43EnKEc1y6kaItqToiFAdP-X-4tXqS41ZHWRVT8ZyX1_xL_Ww/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-A2-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Auditorium 2, capacity 148. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO70gH5m86U9YVzmqPvEUYP_8tBEeCUFNpjowPJj9Tlmr7Jwc_TL0uJGvoTVw9D7DKgLblBOM9DDrEJ7718XLnFIidCEOvsV3Dh8UUeGOmP5OHcp3dNrP63b6P4po7pdXxlAWgpgGACGc8XFN0lacqNpkJKmuHLGhBi10lPQET08Axk4GTOtLOTnHl9g/s1500/NoHo-2022-A2-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO70gH5m86U9YVzmqPvEUYP_8tBEeCUFNpjowPJj9Tlmr7Jwc_TL0uJGvoTVw9D7DKgLblBOM9DDrEJ7718XLnFIidCEOvsV3Dh8UUeGOmP5OHcp3dNrP63b6P4po7pdXxlAWgpgGACGc8XFN0lacqNpkJKmuHLGhBi10lPQET08Axk4GTOtLOTnHl9g/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-A2-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Auditorium 2. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS8oX0OW5QfBCBgzhQAv1fmCZWCCjV89JMRQQ33r0xdb2LJoobVOeA9LSmxAL_yOxQsukBlePzWeI0IBD5-mtYAsoWv5H-PFAUgoaNkx2-lz1GJXoeEmAZcAv7eHkhn5pvi7lOd5JxG1Vd3EX-w5EPdrIhNltfkU9M7vz3JhYYVl_9jOiszUXQiqLjg/s1500/NoHo-2022-A6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS8oX0OW5QfBCBgzhQAv1fmCZWCCjV89JMRQQ33r0xdb2LJoobVOeA9LSmxAL_yOxQsukBlePzWeI0IBD5-mtYAsoWv5H-PFAUgoaNkx2-lz1GJXoeEmAZcAv7eHkhn5pvi7lOd5JxG1Vd3EX-w5EPdrIhNltfkU9M7vz3JhYYVl_9jOiszUXQiqLjg/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-A6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Auditorium 6. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEliaUr-GoGa_OVfemk7F-xTsIzz6Pt1Q-LW6YY5igOYWZ3PigpT9HNIT-ZQ3hrCN_AcUA5nPkNYgXAqNcBRSoAJ7fwf9nuMHCgXoKdjepMqcwP7mrxZh3OJpFSgamXUORk-s5OhSIgf11Ly4ywk5CemMoFseo9hnlHDsX3j0_i_3g0nHFCUN5MNpxQ/s1500/NoHo-2022-A7-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEliaUr-GoGa_OVfemk7F-xTsIzz6Pt1Q-LW6YY5igOYWZ3PigpT9HNIT-ZQ3hrCN_AcUA5nPkNYgXAqNcBRSoAJ7fwf9nuMHCgXoKdjepMqcwP7mrxZh3OJpFSgamXUORk-s5OhSIgf11Ly4ywk5CemMoFseo9hnlHDsX3j0_i_3g0nHFCUN5MNpxQ/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-A7-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Auditorium 7. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0ILfI-q1rZ8JD8uQa-7WJFVwkfuibx23aV2r_9XP6YRe8srkUTXcQqH5kcDoxh-lUBO-uZ-Fu-9Qg2B7nR8XWrEJAa9jXPQeDHjE-cdOzcLW2RJ81XPEhl5-0B4t2Gmhu5uMKKLiZqccDycfI5wDbwL-ZhYnw1UogZZdzFVCOfHZ4ceYb6BHRika4A/s1500/NoHo-2022-A7-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0ILfI-q1rZ8JD8uQa-7WJFVwkfuibx23aV2r_9XP6YRe8srkUTXcQqH5kcDoxh-lUBO-uZ-Fu-9Qg2B7nR8XWrEJAa9jXPQeDHjE-cdOzcLW2RJ81XPEhl5-0B4t2Gmhu5uMKKLiZqccDycfI5wDbwL-ZhYnw1UogZZdzFVCOfHZ4ceYb6BHRika4A/w640-h426/NoHo-2022-A7-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Auditorium 7. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022 <br /></div><div> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>More exterior views: </b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9Fdj4bYwFfPtyI0n5Oyc9iWr3BmRGa7cnYYQ8R95XGMqJ27Q7JKKxazOb8p0FHtJksRtjUA0nPlB9ZvrdcvytEdIHHxW7HChE4QdFIUwosk2s2FmoIAo0ALDVjFFu6vzO2DyorI-unWSeca0_L46PMm2PrK48pQfYsYwvDr92MJe29TUyKC0D5FOIw/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1500" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9Fdj4bYwFfPtyI0n5Oyc9iWr3BmRGa7cnYYQ8R95XGMqJ27Q7JKKxazOb8p0FHtJksRtjUA0nPlB9ZvrdcvytEdIHHxW7HChE4QdFIUwosk2s2FmoIAo0ALDVjFFu6vzO2DyorI-unWSeca0_L46PMm2PrK48pQfYsYwvDr92MJe29TUyKC0D5FOIw/w640-h340/NoHo-2022-11-10-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">A look along the facade from the north. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwta1KfmsXqzSqTidZ4suGt3uHs5Oqpq8ZUU3D42i3Jh73M0CIEqysf-TU8DRjjDEeccluyZK8cylWXY7V8VkI4aqBXq922DTYlhJQZWRJDA8waWi5Y6oeOeC6RdlOihq80FDgbb6hf5g_ccvbTW545Ss8cBpqr3N2tS4P3HZ1uNELxpUtoBFvl1ZW6A/s1486/NoHo-2022-11-16-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwta1KfmsXqzSqTidZ4suGt3uHs5Oqpq8ZUU3D42i3Jh73M0CIEqysf-TU8DRjjDEeccluyZK8cylWXY7V8VkI4aqBXq922DTYlhJQZWRJDA8waWi5Y6oeOeC6RdlOihq80FDgbb6hf5g_ccvbTW545Ss8cBpqr3N2tS4P3HZ1uNELxpUtoBFvl1ZW6A/w602-h640/NoHo-2022-11-16-1.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The signage at night. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgac8l6XYRi2Ek33rHzE4Kcl7-lMvT1QZnLps5uLFK1SrV2XMcA1ZzFi91XPCGnlDAC9U92LqUqKK1FTYLVB4XWAgK96x9AmgtUUEa3hZaoGghiDQibpEvPia4dMez1UdNv9lOvjGpg9fYDGUeY0UpLKManXuTjkimRP85i8qqQu8sv6xbOI_X7lPnzFQ/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1500" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgac8l6XYRi2Ek33rHzE4Kcl7-lMvT1QZnLps5uLFK1SrV2XMcA1ZzFi91XPCGnlDAC9U92LqUqKK1FTYLVB4XWAgK96x9AmgtUUEa3hZaoGghiDQibpEvPia4dMez1UdNv9lOvjGpg9fYDGUeY0UpLKManXuTjkimRP85i8qqQu8sv6xbOI_X7lPnzFQ/w640-h316/NoHo-2022-11-10-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A view from the south. Photo: Bill Counter - 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8c9yWRbc4NiYkcB6OdONnuyWDwvF6k79YregNzECApgzG8BXNo10aVTTRzi6_jL1eL9ht2Wl-NkVUpiHq29zTzmfa2CaoDhwkGhRsd0KRsG3tDna8L7BmElxKO_q5qW5AMylAK7DLaeqi99DYl747jZpK3l_nVrVGvLJamS0MlDnaJiBM4EvwDfIEKQ/s1500/NoHo-2022-11-10-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1500" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8c9yWRbc4NiYkcB6OdONnuyWDwvF6k79YregNzECApgzG8BXNo10aVTTRzi6_jL1eL9ht2Wl-NkVUpiHq29zTzmfa2CaoDhwkGhRsd0KRsG3tDna8L7BmElxKO_q5qW5AMylAK7DLaeqi99DYl747jZpK3l_nVrVGvLJamS0MlDnaJiBM4EvwDfIEKQ/w640-h312/NoHo-2022-11-10-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Around the back. 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The original address was 1031 Spruce St. The American was the first theatre in the Santa Clarita Valley. The 1947 photo from the <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/worden/old/lw092596.htm" target="_blank">Arthur B. Perkins Collection</a> appears on the <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap1516.htm" target="_blank">Santa Clarita Valley History</a> website. </p><p>The theatre opened with "Earl of Puddlestone" featuring James Gleason along with "Here Comes Happiness" starring Mildred Coles. Both Gleason and William S. Hart were at the opening. Thanks to Mike Rivest for the research. In 1954 Gleason would appear in "<a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2022/08/suddenly.html" target="_blank">Suddenly</a>," a film shot in the Newhall area that has views of the theatre. </p><p><b>Seating:</b> 374 is a number appearing on Cinema Treasures. <br /></p><p><b>Architect:</b> S. Charles Lee <br /></p><p>The building was constructed with a donation by William S. Hart. Upon completion, Hart gave the building to the American Legion and they leased it as a movie house in accordance with his
wishes. One stipulation was that a western be shown once a week. A May 1941 item appearing in Boxoffice that was located by Ken McIntyre:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"E. Harold Hall, new manager and operator of the American Theater in Newhall, staged a grand opening May 23. He leased the house from the Newhall American Legion. House was built through donations by William S. Hart, who has been living there since 1927." </p><div style="text-align: left;">Earlier Hart had installed a booth at the Newhall Elementary School and they had occasional film showings. That auditorium burned in 1939. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwOsUdX9AwunSKRUaRodw9dKAAIeh3f5OljGgEW3KT2_k3EC-rjnBxgQJE1aOlPhPv1232JJVBlZ7OqlRUSdMuP7TApIygXzigijtJp7gNviMg4exyIEN3GeyudVR_5pmbRm_HCVy07jK-IcjcW8Nqsol8EmvXRAQHBuUcViOiJcCGOXLcaz0o3j5yg/s534/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="534" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwOsUdX9AwunSKRUaRodw9dKAAIeh3f5OljGgEW3KT2_k3EC-rjnBxgQJE1aOlPhPv1232JJVBlZ7OqlRUSdMuP7TApIygXzigijtJp7gNviMg4exyIEN3GeyudVR_5pmbRm_HCVy07jK-IcjcW8Nqsol8EmvXRAQHBuUcViOiJcCGOXLcaz0o3j5yg/w428-h182/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-1.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0fsFOWsp1iu_drcQNekBNHe1Pleg6GasoTRTwhOv4VeDacA5wFhEtnLC-Pg6jKmD22KFwBw_o2awfiS-mgrhRIubt47qa8aeTaWPD_MXGxyp9MjXHEe9uNMO85k7nHICMo9aFJyamgiHE7FHde6ot5Ksim297APwV08gyBxSz1AxN8_uIQEEaeaNlA/s358/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="358" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0fsFOWsp1iu_drcQNekBNHe1Pleg6GasoTRTwhOv4VeDacA5wFhEtnLC-Pg6jKmD22KFwBw_o2awfiS-mgrhRIubt47qa8aeTaWPD_MXGxyp9MjXHEe9uNMO85k7nHICMo9aFJyamgiHE7FHde6ot5Ksim297APwV08gyBxSz1AxN8_uIQEEaeaNlA/w425-h159/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-2.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM-DW95drqe0oMpm0FrlBFNLHdAur4JVVZvvGKV8xMthTeMVcfcBFzfD-ebaLLNJ7yImYNxEtscxxD2wJzS1uUSdWqnX9QRi9ICRw2S919j_HsJgc-FOHLKZiW9nW1TjAcUlJGbv2QvSBZbuI1i_xUA8eTCVOPD0X_QphguxEbIGRAHtks6ZLXckruw/s633/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="178" height="868" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifM-DW95drqe0oMpm0FrlBFNLHdAur4JVVZvvGKV8xMthTeMVcfcBFzfD-ebaLLNJ7yImYNxEtscxxD2wJzS1uUSdWqnX9QRi9ICRw2S919j_HsJgc-FOHLKZiW9nW1TjAcUlJGbv2QvSBZbuI1i_xUA8eTCVOPD0X_QphguxEbIGRAHtks6ZLXckruw/w244-h868/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-23-3.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">May 23, 1941. Opening day ads appearing in the Newhall Signal. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating the page. Visit his site: <a href="https://movie-theatre.org/" target="_blank">Movie-Theatre.org</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORZ3Ox42hAJ9qGNglF7Yx3NAMA403JRncROX-HvcywS_fAm4yVpsDB-PJjZJG4b7poEM1tUCQbp6TrSc-y6yhtIWxrClx4T6UlTDx043hquw8I_7Enk0GUfnfDTSdgAjZXH1iWPGP9B3FXYHLFgVWVZZu7RNbZH_Cv2ktw7vD2gY60ich8oK-rwvL9g/s3899/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="546" height="1817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORZ3Ox42hAJ9qGNglF7Yx3NAMA403JRncROX-HvcywS_fAm4yVpsDB-PJjZJG4b7poEM1tUCQbp6TrSc-y6yhtIWxrClx4T6UlTDx043hquw8I_7Enk0GUfnfDTSdgAjZXH1iWPGP9B3FXYHLFgVWVZZu7RNbZH_Cv2ktw7vD2gY60ich8oK-rwvL9g/w255-h1817/American-1941-NewhallSignal-May-30.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">A May 30, 1941 article from the Newhall Signal. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. </p><p><b>Closing:</b> 1965 was the end as a film house. The closing coincided with the opening of the Plaza Theatre on Lyons Ave. The American Legion Post 507 then took it over as their meeting hall.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It's still in use as a Legion hall. There's now a flat hardwood floor in the auditorium. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Website: </b><a href="https://post507.org/home.php" target="_blank">post507.org</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLegionPost507Newhall/" target="_blank">on Facebook</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Interior views: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9U4RFSo1ZEnSaAvr7Eg_hNAITXFe20omowrLLywzn1BJRinnctjPgJohrlbU2_vLJ0ckyjCdyJtYc5pGRu4uJiftmzRL_ILRirc387SwpyoNEDinaiVmHiprxBvrYDQaQx9XVQiKFFTVE2W905RSf7dURXE8C1KAV-KUmR-_47foZDioZcIanK1VFCw/s2048/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9U4RFSo1ZEnSaAvr7Eg_hNAITXFe20omowrLLywzn1BJRinnctjPgJohrlbU2_vLJ0ckyjCdyJtYc5pGRu4uJiftmzRL_ILRirc387SwpyoNEDinaiVmHiprxBvrYDQaQx9XVQiKFFTVE2W905RSf7dURXE8C1KAV-KUmR-_47foZDioZcIanK1VFCw/w640-h480/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The Brian Hogan band onstage for a January 2023 show. That's Steve Whalen on the far left. Thanks to Cat Lukaszewski for sharing eight views of the event on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/clukaszewski/posts/pfbid0CBURFE3T5tdDkuUMwwonxGuGT8PUEfQ9vXrn82AnPKsTj8T9yJMRfCEGuSLJMAGhl" target="_blank">Facebook post</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjMFPZZK2R7ksmYz4kf4hLH01svVK5_mwVoUua4Bx_GLluAR1fKog1bkeGhd-qsyY0eSkxQw9WaAncRyaRx2VgOUsTSqItuculGWOoDK7JZdVbJoYTWRz4gGiHgozSTKHo8xS6IOOM-KU-3dcBUSkgwq3Y3_F4o50d_1A3BGLMTYQ8DFzaZBIQDQ-cQ/s2048/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjMFPZZK2R7ksmYz4kf4hLH01svVK5_mwVoUua4Bx_GLluAR1fKog1bkeGhd-qsyY0eSkxQw9WaAncRyaRx2VgOUsTSqItuculGWOoDK7JZdVbJoYTWRz4gGiHgozSTKHo8xS6IOOM-KU-3dcBUSkgwq3Y3_F4o50d_1A3BGLMTYQ8DFzaZBIQDQ-cQ/w640-h480/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A wider view toward the stage. Photo: Cat Lukaszewski - 2023<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p><b>More exterior views:</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW63zC-uENcIz51yxFisVo2WyX_7x4XAeXT_uQ3eTluR68L4oTDfT9ihB-KE1I5gU4p1NXFl1SJBjDa3-5F0_3V79Au28aRU7IsKa57IInk4_NQ49x4BMTB5--o0gi5gBppamphg4hayL8FxlFjK_fqKbqtMDK6JTkatCS0D6dqtTPqsWqXiaupzo9uw/s1396/American-1947-Newhall-SCVH-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1396" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW63zC-uENcIz51yxFisVo2WyX_7x4XAeXT_uQ3eTluR68L4oTDfT9ihB-KE1I5gU4p1NXFl1SJBjDa3-5F0_3V79Au28aRU7IsKa57IInk4_NQ49x4BMTB5--o0gi5gBppamphg4hayL8FxlFjK_fqKbqtMDK6JTkatCS0D6dqtTPqsWqXiaupzo9uw/w640-h324/American-1947-Newhall-SCVH-D.