Filmarte Theatre

The Filmarte Theatre was located at 1228 N. Vine Street.

This theater was earlier known as the La Mirada.

Here is an early photo of the auditorium from when it was still the La Mirada, circa 1930.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014709.jpg

Interior of the Filmarte, from the LA Public Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014567.jpg

From the Bruce Torrence collection:

http://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/detail.asp?im=%2D1&cat=43&offset=32&ID=4158

My grandfather, John Russell, managed this theatre in the late 1920's when it was called the La Mirada. It was part of the Hollywood Theatre chain then.

Does anyone know what other theatres were part of the Hollywood Theatre chain?

This theatre is also where in the early 60s Steve Allen did his TV show that was opposite The Johnny Carson TONIGHT SHOW. I still remember him watching people on the street and pointing his camera across the street at the Dance studio.

Here's a 1957 photo from the L.A. Library of a theatre called the Linkletter Playhouse, from which Art Linkletter did his television show. On the picture's full data page (the library doesn't allow linking to those, unfortunately), the address is given as 1232 North Vine Street. It must be the Filmarte, but with a slightly altered street number.

A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1250 style D X was installed in the La Mirada Theater on 1/16/1925. Status: Sold.

Here is a 1937 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2mqn88

Assessor information for the addresses 1224-1230 N. Vine St. gives a construction date of 1993 for the building on this property. I checked the information for the adjacent properties (in case of address migration) and they both have modern construction too. It looks as though the Filmarte is closed/demolished rather than just closed.

There was a fire around that time frame.

The Hollywood Theaters, Inc. (1931) chain included the following theatres:

BEVERLY HILLS: Beverly
NORTH HOLLYWOOD: El Portal
LOS ANGELES: Apollo (Hollywood), Carmel (West Hollywood), Film Art (Hollywood), Paramount (aka. Loma), Stadium, Vista, Carlton, Rivoli

Home Office was at 8900 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

All of those theatres were operated by West Coast Theatres and later under the Fox West Coast Theatres banner.