What bugs me is that I was in LA for a year before it was torn down and never checked it out. Lost opportunity. Same for the Hippodrome on Main Street.
They were doing work on this building today, so I took a look. I assume this new building replaced the theater building, which was demolished. I don’t think there was any reuse of the old building. http://tinyurl.com/3rlecc http://tinyurl.com/4ga9uk
My first Paul Newman film was Towering Inferno. I saw it at the Towne 4 in Egg Harbor NJ in 1974. Newman was the architect and Steve McQueen was the fire chief. Other eclectic casting was Fred Astaire as a con man and OJ Simpson as a security guard who rescues a kitten.
I recommend “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which is said to be the closest Newman ever came to playing himself in a film.
The small photo on the bottom of the page shows one of the screens and a sign, which is what you would see on the right side of the street driving south on Vermont. http://tinyurl.com/3me4cz
It was sad to see maybe a half dozen cars parked before the first show. Every time I saw that, I figured the Vermont was not long for this world. I would liked to have seen it in its heyday.
Still showing first run films. Amazing. Must be hotel guests only.
I’d like to know how Placido Domingo’s agent pitched his role as the voice of a dog in this film. Maybe La Scala was booked.
http://tinyurl.com/5x5ffh
This photo is circa late 1990s:
http://tinyurl.com/3tc7x6
Status should be changed to closed/demolished.
Some vitage photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/3g45tw
I think status should be closed, as opposed to unknown.
Two photos of the theater as market here:
http://tinyurl.com/4j3r4x
There is a photo of the Roxy in disrepair on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/3hneez
Here are two September 2008 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/3t3hkh
http://tinyurl.com/3u56yc
What bugs me is that I was in LA for a year before it was torn down and never checked it out. Lost opportunity. Same for the Hippodrome on Main Street.
They were doing work on this building today, so I took a look. I assume this new building replaced the theater building, which was demolished. I don’t think there was any reuse of the old building.
http://tinyurl.com/3rlecc
http://tinyurl.com/4ga9uk
Paved over since 1985:
http://tinyurl.com/4sz7q6
Reminds me of the Star in Oceanside.
Some additional information here. I don’t know why there’s a discepancy in the two addresses, though.
http://tinyurl.com/3jfp38
This 1944 map shows the Pico and Bundy area before much of it was obliterated for the Santa Monica Freeway:
http://tinyurl.com/4bqm37
My first Paul Newman film was Towering Inferno. I saw it at the Towne 4 in Egg Harbor NJ in 1974. Newman was the architect and Steve McQueen was the fire chief. Other eclectic casting was Fred Astaire as a con man and OJ Simpson as a security guard who rescues a kitten.
I recommend “Nobody’s Fool” (1994), which is said to be the closest Newman ever came to playing himself in a film.
Look at page seven of this Canadian newspaper from 1922. The twins and Jack Thomas are bottom billed:
http://tinyurl.com/3vr4go
Here is the site today:
http://tinyurl.com/4suzz7
There are two photos on this site. The theater has been razed since this was written:
http://tinyurl.com/3me4cz
The small photo on the bottom of the page shows one of the screens and a sign, which is what you would see on the right side of the street driving south on Vermont.
http://tinyurl.com/3me4cz
It was sad to see maybe a half dozen cars parked before the first show. Every time I saw that, I figured the Vermont was not long for this world. I would liked to have seen it in its heyday.
Here is a November 1969 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/3nfyfg
Here is an architect’s sketch from the UCLA collection:
http://tinyurl.com/4w8kkl
Here is a September 1969 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/4cy5or
Here is a September 1969 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3g8hxt
Here is a May 1969 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3rzerg