Studio Theatre
1715 N. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90027
1715 N. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90027
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Previous Names: Regal Theatre, Pony Express Theatre
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Opened by 1941 as the Regal Theatre. The Pony Express Theatre was opened on February 20, 1942, and screened Western movies. It became the Studio Theatre in early-1945 and closed on July 9, 1960 when it damaged in a fire.
It has been demolished, and a Bank of America and its parking lot now occupy the site.
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Im confused there is a listing from 1973 showing a theatre called HK Studio in Los Angeles but the address is Sunset & Alvaredo?
The HK Studio Theatre is listed under the Studio 1 which was the former Ramona Theatre.
The Studio was advertised in the LA Times on 2/11/50. Address was Vermont and Hollywood Boulevard. Admission was 54 cents.
Here is a 1947 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2roylu
A fire was reported by the LA Times at the Studio on 7/9/50. Address was given as 1717 N. Vermont.
In the early 1960s, I often went to the Los Feliz Theatre a couple of blocks up Vermont, and I don’t remember seeing the Studio at all. It must have been gone by then. The County Assessor says the building on the site now was built in 1969.
The Studio opened in early 1945 and closed in 1960 (per ‘Hollywood 1940-2008’, M.Wanamaker). No address is given although looking at the photo in the book, it was located either at 1715 N. Vermont (where the Bank of America is now) or 1727 N. Vermont (where the Tower Plaza and parking lot is now located).
This theatre appparently had a brief history as the Pony Express, with a policy of western features and stage appearances of some of the stars. See photo section for an ad published in the LA Times on February 20th, 1942.
2/20/42 was actually the opening date, according to a news item in Motion Picture Daily. Management was the same as the Hitching Post, three miles away on Hollywood Boulevard. Previous name of Pony Express was Regal Theatre, but possibly not the original.