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kencmcintyre commented about Fox Stadium Theatre on Mar 7, 2008 at 3:32 pm

The Speedway is now the site of the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

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kencmcintyre commented about Fox Theatre on Mar 7, 2008 at 2:55 pm

It’s still there. I took a batch of photos in August 2007, which are posted above. The building was for sale last September, per the preceding comment. Right now the building is unused.

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kencmcintyre commented about Astro Theatre on Mar 6, 2008 at 5:08 pm

Right. I could say nothing, or I could make a qualified statement and then hopefully get some corroboration. I wouldn’t have said “Please change the architect to Albert C. Martin”. I thought it was enough to raise the question and then go from there.

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kencmcintyre commented about Cinerama Hollywood on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:55 pm

I drove by the dome a few days ago, for the first time since they built all the retail around it. Quite a difference heading down Sunset from the west. When the dome was surrounded by parking lots, the first glimpse was striking. Now you have to wait until the middle of the block to see the theater. Too bad.

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kencmcintyre commented about Astro Theatre on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:51 pm

I’m no expert, but that doesn’t look like a 1905 building to me, unless it was completely done over in the twenties.

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kencmcintyre commented about Astro Theatre on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:49 pm

I did say “it appears”. Not citing as the gospel truth.

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kencmcintyre commented about Chocolate Bayou Drive-In on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Further research shows the location of former this drive-in as 10200 Cullen Boulevard, Houston 77051.

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kencmcintyre commented about Sansom Cinema on Mar 6, 2008 at 7:06 am

That’s impressive. My only question is why the theater is numbered 23,401? 20,000 is the Odeon Sketty. Just wondering if that’s due to entries being added and then deleted.

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kencmcintyre commented about Gentry Theatre on Mar 6, 2008 at 7:01 am

I went to that show. It was a blast.

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kencmcintyre commented about Astro Theatre on Mar 6, 2008 at 6:59 am

It appears that the architect was Albert C. Martin.

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kencmcintyre commented about Central Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Perhaps it was on the other side of Broadway. I know there was a caption originally, but I would have to dig through the site to find it.

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kencmcintyre commented about Punch Line Café on Mar 5, 2008 at 9:56 pm

I thought that ad looked familiar.

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kencmcintyre commented about Orpheum Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 9:03 pm

If it means changing all the downtown theaters to Teatro, I reverse my earlier recommendation and vote no.

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kencmcintyre commented about Hologram USA Hollywood Theater on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Can’t explain. Maybe it’s just a Pussycat thing.

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kencmcintyre commented about Hologram USA Hollywood Theater on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:39 pm

You would think so, except none of the Pussycats are titled that way. I guess the thought was that twenty Pussycats would be too hard to sort through.

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kencmcintyre commented about Fox Studio City Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Here are two photos taken yesterday while inching my way down Ventura Boulevard at rush hour:
http://tinyurl.com/29fsna
http://tinyurl.com/yrx8a9

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kencmcintyre commented about Regent Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:33 pm

I don’t think the caption is correct, as the Banner was a few doors south. It’s possible that the Banner was an early name for the Regent, but I haven’t seen any evidence to that effect.

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kencmcintyre commented about Las Palmas Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:30 pm

Here is a photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/27blpl

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kencmcintyre commented about Orpheum Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:25 pm

Are you pro or con, Joe?

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kencmcintyre commented about Hologram USA Hollywood Theater on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:24 pm

Wasn’t the Ritz the last name before it was a Pussycat? I looked for Ritz initially and then had to search under previous names. Perhaps this should be changed. Anyway, here is a photo I took yesterday. The sun washed out the circular sign at the top, but I could see where the church scrubbed off the Pussycat logo:
http://tinyurl.com/2bnnws

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kencmcintyre commented about Orpheum Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:13 pm

For some of the “classic” theaters, people get huffy if changes are proposed absent concrete evidence. Hence the solicitation for objections.

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kencmcintyre commented about Central Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:11 pm

OK, Joe, I’ll buy that. The theater was around in 1955, but gone by 1960, apparently.

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kencmcintyre commented about Fonda Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 8:08 pm

OK, thanks.

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kencmcintyre commented about Central Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm

OK, there’s some contradiction there between my two comments, but I think the 1973 building is in fact the Central theater location. I can’t explain the 1960 photo.

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kencmcintyre commented about Central Theatre on Mar 5, 2008 at 7:21 pm

This 1973 photo shows the theater building, sans theater:
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The Central can be seen to the north of the Cozy in this 1955 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/369yjh