I remember this theater so well because as a kid growing up in Inglewood in the Fabulous Fifties, this picture palace was a truly grand and glorious place. I was awestruck by its towering spiral spire with the globe on top with sparkling stars…it was truly an amusement park for your mind to go there – thick plush carpeting, a lavishly decorated lobby and snack bar, and plush red velvet seats were an experience to remember, and as I recall, it had a golden shimmering satin waterfall curtain as well. This is the theater my family always went to for first-run blockbuster movies, and I fondly recall seeing DeMille’s crowning achievement “The TEN COMMANDMENTS” there in the fall of 1956 in wide-screen VistaVision and surround-Stereophonic sound. This beautiful theater will always be a special memory for me.
I had a date with a lovely lady here in this palatial Art Deco picture palace in the summer of 1989 to see a Woody Allen flick.
We enjoyed it completely, and had a nice tour of the building before the movie began.
I remember this theater so well because as a kid growing up in Inglewood in the Fabulous Fifties, this picture palace was a truly grand and glorious place. I was awestruck by its towering spiral spire with the globe on top with sparkling stars…it was truly an amusement park for your mind to go there – thick plush carpeting, a lavishly decorated lobby and snack bar, and plush red velvet seats were an experience to remember, and as I recall, it had a golden shimmering satin waterfall curtain as well. This is the theater my family always went to for first-run blockbuster movies, and I fondly recall seeing DeMille’s crowning achievement “The TEN COMMANDMENTS” there in the fall of 1956 in wide-screen VistaVision and surround-Stereophonic sound. This beautiful theater will always be a special memory for me.