Broadway Theatre
428 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
428 S. Broadway,
Los Angeles,
CA
90013
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Could the picture of Tally’s New Broadway Theatre (in the 500 block of S. Broadway) be the Garnett Theatre (ex Tally’s) which was located at 554 S. Broadway? The Garnett Theatre has it’s own listing here on Cinema Treasures.
The Los Angeles Public Library photo collection contains a picture (revealed by Cinema Treasures user ken mc, by the way), of Tally’s New Broadway Theatre, clearly showing the location as being in the 500 block of Broadway, on the east side of the street, just north of 6th Street (this can be seen by the presence of a sign in the background on the wall of the Hotel Hayward, which was at the southwest corner of 6th and Spring.) If this theatre at 428 Broadway was also Tally’s New Broadway, it must have been given that name after the Tally’s New Broadway in the 500 block was closed. I have no idea when that latter event took place, though.
This is still the herbal medicine store, with the aforementioned Teatro Broadway sign extant.
The Broadway Theatre closed in Summer 1988.
If this theater was owned by Thomas Tally, then it was the second of his movie houses of that name (which I suppose accounts for it being called Tally’s “New” Broadway.) A Los Angeles Times article of 12/28/1909 announced that Tally had leased a site for a theater on Broadway near 9th Street. A Times article of 7/7/1929 is headlined “Old Broadway landmark passes into history” and announces the demolition of Tally’s Broadway to make room for an expansion of the May Company department store. The old May Company building (originally called Hamburger’s Department Store) still extends a bit more than halfway down the block from 8th Street, so Tally’s original Broadway must have been a couple of doors north of the old Majestic Theater.
Incidentally, Mr. Hamburger owned the Majestic himself, and was a member of the investment group which financed the construction of the new theater (across Broadway from the Majestic) which became the 4th Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.
Vertical “Teatro Broadway” theatre sign still there, above the Hierbas Medicinales / Alvarado Clothing stores. This was also Tally’s New Broadway Theatre (1919 – 1925), and the New Broadway (1930). Mr. Tally also had a theatre in Santa Barbara in 1911 or so – the theatre that eventually became The Rose.
This theatre dates back to the 30’s and was remodeled in the mid 60’s, most of the original decor has been removed. If more people started to live in the Downtown area or going to things in that area then your post would work. If I was to cloose a theatre to restore the Broadway would not be my first pick. To open it as a cinema it would be a money pit. Because after around the 1988 all the theatres on Broadway started to die. Because of cheap VCRs, families shopped goes every weekend to the theatres. Before 1988 all the theatres on Broadway filled up every weekend. The big 2000 seat houses would be running at near full seating. During the week was another story, you were lucky if you broke 50 to 100 people all day. The only house that did do some business was the Cameo Theatre. But the Cameo was a Grind house that stayed open all night till about 5am. You could see 4 features for $1.50 , it also became a cheap hotel too. During the early to mid 90’s Metropolitan Theatres let the leases run out or they sub leased the lobby areas for retail use.
The Broadway Theatre was the first theatre in the Metropolitan Chain back in 1924. The Broadway is located at 428 S. Broadway. It is now used as a store. The marquee in the picture has long been removed.
anyone know the address of this theater?