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1947</b> - A ticket lobby detail from the photo from the Arthur B. Perkins Collection that's at the top of the page. The display case on the left has a poster for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IB4VQr7MiD_2Ij2byyI9Cy1mdi9n16cclnHytxlvcnFY4tuL6_vk2m0KyVa5rw1YDg4W-LIcZqmRq9bvBTsEUPg1rPWBpRQg0Rm_1rjFaqiOOmc3-rVYhgAnOUEOZAe_Fo_g6ooF2-v2hjnPx53yndOW9vzFWap42hrarjlqqSHARt2h-LXqKrR4hw/s1600/American-Newhall-Suddenly-DOHollywood.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IB4VQr7MiD_2Ij2byyI9Cy1mdi9n16cclnHytxlvcnFY4tuL6_vk2m0KyVa5rw1YDg4W-LIcZqmRq9bvBTsEUPg1rPWBpRQg0Rm_1rjFaqiOOmc3-rVYhgAnOUEOZAe_Fo_g6ooF2-v2hjnPx53yndOW9vzFWap42hrarjlqqSHARt2h-LXqKrR4hw/w640-h480/American-Newhall-Suddenly-DOHollywood.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2010</b> - A photo from Robby Cress that appears with "<a href="http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2010/05/suddenly-1954-film-locations.html" target="_blank">Suddenly (1954) Film Locations</a>," a post on the blog Dear Old Hollywood. Thanks to Jonathan Raines for spotting the post. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zHI-jyhr22IpJsLsKBFY91u2Nc_ycAdWMWkNC9EEn8lrZWTzUCHqnv9pjOc0hrr8zsxCByPCT2fYs8YuDZFEukKaFycw5LXFcj_91s7-nFzQPmlwDd4tLZTmVmVgjrI2Czmph7Ke22d4PAGtc6904ygGFR5okpaaOSReVFPbt2rlZSDXx2hr-gHM3A/s952/American-Google-2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="952" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zHI-jyhr22IpJsLsKBFY91u2Nc_ycAdWMWkNC9EEn8lrZWTzUCHqnv9pjOc0hrr8zsxCByPCT2fYs8YuDZFEukKaFycw5LXFcj_91s7-nFzQPmlwDd4tLZTmVmVgjrI2Czmph7Ke22d4PAGtc6904ygGFR5okpaaOSReVFPbt2rlZSDXx2hr-gHM3A/w640-h260/American-Google-2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2018</b> - A view from Google Maps. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQBOpLmR96CCRxtTG__1q7x-BnhEUwy0E5xpLTlBYQ3QJmfgteQYukGmJfbDKhbFQui6blN__9d89MLBbP8j4gy3o-TPuW9EliNU-mbqPugrLDa14DWr47YdVruNhkwua3cJU5RxaOLr_N1pBZRpJrtOIfG3KcxluP_1WJLtG8ifNUhwIy4ywN-NPrw/s2048/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2048" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQBOpLmR96CCRxtTG__1q7x-BnhEUwy0E5xpLTlBYQ3QJmfgteQYukGmJfbDKhbFQui6blN__9d89MLBbP8j4gy3o-TPuW9EliNU-mbqPugrLDa14DWr47YdVruNhkwua3cJU5RxaOLr_N1pBZRpJrtOIfG3KcxluP_1WJLtG8ifNUhwIy4ywN-NPrw/w640-h530/American-Newhall-Lukaszewski-2023-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023</b> - Thanks to Cat Lukaszewski for this shot, one of eight photos in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/clukaszewski/posts/pfbid0CBURFE3T5tdDkuUMwwonxGuGT8PUEfQ9vXrn82AnPKsTj8T9yJMRfCEGuSLJMAGhl" target="_blank">Facebook post</a> about the January show with the Brian Hogan band that she attended. <br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><b> The American in the Movies: </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWWB_5zJV6QS7d7g76nN3EBpREfL27IuLweisZNegyrNfOSyP0NE3q6_Wnadmy4cNd8da9wlhiWuC4TRake_mw9aF7IFlyD99zV3rilYVTC0dcEnFEox6tRsdfUAfN_8qhwwsmw8kgGS07GVSD9kUlIq4qFeQquosdaJ9-0yDvTId_e4FS_PMIPoVpQ/s1500/American-Suddenly-101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1500" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoWWB_5zJV6QS7d7g76nN3EBpREfL27IuLweisZNegyrNfOSyP0NE3q6_Wnadmy4cNd8da9wlhiWuC4TRake_mw9aF7IFlyD99zV3rilYVTC0dcEnFEox6tRsdfUAfN_8qhwwsmw8kgGS07GVSD9kUlIq4qFeQquosdaJ9-0yDvTId_e4FS_PMIPoVpQ/w640-h486/American-Suddenly-101.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Kim Charney walks by the theatre in the opening credit sequence of Lewis Allen's film "Suddenly" (United Artists, 1954). He'll soon be joined by the sheriff, played by Sterling Hayden. Frank Sinatra
stars as the leader of a group of mobsters planning to assassinate the
President when he visits the small town of Suddenly, California. Also
featured are James Gleason and Nancy
Gates. The cinematography was by Charles G. Clarke. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2022/08/suddenly.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for two more shots of the American. Thanks to Jonathan Raines for spotting the theatre in the film. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqo-ZFaqJgHizOjkwEBxKuF6rssxHaiwmm4was5qrmtXwAX2o_4CnBCNS3qnKUaDv3LDZ7R-6ED7Y5iYz7CX64H-mPdz253ZV-KzI-wz0FKjneE-jbik3jWdLVzXzZzMOtF0AU4Xl4AtR1c36e0_dTS0ER-ByYBQGZOeZbPmKx5-lDy7r1OzoWTGzEQ/s1500/American-BeeGirls-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1500" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqo-ZFaqJgHizOjkwEBxKuF6rssxHaiwmm4was5qrmtXwAX2o_4CnBCNS3qnKUaDv3LDZ7R-6ED7Y5iYz7CX64H-mPdz253ZV-KzI-wz0FKjneE-jbik3jWdLVzXzZzMOtF0AU4Xl4AtR1c36e0_dTS0ER-ByYBQGZOeZbPmKx5-lDy7r1OzoWTGzEQ/w640-h350/American-BeeGirls-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We get this nice view of the theatre in "Invasion of the Bee Girls" (Sequoia / Centaur,
1973). It looks like they're doing a sewer improvement project. But the
big problem in town is that men are dropping dead all over the place
during extremely vigorous sex. Too bad we don't get a death in the
projection booth. Yes,
the Bee Girls are responsible. Denis Sanders directed from a script by
Nicholas Meyer. The cinematography was by Gary Graver. The cast includes
William Smith, Anitra Ford and Victoria Vetri. They have a meeting in the former theatre to decide what to do. See the <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/2022/09/invasion-of-bee-girls.html" target="_blank">Historic L.A. Theatres in Movies</a> post for two very unexciting interior views. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More information:</b> See the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2334" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> page about the American. There's also a page about the theatre on the <a href="https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap1516.htm" target="_blank">Santa Clarita Valley History</a> website. <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/american-legion-post-507-newhall" target="_blank">Yelp</a> has a page about the venue. <br /></div><p>| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/09/american-newhall.html">back to top</a></span></span><span style="color: #999999;"> </span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/01/san-fernando-valley-theatres.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatres-by-address-san-fernando-valley.html" target="_blank">San Fernando Valley: list by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown</a> |<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westside-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westside</a><span style="color: #666666;"> | </span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/01/hollywood-theatres-overview.html" target="_blank">Hollywood</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/westwood-and-brentwood-theatres.html" target="_blank">Westwood and Brentwood</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/santa-monica-and-venice-theatres.html" target="_blank">Along the Coast</a><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-los-angeles-movie-palaces.html" target="_blank">[more] Los Angeles movie palaces</a> | <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/los-angeles-alphabetical-theatre-list.html" target="_blank">the main alphabetical list</a> |</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/theatre-history-resources.html" target="_blank">theatre history resources</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2014/03/film-and-theatre-technology-resources.html" target="_blank">film and theatre tech resources</a> | <a href="https://theatresinmovies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">theatres in movies</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/losangelestheatres" target="_blank">LA Theatres on facebook</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/contact-information.html" target="_blank">contact info</a> | </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/search/label/site%20navigation" target="_blank">welcome and site navigation guide</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> |</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>B Counterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335713971590668080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740044687026723126.post-148172254021759602022-09-10T12:15:00.146-07:002022-09-11T13:09:19.712-07:00Strand Theatre<p><b>4409-4411 S. Broadway</b> Los Angeles, CA 90037 | <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/4409+S+Broadway,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90037/@34.0034025,-118.2785427,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2c8137b1a3aa5:0xef0f159f345fdecd!8m2!3d34.0034025!4d-118.2785427" target="_blank"><b>map</b></a> |</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-ccU49d01uJAQNCm7sfKqK1NJx5qs5r_C_krpBG1OGRTGqXMTpd-BGmauJSTRHVQCF_FTov8NgX0z_10WQRm__8WPfPerj_ehBe926b8x4FJ43J9_aMdj6WVw6YTf64YGBGAZwXYbgUSvIsDPAg9_8VPKqrqr7ZMuWd3UwSmdCH1FwAqafaIZQ4VlQ/s640/Strand-Bway-1921-DMT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="499" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-ccU49d01uJAQNCm7sfKqK1NJx5qs5r_C_krpBG1OGRTGqXMTpd-BGmauJSTRHVQCF_FTov8NgX0z_10WQRm__8WPfPerj_ehBe926b8x4FJ43J9_aMdj6WVw6YTf64YGBGAZwXYbgUSvIsDPAg9_8VPKqrqr7ZMuWd3UwSmdCH1FwAqafaIZQ4VlQ/w427-h546/Strand-Bway-1921-DMT.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Opened:</b> August 18, 1921 with Charles Ray in "Scrap Iron." Thanks to Bill Gabel for the research. This stretch of S. Broadway was originally called Moneta Ave. The renaming happened around 1928. Thanks to Dallas Movie Theaters for locating this pre-opening trade magazine photo for a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/5060/photos/154480" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>.
The copy with it: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Just weeks prior to Sol Lesser and the Gore
Brothers' Strand Theatre launching, they puts up a banner trumpeting its
$30,000 Robert Morgan orchestral pipe organ in 1921."<br /></p><p>The operators, Sol Lesser and the Gore Brothers soon rolled their holdings into a new organization called West Coast Theatres. </p><p><b>Seats:</b> 892 was a later count appearing in a Film Daily Yearbook. <br /></p><p><b>Architect: </b>Woodbury C. Pennell designed the building for owner Ed Golter. He also designed the<b> </b><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/alvarado-theatre.html" target="_blank">Alvarado Theatre</a> at 710 S. Alvarado (1914, with John C. Austin) and the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/fairfax-theatre.html" target="_blank">Fairfax Theatre</a>, 7907 Beverly Blvd. (1930).</p><p>This item appeared in the March 18, 1921 issue of Southwest Builder & Contractor: </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Theatre for the corner of Moneta and Vernon Ave; Ed. Golter, owner; W.C. Pennell, architect; cost, $66,000; 2 story brick theater, store and market."</p><div>The March 23, 1921 issue of The American Architect carried this item:</div><div> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Los
Angeles, Cal - E. Golter, care W.C. Pennell, archt., 203 Chapman Bldg.,
having plans prepared for 1 and 2 story, 135 x 173 ft., brick theatre
on Moneta and Vernon Aves. $100,000." </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"></p><p>Joe Vogel comments:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Though Pennell is cited multiple times in the California Index as the partner of prolific theatre architect L.A. Smith during the year 1920, I can’t confirm that there were any built theatres on which they collaborated. They were hired to design a large theatre on 6th Street in San Pedro in 1920, but this project seems to have remained unbuilt. I’ve never found any reference indicating that Smith had anything to do with the design of the Strand, built in 1921. The Pennell-Smith partnership was apparently brief..."</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The
City Planning Department’s information for the parcel on which the
Strand was located is a bit vague. The assessor’s report includes the
address 4401-4413 S. Broadway and 316-336 W. Vernon, and claims there
are five buildings on the property, but it gives the date of
construction (1921) and size (29,017 sq.ft.) of only one of them..." </p><div>In the 1923 city directory it was listed with an address of 4409 S.
