The 1970 IMPA puts the Kameo in Brooklyn, but I think it’s a typo. This was under the Brandt theater listing. There’s a half page of Brandt theaters, but to narrow it down here is Brooklyn and the Bronx:
Bronx: Post Road Bainbridge, Laconia, Lido, Melba, Wakefield, Ascot, Earl, Kent, Luxor, Bronx Square, Park Plaza, Surrey
There was an article about the Leimert in the LA Times today, or maybe it was yesterday. An $11 million renovation is two years from completion. The article should be on the paper’s website if you want the whole story.
I was in Boulder City a few years ago. I seem to recall that it’s the only city in Nevada that doesn’t have legalized gambling. If I’m wrong, let me know.
The 1970 IMPA shows the operator of the Art as Lightstone Theater Enterprises, Inc, president Morty Lightstone. This outfit ran numerous houses in New York at that time as well as several in New Jersey, one in Connecticut and one in Washington, D.C.
Not directly connected with this theater, but interesting in its own right, MGM had a subsidiary in El Nasr, Baghdad in 1970, according to the IMPA of that year. The subsidiary was called MGM Middle East, Inc.
It pays to check the LAPL site once in a while as they have an ongoing project re adding new photos to the site. The funny thing was when I was in the stacks downtown last month almost all the photos in the stacks concerning Los Angeles history had already been posted on the website. They are thorough.
Here is a January 1969 ad from the Columbus Dispatch:
http://tinyurl.com/yttv34
Here is a september 1967 ad from the Oakland Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/2tt6gf
Aha. Thank you.
The January 2006 photo says aka Wintergarden.
The 1970 IMPA puts the Kameo in Brooklyn, but I think it’s a typo. This was under the Brandt theater listing. There’s a half page of Brandt theaters, but to narrow it down here is Brooklyn and the Bronx:
Bronx: Post Road Bainbridge, Laconia, Lido, Melba, Wakefield, Ascot, Earl, Kent, Luxor, Bronx Square, Park Plaza, Surrey
Brooklyn: Carlton, Deluxe, Earl, Regent, Sanders, Sutter, Kameo (sic), Astor Shore.
By 1963 the Ritz and Strand were gone, and the Mesa Drive-In in Camden had been added, according to the IMPA of that year.
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2v8v5k
That’s the one.
I’m not going back to that neighborhood.
There is another photo on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/2sv42u
This site has a photo and information about the Memphis:
http://tinyurl.com/3yqe5g
There was an article about the Leimert in the LA Times today, or maybe it was yesterday. An $11 million renovation is two years from completion. The article should be on the paper’s website if you want the whole story.
It’s the same building in both photos.
I was in Boulder City a few years ago. I seem to recall that it’s the only city in Nevada that doesn’t have legalized gambling. If I’m wrong, let me know.
Sure. Glad you enjoyed them.
Thanks for the information. I do have to deny authoring the grammatical inconsistency at the top of the page, however.
Or you could trade what’s behind Door #4 for $500 in cash. I’ll take the cash, Monty.
The 1970 IMPA shows the operator of the Art as Lightstone Theater Enterprises, Inc, president Morty Lightstone. This outfit ran numerous houses in New York at that time as well as several in New Jersey, one in Connecticut and one in Washington, D.C.
In 1970 the operator was Lightstone Theater Enterprises, Inc. President was Morty Lightstone, booker was Hank Lightstone.
Not directly connected with this theater, but interesting in its own right, MGM had a subsidiary in El Nasr, Baghdad in 1970, according to the IMPA of that year. The subsidiary was called MGM Middle East, Inc.
Google Earth?
It pays to check the LAPL site once in a while as they have an ongoing project re adding new photos to the site. The funny thing was when I was in the stacks downtown last month almost all the photos in the stacks concerning Los Angeles history had already been posted on the website. They are thorough.
Here is an undated exterior photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2l87ah
Here is a 1980 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070197.jpg
Here is a 1928 photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070070.jpg