Vogue Theatre
6675 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6675 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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I was the Assistant Manager for a couple of years, in the early 70’s, with George Michaelides.
I’ve seen a lot of nonsense printed about the Vogue and its history. There was never a school that burned down in the early 1900s, killing a bunch of children and their teacher. There was never a projectionist named Fritz who died of a heart attack. That was all crap that was “discovered” when the theater was operated by a paranormal group who sold tickets to gullible tourists.
By the way…Mann Theaters took over in the early 70s, I remember because I had to have the ushers and concessions workers paste “Mann” stickers over everything with an NGC logo.
There were three theaters on Hollywood Boulevard that, for years, never accepted passes…The Pantages, The Pacific and The Paramount/Lowe’s. The Paramount came around just in time for “Lost Horizon”. I may have been the only one to take them up on it.
In spite of its location,it was far from being the most difficult theater to work. That title went to the Fairfax. That was where I discovered that Hell is a Saturday Disney flick matinee when the cashier and doorman have called in “sick”, 1450 tickets have been sold for a theater with 1400 seats and the Manager isn’t answering his phone. The closest we got at the Vogue was “Sport Fishing In America” (Look it up) on a double bill with “The Legend of Boggy Creek”.
Is there an e-mail address that I can forward 2 photos of the Vogue Theatre during the 60’s? One is the lobby during the movie “Two Women” The second is myself “64 at the projection room. sotokappa@charter.net
I worked at Vogue theatre as an assistant manager from 1963 till 1965. During that time, Eugene Klein purchased the “Fox West Coast Theatres” and named the company “National General Theatres” (Mann Theatres came much later.)I still remember the day they planted the little bushes in front of the theatre. We knew it someday they’ll cover our marquee. Alas, they over lasted us. Sotos Kappas
Indeed! They even cut some of the lower branches off that ridiculous tree!
I had hoped the blue part of the marquee would be restored with the previous “zipper” lights but no such luck. Another static marquee.
I love trees, but I still find it absolutely amazing that they thought it was a good idea to plant a tree right up against a theater marquee! It’s so crazy!
Thanks for the great photos as always @Hollywood90038!
The trees were'nt very big when I took this photo in 1990.
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The VOGUE is seen in passing during exterior scenes within the 1970 Paul Mazursky film “Alex in Wonderland”.
It’s good to hear some of the trees will be replaced with more appropriate trees. While I love trees, whoever was the brainiac that decided to plant trees right under and in front of a theater marquee really should have been fired.
The trees are being replaced?! I propose we all meet up and have a party once those horrible trees are gone!
The facade has been cleaned up. The marquee’s neon now lights up at night and looks great. What you can see of the lobby looks good. Unfortunate its not a movie theatre anymore but at least it’s been somewhat preserved/restored. Once the trees are removed from Hollywood Blvd, it will look much better (the current trees that block store signage and destroy the sidewalk aroung them are being replaced in 2011 by palm trees)
** to SG, I’m not sure any interior shots of this theater exist. I’ve never seen any, even in some of the historic Hllwd blvd photo sites online.
Any ‘before & after’ INTERIOR shots? I’ve got a zillion of the disgraceful facade!
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I always enjoyed going to the Vogue Theatre and finally getting to work it as a projectionist.
The Vogue and Fox theaters are both owned by the Helen T. Wilkes Company Trust. The daughter of Mrs. Wilkes was the last known trustee of the estate and she used to live in Upland. I am Mrs. Wilkes God-daughter and know this information first-hand. Mrs. Wilkes' father, Dr. Townsend, was a dentist and he and his family lived on the same small court as Cecile B. DeMille. Mrs. Wilkes babysat for Mr. DeMille’s children when they were young. She would be very sad to see the condition of her family’s investments. They are both being leased to that club company – very sad…
A photo I took of the Vogue at night, May 16, 2010:
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Hollywood, California 90028
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I see that the tree is still there.
Much more fitting….
Well thats good news. Boy they let that tree issue get bad over the years.
I forgot to mention the ficus trees will be replaced by Mexican fan palms.
Good news for anyone who cares about the tree issue. All of the ficus trees along the boulevard will be removed as of 2011, per The Hollywood Entertainment District. The facades and marquees currently obscured by those awful trees will be revealed and further damage to the sidewalks will be prevented. That’s great news.
I think Artie might be thinking of the Ritz Theatre across the street. During that time Mann Theatres operated the theatre and ran regular Hollywood feature films.
Work has started again on this place. All of the front doors have been removed and there’s a big gaping whole into the building. The wreck of a lobby seems to have been painted all black at some point. The outer lobby is a mess. Not sure if this is the original nightclub project starting up again or a conversion to a restaurant or retail.