Moneta. It's listed in a 1923 Paramount ad as at Vernon & Moneta. Ken McIntyre notes that they were advertising a 4411 address in
1933 and that it's listed as 4407 S. Broadway in the 1939 city
directory. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTRNccBmWR-QWFbCo3s0cjAMlOeqWh3ls5VviK89MdmYbpzM7p9XN2X1_Zht9NKyu87EupqgRKITrVrDRPVnfBWhNIIkVG60TYtkGJHRbKlbtF2ZSNut3OYoWhRWWv7qAjc3uacux65PxJOUhBUnuS0ciYtNrwd25HNmYn4GzpgwgSdjSKatx_yjUVA/s506/Strand-1932-March.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="506" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTRNccBmWR-QWFbCo3s0cjAMlOeqWh3ls5VviK89MdmYbpzM7p9XN2X1_Zht9NKyu87EupqgRKITrVrDRPVnfBWhNIIkVG60TYtkGJHRbKlbtF2ZSNut3OYoWhRWWv7qAjc3uacux65PxJOUhBUnuS0ciYtNrwd25HNmYn4GzpgwgSdjSKatx_yjUVA/w345-h275/Strand-1932-March.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><br /></div><div>March 1932. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this ad as well as all the others appearing on the page. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWZTRyJu0OMsh_fBsk12rPEJhjil3NeGjcW_ytrrN2TbZzBEbSdAIvy3x9PGBSvMLUh4Pmw1R7gpBm392XMB5rhIf2dS3QYo8eoIzwKGUQVcAJWktxrWrzC4Iqyz59yyuHUAYXRzbxOX291zvTStdzEIuwXDnc5jCDB6TMWZaILLuE4tpqwuQYPLWUA/s482/Strand-Vernon-Bway-1933-Apr-SouthwestWave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="482" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWZTRyJu0OMsh_fBsk12rPEJhjil3NeGjcW_ytrrN2TbZzBEbSdAIvy3x9PGBSvMLUh4Pmw1R7gpBm392XMB5rhIf2dS3QYo8eoIzwKGUQVcAJWktxrWrzC4Iqyz59yyuHUAYXRzbxOX291zvTStdzEIuwXDnc5jCDB6TMWZaILLuE4tpqwuQYPLWUA/w343-h266/Strand-Vernon-Bway-1933-Apr-SouthwestWave.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><br /></div><div>"400 Good Seats - 15 cents Other Seats and Loges - 25 cents." It's an April 1933 ad that appeared in the Southwest Wave. <br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A 1936 L.A. Times listing for the Strand and several other South L.A. theatres. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpXr5_-ZVZkQd9fPtuT4RV-BNPJpLghPaQzOGjQrquVl7gNlHGqk_t8lkwAAkRw6S3ZAg8R_r4CTO3WD0HTj6qJuL3vJ8uD_e2qGCCcxJ2--lv61or92oF5gH1ExpAU9SzkxbSRakGt1NzHku8-eHxoYrFMGBIIrIbgBtDFqVLE2jkkNQogFcJYrdog/s488/Strand-1940-March.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="488" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpXr5_-ZVZkQd9fPtuT4RV-BNPJpLghPaQzOGjQrquVl7gNlHGqk_t8lkwAAkRw6S3ZAg8R_r4CTO3WD0HTj6qJuL3vJ8uD_e2qGCCcxJ2--lv61or92oF5gH1ExpAU9SzkxbSRakGt1NzHku8-eHxoYrFMGBIIrIbgBtDFqVLE2jkkNQogFcJYrdog/w343-h295/Strand-1940-March.jpg" width="343" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A March 1940 ad with the Strand as part of the Southtown Theatres mini-circuit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwHoTR_WOowrzbOxaR92m8iqugfHK8SDgr3KUZ5K_sXCIkY2GvTRliSd2gd5f-TOVjK79UeJNZVqfm1LZUr0kwdTdEZAquHyheMZ1sYCWGr0W72tFMgoZcsgfdHRMs_OWxJpH0jCJns_KGXwaF0rZGPVRnr4exTpjLH4GmSIBYKNSwOeCr_n8X3hGFQ/s953/Strand-1941-Aug-SouthwestWave.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="235" height="1150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwHoTR_WOowrzbOxaR92m8iqugfHK8SDgr3KUZ5K_sXCIkY2GvTRliSd2gd5f-TOVjK79UeJNZVqfm1LZUr0kwdTdEZAquHyheMZ1sYCWGr0W72tFMgoZcsgfdHRMs_OWxJpH0jCJns_KGXwaF0rZGPVRnr4exTpjLH4GmSIBYKNSwOeCr_n8X3hGFQ/w284-h1150/Strand-1941-Aug-SouthwestWave.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">$600 cash offered in August 1941. The ad appeared in the Southwest Wave. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
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A Strand ad in 1943. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLA9CatPBX5AAe9fgGRKA5Fb9lRs6epvt02MDVWS8YolAPd4yk_SceTTx-iLGh7HASJvMjXR-5nMZwTR7lTxhrPSXzBvd7AvHu7v683WTDNiSKGyH-Kf_yJqqZD8fb3_XK5a-U__j2P4bic8URe8O-Fa4ctJZAPmGdm15aNGZNbVR68NVBNRKjK9BnA/s685/Strand-1947-May.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="529" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLA9CatPBX5AAe9fgGRKA5Fb9lRs6epvt02MDVWS8YolAPd4yk_SceTTx-iLGh7HASJvMjXR-5nMZwTR7lTxhrPSXzBvd7AvHu7v683WTDNiSKGyH-Kf_yJqqZD8fb3_XK5a-U__j2P4bic8URe8O-Fa4ctJZAPmGdm15aNGZNbVR68NVBNRKjK9BnA/w346-h448/Strand-1947-May.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">15 cartoons! It's a May 1947 ad. Vinnicof Theatres was running it in the 1940s.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprNRE4rzRxfDagwT2_Zhqaaif6yX88nNYovM_NBBao8ssWoVoTX2LOyg4LPDVPZp2T_cnRb0DfVqnVGXowBHBAzUiDzHvbVQDmtMfhTGdxdz_Q3zRuHlfmJXHutM95XAAo4NThiwS5dql0kpj2mSSONppawkFP9_S-CyWV5K40P69jU83JyBHsjyHyw/s963/Strand-1947-July-TheWeb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="529" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprNRE4rzRxfDagwT2_Zhqaaif6yX88nNYovM_NBBao8ssWoVoTX2LOyg4LPDVPZp2T_cnRb0DfVqnVGXowBHBAzUiDzHvbVQDmtMfhTGdxdz_Q3zRuHlfmJXHutM95XAAo4NThiwS5dql0kpj2mSSONppawkFP9_S-CyWV5K40P69jU83JyBHsjyHyw/w345-h627/Strand-1947-July-TheWeb.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A July 1947 Vinnicof ad. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuura1YRgJXmUN6Y7vkruGtZwZM-7h1cuTEaAOZULgsk7kbps2TSRf7-c6tN3cSGMFqQXgCWafm3KKn3jObGMG3y6FPfb5erk92wOCHVqrst07rpNDvtnrryLmUn-wfrszg0bxUGYKM92TzW9QANbfddJOI-Ajw-ZA_-XgpyindCY7NPB_DdpjNmP9eg/s1980/Strand-Bway-1947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1980" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuura1YRgJXmUN6Y7vkruGtZwZM-7h1cuTEaAOZULgsk7kbps2TSRf7-c6tN3cSGMFqQXgCWafm3KKn3jObGMG3y6FPfb5erk92wOCHVqrst07rpNDvtnrryLmUn-wfrszg0bxUGYKM92TzW9QANbfddJOI-Ajw-ZA_-XgpyindCY7NPB_DdpjNmP9eg/w640-h422/Strand-Bway-1947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating this December 1947 photo for a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5828400877184651" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook page. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqTIkoCoGv7VNMuY5s6ACp0dVKmMU2EhFer-oPDKAi15ckXv69RTWum1IvOe8PjzIIuc0CrPA87J474Kh0sdgwibUqLl-_4gRrRigQqKG1VKcz0uYuyZg11FUD06r6mP8dypn58bUAxZzLHn34AcovogBdcqz4utg9MKfWp7Yiz-jct59WrAE_c-suw/s1296/Strand-SBway-1948-Vinnicoff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="405" height="921" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqTIkoCoGv7VNMuY5s6ACp0dVKmMU2EhFer-oPDKAi15ckXv69RTWum1IvOe8PjzIIuc0CrPA87J474Kh0sdgwibUqLl-_4gRrRigQqKG1VKcz0uYuyZg11FUD06r6mP8dypn58bUAxZzLHn34AcovogBdcqz4utg9MKfWp7Yiz-jct59WrAE_c-suw/w288-h921/Strand-SBway-1948-Vinnicoff.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><p></p><p>Great deals at the snackbar: "All Nickel Candy Bars 5 cents." It's part of a 1948 Vinnicof Theatres ad. Thanks, Ken! Among his other southend theatres, Harry Vinnicof also had the Madrid, the Congress and the Regent. <br /></p><p>According to a Cinema Treasures contributor going by the handle "the projectionist," it was operated by Bob Scott in the early 1960s. He says he was working there the night Kennedy was assassinated. <br />
</p><p><b>Closing:</b> It was burned out during the 1965 Watts riots and never reopened. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> The portion of the 1921 building that was the theatre lobby and retail spaces survives. The area that was the auditorium is now a parking lot. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincLrEu07CH-E3sBcsILW3ZsjLG6yhn6Xil_eqVl_35oTiXnG7RA2rzGbcseP-ffhJR11NzIUtrlXcXLQsS4_L4tw5AWiOagZB-MVsIoFZOPkxjvPHV9FfvHy01lGiFMDLDgB1VYi6XDaUTbDdL6zuzmbJl6zuw-mm_139J8gYAb93OoVDhHTjS20ZCQ/s898/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="898" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincLrEu07CH-E3sBcsILW3ZsjLG6yhn6Xil_eqVl_35oTiXnG7RA2rzGbcseP-ffhJR11NzIUtrlXcXLQsS4_L4tw5AWiOagZB-MVsIoFZOPkxjvPHV9FfvHy01lGiFMDLDgB1VYi6XDaUTbDdL6zuzmbJl6zuw-mm_139J8gYAb93OoVDhHTjS20ZCQ/w640-h278/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A 2022 view with S. Broadway on the left. On the right we're looking west on Vernon. Photo: Google Maps </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYt1tsfMkq1Ye-30QjJfrHhl2364eAlgdBChTmjNvCcNeP8aRGh1nDyzMpewI6uI9Oogll0RLfQ9yejlwApyqeKloCxTaz-I3E-Z3efkHulwPVlKKj4EHrxLnOcXXI5qK_2Pj9BSEaco90BDK225600dbl7vetEs03-1YwtK7oFsYDKMrG3Xt-Hflow/s886/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="886" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYt1tsfMkq1Ye-30QjJfrHhl2364eAlgdBChTmjNvCcNeP8aRGh1nDyzMpewI6uI9Oogll0RLfQ9yejlwApyqeKloCxTaz-I3E-Z3efkHulwPVlKKj4EHrxLnOcXXI5qK_2Pj9BSEaco90BDK225600dbl7vetEs03-1YwtK7oFsYDKMrG3Xt-Hflow/w640-h300/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking up at the ornament above what was once the theatre's entrance. Photo: Google Maps - 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme8GBsxlXEG1I8x5AYTxXjeTMpf0ALo9NUIUZeTv-peLF0KleC-vRyKt8tlmebFKL-OLCGH4181l7oLS2EVV6wimx1DhE9Z-2i8yB3iheRMqgd-o-jm3XOmvOe8hC3EqAeyll6SCtcD3_7WeP39ajy_KEOFxAvk5MjHNUqDzh4EUulPrRoQMNKRPKXg/s963/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="963" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgme8GBsxlXEG1I8x5AYTxXjeTMpf0ALo9NUIUZeTv-peLF0KleC-vRyKt8tlmebFKL-OLCGH4181l7oLS2EVV6wimx1DhE9Z-2i8yB3iheRMqgd-o-jm3XOmvOe8hC3EqAeyll6SCtcD3_7WeP39ajy_KEOFxAvk5MjHNUqDzh4EUulPrRoQMNKRPKXg/w640-h354/Strand-S-Bway-Google-2022-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The missing auditorium behind 4409 S. Broadway is indicated in orange. 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Thanks to Cathy Romero for this photo of the building in use as a church. It appears on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8943/photos/254492" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> as a post by Valverderose</p><p>In
the 1939 Alhambra directory it's listed as being at 740 E. Garvey Ave. in Garvey. Ken Rose notes that it was listed with a 716 E. Garvey Ave. address in the 1950 and 1952 editions of the Film Daily Yearbook. The area has now adopted the L.A. numbering system. Joe Vogel comments that this area was later called South San Gabriel before finally being annexed by Rosemead. The theatre was on the south side of the street a bit west of San Gabriel Blvd. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating:</b> The film Daily Yearbook gave a capacity of 750 in 1941 and 740 in 1950 and 1952. Thanks to Ken Roe for the research. </div><p><b>Architect:</b> Unknown. Joe Vogel offers this fine description on Cinema Treasures: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"... The building was of masonry construction, with a wood truss roof. About 1950, the building was gutted by an arson fire, and the roof had to be reconstructed. The style was simple and modern, with a vague suggestion of Spanish Mission style in the form of a bit of tile trim along the roof edge. There was a tripartite marquee, the two sides angled back from the center section, the name Garvey repeated on all three sections. Atop the building was the vertical name sign, carried on an open metalwork tower lined outlined with white neon which flashed on and off in synchronization with the changing colors of the name. <br /><br />"The lobby was of modest size, and the auditorium was closed off from it by drapes rather than doors. The concession stand was on the wall between the aisle entrances. It was a two-aisle auditorium, and was so low that the openings for projecting films were no more than three feet below the ceiling. There were six of the common octagonal chandeliers of metal with colored glass panels, and there were three or four wall sconces on each side of the auditorium. The side walls were each decorated with three or four large medallions (probably plaster relief painted bronze) featuring the profile of an American Indian, similar to that on an Indian-head penny. There were four or five rows of leather loges at the back of the theater, and ordinary plush theater seats in the rest of the house... The Garvey featured a crying room next to the projection booth, reached by a narrow, curving stairway. The restrooms (on the main floor) were rather large for a small neighborhood house, and well appointed..."<br /></div><p>Joe discussed the neighborhood in comments on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5791881067503299" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook thread about a building in Alhambra that veered off to discuss Garvey: </p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"I lived on Falling Leaf Avenue south of Newmark from 1945 until 1951, when we moved to Garvey Hills. That neighborhood was very different then than it was by 1975. The old Beach's Market was still standing on Garvey just east of Gladys, with the Garvey Pharmacy next door at the corner, and across Gladys a second market, originally called Spotlight, which later became a branch of Gateway. Around the corner on San Gabriel there was even a small 5 & 10 cent store called Barnette's. We also had a neighborhood theater, the Garvey, on the south side of the street just west of the wash. I went to a many Saturday matinees there."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The theatre was operated as a second or third run house by the Edwards circuit. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The Garvey had a fire in 1949. Thanks to Jeff Bridges for locating this item in the March 23 issue of the L.A. Times: </div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"> "Possibility of arson in the early morning burning of part of the Garvey Theater, 716 E Garvey Blvd., Wilmar, was indicated yesterday as the Sheriff’s arson squad investigated suspicious factors of the $60,000 blaze. Lt. David Ostraff of the Sheriff’s arson detail found a broken window and indications that an arsonist might have poured flammable fluid on the rear seats, where the outbreak is believed to have originated. The fire spread to the attic and into the roof. The theater was unoccupied at the time. It required five engine companies to curb the fire..." </p><p><b>Closing:</b> It was running as late as 1952 and then by 1953 was used as a church. Joe comments:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"It later re-opened as a theatre, briefly, but when CinemaScope came along, Edwards didn't think the place worth the investment for a new screen, and it returned to being a church... I took a picture of it... around 1960, when it was the Dancing Deliverance Tabernacle, a Pentecostal church." </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It was demolished around 1980. