I’m looking for information on the Trans Art Theater at 4805 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. It was around in 1940. Perhaps here under another name, or a live theater? Thanks.
Here is an excerpt from a book about Mexican Los Angeles that was I reading the other day:
“And there, on Main Street, were the most promising and enduring of the Mexican auditoriums in Los Angeles, Teatro Hidalgo (1911-1934)…just over on Spring Street were Teatro Zendejas (later Novel, 1919-1924) and the first Teatro Mexico. Farther down Main Street were the Teatro Principal (1921-29), the second Teatro Mexico (1927-33) and the Teatro California (1927-34). Several theaters, especially the Hidalgo, showed the new motion pictures.”
It is pointed out that some or all of these were live performance venues, but it does give an interesting snapshot of the city at that time.
1954 yellow pages list this theater at 690 N. Milwaukee Avenue. If you look at the Google photo for that address, you see an old building which is in the middle of some drastic renovation.
Solely for argument’s sake, the same 4 Star listing at 11 N. Clark was also in the 1954 yellow pages, six years before the listing I mentioned yesterday. Same Andover phone number as well.
Phone number in 1954 was Longbch 1-9789. If the exchange was supposed to remind you of something familiar, so you would remember the number, I’m not sure how Long Beach would help someone in Chicago.
I think so. The theater would have been in the the city, presumably, but this part of town is all residential. I suppose if you knew where Downer Place was, you could extrapolate 18 blocks from there, but no idea as to east, west, north or south from the old Coliseum.
I didn’t see anything in this block that looked like an art deco theater. According to Google, this stretch of Front Street is residential. I’m wondering if there’s another Front Street in the business district which might account for the discrepancy.
While the house was crowded with patrons, two self-asserted ex-servicemen out of work, held up the office staff of the California Theater near the busy corner of Eighth and Main streets shortly before 10 o'clock last night and robbed the office safe of $12,000.
The bandits, after gaining entrance through the cloak room by a ruse, bound the hands of S. Levy, in charge of the office, and R. Ortega, clerk in the cloakroom, with strong wrapping cord.
“We don’t want your money”, one declared. “It’s the company’s money we want. Don’t be worried, we won’t trouble you if you don’t trouble us while we’re getting it”. After they took the money, the bandits fled through a door opening from the office onto Main Street. The robbery was accomplished so that no one outside of the office knew what was taking place.
The Comet was listed at 852 Gates in the 1940 phone book, but with a different phone number than 1937, GLenmor 2-4800.
Listed in the 1940 Brooklyn yellow pages. Phone number was EVergrn 8-6148.
The Stone Theater was listed in the 1940 Brooklyn yellow pages. Phone number was DIckns 2-9590.
I’m looking for information on the Trans Art Theater at 4805 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. It was around in 1940. Perhaps here under another name, or a live theater? Thanks.
Betty Rowland appeared at the Follies in April 1942, according to this LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/3xubse
Here is an excerpt from a book about Mexican Los Angeles that was I reading the other day:
“And there, on Main Street, were the most promising and enduring of the Mexican auditoriums in Los Angeles, Teatro Hidalgo (1911-1934)…just over on Spring Street were Teatro Zendejas (later Novel, 1919-1924) and the first Teatro Mexico. Farther down Main Street were the Teatro Principal (1921-29), the second Teatro Mexico (1927-33) and the Teatro California (1927-34). Several theaters, especially the Hidalgo, showed the new motion pictures.”
It is pointed out that some or all of these were live performance venues, but it does give an interesting snapshot of the city at that time.
The trailer for the Nixon movie looks interesting. Too bad they couldn’t get Dan Aykroyd to play Nixon instead of Frank Langella.
Fair enough. I was commenting with my biased west coast perspective.
Listed in the 1960 Manhattan yellow pages. Phone number was Enrght 9-9878.
Listed as the Azteca Theatre at 1492 Madison in the 1960 yellow pages. A Duane Reade pharmacy is now at the corner of Madison and 102nd.
Telephone number in 1960 was LOrain 7-3587.
Listed at 456 W. 119 in the 1954 yellow pages. Phone number was COmodor 4-9132.
Still listed in the 1954 yellow pages, but gone by 1960, as Bryan noted above. Phone number in 1954 was WHitehal 4-9471.
Telephone number in 1954 was ROgrsPk 4-4224.
Still open in 1954. Phone number was KEnwd 6-4472.
1954 yellow pages list this theater at 690 N. Milwaukee Avenue. If you look at the Google photo for that address, you see an old building which is in the middle of some drastic renovation.
Solely for argument’s sake, the same 4 Star listing at 11 N. Clark was also in the 1954 yellow pages, six years before the listing I mentioned yesterday. Same Andover phone number as well.
Phone number in 1954 was Longbch 1-9789. If the exchange was supposed to remind you of something familiar, so you would remember the number, I’m not sure how Long Beach would help someone in Chicago.
The exchange in 1954 was AUstn 7-3266. As you can see by the ad immediately above, the exchanges were no longer being used by 1967.
Here is a November 2004 article about the restaurant that now occupies the theater building:
http://tinyurl.com/5coqxo
Here is a 2007 exterior photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6bsajh
I think so. The theater would have been in the the city, presumably, but this part of town is all residential. I suppose if you knew where Downer Place was, you could extrapolate 18 blocks from there, but no idea as to east, west, north or south from the old Coliseum.
I didn’t see anything in this block that looked like an art deco theater. According to Google, this stretch of Front Street is residential. I’m wondering if there’s another Front Street in the business district which might account for the discrepancy.
Here is part of an LA Times story dated 3/20/22:
CALIFORNIA THEATER HELD UP
While the house was crowded with patrons, two self-asserted ex-servicemen out of work, held up the office staff of the California Theater near the busy corner of Eighth and Main streets shortly before 10 o'clock last night and robbed the office safe of $12,000.
The bandits, after gaining entrance through the cloak room by a ruse, bound the hands of S. Levy, in charge of the office, and R. Ortega, clerk in the cloakroom, with strong wrapping cord.
“We don’t want your money”, one declared. “It’s the company’s money we want. Don’t be worried, we won’t trouble you if you don’t trouble us while we’re getting it”. After they took the money, the bandits fled through a door opening from the office onto Main Street. The robbery was accomplished so that no one outside of the office knew what was taking place.
Here is a 1948 photo from Life Magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/6c4jpp
Current occupant:
http://www.shopbobbys.com/location.htm