The Unique would have been a few doors south. If they were projecting something on the Unique-O-Scope, would that qualify it as a theater? The ad is from 1906: http://tinyurl.com/288ls6
Here are some ads from the LA Times in January 1906. The first is for the Grand. The second is for the Hotchkiss, which we were discussing on another page: http://tinyurl.com/23grcd http://tinyurl.com/24dx8e
Part and parcel with the changing neighborhood. Fairfax is turning into Melrose Avenue circa 1985.How long before the King David nursing home turns into a W hotel?
The ten story bank building in the photo is at 201 W. Third. The photo is looking west. It’s possible that the building in the foreground is the theater at 121: http://tinyurl.com/2kcjrp
There is a color postcard on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2fwf45
I think they were wired the results and then put the scores on an electronic board.
Here is a 1912 ad from the LA Times. I don’t think Mercantile Street is around anymore:
http://tinyurl.com/yv4dwo
Here is a 1906 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/24dx8e
Ok, thanks. Here is an ad for Clune’s Grand in 1912:
http://tinyurl.com/22sbcz
Here is a 1912 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ystzn6
This is the second Kinemacolor ad I’ve seen in 1911. They even changed the name of Tally’s to promote the process:
http://tinyurl.com/yuaqoe
Advertised as Fischer’s Lyceum in 1911:
http://tinyurl.com/2vw7je
Color films in 1911? Who knew?
http://tinyurl.com/2mnpej
Here is a 1911 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2mz9tp
Here is a May 1911 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2fz52v
Here is a May 1910 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2zn3bg
The Unique would have been a few doors south. If they were projecting something on the Unique-O-Scope, would that qualify it as a theater? The ad is from 1906:
http://tinyurl.com/288ls6
Here are some ads from the LA Times in January 1906. The first is for the Grand. The second is for the Hotchkiss, which we were discussing on another page:
http://tinyurl.com/23grcd
http://tinyurl.com/24dx8e
Part and parcel with the changing neighborhood. Fairfax is turning into Melrose Avenue circa 1985.How long before the King David nursing home turns into a W hotel?
I will be there. Don’t forget my free book. 8-)
According to some sources, Rosebud was Hearst’s pet name for a particular part of Davies’s anatomy. An in-joke for Orson Welles in Citizen Kane.
There are more photos on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/37d8uc
Here is an article about the renovation of the Carlisle:
http://tinyurl.com/2wnptq
Here is a photo of a former theater in Atco, identity unknown:
http://tinyurl.com/3bpb4j
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yr4g3m
A sunny day in London? I thought they didn’t have any.
Here are some additional photos. The dinner theater closed in 2004, and although there has been interest in reuse, nothing has happened yet:
http://tinyurl.com/2vbjzo
http://tinyurl.com/2sy5pc
The ten story bank building in the photo is at 201 W. Third. The photo is looking west. It’s possible that the building in the foreground is the theater at 121:
http://tinyurl.com/2kcjrp
This appears to be a duplicate of the Strand in Council Bluffs.
I think this is a duplicate of the Broadway Theater entry.