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIPuoEHnqM5pPj1AnXdbEtk8zwRLo-D8GLDEjmbtGpjiE_WDQ_-AFNZnVs8gJJ0i0csS4H7KzkkHuaeNIDXsJdqJP3UQ3g--glepEZ5dUgUMzB4JpuzjJqeBIiDrjnZtl22VMn80Teb0NECnWQCdoquEoSsPfxR2DcSMbLMnzvDsUp_lx11u46c3-tw/s640/Garvey-CatalinaRose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="640" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIPuoEHnqM5pPj1AnXdbEtk8zwRLo-D8GLDEjmbtGpjiE_WDQ_-AFNZnVs8gJJ0i0csS4H7KzkkHuaeNIDXsJdqJP3UQ3g--glepEZ5dUgUMzB4JpuzjJqeBIiDrjnZtl22VMn80Teb0NECnWQCdoquEoSsPfxR2DcSMbLMnzvDsUp_lx11u46c3-tw/w640-h432/Garvey-CatalinaRose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>A demolition view looking west across the wash. Thanks to Catalina Rose for sharing her photo on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8943/photos/66951" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. </p><p>A K-Mart was built on the site. 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It's now called <b>The Culver Theater</b>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Website:</b> <a href="https://web.theculvertheater.com" target="_blank">web.theculvertheater.com</a> <b>Tickets:</b> <a href="https://www.atomtickets.com/theaters/the-culver-theater/52846" target="_blank">www.atomtickets.com</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlkrUzA9fsHsFtqZYh5N0SCk-fP1ExlEChEzWyLIzUg6cWG1OytJ2haf6nm3p6LxGlH4GCPMTzvpYPYhkGgBSKZu0Y7qHrjkEPA-411lb41oldegnYfmAHNfZ6Q_CIzElGvSQ4sZOeFFJZhTOVq3yb-q284NUEOVhf3oxKcn9CNi3WYpJRBFPrpYzVg/s757/CC12-Benson-Bohl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="757" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlkrUzA9fsHsFtqZYh5N0SCk-fP1ExlEChEzWyLIzUg6cWG1OytJ2haf6nm3p6LxGlH4GCPMTzvpYPYhkGgBSKZu0Y7qHrjkEPA-411lb41oldegnYfmAHNfZ6Q_CIzElGvSQ4sZOeFFJZhTOVq3yb-q284NUEOVhf3oxKcn9CNi3WYpJRBFPrpYzVg/w640-h504/CC12-Benson-Bohl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Original opening:</b> May 16, 2003 as the <b>Pacific Culver Stadium 12</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Architects:</b> It was designed by the San Diego firm of Benson & Bohl. Thanks to Joe Vogel for the research. The image comes from their website's <a href="http://bensonbohl.com/projects/screenland/" target="_blank">Screenland</a> page. Evidently that was a working name for the project.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating:</b> During the ArcLight era it was 1,658 in 12 auditoria. When Amazon reopened the house in December 2022 they were using six screens, all on the main floor. The current capacity is 1,078. Screens 1-4 are each 224. Screens 5 and 6 each seat 91. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKadHQHUqwIWCffx7ZJ3Lfimtpb9qt_DH5nQpJfjviKt3MFmjjJ4gJ3K0gImt9qf52KyqP1pJG5B0R1uRFlQI2h35-yMaRSDP2lvnVFBvpJ3O25tkGdcgH-npW4UY_BYh3XOczF7-5OPsWjfIqs1exSJuDN2BH7TFANnq991mmS17n6PKHM2DqvcndA/s640/CC12-2003-May-16.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKadHQHUqwIWCffx7ZJ3Lfimtpb9qt_DH5nQpJfjviKt3MFmjjJ4gJ3K0gImt9qf52KyqP1pJG5B0R1uRFlQI2h35-yMaRSDP2lvnVFBvpJ3O25tkGdcgH-npW4UY_BYh3XOczF7-5OPsWjfIqs1exSJuDN2BH7TFANnq991mmS17n6PKHM2DqvcndA/w400-h214/CC12-2003-May-16.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">An opening day ad. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. Visit his site: <a href="https://movie-theatre.org/" target="_blank">Movie-Theatre.org</a> <br /></p><p>It closed in March 2015 for an upgrade and reopened May 1 as the <b>ArcLight Culver City</b>. </p><p>The theatre closed in March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. In April 2021 Pacific Theatres parent Decurion Corporation noted that they would not be reopening any of their ArcLight or Pacific locations. </p><p>"<a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/arclight-eviction-notice-regal-landlords-theater-battles-1234628381/" target="_blank">Arclight gets an eviction notice...</a>" was an April 10, 2021 story by Tom Brueggeman on IndieWire. See the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/02/cinerama-dome.html" target="_blank">Cinerama Dome</a> page for additional stories about the closures and fates of the different ArcLight locations. </p><div style="text-align: left;">Amazon signed a lease on the building in late 2021. Costar had the news in their February 9, 2022 story "<a href="https://www.costar.com/article/1895723780/amazon-leases-shuttered-movie-theater-next-to-its-la-studio-headquarters" target="_blank">Amazon Leases Shuttered Movie Theater</a>" although at the time it was unknown what they planned to do with it. They already had a big investment almost next door as the tenant of the former Selznik Studios. Their intentions regarding keeping it a theatre were revealed in "<a href="https://www.costar.com/article/1263346993/amazon-studios-plans-first-run-movie-theater-in-culver-city-california" target="_blank">Amazon Studios Plans First-Run Movie Theater in Culver City, California</a>," a July 18, 2022 CoStar story by Jack Witthaus and Mark Heschmeyer. They noted: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"Construction underway, liquor license sought by owner of Wolfgang Puck brand... Amazon Studios plans to open a movie theater in a shuttered cinema in Culver City, California, in what may be a first for one of the biggest players in streaming..."</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Steven Sharp for spotting the July 18 story for a mention in his <a href="https://la.urbanize.city/post/weekly-headlines-july-23-2022" target="_blank">Urbanize L.A.</a> July 23 Weekly Headlines post. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> Amazon reopened the house as <b>The Culver Theater</b> December 9, 2022. They had six screens in operation. There's seating in the lobby, a full bar and various food offerings at a
revamped snackbar. Ticket prices are in the $14-18 range. Their ad copy: <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">"The Culver Theater is
the only theater in the United States to showcase an 8K HDR screen,
multiple 4K Micro-LED screens and Dolby ATMOS theatrical sound
capability in all 6 auditoriums." <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Auditoria
1-4 have the 4K screens, auditorium 5 has conventional digital
projection. Auditorium #6 has the 8K screen. At the time of the reopening
there was no 3-D capability. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Costar had the reopening news with their December 14 story "<a href="https://www.costar.com/article/884404192/streaming-giant-amazon-goes-back-to-the-future-with-its-first-traditional-movie-theater" target="_blank">Streaming Giant Amazon Goes Back to the Future With Its First Traditional Movie Theater</a>." This is the first theatre operation for the company. It's unknown if there are any plans for more locations. But the company is definitely interested in the theatrical end of the business. In the November 23 Bloomberg News story "<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-23/amazon-plans-to-invest-1-billion-in-movies-for-theaters" target="_blank">Amazon Plans to Invest $1 Billion a Year in Movies for Theaters</a>" they noted there were plans to release 12 movies a year theatrically. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtEFUE5hTwAcGDkUG9OTezuL-1dwCPwfqEbskmgL9QuWz7Bg36vfDodiV21iugEjDtglSCKNTYysiKd6oo-7dLtFBmw06ndlzvV030r6wpE4RkrUEPghMohcjuCXe8mPez5yo3F6p3eZFinOORTId3Gw82Q0QQRP-S72IhpHhYlPfCjMBCq6GHoUlRg/s1788/Culver-Amazon-2022-Times-Dec-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="1121" height="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqtEFUE5hTwAcGDkUG9OTezuL-1dwCPwfqEbskmgL9QuWz7Bg36vfDodiV21iugEjDtglSCKNTYysiKd6oo-7dLtFBmw06ndlzvV030r6wpE4RkrUEPghMohcjuCXe8mPez5yo3F6p3eZFinOORTId3Gw82Q0QQRP-S72IhpHhYlPfCjMBCq6GHoUlRg/w371-h591/Culver-Amazon-2022-Times-Dec-15.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A soft opening was followed by this ad in the December 15 issue of the L.A. Times. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The new look for Amazon:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhgA2s9KuvKrTSubDk83hPtVXZ6VfafcHoopqliWeusiXQ0R9EqACxGk2T5d4xEhatCSv7wgUIx9Q8uh-KtfULB83eTeNzqnLk4niZU5GbJjtECj-n1lUij4RVswXYlg8iS01vb2wuc3-zDU6H8Q_u2uNF1-aIKz1HG4ByGha7887JttggmY8O9X-iw/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1500" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhgA2s9KuvKrTSubDk83hPtVXZ6VfafcHoopqliWeusiXQ0R9EqACxGk2T5d4xEhatCSv7wgUIx9Q8uh-KtfULB83eTeNzqnLk4niZU5GbJjtECj-n1lUij4RVswXYlg8iS01vb2wuc3-zDU6H8Q_u2uNF1-aIKz1HG4ByGha7887JttggmY8O9X-iw/w640-h414/CC12-2022-8-12-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">A peek in the front door revealed that the ArcLight clock had been replaced by a temporary "prime video" display. Photo: Bill Counter - August 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuPxJHSz5KZhXwLBRRm3776o5X8j9vY75ARjOalckfBoyv1M5-QFxRI3edFioL0KHliYbFNHXMqjBiYTfnbz__gf2sUChVUGGRS-ug1GI7uewm6pWX--JlXXn5n8zuFUlrLvs3NzmzjqSmZ8jobYpvA83Bk83dHeNyRTChDlUQRgL2mLzoCtvvgZLMg/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuPxJHSz5KZhXwLBRRm3776o5X8j9vY75ARjOalckfBoyv1M5-QFxRI3edFioL0KHliYbFNHXMqjBiYTfnbz__gf2sUChVUGGRS-ug1GI7uewm6pWX--JlXXn5n8zuFUlrLvs3NzmzjqSmZ8jobYpvA83Bk83dHeNyRTChDlUQRgL2mLzoCtvvgZLMg/w640-h426/CC12-2022-8-12-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A look across from the east side. Photo: Bill Counter - August 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUJDTfD_RZl1n1RcWVeailRaMADK_akSmJoTU9K1V5T_kTd1LO00qUiHc7deeZEVBzRDCFdXlNhcSgyouYbFU9nrSBe59_QwU2kUzAsglcEbVNYgGdSNqn0sEscCXT378ZN0Nrukp2qH2FMvH9GVGlxfevzxATtcaCD-OVpAQaY_cr5t24014Xz8iEg/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUJDTfD_RZl1n1RcWVeailRaMADK_akSmJoTU9K1V5T_kTd1LO00qUiHc7deeZEVBzRDCFdXlNhcSgyouYbFU9nrSBe59_QwU2kUzAsglcEbVNYgGdSNqn0sEscCXT378ZN0Nrukp2qH2FMvH9GVGlxfevzxATtcaCD-OVpAQaY_cr5t24014Xz8iEg/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking in on the day of the "grand opening," December 15, 2022. Photo: Bill Counter </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxVahZbCns5K4aXVb-C9a0WDcuaTyvmodvYZA-HJowQ3yCbiu3BOe2K07W1oJX1LhkuosvlJz0safTNZHWkToFx8IWSO0wbAlIVR65YET8OG9Y2eUBK1hTSynXd8nDHIQbeAo1iPBdOBCB0MplgwON70BuYGThQlRTZos0jFEeSy5UK8Q_cW9EMFvFA/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxVahZbCns5K4aXVb-C9a0WDcuaTyvmodvYZA-HJowQ3yCbiu3BOe2K07W1oJX1LhkuosvlJz0safTNZHWkToFx8IWSO0wbAlIVR65YET8OG9Y2eUBK1hTSynXd8nDHIQbeAo1iPBdOBCB0MplgwON70BuYGThQlRTZos0jFEeSy5UK8Q_cW9EMFvFA/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A view across the bar toward the snackbar. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz7fLdA46nvBnvdGx-65rrmykTSpogGstxoXUif6ryJaQjh53ULasnfKowVkIHha1vo936tPI0L8EnczPRmZpayNx0DIS1q15kseQYzID5ENTieBAOnOwHK3qzPGNLn_xp9z2ihI3VncsgTi9-XtithgX02wp_i3ApraTRhcj2rfgUvNVK3J0J4CMTQ/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz7fLdA46nvBnvdGx-65rrmykTSpogGstxoXUif6ryJaQjh53ULasnfKowVkIHha1vo936tPI0L8EnczPRmZpayNx0DIS1q15kseQYzID5ENTieBAOnOwHK3qzPGNLn_xp9z2ihI3VncsgTi9-XtithgX02wp_i3ApraTRhcj2rfgUvNVK3J0J4CMTQ/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The showtimes board and a peek into the inner lobby. The stairs to the upstairs auditoria, not in use, are on the right. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbemxhiPo8ppH0N4Aw8NIFauKoLAh5a3GBSusIDRTw_I7N816XtXsD9KSR5-oBksKqzwqA-XDDoSxh0y7YT1gOcShBJJoyKMtl6VhD1SQHiT7F5_B9rGwgTmIAON3ZodK0SMLTqgiia6czfstbZynXS6gr-hSLCHoGYIAljdaKYcua7wNDPm2ItQDKQ/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbemxhiPo8ppH0N4Aw8NIFauKoLAh5a3GBSusIDRTw_I7N816XtXsD9KSR5-oBksKqzwqA-XDDoSxh0y7YT1gOcShBJJoyKMtl6VhD1SQHiT7F5_B9rGwgTmIAON3ZodK0SMLTqgiia6czfstbZynXS6gr-hSLCHoGYIAljdaKYcua7wNDPm2ItQDKQ/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Down the corridor. Auditoria 1-4, each with 224 seats, are on the left. The two smaller houses, 5 and 6, are on the right. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-63U9sKO4Ew_TQMgmyA7ljCW5vYeT65L1mqrGbyDFfnME8EXwMHh6N3lXzOCUXShLafKy7VqrH502E0OcMtI9IL1GQ0Z2g-Y7drD9-MK1Say1zfJ6-vTsVNethGSTCmSurnYI4hc6p0DbXKNmOGuH2SJDLYqPkMOQ7ZADZzynXPy7Cmj8oQLjl1xgw/s1500/Culver12-2023-5-8-3F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-63U9sKO4Ew_TQMgmyA7ljCW5vYeT65L1mqrGbyDFfnME8EXwMHh6N3lXzOCUXShLafKy7VqrH502E0OcMtI9IL1GQ0Z2g-Y7drD9-MK1Say1zfJ6-vTsVNethGSTCmSurnYI4hc6p0DbXKNmOGuH2SJDLYqPkMOQ7ZADZzynXPy7Cmj8oQLjl1xgw/w640-h426/Culver12-2023-5-8-3F.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The front of house #3. Photo: Bill Counter - May 2023 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljANV2kck4ULSUDeDbuJ1WP9LChNZu8160KrG8oyPrBpzIxIcP8UfkXXVhTAikwnTQB0hIl1UwMZOSeKrGY-AdWkZZhD7WeIdetWQzhUO_SlF8SPbMHFKy37RzO_SeNENlJfOetI4SsJCHSjvBoC8eQGKSQczHHLpSyBP_ErI2WfzpFIcQHlmVu276w/s1500/Culver12-2023-5-8-3R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljANV2kck4ULSUDeDbuJ1WP9LChNZu8160KrG8oyPrBpzIxIcP8UfkXXVhTAikwnTQB0hIl1UwMZOSeKrGY-AdWkZZhD7WeIdetWQzhUO_SlF8SPbMHFKy37RzO_SeNENlJfOetI4SsJCHSjvBoC8eQGKSQczHHLpSyBP_ErI2WfzpFIcQHlmVu276w/w640-h426/Culver12-2023-5-8-3R.