Dorkel Theatre
1013 E. Seventh Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90021
1013 E. Seventh Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90021
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The Dorkel Theatre was one of many small independent theatres that once stood along the streets of Los Angeles. It remained open until at least the early 1950’s.
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William Gabel
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Listed as the Columbia at 1013 E. 7th in the 1939 directory, so that’s another aka.
Operated as the Columbia through 1945 at least.
There’s another reference to the Merryland in 1930, per the LA Times, so it was probably the Merryland first, then changed to Columbia sometime in the thirties, and then lastly the unfortunately named Dorkel Theater, probably in the early forties.
Here is the 1930 LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2erxqx
Hard to imagine a movie theater in this depressing part of downtown. Things must have been very different back then.
Breaking news from Boxoffice magazine, January 1938:
Min Orthel is Columbia’s new cashier, replacing M.J. Dodge, who resigned last week to start a chicken ranch in Arcadia.
Anything more trivial in Boxoffice?
No, that’s probably the winner. I hope the ranch was a success.
A Merryland Theatre is listed at 1015 E. Seventh Street in the 1915 L.A. City Directory.
Picture of the Merryland Theatre in 1930, which had just been bought by the 27 yr old David A Miller.the previous owners having run it into the red,and was still showing silent movies,plus 5 Vaudeville acts once a week: View link