Linda Lea Theatre
251 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90012
251 S. Main Street,
Los Angeles,
CA
90012
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Here is a 1983 photo.
http://tinyurl.com/dz2bv6
http://www.downtownindependent.com/
“a new film and event facility located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.”
Hmm. :–/
I hope its dead after they destroyed the Linda Lea.
Is ImaginAsian dead or what? How come the theatre is now called the Downtown Independent?
Silly me, I guess I should have read the “Add A Photo” criteria first.
I wasn’t critiquing Cinema Treasures, just curious that if accurate photos were already posted in discussion, why couldn’t they just be chosen & moved to the top. I had no idea of the volume of additional photos CT receives.
Like I should talk with my lowly WebTV.
Wow, that 1939 photo posted by tkpepper seems the perfect picture to post at the top of this Linda Lea CT page. Maybe blow it up a tad, and crop off all but the theatre. It also seems the oldest representation of The Arrow in reference to it’s original opening.
I’ve often wondered why of all the theatres profiled on Cinema Treasures, CT doesn’t just use one of the many photos posted during discussions, as the main header establishing photos.
Instead of keeping the “No Photo Available” image up.
Is it a photo copyright’s issue or something? Just wondering.
I no longer crack on that high F over middle C.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain, now once again….
Negative Nancy.
Absolutely. The first photo I clicked on shows a great new view of the Rosslyn Theater.
USC Archives just recently added the “Whittington Studio Collection” of photos. Do a search on “Whittington Main” and you’ll find about a dozen or more great shots of Main Street all taken around 1939!
That’s an excellent view of Main Street. Thanks.
Wow….great photo. I’ve never seen that one. Maybe they’ve added some new material to their archives.
Here’s a detailed new USC archive photo taken in 1939 of the Arrow theatre:
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The downtown real estate market is pretty soft right now. I wonder if the investors in the large residential complex on 4th and Main are wondering what the demand will be when it’s finally built.
Their ‘modus operandi’ is actually to destroy an historic theater and rebuild it as a Logan’s Run whorehouse looking thing:
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I was watching the pilot episode of Baretta tonight, and there was a night shot of the Linda Lea with the marquee lit up. Very nice.
I agree. Kind of a moot point as the new theater now has its own page. I will miss walking by the Linda Lea with its distinctive marquee, though.
If that’s the case then they should use that terminology in press releases and news stories…..not terms such as ‘remodel’ and ‘restore’. I see no difference here than in the Garrick and the Tower each having their own pages.
The ImaginAsian opened on December 1, 2007 followed by a Fuji Film Series beginning on December 2, 2007 which was free to the public for a week.
According to the contractor, who I spoke with several times, the old Linda Lea was rotting from the inside out and the marquee hanging over the city sidewalk was falling down.
I say a re-opened screen by any name is a win for all…at least this movie house which has been renamed several times is indeed open to the public as a real theater- popcorn and all!
No, we know they had the grand opening December 1, with “dignitaries” in attendance.
http://blogdowntown.com/blog/2980
They are currently screening films for free, (December 2-6) but December 7th remains the “official” opening date. They will start charging admission on that date. Put a fork in the Linda Lea, she’s done.
Time for a new entry.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I don’t think so. It didn’t look ready a couple of days ago. I vote for the Linda Lea as closed/demolished as opposed to closed/renovating.
Sorry….seems like December 1st is the opening day.
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Thanks okoku…..I put in my two cents worth on that silly site.