Roxie Theatre
518 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
518 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
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Grand opening ad from Evening Post Record posted in the photo section.
The Roxie started its Spanish-language policy on January 29th, 1978. Grand opening ad posted.
El Roxie inició su política en español el 29 de enero de 1978. Se publicó un anuncio de inauguración.
I photographed the Roxie a few years ago. Check out some photos and a short write up at After the Final Curtain
There is a facebook page for the Roxie Theatre – run by someone advocating for the theatre’s restoration. Includes some nice current interior photos. A little dilapidated but definitely restorable. The page is at:
www.facebook.com/roxietheatre
The Roxie, or at least a good shot of its terazzo and a few glimpses of the marquee, is seen in “The Muppets” (the 2011 movie), as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWWTW1P8rQ
Here are a few photos I took today of the Roxie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokoban/6693424923/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokoban/6693425389/in/photostream/
The Roxie looks pretty sad these days especially now that some moron went and graffitied over the Roxie letters on the tower above the theatre. I’m not sure what you do with all these old cinemas on Broadway now that everyone stays home with VOD and Netflix.
A great 30s view with the Roxie marquee still using milk glass letters:
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It’s in post #9 on a Jalopy Journal Forum:
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Anyone have any idea what archive this photo comes from? I can’t make out the title on the marquee but it appears it’s something with Kay Francis.
Swap meet bonanza:
http://tinyurl.com/y54n3ah
Here is the Roxie looking better than usual:
http://tinyurl.com/y5re637
Here is a night shot from 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/qpwdb5
Here is an August 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/pepvd4
Those are pretty neat. The box office being dropped in the middle of the orchestra section is a unique touch:
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A couple curent interior photos of this theatre can be seen at flickr.com.
Just type in Roxie Theatre, Los Angeles.
Go to page 3 and scroll down and click on the second picture for a shot on the main auditorium with a partial view of the left side of the proscenium and screen.
Click on the first small picture on the right to see a nice side wall view of the Roxie auditorium.
These are the first current color interior photos that I have seen of the Roxie.
The exterior of this theater has not changed much in the last 45 years yet there is 22 views of the same exterior! Just wondering why…
Here are some views of the Roxie in the early 1980s:
http://tinyurl.com/dce8wa
http://tinyurl.com/d76xt2
http://tinyurl.com/czkqmn
Here is the Roxie sizzling in the February heat of Los Angeles:
http://tinyurl.com/cjblpc
Here is a November 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/64y89v
Here is a September 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4zo35j
I posted a diptych of the Roxie and the Palace on my Flickr page:
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Vokoban, I had permission from the owner to take a look at the auditorium by the support of the LA Conservancy.
I’ll send you the contact info by email.
Yves, did the owner show any interest in opening the theater at some point? Did they allow you to take any photos? I’d love to see the inside of the theater.
We’ve been inside the auditorium last week (thanks to the owner), which is behind a clothes store and not used as storage like the Cameo and Arcade. There is still the original ornamentations on the stage, light fixtures on the sides were certainly modified in the 50’s and there is no remaining seats on the orchestra (we’ve not been on the balcony). The curtain is still there too.
Here’s a photo from the Public Library of Broadway at Fifth. You can see the Roxie with what looks like a rectangular marquee. The Library’s holding page says the theatre features Mickey Mouse (and dates the photo as circa 1920s, but hey).
Wow, thanks, Joe! I just knew there had to be neon. And that photo is of such high resolution that it can be highly magnified, too, to show some great details.
I haven’t seen very many pictures that show the Fifth Street Store’s (aka Walker’s, Milliron’s, Ohrbach’s) vertical sign — nice surprise there.
And how beautiful the street lamps were along Broadway then! I never understood why they were replaced with the plain ones (i.e., with the lights hanging in a downward position) by the 1960s, while that earlier, more ornate variety persisted for many years on other downtown streets.