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rear of #3. It's one of four auditoria with a capacity of 224. Photo: Bill Counter - May 2023 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gXRDirc942tzhRn5hzcvT4nQX0QRMgMu9WRAs4QEBXCqa7xtsIKU-f09QrnfLY6tp3oAYbY9aLTQlIQIwK1cPrq7n359ycBayzmYeGyQRnedQ51SrWBxoMk3zdoA3pHmEyD8A4A_n9n1dy7d-KbKCs1xWbuHbbxgvt2egM1MPQMwiBv3cl3gWmbQLg/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-5A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gXRDirc942tzhRn5hzcvT4nQX0QRMgMu9WRAs4QEBXCqa7xtsIKU-f09QrnfLY6tp3oAYbY9aLTQlIQIwK1cPrq7n359ycBayzmYeGyQRnedQ51SrWBxoMk3zdoA3pHmEyD8A4A_n9n1dy7d-KbKCs1xWbuHbbxgvt2egM1MPQMwiBv3cl3gWmbQLg/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-5A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Auditorium 5, the only one to have a conventional screen. Capacity is 91. 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All 6 houses are Atmos equipped. 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Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXTKRzL6Rr0h__WQr8T-9Jbu9z8Cyg1zRtD8S-mYitH6C3qjzAJSBP_Qw-6WTgSDgW5hOTsnFE6Xop46x5xKm00tbYkkYCnvTTVFi-_KGUEENVnd3KP6_o-u-ljM44Ra5vNW-_KSsAqzXMXp_9iNaTG2w-33iiEOJKi7tD65-dwFt4JEZ9sF7S_FHwg/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-6E.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXTKRzL6Rr0h__WQr8T-9Jbu9z8Cyg1zRtD8S-mYitH6C3qjzAJSBP_Qw-6WTgSDgW5hOTsnFE6Xop46x5xKm00tbYkkYCnvTTVFi-_KGUEENVnd3KP6_o-u-ljM44Ra5vNW-_KSsAqzXMXp_9iNaTG2w-33iiEOJKi7tD65-dwFt4JEZ9sF7S_FHwg/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-6E.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A full width image on the 30' screen. Scope format is a bit less tall. This image was from a doc using a variety of aspect ratios. 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Since there are no speakers behind the screen we get subs plus channels 1-2-3 here. In addition, there are speakers assigned to those 3 full-range channels located above the screen. 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Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrnUtcROCbam06WEK52weENmwBrZ_6FlKDABnXDBf5XLOXp7UDQO62HAzSxW68J6PHsRWREwmY1klJfIDOqgC2BtbAmbyN1eSu_eyaOYL-6RWyWl1lhdOzOotBNTwZHLsKhgnQs1p47CG1AXVk57liudQWT9Vs-nHjIlx7nGPDPuVto1RRJ3d3cI0Nw/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-6A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrnUtcROCbam06WEK52weENmwBrZ_6FlKDABnXDBf5XLOXp7UDQO62HAzSxW68J6PHsRWREwmY1klJfIDOqgC2BtbAmbyN1eSu_eyaOYL-6RWyWl1lhdOzOotBNTwZHLsKhgnQs1p47CG1AXVk57liudQWT9Vs-nHjIlx7nGPDPuVto1RRJ3d3cI0Nw/w640-h426/Culver12-2022-12-15-6A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rear of auditorium #6. The capacity here is 91. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2022</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Interior views during the ArcLight era:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFEh24ORs4VGA1q5Lcvd28gMh88tauDjBZeC-HlLRYq09tO__bhgDtUBP3JWXlURj3UBjwC31ol7GWzOvg7WPWvaxJ0i4gBzENJt5eJoF8ihf6xkb4HF5nV1LMHEOgeHz64PkT-q26H9HolLNUa74NrhNU8ErfLPJbpOUCGThJZyLw1O9HiRiK_PRKA/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-GrandS-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFEh24ORs4VGA1q5Lcvd28gMh88tauDjBZeC-HlLRYq09tO__bhgDtUBP3JWXlURj3UBjwC31ol7GWzOvg7WPWvaxJ0i4gBzENJt5eJoF8ihf6xkb4HF5nV1LMHEOgeHz64PkT-q26H9HolLNUa74NrhNU8ErfLPJbpOUCGThJZyLw1O9HiRiK_PRKA/w640-h426/CC12-Yelp-2015-GrandS-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Inside the front doors. It's a 2015 photo by Grand S. on <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/arclight-cinemas-culver-city-3" target="_blank">Yelp</a>. See their page for 200 photos of the complex. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjG5_XMZ1E94eo_KaCJbOsac7sf0dPliB1qe0lZ8cwXef2JhHVSJOphsT35BCn5oMO4zUqF4lSYKyQo8r9thbEp_8k93va8ZxPzS66nCpMp8OjyoTqzpAhYrZSzsW5hfzGhdKb3UMcLWdpyr4GfI6eQ2mXB7rb1fnEhgbhK7k4ShkEq-mN3d1Qb3spQ/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-RobertR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjG5_XMZ1E94eo_KaCJbOsac7sf0dPliB1qe0lZ8cwXef2JhHVSJOphsT35BCn5oMO4zUqF4lSYKyQo8r9thbEp_8k93va8ZxPzS66nCpMp8OjyoTqzpAhYrZSzsW5hfzGhdKb3UMcLWdpyr4GfI6eQ2mXB7rb1fnEhgbhK7k4ShkEq-mN3d1Qb3spQ/w480-h640/CC12-Yelp-2015-RobertR-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">A look toward the bar. Photo: Robert R. - Yelp - 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8niGuQAIEG7sUf41yMF0VALgwNMErldpvYfT6v2q8bT3JswxlgOM2eeGvVi5frXGS904q_BvuciGxFD53ISS7x7s123W7kWL8EBg5KhW66GXpiMQbouALSSqMwcjI1JGEUXBBv6Bzcja6tf2JFoUw_0Vj-e3qD3AuhR6mZU1R7Oyqc1J4lsbPVEuB1A/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-DoreenM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8niGuQAIEG7sUf41yMF0VALgwNMErldpvYfT6v2q8bT3JswxlgOM2eeGvVi5frXGS904q_BvuciGxFD53ISS7x7s123W7kWL8EBg5KhW66GXpiMQbouALSSqMwcjI1JGEUXBBv6Bzcja6tf2JFoUw_0Vj-e3qD3AuhR6mZU1R7Oyqc1J4lsbPVEuB1A/w640-h480/CC12-Yelp-2015-DoreenM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another angle on the bar area. Photo: Doreen M. - Yelp - 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOYGB-AHHPejxlsZ3oUqoYxcNmvKciaQVS6JMl4kpFp9heNLYDSPFwcXANX09ytn8XaTGAdqcQTzYXJt71KmK6ytS3MofZFC8zmCvodQ4hG7PL-f5M6lukuVBqynEfMz_j7-SVZzCKOn2e399mIPu2UXTMsIVKnVQegKjOfMw-kkBhNQ0R--qWEgH8w/s961/CC12-Yelp-2015-WayneY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="961" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaOYGB-AHHPejxlsZ3oUqoYxcNmvKciaQVS6JMl4kpFp9heNLYDSPFwcXANX09ytn8XaTGAdqcQTzYXJt71KmK6ytS3MofZFC8zmCvodQ4hG7PL-f5M6lukuVBqynEfMz_j7-SVZzCKOn2e399mIPu2UXTMsIVKnVQegKjOfMw-kkBhNQ0R--qWEgH8w/w640-h480/CC12-Yelp-2015-WayneY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The bar is straight ahead, snackbar and ticketing on the right. Photo: Wayne Y. - Yelp - 2015 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9iTNoiFNVQqB8s-a7aJ238Zg1EcebYMFXxOHkvTdqnjdN8XUim7hNOuQc-CtG8nT5_REaHzEWChS4bIEUfAFOs6pG0fj8Hq2RJLSaE-m5Os-gvog6Hz21wwII2IeQwCbKNx0ubjsIvG4VOXA3tcvFuP38xtkFdBmlNxe9oFTwGu92WHHVVySxIYFZw/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-RobertR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9iTNoiFNVQqB8s-a7aJ238Zg1EcebYMFXxOHkvTdqnjdN8XUim7hNOuQc-CtG8nT5_REaHzEWChS4bIEUfAFOs6pG0fj8Hq2RJLSaE-m5Os-gvog6Hz21wwII2IeQwCbKNx0ubjsIvG4VOXA3tcvFuP38xtkFdBmlNxe9oFTwGu92WHHVVySxIYFZw/w480-h640/CC12-Yelp-2015-RobertR.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ticketing kiosks and the shop, over on the right. Photo: Robert R. - Yelp - 2015</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K-_NwsV9NHGo55D8UWmXbCdz6IrTDyc1Yam5TKNKJADJe8t8LDFflVufBFR64Rq8b5z1DLn08r_por360lsba0wzagChVU9PRHBGZxC-PIQMYihz-_HEtZsqfuZogFOwJgjaEAx4BdHqta-0bkyZxl0WJSGthE5mOEZNgKYqVI7noMFP7Sj44T7IZw/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2018-JenniferN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1000" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3K-_NwsV9NHGo55D8UWmXbCdz6IrTDyc1Yam5TKNKJADJe8t8LDFflVufBFR64Rq8b5z1DLn08r_por360lsba0wzagChVU9PRHBGZxC-PIQMYihz-_HEtZsqfuZogFOwJgjaEAx4BdHqta-0bkyZxl0WJSGthE5mOEZNgKYqVI7noMFP7Sj44T7IZw/w640-h312/CC12-Yelp-2018-JenniferN.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A chat under the iconic ArcLight clock before a film. Photo: Jennifer N. - Yelp - 2018 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jGHgaBcwhOg1LmoPFtccnGSPRgr6utLW2595qA8O5WUJAQqalaPx4JSYXgV8-BPL8H1Vrp52gp43RaTlt9O14e-dEsgFddIHKichcfgmdSmg6zzueKgmaffyIK-R7IoofAP81PVU484K1PcZNDonzuiY-DFyB3ESi8WkM9hYBJuAbpgamjzdJUaLuQ/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-ShannonE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jGHgaBcwhOg1LmoPFtccnGSPRgr6utLW2595qA8O5WUJAQqalaPx4JSYXgV8-BPL8H1Vrp52gp43RaTlt9O14e-dEsgFddIHKichcfgmdSmg6zzueKgmaffyIK-R7IoofAP81PVU484K1PcZNDonzuiY-DFyB3ESi8WkM9hYBJuAbpgamjzdJUaLuQ/w640-h360/CC12-Yelp-2015-ShannonE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A closer look at the clock and attraction board. Photo: Shannon E. - Yelp - 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOZsE6GqtXr8d0WPXO2QyzLU_IXTQadCoAv6RxDiId1zaz_6LpmEle6n9CHh9NxscgDFZDMfBvusFEuij73Lz7LZQ__AZKdWp9fB_2KZ2P7vOQGGc-nxByV0q5pKn4uZ7aPNKuORBxDkwPeZO3TPagikCVGAPAr1dMOCQ-m0PXSp-DAymhoPqDSM0ZQ/s657/CC12-Yelp-2015-GrandS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="657" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOZsE6GqtXr8d0WPXO2QyzLU_IXTQadCoAv6RxDiId1zaz_6LpmEle6n9CHh9NxscgDFZDMfBvusFEuij73Lz7LZQ__AZKdWp9fB_2KZ2P7vOQGGc-nxByV0q5pKn4uZ7aPNKuORBxDkwPeZO3TPagikCVGAPAr1dMOCQ-m0PXSp-DAymhoPqDSM0ZQ/w640-h360/CC12-Yelp-2015-GrandS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another snackbar shot. Photo: Grand S. - Yelp - 2015</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3Y3R2-nM1F8v2uqIDHEOyIbib5HdbQWIOANxQ2LCIlG5sUWSioOa5mUnxrJUMecjLaVJkWuk9qKJo072qv9T62QX50P7J8NKwyG1VYutcodvu-fyDsUe0-ln9opOCX4PzvP512HsTsVRQuunihtvs43IXzjWr6mnSYPqDYoZVErs9WUX2a_73gmzrA/s983/CC12-Yelp-2016-NikD-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="983" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3Y3R2-nM1F8v2uqIDHEOyIbib5HdbQWIOANxQ2LCIlG5sUWSioOa5mUnxrJUMecjLaVJkWuk9qKJo072qv9T62QX50P7J8NKwyG1VYutcodvu-fyDsUe0-ln9opOCX4PzvP512HsTsVRQuunihtvs43IXzjWr6mnSYPqDYoZVErs9WUX2a_73gmzrA/w640-h480/CC12-Yelp-2016-NikD-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An inner lobby view. Photo: Nik D. on Yelp - 2016 </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvF64M0asy8TKk1SoQPBKvF_OJL6-T53r0LfdDNF_gKbYNfjPZVAu4iYA6HerB7z4qypvGakdd91qoEfGiKhhCWlGMg4BN6TiN7_N975-61EQYR0mRnIoABHg2f3J1QT4c0BdXHtQbDGNvI2RTl1rbIaIfeeaYBS2F3vv63bt3tfe8GHYVuDDHBUd0w/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2019-JanethM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvF64M0asy8TKk1SoQPBKvF_OJL6-T53r0LfdDNF_gKbYNfjPZVAu4iYA6HerB7z4qypvGakdd91qoEfGiKhhCWlGMg4BN6TiN7_N975-61EQYR0mRnIoABHg2f3J1QT4c0BdXHtQbDGNvI2RTl1rbIaIfeeaYBS2F3vv63bt3tfe8GHYVuDDHBUd0w/w480-h640/CC12-Yelp-2019-JanethM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another inner lobby view. Photo: Janeth D. on Yelp - 2019</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkDIigR5swg7Lryr9CD1gMaQo6z2zQiiqDRS9sbUshYFaF-zYfBtqc-dTd6LnxRgwYS2e3q9rIxiPixHIXyo_JTxI6vw16ivGXGmQbyN5grW-_X7P_spYu6QdbKaq6jl9UZzMM-7OMb-2Z-v5XYphJTt0WFmEIcnQKEfFo-T6VNGD8ZOixrsRs5LEbQ/s972/CC12-Yelp-2016-NikD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="972" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkDIigR5swg7Lryr9CD1gMaQo6z2zQiiqDRS9sbUshYFaF-zYfBtqc-dTd6LnxRgwYS2e3q9rIxiPixHIXyo_JTxI6vw16ivGXGmQbyN5grW-_X7P_spYu6QdbKaq6jl9UZzMM-7OMb-2Z-v5XYphJTt0WFmEIcnQKEfFo-T6VNGD8ZOixrsRs5LEbQ/w640-h480/CC12-Yelp-2016-NikD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Nik G. on Yelp for this 2016 look into the men's room. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjl86Za4LWtPnEIMnk-yjOTKQqrpjeFlOx4Z1ksPeQ10xePawQaMGUc_dXVZwpitG_ZvQTu7CHMsOiTnMxGQ2pzAdFDVhKttS_MXY7raLOTRd2xJske172NTFNPEvTlsHB60QTAmhOjKDok6xPGLRl3x2F4oB5Zkb4JvIsfZCckjeqGWKjhtAU0xjFQ/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2019-CaitlinG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjl86Za4LWtPnEIMnk-yjOTKQqrpjeFlOx4Z1ksPeQ10xePawQaMGUc_dXVZwpitG_ZvQTu7CHMsOiTnMxGQ2pzAdFDVhKttS_MXY7raLOTRd2xJske172NTFNPEvTlsHB60QTAmhOjKDok6xPGLRl3x2F4oB5Zkb4JvIsfZCckjeqGWKjhtAU0xjFQ/w640-h480/CC12-Yelp-2019-CaitlinG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A 2019 shot in one of the auditoria. Photo: Caitlin G. on Yelp <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIcpew29H_IEuENUStefRiLpSG60uz9pqLxFnRvr7RlvPWEFNPbRwEGTQo39wOVfizxph09zcMfj5GxA_7kEhhvsnjw33fYun-j8N63XuhWAOMH48vPu4p97M8DxNRmr2-9TLvKz7NBKxTtVvLph5SwO_U57VkWL8zCIWNCmt4bqtYmUJVsXJffTGnA/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2019-BillyK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIcpew29H_IEuENUStefRiLpSG60uz9pqLxFnRvr7RlvPWEFNPbRwEGTQo39wOVfizxph09zcMfj5GxA_7kEhhvsnjw33fYun-j8N63XuhWAOMH48vPu4p97M8DxNRmr2-9TLvKz7NBKxTtVvLph5SwO_U57VkWL8zCIWNCmt4bqtYmUJVsXJffTGnA/w640-h640/CC12-Yelp-2019-BillyK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the smaller auditoria in the complex in 2019. Photo: Billy K. on Yelp</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More exterior views: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA7taGi9QH88DssfGE21p4cbrBimALe2xI9QwC6hAkzNIS3EjQY4PUokTKF1RAYr51yWphOQ5g26UFyQ9BwyZ-mKDuRIXHMQixkHrsGvHRF4I99syGLXLb19zgyVfJ0KWnVvDPYy_5Vss7tYH1gg-c8OMVhVmRKOh-opEQ1b2FdBnO3CscW5FqBGAoA/s995/CulverPacific-MarkSmith-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="995" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA7taGi9QH88DssfGE21p4cbrBimALe2xI9QwC6hAkzNIS3EjQY4PUokTKF1RAYr51yWphOQ5g26UFyQ9BwyZ-mKDuRIXHMQixkHrsGvHRF4I99syGLXLb19zgyVfJ0KWnVvDPYy_5Vss7tYH1gg-c8OMVhVmRKOh-opEQ1b2FdBnO3CscW5FqBGAoA/w640-h426/CulverPacific-MarkSmith-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2006</b> - Happy times in Culver City. Thanks to Mark Smith for locating the photo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyKf5L-pDfDOXIh0C0Wqd0WO893OwbutnY_bm2R9znlrkLIg8vNrf-UBEAPaT2PRMHgxP5SLlK8LmZxuOSrYfBM7bU25Y8TNsP9YQodKjOAAalEyGEvgi7JLxDmBz8cozqTPx4EscJVNxYyxjZUWm85IQdqXPCoZcgH93Wp8910kKyPH80VCiXqkffg/s882/CulverPacific-ChrisGrossman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="601" height="707" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyKf5L-pDfDOXIh0C0Wqd0WO893OwbutnY_bm2R9znlrkLIg8vNrf-UBEAPaT2PRMHgxP5SLlK8LmZxuOSrYfBM7bU25Y8TNsP9YQodKjOAAalEyGEvgi7JLxDmBz8cozqTPx4EscJVNxYyxjZUWm85IQdqXPCoZcgH93Wp8910kKyPH80VCiXqkffg/w482-h707/CulverPacific-ChrisGrossman.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.2010</b> - A corner view by Chris Grossman. