The Production Code was in place in 1930 but wasn’t enforced until 1934, so anything before ‘34 is a pre-code, although movies such as Babyface, Scarface and The Story Of Temple Drake outraged the Catholics and other Americans and the movie studios gave in and started enforcing the code and following Joseph Breen’s iron fist. The Fatty Arbuckle fiasco was in 1921, so that was way before this.
Well, you can see what it is now from my current photo of the spot…I guess we could go get a pint of whiskey and sit in that parking lot. Nobody would probably even notice.
There’s a series of photos from that same shoot that goes further south….I wonder what Dave’s Music Box was…a music store, bar, theater? Anyone know? Here’s a picture:
Is the taller building just visible to the far left the old California Club? If so, the College Theater would have been between that and the shed I think.
The Subway Terminal Building is at 4th & Hill or kind of halfway between 4th & 5th so that little loading platform in the photo must have been where the big parking lot is between the Title Guarantee Building and the Subway Terminal Building now. I think you can see the top of the Biltmore way in the background. I never realized that the actual auditorium of Clunes faced East even though the building front faced South to Central Park which it looks as though it does in the photo.
Well, I guess if its a church it is alive but maybe not well. I’ve seen too many churches that get a hold of a theater and paint everything white….even gold leaf.
I think this would have been where the new building is attached to the Title Guaranty Building on the Hill side. I’ve been watching them clean that building every day and its pretty amazing how new it looks with all the dirt gone.
That picture is great. It is definitely a vacant lot now but the building to the far left of the picture that you can barely see is being restored or something.
I go in there often and it is amazing how much is left. However, almost all possibility of a return to a theater is gone since they leveled the floor for the swap meet.
They have started replacing the roof that they demolished. If you look at okoku’s photo, the only original things are the two side walls and the arched ceiling beams at the far rear. Unless they saved some of the architectural decoration and intend to display it somehow when the new theater is complete, the Linda Lea is gone. This is basically a new theater built on the same footprint leaving the two side walls.
I think what happened is that a lot of these theaters had store fronts on either side of the original entrance and over the years the theater entrance switched around to the different doors to accommodate the stores.
They have basically destroyed the theater except for the two side walls which are stripped down to the brick and part of the roof structure. I saw cement trucks backed into the rear on Saturday, so I assume they are pouring a new floor or something. Somebody need to define ‘demolition’, ‘remodel’, and ‘restoration’ to these people.
What about I Want To Live? I’ll have to watch it again and pay attention….for some reason I think it was shot around Culver City but I’m probably wrong.
The Production Code was in place in 1930 but wasn’t enforced until 1934, so anything before ‘34 is a pre-code, although movies such as Babyface, Scarface and The Story Of Temple Drake outraged the Catholics and other Americans and the movie studios gave in and started enforcing the code and following Joseph Breen’s iron fist. The Fatty Arbuckle fiasco was in 1921, so that was way before this.
Well, you can see what it is now from my current photo of the spot…I guess we could go get a pint of whiskey and sit in that parking lot. Nobody would probably even notice.
There’s a series of photos from that same shoot that goes further south….I wonder what Dave’s Music Box was…a music store, bar, theater? Anyone know? Here’s a picture:
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Thanks ken…I think that’s the first photo I’ve seen of the Lark.
I don’t know if that is the Lark, but I’d like to see that movie. Maybe this is it:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0019880/
Is the taller building just visible to the far left the old California Club? If so, the College Theater would have been between that and the shed I think.
The Subway Terminal Building is at 4th & Hill or kind of halfway between 4th & 5th so that little loading platform in the photo must have been where the big parking lot is between the Title Guarantee Building and the Subway Terminal Building now. I think you can see the top of the Biltmore way in the background. I never realized that the actual auditorium of Clunes faced East even though the building front faced South to Central Park which it looks as though it does in the photo.
I’m going to make reservations at the United Artists and act like I feel the ‘word’ just to get a peek at it.
Well, I guess if its a church it is alive but maybe not well. I’ve seen too many churches that get a hold of a theater and paint everything white….even gold leaf.
from looking at the satellite maps of both of those addresses it doesn’t look like any theater is there now but its hard to tell
I think it is the Liberty:
/theaters/3878/
Take a look at the house that was there before the theater:
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Here’s another picture where you can see the edge of this theater.
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Ken mc….that story would make a good graphic novel episode.
I think this would have been where the new building is attached to the Title Guaranty Building on the Hill side. I’ve been watching them clean that building every day and its pretty amazing how new it looks with all the dirt gone.
That picture is great. It is definitely a vacant lot now but the building to the far left of the picture that you can barely see is being restored or something.
There was also the Electric Theater on Main which was sometimes called Tally’s.
I go in there often and it is amazing how much is left. However, almost all possibility of a return to a theater is gone since they leveled the floor for the swap meet.
They have started replacing the roof that they demolished. If you look at okoku’s photo, the only original things are the two side walls and the arched ceiling beams at the far rear. Unless they saved some of the architectural decoration and intend to display it somehow when the new theater is complete, the Linda Lea is gone. This is basically a new theater built on the same footprint leaving the two side walls.
I think what happened is that a lot of these theaters had store fronts on either side of the original entrance and over the years the theater entrance switched around to the different doors to accommodate the stores.
I don’t know if this has been posted, but the USC site has been changed, so here’s a good photo of the College Theater:
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They have basically destroyed the theater except for the two side walls which are stripped down to the brick and part of the roof structure. I saw cement trucks backed into the rear on Saturday, so I assume they are pouring a new floor or something. Somebody need to define ‘demolition’, ‘remodel’, and ‘restoration’ to these people.
I sent directions ken mc.
What type of construction? On the outside?
What about I Want To Live? I’ll have to watch it again and pay attention….for some reason I think it was shot around Culver City but I’m probably wrong.