American Theater
4727 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90037
4727 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90037
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Advertised in the Los Angeles Times on October 22, 1933.
Contributed by
Ken McIntyre
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Was this the “All American” theater ????
It was just advertised as American Theater.
This was one of my Grandmother’s favorite movie theaters, having grown up within walking distance of 47th and Broadway. She said that it was cheap at a 10-cent admission, but you did have to put up with the silhouettes of rats scampering across the well-polished floor.
The whole block is a strip mall now, built in 1990.
This is from Boxoffice magazine in May 1943:
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.
In the 1977 sketch comedy film CAN I DO IT…‘TILL I NEED GLASSES, a theatre marquee is advertising the producers’ previous film IF YOU DON’T STOP IT, YOU’LL GO BLIND. The marquee says, “The American Theatre.” The movie was definitely shot in Los Angeles. Could this be the same place? Was this still standing and/or operating in the ‘70’s?
Here is a September 1947 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/nojud6