Bruce played the Carlton on 8/14/74. It’s the last show on the page. I think Clarence Clemons is from Red Bank. He used to have a band called the Red Bank Rockers. http://tinyurl.com/24lh7k
The website posted on 2/19/07 states that the Farman was dismantled and rebuilt between 1944 and 1945. The 1963 motion picture almanac has the Farman still open and operated by Kallet Theaters, Inc. My hunch is that the new Warsaw Cinema did replace the Farman, but not until some time in the sixties or later on.
Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times. Two features plus short subjects. No newsreel or cartoon, though. Proofreading extra: http://tinyurl.com/2w933a
That’s it, Joe. I was a block away, too. I’ll check it out next time. Thanks for the photo of the Dominguez building as well. The lobby when you first walk in is spectacular. Great murals on the ceiling.
The El Rey looked great last night. I took a batch of pictures with my phone, but this is the only one that turned out: http://tinyurl.com/34jhc4
I kept thinking that we had a theater in the 5400 block of Wilshire that was now a church. There’s a great old Art Deco building at 5410, but that was never a theater as far as I could tell. There was also the Fox Ritz at 5214, which is gone. If I’m imagining this theater, let me know so I can stop looking for it.
Bruce played the Carlton on 8/14/74. It’s the last show on the page. I think Clarence Clemons is from Red Bank. He used to have a band called the Red Bank Rockers.
http://tinyurl.com/24lh7k
The website posted on 2/19/07 states that the Farman was dismantled and rebuilt between 1944 and 1945. The 1963 motion picture almanac has the Farman still open and operated by Kallet Theaters, Inc. My hunch is that the new Warsaw Cinema did replace the Farman, but not until some time in the sixties or later on.
Here is an October 2007 press release from the firm that managed the renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/2kvgek
Not exactly hot news, but here is some local information from September 2002:
http://tinyurl.com/3dvnv2
Here is the updated link for the photos posted on 7/29/05:
http://tinyurl.com/2o8ao3
http://tinyurl.com/32aynw
Here are updated links for the two Willard Library photos above:
http://tinyurl.com/2kt2oq
http://tinyurl.com/39hvay
Not that odd. My hometown drive-in used to show softcore movies in the 70s. We kids were able to watch from outside the property. Very educational.
On the marquee, they’re adding “Be Kind Rewind”, a new Jack Black movie.
Here is an October 1950 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/329hau
Here is an October 1950 ad for a Nancy Reagan film, per the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2k7j9e
Advertised as the Crest Cinema in October 1973, per the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2vlkgd
The double feature on the right was advertised as showing at the Orange Mall 6 in October 1973:
http://snipurl.com/205zn
Everybody inhale. September 1973:
http://tinyurl.com/25qbc3
Here is a September 1973 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2xpcwk
A couple of classics from September 1973, per the LA Times. Rev up the Pinto, Ma:
http://tinyurl.com/ytnj9a
http://tinyurl.com/2y9v79
Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times. Two features plus short subjects. No newsreel or cartoon, though. Proofreading extra:
http://tinyurl.com/2w933a
Liz plays the Palace, per an August 1973 ad in the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2seqlx
Here is an August 1973 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2kpake
The Gold Cinema was advertised in the LA Times in August 1973:
http://tinyurl.com/2xqlbv
Here is a September 1973 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/33y73a
Here is a photo, circa 1978:
http://tinyurl.com/27o9e3
Perhaps the same intrepid architect who designed the Lux in Los Angeles?
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015375.jpg
Per the photos taken in October, it’s not a church anymore.
That’s it, Joe. I was a block away, too. I’ll check it out next time. Thanks for the photo of the Dominguez building as well. The lobby when you first walk in is spectacular. Great murals on the ceiling.
The El Rey looked great last night. I took a batch of pictures with my phone, but this is the only one that turned out:
http://tinyurl.com/34jhc4
I kept thinking that we had a theater in the 5400 block of Wilshire that was now a church. There’s a great old Art Deco building at 5410, but that was never a theater as far as I could tell. There was also the Fox Ritz at 5214, which is gone. If I’m imagining this theater, let me know so I can stop looking for it.