I believe that you could see this drive-in while on the Harbor Freeway, going south around Carson Boulevard. I moved to the area in 1994 and the theater was still open. A couple of years later it was gone.
I don’t think the translator meant to call Dr. Young a chicken at the end of the article. His name might have been Frango, which means chicken, and then was translated a bit too literally.
If you take another look at the photo, there appear to be movie posters on either side of the market entrance. Perhaps there is another entrance for the theater, as LM’s post suggests that the theater is the last one in Mossoró and is still showing films.
Here is an article in today’s LA Times, by Randy Lewis:
The Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood is getting a new (old) name to go along with its new (old) look: the Music Box @ Fonda. The change revives the name the building had when it opened in 1926 – the Music Box – while retaining the identity it’s had since it reopened in 1985 as the Fonda.
Current owners are restoring the original Jazz Age look of the building, which over the decades has gone through an assortment of names, including the Fox and the Pix, a spokeswoman said. Most of the original facade still exists, she said, and what didn’t survive previous remodels will be re-created. The renovations are expected to be finished by early next year.
Macumba is a religion practiced in Brazil, if anyone was wondering. It involves placing offerings of cigars, alcohol and dead poultry on the street to appease the spirits. The ad is from the LA Times in December 1974: http://tinyurl.com/2sk7fp
Ken, if you believe that this is not actually a theater, let me know. I will ask that the entry be deleted. Thanks.
The legendary Phil Spitalny was rocking the Orpheum in 1950, according to this LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/37dn7c
Here is the 1950 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/3cj7yn
There is a photo of the theater on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/28lb8f
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2rtc9z
I believe that you could see this drive-in while on the Harbor Freeway, going south around Carson Boulevard. I moved to the area in 1994 and the theater was still open. A couple of years later it was gone.
Both translations are horrendous. I see a new career ahead.
An organ repo? Imagine having that job. “Okay, Horowitz, hand over the piano and nobody gets hurt”.
I don’t think the translator meant to call Dr. Young a chicken at the end of the article. His name might have been Frango, which means chicken, and then was translated a bit too literally.
If you take another look at the photo, there appear to be movie posters on either side of the market entrance. Perhaps there is another entrance for the theater, as LM’s post suggests that the theater is the last one in Mossoró and is still showing films.
Note that in 1942 the theater was called Abbott’s Music Box Theater.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yuwe5f
The building still exists. It’s part of a community outreach center.
The Norwalk was listed in this 1925 Paramount ad in the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/32a5wd
Here is a November 1981 article after the theater was twinned:
http://tinyurl.com/35e74w
http://tinyurl.com/37l5bz
Here is a July 1952 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3dxgs5
Here is a 1955 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/3xpzwj
I believe the Pix/Mecca/Encell was also called the AAA at one point, according to some information on the Manchester Theater page.
The Mecca is already listed, so AAA would be another name, if I understand you correctly. I thought the AAA and the Mecca were separate theaters.
Here is an article in today’s LA Times, by Randy Lewis:
The Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood is getting a new (old) name to go along with its new (old) look: the Music Box @ Fonda. The change revives the name the building had when it opened in 1926 – the Music Box – while retaining the identity it’s had since it reopened in 1985 as the Fonda.
Current owners are restoring the original Jazz Age look of the building, which over the decades has gone through an assortment of names, including the Fox and the Pix, a spokeswoman said. Most of the original facade still exists, she said, and what didn’t survive previous remodels will be re-created. The renovations are expected to be finished by early next year.
According to the blog which provided this relatively recent photo, the theater is in the Little Kabul section of Fremont:
http://tinyurl.com/2gohnf
I’ve seen ads for the AAA in the LA Times archives. I don’t think it’s listed on CT.
He was doomed one way or another, apparently. I hope he had AFLAC.
Macumba is a religion practiced in Brazil, if anyone was wondering. It involves placing offerings of cigars, alcohol and dead poultry on the street to appease the spirits. The ad is from the LA Times in December 1974:
http://tinyurl.com/2sk7fp
Here is a February 1972 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/286ymq
Here is another LA Times ad from February 1972. Now they’re taking coupons. I wonder if they gave out green stamps as well:
http://tinyurl.com/3cnov4
This classic film was playing at the 101 in September 1982, according to the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3xqp56