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAol1I2wrdFZe9bBJMako7jdU0YVubKFe0aIZ0NYYuZ2ZNHaT2Msqfx6gQVfG0-PGilycHfkxE125Ws8s4zOv5Ytrp0TRrWV7CSLhe2uy7HX0ECOolihZ-v8SxXv3PUmlFQsIiJ62rO14yMyw61jpGPoZhzr0rdgvD22D3z1O0iiOEZEmb5iw9zIraJA/s633/CC12-Simpson-2011-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="633" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAol1I2wrdFZe9bBJMako7jdU0YVubKFe0aIZ0NYYuZ2ZNHaT2Msqfx6gQVfG0-PGilycHfkxE125Ws8s4zOv5Ytrp0TRrWV7CSLhe2uy7HX0ECOolihZ-v8SxXv3PUmlFQsIiJ62rO14yMyw61jpGPoZhzr0rdgvD22D3z1O0iiOEZEmb5iw9zIraJA/w640-h480/CC12-Simpson-2011-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2011</b> - Thanks to David Simpson for sharing this photo on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23912/photos" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XqJux7XryLZhKMbkZuww70Mtntx8eAvUf2DN0bXDmq3j4tqM8ZMZGGo0Vntc72FeqGqOSxUsuYUzxbwtPm9igbyCwtE05s9ZGDZaXilO4heOus9WMZvT-aMlKz0jklcR-aSEM4y-GKIFu_icGIc31R3lx71KbVIDye4bZUp4__pClOxDmtXw5vmWCQ/s597/CC12-2012-corner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="597" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1XqJux7XryLZhKMbkZuww70Mtntx8eAvUf2DN0bXDmq3j4tqM8ZMZGGo0Vntc72FeqGqOSxUsuYUzxbwtPm9igbyCwtE05s9ZGDZaXilO4heOus9WMZvT-aMlKz0jklcR-aSEM4y-GKIFu_icGIc31R3lx71KbVIDye4bZUp4__pClOxDmtXw5vmWCQ/w554-h524/CC12-2012-corner.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2012</b> - A look up the tower by an unknown photographer. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktZnilaxZ3EQOxYdSK8tCSntuGUYmd7SGSU8V6P3_3fQM9Cxj1-t_jXukNNVLBmG9iyPlfbIg5z2WFy5WiChrRtu518MzpanNDj1AW51g-yaoGNfnjLl0oGj9dpzdGiH7cMzK8LEWNfQs0GYSoHyw9MsYvVdfa2XWjSOGGxVyMDPerwdi4qjOmSQOHw/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2015-SharonG-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1000" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktZnilaxZ3EQOxYdSK8tCSntuGUYmd7SGSU8V6P3_3fQM9Cxj1-t_jXukNNVLBmG9iyPlfbIg5z2WFy5WiChrRtu518MzpanNDj1AW51g-yaoGNfnjLl0oGj9dpzdGiH7cMzK8LEWNfQs0GYSoHyw9MsYvVdfa2XWjSOGGxVyMDPerwdi4qjOmSQOHw/w640-h488/CC12-Yelp-2015-SharonG-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2015</b> - A look in to the clock after the rebranding as an ArcLight location. Photo: Sharon G. on Yelp</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWyX3x4G3i2SlKS7Bv1ydu2xxmsb8XFqouK1o11pMb8pBrGq_TijB7rhSwAOLS3zPkt-cBGd56j2IBUzQd-tTazl-ghB_78_PXpFQW4yBIE7GvsnyoNeepwYR_kGY8ELnjRznLThsh3XTN8OPcVfiO9haHGp4Vz24yKIFNMJohe1Kk25zx8V6JrzO_Q/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2016-LilyW-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="727" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWyX3x4G3i2SlKS7Bv1ydu2xxmsb8XFqouK1o11pMb8pBrGq_TijB7rhSwAOLS3zPkt-cBGd56j2IBUzQd-tTazl-ghB_78_PXpFQW4yBIE7GvsnyoNeepwYR_kGY8ELnjRznLThsh3XTN8OPcVfiO9haHGp4Vz24yKIFNMJohe1Kk25zx8V6JrzO_Q/w402-h552/CC12-Yelp-2016-LilyW-2.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2016</b> - An entrance view from Lily W. on Yelp. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBUhcghkT6h_mMR3I5WugSx9XMiH-NmMkd2LIVdEffhGCGrMkwKxPjsywUc2QpJTuI9H6d6fyt1f1UI5Opf5i3VSZ2l0DOe_56DjVoVG9mTnhQxQV0snwsjmu_urEZeE2kYJYkP-DvEYwBUFjJVyMvG1PLc7YPgmCUBvtRY32lfPQ75NA4M8KIv5Rzw/s629/CC12-ChrisUtley-2016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="629" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBUhcghkT6h_mMR3I5WugSx9XMiH-NmMkd2LIVdEffhGCGrMkwKxPjsywUc2QpJTuI9H6d6fyt1f1UI5Opf5i3VSZ2l0DOe_56DjVoVG9mTnhQxQV0snwsjmu_urEZeE2kYJYkP-DvEYwBUFjJVyMvG1PLc7YPgmCUBvtRY32lfPQ75NA4M8KIv5Rzw/w640-h480/CC12-ChrisUtley-2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2016</b> - Thanks to Chris Utley for sharing this photo of his as a post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23912/photos/173357" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkdfVhpl5XDS6JXQg6tj1N2dngpz_enQ7XldtNynx76-WBne729ls2cCiE7mShxQZqI44jYqdWNBnI5zkWIlb8ChYmTT1UDW7Gj9-Ovz_uFOXuYzefo6U6DZWQqf5ogPEJb3q-NYuG8Hfe5jYdEOpsU30jauSz8BNh5jDSGrdQuT3pdeepOt85Xlw5w/s640/CC12-ChrisUtley-2016-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkdfVhpl5XDS6JXQg6tj1N2dngpz_enQ7XldtNynx76-WBne729ls2cCiE7mShxQZqI44jYqdWNBnI5zkWIlb8ChYmTT1UDW7Gj9-Ovz_uFOXuYzefo6U6DZWQqf5ogPEJb3q-NYuG8Hfe5jYdEOpsU30jauSz8BNh5jDSGrdQuT3pdeepOt85Xlw5w/w480-h640/CC12-ChrisUtley-2016-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2016</b> - The ArcLight vertical. Thanks to Chris Utley for the photo, another post on <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23912/photos/173358" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaOZnQIIyniK879XjBSSZ-0dw5QlOfLNyOxYvB-0-g34IJ6QYpcVjEtpr-c2K9d60Eo_rAkzVYacEM5bDVmgi5uqlfYNNFp9jtcsFqNCwmM6Eh2YReMK_OQGHcKh1YCYD2JNw9JtNnCo5xnkd3Rarg2Y8LDrhLKDYF5eDqi_9UoYIDpRbLMbntSh0_A/s968/CC12-2017-Wikimedia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="968" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaOZnQIIyniK879XjBSSZ-0dw5QlOfLNyOxYvB-0-g34IJ6QYpcVjEtpr-c2K9d60Eo_rAkzVYacEM5bDVmgi5uqlfYNNFp9jtcsFqNCwmM6Eh2YReMK_OQGHcKh1YCYD2JNw9JtNnCo5xnkd3Rarg2Y8LDrhLKDYF5eDqi_9UoYIDpRbLMbntSh0_A/w640-h428/CC12-2017-Wikimedia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2017</b> - A look at the ArcLight during the L.A. Film Festival in June. It's an image by an uncredited photographer that appears on <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Culver_City_ArcLight_-_LA_Film_Festival.jpg" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjVbPr4-D0HoVxodGgCPBIVPlzHCSh8OgnoecpyrFMnH34XYKZrZo5odJAEvApIbKGG6HC0xdkWh5o0O_3Bfxb_79pF3CsIogK0_MyDQ2sI1kTrKo3nRXQcvEoR59yK9_SYyyewtsnrApOS7Cuu23_a_IFe86pt8brOZ6ru-QKnDkN5ONXoXFYRWUHA/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2017-DarylK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjVbPr4-D0HoVxodGgCPBIVPlzHCSh8OgnoecpyrFMnH34XYKZrZo5odJAEvApIbKGG6HC0xdkWh5o0O_3Bfxb_79pF3CsIogK0_MyDQ2sI1kTrKo3nRXQcvEoR59yK9_SYyyewtsnrApOS7Cuu23_a_IFe86pt8brOZ6ru-QKnDkN5ONXoXFYRWUHA/w640-h360/CC12-Yelp-2017-DarylK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2017</b> - A fine facade shot from Daryl K. on Yelp. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bEwTFONICBNtrgEBkJW0grJYJ7A1M5DTYuDK3tJjrB6u7i5kHn4YKtWsSfiGX-iUlvWbt-Wd-gYQl_QaDqsumYiwt48bz7xP9Y2_KoMffbWITD36GhQ-1sSWo5MdgXMAtcVjlGgtxGuFY-WFg0aracOryIyvctSxX1C0Yjb9hINaEn6L8wUYI06XqA/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2019-PeterH.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bEwTFONICBNtrgEBkJW0grJYJ7A1M5DTYuDK3tJjrB6u7i5kHn4YKtWsSfiGX-iUlvWbt-Wd-gYQl_QaDqsumYiwt48bz7xP9Y2_KoMffbWITD36GhQ-1sSWo5MdgXMAtcVjlGgtxGuFY-WFg0aracOryIyvctSxX1C0Yjb9hINaEn6L8wUYI06XqA/w480-h640/CC12-Yelp-2019-PeterH.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2019</b> - A nice corner view from Peter H. on Yelp. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ALhBpmSOSLUCNT7K01oFxAJEZpr4thR4xqXZvLHgdzzlEFSeKAWLHGFVdvNpkSZygKjbqa_EWf_HSEou6tjrpxEf_aiw5cUL_UopQytYCjV2dXUOwUXX2cGSicoM9Yn1WU2JPW6Mn8zWlu2JvkOl4J92BqXpIQsYNYpOU0lBxSmRrll6oyOS7mxYoA/s1000/CC12-Yelp-2019-RichardL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ALhBpmSOSLUCNT7K01oFxAJEZpr4thR4xqXZvLHgdzzlEFSeKAWLHGFVdvNpkSZygKjbqa_EWf_HSEou6tjrpxEf_aiw5cUL_UopQytYCjV2dXUOwUXX2cGSicoM9Yn1WU2JPW6Mn8zWlu2JvkOl4J92BqXpIQsYNYpOU0lBxSmRrll6oyOS7mxYoA/w480-h640/CC12-Yelp-2019-RichardL.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2019</b> - A look west along the facade. Photo: Richard L. on Yelp<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-miX0SQlssktoTdqcDjXAROh4kA7SReUD1BANyu5WGvaHh6g9lF9YcK2HsW0-Wb0w3jPHnrq3m7Ot1FUejL7wPUOrdnnmus40mGrpXfGOJVD0gXgIsIYQI-NAww-eJ495GIwGH1meQ5xZWjTNVe0ItJsToj-AGyZI0GBdR-x4LsvSqova0r3EUteiQ/s2100/CC12-CoStar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="2100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-miX0SQlssktoTdqcDjXAROh4kA7SReUD1BANyu5WGvaHh6g9lF9YcK2HsW0-Wb0w3jPHnrq3m7Ot1FUejL7wPUOrdnnmus40mGrpXfGOJVD0gXgIsIYQI-NAww-eJ495GIwGH1meQ5xZWjTNVe0ItJsToj-AGyZI0GBdR-x4LsvSqova0r3EUteiQ/w640-h426/CC12-CoStar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>c.2020</b> - A photo from CoStar that appeared with several of their stories including "<a href="https://www.costar.com/article/1263346993/amazon-studios-plans-first-run-movie-theater-in-culver-city-california" target="_blank">Amazon Studios Plans First-Run Movie Theater...</a>" in July 2022. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXvGicUlP_mY7uFw1hx4M8Mxi4uzIGAKJlbpgvKefeK8oVREwUmnvLhS90pOcDVudCIKC1oD4BLYYb1X7_wsYwdNF6U0_zZBTdKQTmfvQ50XefEi67IGQd1BWA_P-lshgctU0f4C55FuwlQydRyDU-ULhsxgPXDyt68wPlZvBxSNO6lO197arRUTnhA/s1920/Arclight-CulverCity-2021-April.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXvGicUlP_mY7uFw1hx4M8Mxi4uzIGAKJlbpgvKefeK8oVREwUmnvLhS90pOcDVudCIKC1oD4BLYYb1X7_wsYwdNF6U0_zZBTdKQTmfvQ50XefEi67IGQd1BWA_P-lshgctU0f4C55FuwlQydRyDU-ULhsxgPXDyt68wPlZvBxSNO6lO197arRUTnhA/w480-h640/Arclight-CulverCity-2021-April.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2021</b> - The ArcLight in April after Decurion announced their intention of not reopening. Photo: Bill Counter </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0p7wShdu8HoHP9LptZNpivA8sWAAaS18usWgXpUZisi5eOqT2R1b-5vRY9_tnSzRYoLKDDhejLWqnbhhnumnnrlGdWRw6NiPb1K_xa561fx3VZgU8MfYmNjQ7L6mM83uNKBRy1DJf1onbe5zJm-j6jQS2lIGHAUWcNPWNI5gHBb1IE6x9Hj3ZzdZ1g/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0p7wShdu8HoHP9LptZNpivA8sWAAaS18usWgXpUZisi5eOqT2R1b-5vRY9_tnSzRYoLKDDhejLWqnbhhnumnnrlGdWRw6NiPb1K_xa561fx3VZgU8MfYmNjQ7L6mM83uNKBRy1DJf1onbe5zJm-j6jQS2lIGHAUWcNPWNI5gHBb1IE6x9Hj3ZzdZ1g/w640-h426/CC12-2022-8-12-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>August 2022</b> - Looking along the east side of the building. That's Van Buren Place beyond the bollards. Photo: Bill Counter </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnnSSxHfne6oXDSRhhq4gsI6KLhYTY7qQkbL5SCQGJLUEkiHVZ8gOtYkPOPY4m94qc02bXFHfVHXIdMF2Tc0xzuKM6MUwzqubbwxbjkV3xXck37SsOim3aI0p3IPBWwbJubCi_AUutYiLCAzo_6NI643Ld6us0wPW11T2Z1FVZTBEPEo-Gt_ugF34TQ/s1400/CC12-2022-8-12-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1400" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnnSSxHfne6oXDSRhhq4gsI6KLhYTY7qQkbL5SCQGJLUEkiHVZ8gOtYkPOPY4m94qc02bXFHfVHXIdMF2Tc0xzuKM6MUwzqubbwxbjkV3xXck37SsOim3aI0p3IPBWwbJubCi_AUutYiLCAzo_6NI643Ld6us0wPW11T2Z1FVZTBEPEo-Gt_ugF34TQ/w640-h516/CC12-2022-8-12-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>August 2022</b> - A corner view. The guys are covering the windows with murals of aspen trees. The Culver Hotel is out of the frame to the right. Photo: Bill Counter</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoQ26zILFrR9d4DNSndqpzRHvtT80KLM2C_RDWf8PzDR0tHP3hSGQzkTRbKBOjExez9gGl7eaUawOmpeWqlBUidLG1E8dTVKsGVmBC3pWmydxarrg9BQg6YFZS_0klTC0QJSV8oTkuFeXKFfBLYDv7u1dzRFbE6DWjkyuTwFDs3_5jgpu9TyvM7oOTA/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoQ26zILFrR9d4DNSndqpzRHvtT80KLM2C_RDWf8PzDR0tHP3hSGQzkTRbKBOjExez9gGl7eaUawOmpeWqlBUidLG1E8dTVKsGVmBC3pWmydxarrg9BQg6YFZS_0klTC0QJSV8oTkuFeXKFfBLYDv7u1dzRFbE6DWjkyuTwFDs3_5jgpu9TyvM7oOTA/w426-h640/CC12-2022-8-12-6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>August 2022</b> - The exciting new window display. Photo: Bill Counter</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZaBc6xlSc3WRZutLNYSTFjOTBjE0wzGkGgJb7Rue1xK6DW3PoHSOw1E0u_f9LYlpicZatSjqPPlZc9ZC3yUPjGF6gy2y2jZBH1pEr2dwJhZiH1CZroyYCDQcNJSqKLukffdKTPvgotkrqqhVGDCGXj6ICBX1GNn5kbVcSDvXlET9WuOVyZGIIdOotg/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="881" data-original-width="1500" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZaBc6xlSc3WRZutLNYSTFjOTBjE0wzGkGgJb7Rue1xK6DW3PoHSOw1E0u_f9LYlpicZatSjqPPlZc9ZC3yUPjGF6gy2y2jZBH1pEr2dwJhZiH1CZroyYCDQcNJSqKLukffdKTPvgotkrqqhVGDCGXj6ICBX1GNn5kbVcSDvXlET9WuOVyZGIIdOotg/w640-h376/CC12-2022-8-12-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>August 2022</b> - Scissor lifts being delivered to the west side of the building on Irving Place . Photo: Bill Counter</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xyB0Z3kWhyGv6w_3uaBLe6gGund_ArYVjxOI2FYAzQH47Gf_a92Md33fdj2RAEBGrBPLUwRNUlUpqK85UOOG9QCb0RCW-PHZaThws92-9msvSDvrxid07QGvgaQm1sfh41VFBaIrwh4kcByfD3pVFcag2Gw22wy4CfAiEGyEXl5YIDvQ0qvxcBKW7g/s1500/CC12-2022-8-12-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1500" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xyB0Z3kWhyGv6w_3uaBLe6gGund_ArYVjxOI2FYAzQH47Gf_a92Md33fdj2RAEBGrBPLUwRNUlUpqK85UOOG9QCb0RCW-PHZaThws92-9msvSDvrxid07QGvgaQm1sfh41VFBaIrwh4kcByfD3pVFcag2Gw22wy4CfAiEGyEXl5YIDvQ0qvxcBKW7g/w640-h352/CC12-2022-8-12-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>August 2022</b> - The back of the building. It's Irving Place on the left. On the right we're looking east on A St. Photo: Bill Counter </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir7QCRgA3UBkBQzn2OLYxq-eVeE0qm73-YlPzQ-Ls0186rp5XU5iEw8N-n8zl9lA8KV644Sxzg8zQ7ReaaoPy6Hj9Spw-7Kbqc0au3sPNBcteGmlAIrkap2al85UTpP90RJ4CbheE5nBGMrmx7uXYTuhAZmRVGPwISLCjTNjUB7OlLjs62wzTPHISmQ/s1500/Culver12-2022-12-15-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir7QCRgA3UBkBQzn2OLYxq-eVeE0qm73-YlPzQ-Ls0186rp5XU5iEw8N-n8zl9lA8KV644Sxzg8zQ7ReaaoPy6Hj9Spw-7Kbqc0au3sPNBcteGmlAIrkap2al85UTpP90RJ4CbheE5nBGMrmx7uXYTuhAZmRVGPwISLCjTNjUB7OlLjs62wzTPHISmQ/w640-h427/Culver12-2022-12-15-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>December 2022</b> - Open but in need of signage. Photo: Bill Counter<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More information:</b> <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23912" target="_blank">Cinema Treasures</a> has a page about the ArcLight Culver City. The <a href="https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/22930.html" target="_blank">Cinema Tour</a> page has some 2004 exterior views by Ron Pierce. The <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/arclight-cinemas-culver-city-3" target="_blank">Yelp</a> page on the ArcLight has over 200 photos and lots of discussion. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More Culver City theatres:</b> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/city-hall-theatre.html" target="_blank">City Hall Theatre</a> 1943-1947 | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-city-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver City Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/meralta-theatre.html" target="_blank">Meralta Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver / Kirk Douglas Theatre</a>. The page on the Culver City Theatre has a few Culver City history resources listed.
