I tried a search under Adolphus instead of hippodrome and found the proofs. I think the vantage point would be from the Follies, which may have either still been in existence or alternatively was recently demolished. I’ve seen Follies photos from the LAPL as late as 1973.
The expanded view of the photo at the top of the page shows the adjoining businesses. Prohibition would have still be in effect in 1928, so I’m not sure what kind of brew the business on the left was selling. http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015345.jpg
Huelen means “damned” in the local Mapuche language, so technically this would be the Damned Theater or Theater of the Damned. Some sources refer to the theater in the past tense, but I couldn’t confirm if it was open or closed.
I did try to match up the current driveway cutouts with the old photos. I posted this photo back in January 2007, but that was before the construction started. http://tinyurl.com/yxverb
Compare with this LAPL photo. The white building on the far north side of the street abutted the corner of 3rd and Main, I believe, which would put the theater cutout about where you see it in the contemporary photo. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014006.jpg
This is a bit of supposition, but if you look at the gate by the box office, you see the lighter covered floor. That corresponds with where the tile was, so that may have been the floor covering by the box office and going into the theater. I posted this photo from the LA Times blog last April. http://tinyurl.com/6aplyy
They already tore up all that decorative tile we saw in January. I was hoping they would uncover some more of that, but the area in front of the theater has been obliterated.
If you see the smaller of the two buildings on the right, that’s about where the wall was. There was also an exposed concrete floor at that spot, but because it was ten feet below street level I wasn’t sure that was part of the new construction.
Construction has resumed on the 4th and Main project. They have now torn up the area where the theater was. I checked out the excavation, lots of bricks and shards in the debris but no theater footprint or anything else of interest. A retaining wall is now visible below ground on Los Angeles Street, but the theater didn’t extend that far. That wall could have been from one of any number of buildings over the years.
Lodge Grass has a population of about 600. I was trying to pin down the function, but there doesn’t seem to be any information at all about this theater online. Since I believe it is still open, I would change the function to movies and leave it at that.
Here is an excerpt from a Grand Forks Herald story in September 2000:
An informed source at Carmike Cinemas confirmed Thursday that the Plaza Twin theater, South Forx Plaza, could be closing as soon as next week. Plaza Twin would join hundreds of other small theaters across the United States that have been closed in the past year. Carmike filed for bankruptcy soon afterward. Moody’s downgraded the debt of Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., AMC Entertainment Inc., Carmike Cinemas Inc. and Regal Cinemas.
Here is the listing in 1925:
http://tinyurl.com/5e2qoe
This 1925 LA city directory shows a Gay Theater at 224 N. Main:
http://tinyurl.com/5e2qoe
Here is the theater’s website:
www.cinemaxx.com.br
Here is a recent ad from a local paper:
http://tinyurl.com/5tfucq
I tried a search under Adolphus instead of hippodrome and found the proofs. I think the vantage point would be from the Follies, which may have either still been in existence or alternatively was recently demolished. I’ve seen Follies photos from the LAPL as late as 1973.
The expanded view of the photo at the top of the page shows the adjoining businesses. Prohibition would have still be in effect in 1928, so I’m not sure what kind of brew the business on the left was selling.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015345.jpg
Here are a couple of proofs from 1974. You can see the gym taking over the entire second floor:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015199.jpg
Here is a July 2007 press release from Cinemark:
http://tinyurl.com/5sbrew
Here is a July 2004 article, predating the aforementiond post-Katrina closure:
http://tinyurl.com/6jzuzq
This October 2007 article notes that Tunisia had a hundred movie theaters a decade ago but is now down to 17:
http://tinyurl.com/5djchj
Huelen means “damned” in the local Mapuche language, so technically this would be the Damned Theater or Theater of the Damned. Some sources refer to the theater in the past tense, but I couldn’t confirm if it was open or closed.
There is a photo of the theater on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/5nrval
They do match up pretty closely.
I did try to match up the current driveway cutouts with the old photos. I posted this photo back in January 2007, but that was before the construction started.
http://tinyurl.com/yxverb
Compare with this LAPL photo. The white building on the far north side of the street abutted the corner of 3rd and Main, I believe, which would put the theater cutout about where you see it in the contemporary photo.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014006.jpg
This is a bit of supposition, but if you look at the gate by the box office, you see the lighter covered floor. That corresponds with where the tile was, so that may have been the floor covering by the box office and going into the theater. I posted this photo from the LA Times blog last April.
http://tinyurl.com/6aplyy
They already tore up all that decorative tile we saw in January. I was hoping they would uncover some more of that, but the area in front of the theater has been obliterated.
If you see the smaller of the two buildings on the right, that’s about where the wall was. There was also an exposed concrete floor at that spot, but because it was ten feet below street level I wasn’t sure that was part of the new construction.
Construction has resumed on the 4th and Main project. They have now torn up the area where the theater was. I checked out the excavation, lots of bricks and shards in the debris but no theater footprint or anything else of interest. A retaining wall is now visible below ground on Los Angeles Street, but the theater didn’t extend that far. That wall could have been from one of any number of buildings over the years.
There are some September 2007 photos on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/5tp7or
You might want to check out Hill Street Blues as well. Filmed on Main Street and surroundings circa 1981.
Also seen in several episodes of Baretta. Both available on DVD.
A religious film festival will be held at the Apollo in November 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/43ga7d
Here is a photo of the Le Royal Hotel. There is a description of the theater as one of the amenities:
http://tinyurl.com/3o2bve
Lodge Grass has a population of about 600. I was trying to pin down the function, but there doesn’t seem to be any information at all about this theater online. Since I believe it is still open, I would change the function to movies and leave it at that.
The K in McKees Rocks should be capitalized in the description.
Here is an excerpt from a Grand Forks Herald story in September 2000:
An informed source at Carmike Cinemas confirmed Thursday that the Plaza Twin theater, South Forx Plaza, could be closing as soon as next week. Plaza Twin would join hundreds of other small theaters across the United States that have been closed in the past year. Carmike filed for bankruptcy soon afterward. Moody’s downgraded the debt of Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., AMC Entertainment Inc., Carmike Cinemas Inc. and Regal Cinemas.
Here is a heartwarming story from August 2003:
http://tinyurl.com/4folc9