This ad for Citizen Kane, playing at the El Capitan, was dated June 1, 1941. If you’re familiar with the film, you will recall that RKO was under a lot of pressure from the other studios to destroy the negative and in fact was offered a sizable amount of money to do so: http://tinyurl.com/36blnm
Going back to the 1954 photo of 8/6/07, I believe it says Linda vertically and then Lea across the bottom of the sign. This would make sense as the theater was already showing Japanese films by that time.
Here is a 1965 ad from the San Mateo Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2myl7y
Here is a 1959 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/24w4jp
Here is a 1959 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2hhzgg
Here is a 1959 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2v5wvh
Here is the 1926 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3xb3w5
Here is a 1959 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2kf7y9
Here is a 1965 ad from the Valley News:
http://tinyurl.com/2kalje
Here is a 1955 ad from the Ironwood Daily Globe:
http://tinyurl.com/366wsb
Here is a 1955 ad from the Ironwood Daily Globe:
http://tinyurl.com/2cjx3z
Here is a November 1963 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/yu56tf
Here is a November 1963 ad from the Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2drv85
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They are opening on of these in LA, on the site of the old Linda Lea theater.
This ad for Citizen Kane, playing at the El Capitan, was dated June 1, 1941. If you’re familiar with the film, you will recall that RKO was under a lot of pressure from the other studios to destroy the negative and in fact was offered a sizable amount of money to do so:
http://tinyurl.com/36blnm
Here is a 1928 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/327b8n
Isn’t a non-denominational Protestant church a bit of a contradiction?
I believe the above picture was taken during the “zoot suit” riots in 1943.
This is a 1900 drawing. The Lyceum is in the middle of the 200 block of Spring Street:
http://tinyurl.com/25cyu4
Here is a June 1943 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/22a9vw
The Dodgers are welcomed to Los Angeles, 4/18/58. It looks like the car in the middle is an Edsel:
http://tinyurl.com/3xons8
Going back to the 1954 photo of 8/6/07, I believe it says Linda vertically and then Lea across the bottom of the sign. This would make sense as the theater was already showing Japanese films by that time.
Here is a September 1942 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2ryaew
Here is a September 1942 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2kfay6
This May 1942 ad was in the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/26bcym
What kind of films was the Liberty showing in April 1942? Not Disney, apparently. The ad is from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3xubse
The Midway was part of the independent theater lineup in this March 1942 LA Times ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2eo743