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It could have been nearby but the assumption is that it was on the ground floor of the building on the southwest corner of 18th and Main that had the Palm Garden Dance Hall on the 2nd floor. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Seating:</b> 825 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX13FoPmcO-gFpMYSTAsY54s8ktG-9NhRXj4SLTS-8cEUDBMsfclt42aZpDcoiERQQ-tJb9DEyq5GUyZZV571PZoDnUVhVeHMIokqDhcSKto-nQOzW6euvc_ICP3BSEeh2BU3L_TLcfEoxffwap2SyNEBTwWApbwvr0nXq1DDYOTDwua2nGVtq5uTH5w/s516/PalmGarden-1907-Times-Aug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="516" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX13FoPmcO-gFpMYSTAsY54s8ktG-9NhRXj4SLTS-8cEUDBMsfclt42aZpDcoiERQQ-tJb9DEyq5GUyZZV571PZoDnUVhVeHMIokqDhcSKto-nQOzW6euvc_ICP3BSEeh2BU3L_TLcfEoxffwap2SyNEBTwWApbwvr0nXq1DDYOTDwua2nGVtq5uTH5w/w400-h129/PalmGarden-1907-Times-Aug.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">An August 1907 ad in the Times placed by the manager of the <b>Palm Garden Picture Theatre</b> who was selling "original Naples," whatever those were. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for adding it as a comment on a thread on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5665540923470648" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook page about venues at 18th & Main. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxjnBPKBuTtUQyvVo9UvIDyW9LqUs6KGGiXjwT4BkcxqrpnxLEZwKUY-_c5nwKwdiPhp0bqBDBGboCvoOe7_iUYk1ihIZRwkIGGt9k3qHybvzO47Xq3FI_yK0D5qXFqYS9PhHZWGbINL9sEzLukOBQ8YzuQcIqVnPC56SIcZWeB13hd4fDyXVM-L9YA/s501/PalmGarden-Lubin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="501" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxjnBPKBuTtUQyvVo9UvIDyW9LqUs6KGGiXjwT4BkcxqrpnxLEZwKUY-_c5nwKwdiPhp0bqBDBGboCvoOe7_iUYk1ihIZRwkIGGt9k3qHybvzO47Xq3FI_yK0D5qXFqYS9PhHZWGbINL9sEzLukOBQ8YzuQcIqVnPC56SIcZWeB13hd4fDyXVM-L9YA/w400-h131/PalmGarden-Lubin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Another
interesting August 1907 ad advising us that he had a Lubin (not "Luben") projector for sale.
Ken comments: "Don't forget the coffee urn -- it costs more than the
projector!" <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMKW6aJCgK_EFhwmF9U_BTSdwq7XsWVaz6tp0teqMaIpNnO5FhQ84-kG3Q18gknS1YT_vQx64HuDlnumkNSP6KoPbAfrpQvRuWm9TCh1SH3XN5WgWSRxZIDAH3cHww_vmeimdWijHLM2GEVWUxhvZyktFO51itYQV8Ev22cQAdkPnm_5KN96E4_2QBQ/s529/PalmGarden-1907-Dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="529" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMKW6aJCgK_EFhwmF9U_BTSdwq7XsWVaz6tp0teqMaIpNnO5FhQ84-kG3Q18gknS1YT_vQx64HuDlnumkNSP6KoPbAfrpQvRuWm9TCh1SH3XN5WgWSRxZIDAH3cHww_vmeimdWijHLM2GEVWUxhvZyktFO51itYQV8Ev22cQAdkPnm_5KN96E4_2QBQ/w400-h236/PalmGarden-1907-Dec.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">As seen in these two December 1907 ads that Ken located the manager of the Palm Garden was interested in selling the whole enterprise: lease, seats, piano, projector. And a fountain! </div><p><b>Closing: </b>The date of the theatre's closing is unknown. Maybe late 1907 was the end of it. While the Palm Garden Dance Hall makes a number of city directory appearances from 1907 until at least 1910, the theatre didn't get any listings. </p><p>The dance hall was evidently built in 1906 or 1907 on the southwest corner of 18th and Main. The site is identified as the Palace Stables in the 1906 city directory and on <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190601/?sp=110&st=image&r=-1.565,0.065,4.131,1.432,0" target="_blank">image 110 of Volume 1 of the 1906 Sanborn Map</a> on the Library of Congress
website. There's not much to look at but the east side of Main between 17th and Washington is seen on <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190602/?sp=11&st=image" target="_blank">image 11
from Volume 2 of the 1906 Sanborn Map</a>. </p><div style="text-align: left;">The 1907 city directory lists the <b>Angelus Palm Garden</b> with Frederick Limouse as manager at 1801 S. Main. In 1908 the Angelus was dropped and the listing is just for the <b>Palm Garden</b> under "Business Buildings & Halls, etc." It's listed as both the Palm Garden and the <b>Palm Garden Pavilion</b> in 1909 with Arthur W. Rutherford as proprietor. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rsE2rnmSb3gsno4pKLnWVDKGENKMA5RR9-l3wcpe0UzEw9Uh54fHaOpnSXkaGPeydiqD6Hm2BKRrK0sfG_g7p6PcrfI_xbqhYZO9nsK6nMiqYBDjNmWSF8qEewYxeAsHl7Z3IXvNBzH6D_F7VRpXHcAkZdGflnxJjvhOh4jeF7-iBOjjWrIXZNTYGQ/s852/PalmGarden-1910-Baist-pl-010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="852" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rsE2rnmSb3gsno4pKLnWVDKGENKMA5RR9-l3wcpe0UzEw9Uh54fHaOpnSXkaGPeydiqD6Hm2BKRrK0sfG_g7p6PcrfI_xbqhYZO9nsK6nMiqYBDjNmWSF8qEewYxeAsHl7Z3IXvNBzH6D_F7VRpXHcAkZdGflnxJjvhOh4jeF7-iBOjjWrIXZNTYGQ/w640-h400/PalmGarden-1910-Baist-pl-010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Well there's no theatre in sight but we see a dance hall indicated on the 2nd floor of the building on the southwest corner of 18th and Main, seen here as the large building in pink. The Palm Garden could have been in one of the ground floor spaces. It's a detail from plate 010 of the 1910 Baist Real Estate Map from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19475/Plate+010/Los+Angeles+1910+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">By the time the 1910 city directory was compiled it had become the <b>Palm Garden Skating Rink</b> operated by Jesse L. Walton, Samuel L. Loeb and George J. Ahnemiller. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDUB1qBlxtWvHvyrk-MHONx2B2rHXdpOu08xdr7T4ISV3zr1_GAcVOmurjavphCis93BmRiT6MngucGnVzoqDEIO1Ts6eaKZDSSPA0N8Mj25WaF-d5on56mMHSpsZpKV7uFhJkrzprt5jqUmATbDkhalGdtIjdIV7XsJDdrDxgGPNm1kMVE_lqoHSpA/s874/PalmGarden-1914-Baist-pl-010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="874" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDUB1qBlxtWvHvyrk-MHONx2B2rHXdpOu08xdr7T4ISV3zr1_GAcVOmurjavphCis93BmRiT6MngucGnVzoqDEIO1Ts6eaKZDSSPA0N8Mj25WaF-d5on56mMHSpsZpKV7uFhJkrzprt5jqUmATbDkhalGdtIjdIV7XsJDdrDxgGPNm1kMVE_lqoHSpA/w640-h384/PalmGarden-1914-Baist-pl-010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The building is seen as a garage in this detail from plate 010 of the 1914 Baist Map from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19057/Plate+010/Los+Angeles+1914+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>. </p><p>That's the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/victor-theatre.html" target="_blank">Victor Theatre</a> identified as "Theatre" on the east side of the street at 1718 S. Main. It had opened in 1912 as the Globe and was
later called the Royal. They sometimes advertised that they were at 17th
and Main, at other times saying that they were at 18th and Main. </p><p><b>Status:</b> The Palm Garden Building is no more. The site is now a parking lot. The location is now just south of the 10 freeway. </p><p><b>More information:</b> Sorry, there isn't any. <br /></p><p>| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/07/palm-garden.html">back to top</a><span style="color: #999999;"></span></span></span> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown: theatre district overview</a> | <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/hill-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Hill St. and farther west</a> |</span> <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/broadway-theatres.html" target="_blank">Broadway theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Spring St. theatres</a></span> <span style="color: black;">| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/main-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Main St. and farther east</a> |</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres alphabetical list</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwUeQPASOA_RwT82FhZs4AFKseC6Kub2EYx37-TPQqpakynOv6qPpM01yQ_-tl619KigbNpBfYsBmc72Fh6Al8ir_E20YPH5rGI1ICPVn-9Jz_4IdTtTVNEBQZbgwf3uq4mFcS_29o0UaaaNR9BGTDeZ3ExBt0YcCKz95N-qmhS_AHdx8E56UBlMT19w=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="733" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwUeQPASOA_RwT82FhZs4AFKseC6Kub2EYx37-TPQqpakynOv6qPpM01yQ_-tl619KigbNpBfYsBmc72Fh6Al8ir_E20YPH5rGI1ICPVn-9Jz_4IdTtTVNEBQZbgwf3uq4mFcS_29o0UaaaNR9BGTDeZ3ExBt0YcCKz95N-qmhS_AHdx8E56UBlMT19w=w532-h581" width="532" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Opened: </b>Culver City's first purpose-built City Hall opened in 1928 at the corner of Culver Blvd. and Duquesne Ave. This construction view is from the <a href="http://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/99697" target="_blank">Los Angeles Public Library</a> collection. </p><p><b>Architect:</b> Orville L. Clark, who also designed the Washington Building, opposite the City Hall site on the north side of Culver Blvd. <br /></p><p>The second-floor auditorium was used as a commercial movie theatre beginning in 1943 following an August fire that year which destroyed the town's only theatre, the Meralta. Mike Rosenberg's firm Principal Theatres, Inc. had been the lessee at the Meralta when it burned. He had been running it in conjunction with Fox West Coast. <br /></p><p>The area needed entertainment for military personnel and defense plant workers during the war so a lease deal was struck with the City. After installing a projection booth, the venue opened as the <b>Meralta Theatre</b>, carrying over the name from the pre-fire location. <br /></p><p>It wasn't the first time in Culver City history that the City Hall and a movie theatre shared a building. The Culver City Theatre, opened in 1915, was on the ground floor of a building on that had the City offices on the upper floor. The Culver Hotel is now on the site of that building. </p><div style="text-align: left;">Mike Rosenberg decided to rename the new location the <b>City Hall Theatre</b> when it became evident that the Meralta was going to get a rebuild --and keep its name. It's unlikely anyone had it all figured out after reading this January 1945 article from the Culver City Evening Star-News: </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwsQQy5x68BSrYQm9UC0u18Ec3TxCVwwl3HZ5ujBgEwaTSl0whwKC9BC2ThfGfvVjjxLWRR4vqAywQT3IavooQNZT1DsYAeH43BDy-nB3oRuNQaDZ91jqDxqkKpwgcq8rIJfQwkT-CNaoHHOymdmJypZ1hxVwXr8cHNW7UMykXzDBN7TmpbegToIxUaA=s949" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="429" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwsQQy5x68BSrYQm9UC0u18Ec3TxCVwwl3HZ5ujBgEwaTSl0whwKC9BC2ThfGfvVjjxLWRR4vqAywQT3IavooQNZT1DsYAeH43BDy-nB3oRuNQaDZ91jqDxqkKpwgcq8rIJfQwkT-CNaoHHOymdmJypZ1hxVwXr8cHNW7UMykXzDBN7TmpbegToIxUaA=w268-h592" width="268" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating the article. Read it carefully. Ken notes that there will be a quiz. Note that Rosenberg was promising a new theatre "as soon as priorities are available," whatever that meant. The new theatre, the Culver, would open in August 1947. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhidy7ahzs7QcL0mPPDYLSyHssqSJNpHFWnsdRcbo63iMya7c8BvhWJKJkFM75r0QxRKOQTcqfFbAxGw_LMO_2OrCQEz5v-oRWUx2VCCiQTXyQA6l7Q2gdV7C7x-eZ7YMU8rAyhfyx3h5aAnXdBtzxZajhprVrNZczGEbkC5fMg_vpUCQujI_IPsXcKkg=s917" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="509" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhidy7ahzs7QcL0mPPDYLSyHssqSJNpHFWnsdRcbo63iMya7c8BvhWJKJkFM75r0QxRKOQTcqfFbAxGw_LMO_2OrCQEz5v-oRWUx2VCCiQTXyQA6l7Q2gdV7C7x-eZ7YMU8rAyhfyx3h5aAnXdBtzxZajhprVrNZczGEbkC5fMg_vpUCQujI_IPsXcKkg=w278-h498" width="278" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A February 15, 1945 ad for the City Hall Theatre from the Culver City Evening Star-News. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjftc1-lEYWRR0XwIROtpbX_2CilsfIzNF8Y4nLO8q-g-g4LSwAECU3bHEMR4-Gay3LlOW-sWURsuvA1ZUeBgXwYO6pIZc3VW5Cg-meBFzyMJpPia_a9XCCc6W8cjG-Rwy96C_fxbBVU0xB94ZwPkIRFcFX7Lu9l5ld21eNkpu59nYVE5kO93hQDVPrmI/s1030/CityHall-1945-April-HotelBerlin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="900" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjftc1-lEYWRR0XwIROtpbX_2CilsfIzNF8Y4nLO8q-g-g4LSwAECU3bHEMR4-Gay3LlOW-sWURsuvA1ZUeBgXwYO6pIZc3VW5Cg-meBFzyMJpPia_a9XCCc6W8cjG-Rwy96C_fxbBVU0xB94ZwPkIRFcFX7Lu9l5ld21eNkpu59nYVE5kO93hQDVPrmI/w395-h451/CityHall-1945-April-HotelBerlin.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">An April 1945 ad located by Ken McIntyre for a Facebook post on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/429781353760576/posts/10032700980135184" target="_blank">Ken's Movie Page</a>. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The Meralta Theatre got its rebuild and reopened later in 1945. But neither Principal Theatres nor Fox West Coast were then involved in the operation. It was run by Pearl Merrill and Laura
Peralta, the team that had built the first Meralta on that site in 1923. Earlier they had run the first theatre in town, located on Main St. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-7-TcanRg_-8prxMEGrXZPvKiCgij2RRV4_HI1DbxUixwqNnvYoLaNKHB_ZO4U3T-3oGppJ1Akrl2jTrtiMypswJXH9Q8jGJSZNIlSfQj_PE9oqi9akOnf59hQua-aGXWo9y7ODJbmLJN5Dlw-Am29acY0uFmbmz6s5Sfn2UTZx8iw3uqKoQUVJV1Hw=s524" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="524" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-7-TcanRg_-8prxMEGrXZPvKiCgij2RRV4_HI1DbxUixwqNnvYoLaNKHB_ZO4U3T-3oGppJ1Akrl2jTrtiMypswJXH9Q8jGJSZNIlSfQj_PE9oqi9akOnf59hQua-aGXWo9y7ODJbmLJN5Dlw-Am29acY0uFmbmz6s5Sfn2UTZx8iw3uqKoQUVJV1Hw=w400-h189" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>They were calling it the <b>Culver City Theatre</b> at the time of this 1947 ad in the Evening Star-News for Roberto Rossellini's "Open City." The film was available in rthe U.S. Beginning in February 1946. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHhAx1EG0-dKCKltN7PAQrsnYbf4WktoGixtK9M8xE5QYeZOgQZNJTg2ivu5-iXQ11Quehxn9tLzaXJeb_v9wC2cXYkmaeJ8uaTzrERg9rb6Zt_9cp-U4aV_zr3OeLPHaNCdQex9_vLU5SqDLPOCdxs-Cf14mHOxRuCw8d7dVAdJO_jFy5S0ddbWAy8g=s543" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="471" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHhAx1EG0-dKCKltN7PAQrsnYbf4WktoGixtK9M8xE5QYeZOgQZNJTg2ivu5-iXQ11Quehxn9tLzaXJeb_v9wC2cXYkmaeJ8uaTzrERg9rb6Zt_9cp-U4aV_zr3OeLPHaNCdQex9_vLU5SqDLPOCdxs-Cf14mHOxRuCw8d7dVAdJO_jFy5S0ddbWAy8g=w347-h400" width="347" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A 1947 ad for the venue as the <b>Fox Culver Theatre</b>. It was a week of revivals. "Magnificent Obsession" was a 1935 release. "100 Men and a Girl" was from 1937. Thanks to Ken McIntyre locating this for a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/4900159473342134" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook page. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZBinxwfffsAOe2t0yEF69Stv-uvHhxd3AE9MEivMm-n51IyNoAhS0qyAfvx1HUKT1Y9ZDMKWFswTZL4RkHH9UAeh7VInVlRryA2xNJt2m2FAl51QkHlnP7WMA2kgyGb0vKVOH7nzLC39G-zM553dxru-_EFPYmFRC4-zTvE_GgeojBtffPdvA3vKRDQ=s575" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="500" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZBinxwfffsAOe2t0yEF69Stv-uvHhxd3AE9MEivMm-n51IyNoAhS0qyAfvx1HUKT1Y9ZDMKWFswTZL4RkHH9UAeh7VInVlRryA2xNJt2m2FAl51QkHlnP7WMA2kgyGb0vKVOH7nzLC39G-zM553dxru-_EFPYmFRC4-zTvE_GgeojBtffPdvA3vKRDQ=w349-h402" width="349" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A March 1947 ad located by Ken McIntyre in the Culver City Evening Star-News. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Closing:</b> Presumably they ran the City Hall location until August 1947 when the new <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver Theatre</a> opened, a block away on Washington Blvd. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> The 1928 building was demolished in 1995 and replaced with a new City Hall building. The booth that had been installed in the auditorium in 1943 remained until
