This place looked like it was in trouble last summer when I was there. The other stores in the complex had closed, so the whole thing looked abandoned.
I didn’t know about this one. I think if it was still open in the sixties I would have gone there, or at least heard of it. It looks like it was near the intersection of Main and Washington. Smaller than the Rialto, I think, if you compare the seat counts.
The theater is on the corner of Yale and Wilshire, as someone mentioned earlier. Driving by, you would never suspect that this was a theater, but that makes sense if it was just a storefront. It is now After Hours Formal Wear.
Here is a January 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/oj52ka
Here is a January 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/rdny97
The Admiral can be seen in this 1952 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/rydb3p
Here is another view of the museum:
http://tinyurl.com/qeyzab
Here is a 1977 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036647.jpg
Here is an interior photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/p6y7pg
It looks like there was some changes to the marquee between 1954 and 1956.
Here is a December 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/qrgpe4
Here is a November 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/r7a5kb
Here is a January 1970 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/p3eufp
Here is a photo circa 1930s:
http://tinyurl.com/oyszav
This place looked like it was in trouble last summer when I was there. The other stores in the complex had closed, so the whole thing looked abandoned.
I guess Rowland Heights Theater is an aka, according to the ad.
Here is a 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/qcz6b7
Here is a 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/paygn5
Here is an August 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/rd29p4
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
Here is an August 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/pmjwsz
Here is an interior photo, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/pac3ty
I didn’t know about this one. I think if it was still open in the sixties I would have gone there, or at least heard of it. It looks like it was near the intersection of Main and Washington. Smaller than the Rialto, I think, if you compare the seat counts.
Here is a 1956 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pkeqvs
The theater is on the corner of Yale and Wilshire, as someone mentioned earlier. Driving by, you would never suspect that this was a theater, but that makes sense if it was just a storefront. It is now After Hours Formal Wear.
Here is a June 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/q3tpsy
Here is a June 1974 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/orqd7f
Here is a 1979 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pqoqhq
Too late for Atlantic City-all gone.