I was in this theater today. The cashier was nice enough to let me walk around and take pictures. The interior shots are not too good, but some of the others came out OK. Interestingly enough, just a block down the road was a building that I swear was a theater at one time. I will post those photos as well in case someone recognizes it.
I drove by this location today. It’s heavy industrial, and looks like it has been for some time. I’m not sure where the drive-in would have been, unless it was off to the back somewhere.
I did see part of the Chipmunk movie last week while killing time in a doctor’s office. Interesting shots of the Orpheum, but not worth renting this horrendous film.
This is a 1934 photo, newly arrived on the LAPL site. Besides the theater at the top left, the photo is interesting as it maps out the route that Wilshire Boulevard will take when it cuts through the lake. Some authors have suggested that the decline of the area followed this division. I don’t think that they followed that exact route during the construction, however. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073526.jpg
OK, then I’m still arguing that it’s easier to find a theater in East LA as opposed to LA proper, given the disparity between the numbers of theaters in the two areas. Subsequently this theater should be listed in East LA.
Is East Los Angeles an incorporated city, or just a geographic designation? If it’s the latter, then listing it in East LA would make it easier to reference.
I interviewed for a job over at TRW when I moved to LA in 1984. I remember driving slowly down Rosecrans looking for the TRW complex. Most of Rosecrans between Sepulveda and Aviation was vacant land. Hard to picture that now when you see this theater and all the rest of the retail on that stretch.
No trace of the theater remains today.
I was in this theater today. The cashier was nice enough to let me walk around and take pictures. The interior shots are not too good, but some of the others came out OK. Interestingly enough, just a block down the road was a building that I swear was a theater at one time. I will post those photos as well in case someone recognizes it.
I drove by this location today. It’s heavy industrial, and looks like it has been for some time. I’m not sure where the drive-in would have been, unless it was off to the back somewhere.
The Allen is closed. I will post some photos later.
Here is an article that was in today’s LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/65ze8d
Architect should be Robert G. Kitts, as noted in the introduction.
Here is another photo from the LAPL. No signage on this one:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics21/00060494.jpg
Here are two photos from the LAPL, circa 1921:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015680.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015681.jpg
This 1961 photo by William Reagh shows the same detail as the 70s photo posted on 3/20/08:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014679.jpg
Here is another LAPL photo, no date given:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics07/00023255.jpg
I did see part of the Chipmunk movie last week while killing time in a doctor’s office. Interesting shots of the Orpheum, but not worth renting this horrendous film.
Here are two LAPL photos, circa 1928:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070164.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014717.jpg
This is a 1934 photo, newly arrived on the LAPL site. Besides the theater at the top left, the photo is interesting as it maps out the route that Wilshire Boulevard will take when it cuts through the lake. Some authors have suggested that the decline of the area followed this division. I don’t think that they followed that exact route during the construction, however.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073526.jpg
Sure, Joe, whatever you say. Maybe you should cut down on the horror movies.
OK, we’ll leave it at that.
Here is a 1960 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6cmojd
OK, then I’m still arguing that it’s easier to find a theater in East LA as opposed to LA proper, given the disparity between the numbers of theaters in the two areas. Subsequently this theater should be listed in East LA.
Here is a 1922 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4zlcy8
Here is a 1925 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6nfug6
If you look at the photos from last June, there’s no question about a theater being at 5832. I agree it doesn’t look like much when you drive by.
“Pare de Sufrir” means “Stop the suffering”, or something close to it.
Is East Los Angeles an incorporated city, or just a geographic designation? If it’s the latter, then listing it in East LA would make it easier to reference.
You’re right about that, Joe. I may have typed in the name wrong when I added the theater.
This should be Rancho Cucamonga, I think.
I interviewed for a job over at TRW when I moved to LA in 1984. I remember driving slowly down Rosecrans looking for the TRW complex. Most of Rosecrans between Sepulveda and Aviation was vacant land. Hard to picture that now when you see this theater and all the rest of the retail on that stretch.