the demolition. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJpQCtY3cBHLTtolGWcKnYOsEutYXRBqdyzBBVvI7U_kFRP8za2Svz1Jcjf3ZFnl2F64jPT6Zswf9qnZwFecJEF7HUjtLHD60S9ugINT_Bp0vGlHFpVkZUH52g2WCRnvADJdAW7jGzsDhprS_0KBrPM7aV6GsJi_aE_drkzQR7V2QFXbijdoIr7JNOiw=s360" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="360" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJpQCtY3cBHLTtolGWcKnYOsEutYXRBqdyzBBVvI7U_kFRP8za2Svz1Jcjf3ZFnl2F64jPT6Zswf9qnZwFecJEF7HUjtLHD60S9ugINT_Bp0vGlHFpVkZUH52g2WCRnvADJdAW7jGzsDhprS_0KBrPM7aV6GsJi_aE_drkzQR7V2QFXbijdoIr7JNOiw=w400-h284" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A 1930s view from "<a href="https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/getting-ready-to-mark-history/" target="_blank">Getting Ready to Mark History</a>," a 2019 article by Julie Lugo Cerra on the Culver City Historical Society website. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg__iZ4cxi_TFvPGR5Htw5AgLQRzfplCeBpL8B65uv-yzfD6qYhWrvebJVzl4APneU3MgLh_DCFcqxNjAaM5Rf3Ywj9oTSglrKTTffBOIkZj7tejSl5FuCtvH91QmFyAP24_9Jx-jwJbE_f5Uc3sGOKYWd8NSdklIF_RKPOMzzPpl2FKleL2ATMyw2Kg/s534/CityHallTheatre-Hemmerlein.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="534" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg__iZ4cxi_TFvPGR5Htw5AgLQRzfplCeBpL8B65uv-yzfD6qYhWrvebJVzl4APneU3MgLh_DCFcqxNjAaM5Rf3Ywj9oTSglrKTTffBOIkZj7tejSl5FuCtvH91QmFyAP24_9Jx-jwJbE_f5Uc3sGOKYWd8NSdklIF_RKPOMzzPpl2FKleL2ATMyw2Kg/w514-h490/CityHallTheatre-Hemmerlein.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Parking a horse. Thanks to Sandi Hemmerlein for locating this photo, one she included as a comment to her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sandihemmerlein/posts/pfbid02LpJDhHx3c14HPvWhG9FVKhU34uzSoiYoMLN1DeRUGe2SNE9niLYtvpDrK4ETXFFQl" target="_blank">Facebook post</a> about the City Hall replica facade. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h6zOcYrcb-TO6TqQ9iLp2Km28rXG9WoVuZfy6u_MbIqrQJDQLEQOH7aoccuyDgHzjDgq63yaHpGd2d-31GV_eNyBe4ExqRqM8mspPEwporoTF0092hm4q9sZch8p07AfsTSO8Q-WNJp-Xs9tuihavixVMy55ieR3e810NRA2yT1ckE6HbutUY8kaXg/s960/CityHallTheatre-Hume.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="960" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3h6zOcYrcb-TO6TqQ9iLp2Km28rXG9WoVuZfy6u_MbIqrQJDQLEQOH7aoccuyDgHzjDgq63yaHpGd2d-31GV_eNyBe4ExqRqM8mspPEwporoTF0092hm4q9sZch8p07AfsTSO8Q-WNJp-Xs9tuihavixVMy55ieR3e810NRA2yT1ckE6HbutUY8kaXg/w640-h308/CityHallTheatre-Hume.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Laurel and Hardy evidently did a shoot in front. Thanks to Mike Hume for the photo. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF-qDOsvg2ncBXql4HaCO0INvcYcwPk1X_MANYySAY-X4TkK-TgZiY5bBHkejl7uAChIHqhWqLzPaOPFaA2t5ydC6ew07tS_ZSLAzCZKx0ypAL8WadpqfZyH3mtU6yN_CbhHJpgHT_Db-Q5NI1RTHIEtrXQ2meF5m2Og62ORo7LbcrEJEX1k27piXrpg=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1400" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiF-qDOsvg2ncBXql4HaCO0INvcYcwPk1X_MANYySAY-X4TkK-TgZiY5bBHkejl7uAChIHqhWqLzPaOPFaA2t5ydC6ew07tS_ZSLAzCZKx0ypAL8WadpqfZyH3mtU6yN_CbhHJpgHT_Db-Q5NI1RTHIEtrXQ2meF5m2Og62ORo7LbcrEJEX1k27piXrpg=w640-h540" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This 1950s photo appears on "<a href="https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/historic-sites/site1/" target="_blank">Historic Site #1: 1928 City Hall</a>," a page about the building from the Culver City Historical Society. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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All that's left of the 1928 City Hall at Culver & Duquesne. It's a 3/4 size reconstruction with the Heritage Park behind it occupying the demolished building's footprint. The new City Hall is beyond. If you
were to turn around 180 degrees, you'd be looking at the back of the
Culver Theatre. Photo: Bill Counter - 2011</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The replica facade is stop #16 on walking tour #1 outlined in an Art in Public Places <a href="https://www.culvercity.org/files/assets/public/documents/city-hall/cultural-affairs/2019culvercitywalkingtourb.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> from City's website <a href="https://www.culvercity.org/Explore/Arts-Culture" target="_blank">CulverCity.org</a>. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>More information:</b> See the other pages about Culver City theatres: <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/07/culver-city-12.html" target="_blank">Amazon's Culver Theater</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-city-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver City Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/meralta-theatre.html" target="_blank">Meralta Theatre</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/culver-theatre.html" target="_blank">Culver / Kirk Douglas Theatre</a>. The page on the Culver City Theatre has a few Culver City history resources listed.
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Main St.</b> Los Angeles, CA 90013 | <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/444+S+Main+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90013/@34.0471345,-118.2490085,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c2c64a1397a323:0x3f709e6b4d71f81f!8m2!3d34.0471345!4d-118.2479115" target="_blank"><b>map</b></a> |</p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Opening:</b> Presumably 1907, advertising "Illustrated songs and moving pictures." The location was the east side of the street just south of Winston St. Winston is in the middle of the block between 4th band 5th. It starts at Main and goes east. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/s626/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/w331-h400/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><p>"Where To Go Tonight." The Theatorium is included in this September 1907 column of ads from the Los Angeles Record. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for locating it for a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5634226946602046" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook page. </p><p>The other advertisers: The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/12/royal-theatre.html" target="_blank">Royal Theatre</a> was at 246 S. Broadway. "The Original Penny Arcade" at 125 S. Main was a venue later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/happy-hour-theatre.html" target="_blank">Happy Hour Theatre</a>. "Automatic Vaudeville" at 434 S. Spring was evidently the theatre later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/edison-theatre.html" target="_blank">Edison</a>. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/scenic-theatre.html" target="_blank">Scenic Theatre</a> was, as the ad says, at 522 S. Spring. The business at 258 S. Main offering "all the latest songs and moving pictures, 1c" was <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/kingsley-moles-collins.html" target="_blank">Kingsley, Moles & Collins Co</a>. They were mostly a printing and stationery firm and it sounds like they added some peep show machines. </p><p>Haagar DeClark, a photographer, was listed at 444 S. Main in the 1907
city directory. Joseph W. Nethery, in the slot machine business, was
also listed. Nethery, but not DeClark, also shows up in the 1908
directory. A number of early theatres started with peep show movie
machines such as those by Mutoscope or Edison ("slot machines") and then
transitioned by hanging a screen and buying projection gear. <br /></p><p><b>Closing:</b> Sometime around 1909 at the latest. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Status:</b> It's been demolished. The lot where the Theatorium was located ended up being the location of the south storefront of the Canadian Building, constructed in 1909. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaKfSYAKWoSR0in44C45gbtZ8PgjvK6hQgRV1K7YPvfOJQKf74RuPdQK1C20VKRakW7XgH0tz0UIws47sVyqBdaYzgdrJwT-gzy5ifdXbzatILrCSpP5W2kesKSxcH2a7iMcS7CjpMjRDIR8VVJddpZiF7UnEA7ENuTmIjtgLMiBRhPqoz96ojXCZ4g/s1150/Theatorium-img21-v2-1906-Sanborn-LOC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1150" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaKfSYAKWoSR0in44C45gbtZ8PgjvK6hQgRV1K7YPvfOJQKf74RuPdQK1C20VKRakW7XgH0tz0UIws47sVyqBdaYzgdrJwT-gzy5ifdXbzatILrCSpP5W2kesKSxcH2a7iMcS7CjpMjRDIR8VVJddpZiF7UnEA7ENuTmIjtgLMiBRhPqoz96ojXCZ4g/w640-h292/Theatorium-img21-v2-1906-Sanborn-LOC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>There's no building shown on the 444 site in this 1906 Sanborn Real Estate Map. We're looking at the east side of the south half of the 500 block with 5th St. on the left and Winston St. on the right. It's a detail from Image 21 of Volume 2 of the version of the map that's in the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190602/?sp=21&r=-1.738,-0.501,4.475,1.592,0" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> collection. </p><div style="text-align: left;">The National Theatre opened in a storefront at 448 around 1910. It was later replaced with a larger and more opulent National, now called the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/12/regent-theatre.html" target="_blank">Regent Theatre</a>, with 446-448-450 addresses. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRIjmhZdZEV19xooQUjlOZY0YKyph2Z1O_qy44HUPR7LdcxpoTKPRBOdu6nF8l1nvpUaY16oa5cb_mTiI3jbSUukk8ivQYC-04SrS-ahtczmohqjndw5YbuV5vjiNDteIsFPHMJtK3qJCn5TwQIORhpvyJZ3mcq1gAtqsp7jpnNuE2NdHKuqO5Cf0qQ/s905/Theatorium-1910-Baist-img002-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="905" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRIjmhZdZEV19xooQUjlOZY0YKyph2Z1O_qy44HUPR7LdcxpoTKPRBOdu6nF8l1nvpUaY16oa5cb_mTiI3jbSUukk8ivQYC-04SrS-ahtczmohqjndw5YbuV5vjiNDteIsFPHMJtK3qJCn5TwQIORhpvyJZ3mcq1gAtqsp7jpnNuE2NdHKuqO5Cf0qQ/w640-h324/Theatorium-1910-Baist-img002-D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The full 400 block with 5th on the left, Winston angled in the middle and 4th on the right. It's a detail from Plate 002 of the 1910 Baist Real Estate Survey from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19467/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1910+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>. Here they have the Theatorium's location numbered as 436. <br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The Canadian Building at Main and Winston dates from 1909 but isn't seen on this map. That lot 17, here seen as 436 and 446, would be subdivided with 446 becoming the location of the north storefront in the Regent Theatre building. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49myaQAORSTyuAuG7gAAiBe7lxDKZHyQkb9Zwu52wpvBfRkqzT1U1jXsVVhAQw6jsghK-AqtGcmEjok8AbjjI5Ge5tZ5l4QXCDbhA7tlMhqTf_sDzh1j2rqcZXNw17XToWV0LMOz6MMl4kHXmM2MI-qoKRgAXeuJWQrzQfeFVVJWfV29EW1ov-vlX9g/s900/Theatorium-1921-Baist-img002-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="900" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49myaQAORSTyuAuG7gAAiBe7lxDKZHyQkb9Zwu52wpvBfRkqzT1U1jXsVVhAQw6jsghK-AqtGcmEjok8AbjjI5Ge5tZ5l4QXCDbhA7tlMhqTf_sDzh1j2rqcZXNw17XToWV0LMOz6MMl4kHXmM2MI-qoKRgAXeuJWQrzQfeFVVJWfV29EW1ov-vlX9g/w640-h336/Theatorium-1921-Baist-img002-D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>A detail from plate 002 of the 1921 Baist Real Estate Map from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19408/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1921+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a>. The 444 lot had become the location of the south storefront in the Canadian Building. That's the Regent's north storefront at 446, labeled as a store called "George's." <br />
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Looking north toward Winston St. in 2019. On the right it's a slice of the Regent Theatre. The Canadian Building is in the center. The Theatorium had been in a earlier building where that "For Lease" storefront is on this end of the Canadian. On the far left that's
the San Fernando Building on the southeast corner of 4th & Main.
Photo: Bill Counter</p><p><b>More information: </b>Theatorium appears to be a semi-popular name with no indication that the different operations were related. We had a <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/rialto-long-beach.html" target="_blank">Theatorium</a> in Long Beach and one in Echo Park, a theatre later called the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/03/holly-theatre.html" target="_blank">Holly</a>. </p><p>The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/main-theatre.html" target="_blank">Main Theatre</a> was later located in the Canadian Building at 438 S. Main. </p><p>| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/theatorium.html">back to top</a> </span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown: theatre district overview</a> | <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/hill-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Hill St. and farther west</a> |</span> <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/broadway-theatres.html" target="_blank">Broadway theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Spring St. theatres</a></span> <span style="color: black;">| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/main-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Main St. and farther east</a> |</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres alphabetical list</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><br />
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and it appears that they added some peep show machines. </p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/s626/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEjRlM7x4Mh63xyE8W9nvbOSXLhjpsvrgG4Il4cwnd5jMycXjqMez0DXnnG94C0n4ucWSVA_0SOcOSGPH0ThPlRws8A8B3TppzVhbQl89ojKlx8YOHpGrZwrWdVuE2Q90Kp8ZKpuXYgc19tBJayEQ7e8tbGtnXyw4-wNcSAbJf-AgVsopd8Fw9Z8mjA/w331-h400/Royal-1907-LARecord-Sept.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><p>"Where
To Go Tonight." The 258 S. Main location is included in this September 1907
column of ads from the Los Angeles Record. They were
offering "all the latest songs and moving pictures, 1c." Thanks to Ken McIntyre for
locating it for a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244565982234863/posts/5634226946602046" target="_blank">Photos of Los Angeles</a> Facebook page. </p><p>The other advertisers: The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2018/12/royal-theatre.html" target="_blank">Royal Theatre</a> was at 246 S. Broadway. "The Original Penny Arcade" at 125 S. Main was a venue later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/04/happy-hour-theatre.html" target="_blank">Happy Hour Theatre</a>. "Automatic Vaudeville" at 434 S. Spring was evidently the theatre later known as the <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/03/edison-theatre.html" target="_blank">Edison</a>. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/theatorium.html" target="_blank">Theatorium</a> at 444 S. Main was just north of the location of the current Regent Theatre. The <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/scenic-theatre.html" target="_blank">Scenic Theatre</a> was, as the ad says, at 522 S. Spring. </p><p>In the 1907 and 1908 city directories the firm's principals were listed as J.A. Kingsley, H.E. Moles and L.E. Collins. <br />
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This detail from plate 002
of the 1910 Baist Real Estate Survey from <a href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19467/Plate+002/Los+Angeles+1910+Baist%27s+Real+Estate+Surveys/California/" target="_blank">Historic Map Works</a> shows the building Kingsley, Moles and Collins were in as 250 to 258. The building the Electric / Lyric Theatre is seen as "Theatre" at 260-262-264. The Liberty at 266 hadn't arrived yet. Note the Empire theatre around
the corner on 3rd and the Panorama Building in the 300 block of S. Main.
It would later be the site of the Hippodrome Theatre. The jog on 3rd
would be smoothed out c.1930.</p><p>Also see this block in Image 23 from Volume 2 of the 1906 Sanborn Map that's on the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364lm.g4364lm_g00656190602/?sp=23&r=-1.514,0.212,4.028,1.432,0" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> website. <br /></p><p><b>Closing date:</b> Unknown</p><p><b>Status:</b> The building they were in, as well as most of the block south of St. Vibiana's Cathedral, has been demolished. There's a Los Angeles Police Department garage now on the site. <br /></p><p>| <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2022/03/kingsley-moles-collins.html">back to top</a> </span></span>| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-theatres.html" target="_blank">Downtown: theatre district overview</a> | <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/hill-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Hill St. and farther west</a> |</span> <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/broadway-theatres.html" target="_blank">Broadway theatres</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Spring St. theatres</a></span> <span style="color: black;">| <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/main-street-theatres.html" target="_blank">Main St. and farther east</a> |</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-by-address.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres by address</a> | <a href="https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2017/09/downtown-alphabetical-list.html" target="_blank">downtown theatres alphabetical list</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">| </span><br />
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