I’ll have to find one of my pictures from a few years ago and compare. I used to walk by there every day but I’ve stopped because of the human defecation covering the sidewalk between Los Angeles and Main on 4th…..I take a different route now.
This is from June 18, 1954:
THRILLER OPENS AT PARAMOUNTS
Destructive giant creatures who threaten to devastate the world take over the screens of both Paramount Theaters today with the opening of “Them”, science-fiction subject from Warner Bros. Filmed on location in the Mojave Desert and in the maze of storm drains under Los Angeles streets, “Them” stars James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon and James Arness and reaches a climax as a horde of mutant monsters threaten to wipe out the city. Second feature at Paramount Downtown only is “White Hell of Pitz-Palu.”
If you can tell me what month or better what week the movie premiered I can try to find it. The problem is if you search for the word them there are millions of matches.
Yes, I saw it. It was kind of hard to tell, but it did look kind of vacant. There’s another movie on that disc called A Piece Of The Action that I haven’t watched yet. I don’t know if it was filmed in Los Angeles.
I’m reading a book called City Of Night, written by John Rechy in 1963 and a major part of the book takes place on Main street near the Burbank. Even though its not mentioned by name, there are a few references to the bars and theaters around there. I had no idea that this area was the gay ghetto back then. Also, after reading this book, Pershing Square takes on a whole different meaning when I look into the now ‘dead’ park.
Globe-Morosco Theatre
744 S. Broadway
Here’s a little more about the event mentioned by Don S:
Enter 8th Street Alley
Downtown Los Angeles
Saturday, February 7th, 10:30 am. Doors open at 10 am
Free Admission! All Are Welcome!
THE GLOBE THEATRE
The brutal conversion of the Globe into a swap meet in 1987 and the closure of two other Broadway theatres were the impetus for the creation of the LAHTF in 1988. We are pleased to invite the public in to see how this theatre has been adaptively re-used by the Club 740 and owner-operator Ralph Verdugo. We thank Club 740 for opening their facility to us.
THE EVENT
The tour will take us up to the balcony, closed since the 1930’s, through the basement and up into the fly loft. Please dress accordingly and wear comfortable shoes. Plan to join us for further discussion of the theatre over lunch at Clifton’s Cafeteria immediately following the event.
Ed Kelsey will provide a power point presentation on the history of the theatre. To pique your curiosity, a taste of the theatre and its impresario’s colorful histories follow.
When all of the vendor fixtures, merchandise, and junk are removed I’m sure the situation will look much different. Luckily, there are only opinions on this site and your ‘not worthy’ proclamation is only an opinion. You should see how Grey Gardens looks now….who would have imagined?
That’s interesting…..I really hope they didn’t just demolish without removing things like statues, but who knows. At least the Forty-niner statue is repaired and back where it has been since 1925. And the two thieves are in jail for 16 months each. Here is a scan of the outside and inside of the original program from the dedication ceremony of the Forty-niner statue. A friend gave it to me for a holiday gift.
Nice photos…..they really show that there is something here to save.
That’s alright. I just hope it doesn’t get demolished.
Uh oh….this looks bad:
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I think people have tried to list it in the past but it was rejected. I don’t know if anyone has tried lately.
The Barclay was originally the Van Nuys.
I’ll have to find one of my pictures from a few years ago and compare. I used to walk by there every day but I’ve stopped because of the human defecation covering the sidewalk between Los Angeles and Main on 4th…..I take a different route now.
Is it a new sign or the old sign restored? It looks very similar although cleaner.
This is from June 18, 1954:
THRILLER OPENS AT PARAMOUNTS
Destructive giant creatures who threaten to devastate the world take over the screens of both Paramount Theaters today with the opening of “Them”, science-fiction subject from Warner Bros. Filmed on location in the Mojave Desert and in the maze of storm drains under Los Angeles streets, “Them” stars James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon and James Arness and reaches a climax as a horde of mutant monsters threaten to wipe out the city. Second feature at Paramount Downtown only is “White Hell of Pitz-Palu.”
I was going to look on the LA Times database….forget google. You’ll drive yourself crazy.
If you can tell me what month or better what week the movie premiered I can try to find it. The problem is if you search for the word them there are millions of matches.
Yes, I saw it. It was kind of hard to tell, but it did look kind of vacant. There’s another movie on that disc called A Piece Of The Action that I haven’t watched yet. I don’t know if it was filmed in Los Angeles.
I’m reading a book called City Of Night, written by John Rechy in 1963 and a major part of the book takes place on Main street near the Burbank. Even though its not mentioned by name, there are a few references to the bars and theaters around there. I had no idea that this area was the gay ghetto back then. Also, after reading this book, Pershing Square takes on a whole different meaning when I look into the now ‘dead’ park.
I don’t think I’ll be able to make it either…hopefully, someone will go and take some photos.
DISCOVER ALL ABOUT THE GLOBE-MOROSCO THEATRE
Globe-Morosco Theatre
744 S. Broadway
Here’s a little more about the event mentioned by Don S:
Enter 8th Street Alley
Downtown Los Angeles
Saturday, February 7th, 10:30 am. Doors open at 10 am
Free Admission! All Are Welcome!
THE GLOBE THEATRE
The brutal conversion of the Globe into a swap meet in 1987 and the closure of two other Broadway theatres were the impetus for the creation of the LAHTF in 1988. We are pleased to invite the public in to see how this theatre has been adaptively re-used by the Club 740 and owner-operator Ralph Verdugo. We thank Club 740 for opening their facility to us.
THE EVENT
The tour will take us up to the balcony, closed since the 1930’s, through the basement and up into the fly loft. Please dress accordingly and wear comfortable shoes. Plan to join us for further discussion of the theatre over lunch at Clifton’s Cafeteria immediately following the event.
Ed Kelsey will provide a power point presentation on the history of the theatre. To pique your curiosity, a taste of the theatre and its impresario’s colorful histories follow.
thanks voxpop
Wow….do you think it would be possible to take a photo of it and post it? I’d love to see it.
When all of the vendor fixtures, merchandise, and junk are removed I’m sure the situation will look much different. Luckily, there are only opinions on this site and your ‘not worthy’ proclamation is only an opinion. You should see how Grey Gardens looks now….who would have imagined?
You’re a peach.
Nice…where do you access that magazine? Did you go to the library or is it online somewhere?
Do they allow people to visit?
That’s interesting…..I really hope they didn’t just demolish without removing things like statues, but who knows. At least the Forty-niner statue is repaired and back where it has been since 1925. And the two thieves are in jail for 16 months each. Here is a scan of the outside and inside of the original program from the dedication ceremony of the Forty-niner statue. A friend gave it to me for a holiday gift.
Inside of program:
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Outside of program:
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I think its interesting. Maybe someone was fooling around with the clock to see if it can be restored.
That drawing was in the LA Times on Feb. 5, 1922.
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Thanks for that one.