No, I took pictures of the Wesley Little in June. There wasn’t anything further east that looked like a theater. What was interesting was a building at the intersection of Vernon and I believe Avalon, a few blocks west. It’s now an AT&T building, but it looks to me like it was an immense theater at one time. I would be curious to know that was.
The Wesley Little theater was in the same block, on the same side of the street, but that theater opened in 1942. The Movie Show might have been long gone by then.
So if the Lux at 827 W. Third was after the tunnel and close to the Beaudry intersection, then presumably 712 West would be before the tunnel, per your USC photo above. I imagine they just pick up where they left off with the street numbers once you get through the tunnel.
I found it interesting that in 1914 there seemed to be an extension of the theater district on 5th Street going east of Main. That’s skid row today, at least for a while longer. The 1914 city directory listed the following theaters:
Bell 314 E. Fifth
El Rodeo 807 E. Fifth
Another listing at 204 E. Fifth, but it looks like a name, FH Wiswell. It’s not clear if there was actually a theater at that address.
In the 1914 city directory, the Rex was listed at 324 S. Main. I have an idea that the Rex was demolished when the Hippodrome was built. The Regal is listed across the street at 323 S. Main. I think we have that under another name.
Some of the old city directories list individuals but give the theater address, for reasons unknown. For example, the 1914 director lists one L.C. Myer at 827 W. 3rd. I don’t know if Mr. Myer had any connection to the theater, but the listing is under “motion picture theaters”, so one would assume so.
So you’re living in Iowa and someone from LA calls you and says “Buy my theater for $20,000”. How does that work?
The Rex is listed as the Lux on CT.
No, I took pictures of the Wesley Little in June. There wasn’t anything further east that looked like a theater. What was interesting was a building at the intersection of Vernon and I believe Avalon, a few blocks west. It’s now an AT&T building, but it looks to me like it was an immense theater at one time. I would be curious to know that was.
The Wesley Little theater was in the same block, on the same side of the street, but that theater opened in 1942. The Movie Show might have been long gone by then.
By the way, Joe, you forgot the Anita as an aka for the Lux.
So if the Lux at 827 W. Third was after the tunnel and close to the Beaudry intersection, then presumably 712 West would be before the tunnel, per your USC photo above. I imagine they just pick up where they left off with the street numbers once you get through the tunnel.
Listed as the Alpine in the 1938 city directory. Address was 834 Alpine.
I don’t think it’s listed. Is that one also called the Florencita?
Here is the 1938 city directory. The Rio is listed at 5421 S. Vermont.
http://tinyurl.com/39kgmx
http://tinyurl.com/35qpj8
Listed as the Rio in the 1938 directory, so it’s Rio, Capitol and then the Round Up, I believe.
The Jade was listed at 313 S. Main in the 1938 city directory. By 1942 the Jade is no longer listed, and the Wonderland appears at 315 S. Main.
It was the Gaiety by 1938, so perhaps that was the last incarnation.
Listed as the Fox West Coast in the 1938 city directory.
A year before the Union was listed as the Continental in the city directory, so that should be an aka.
Listed as the Columbia at 1013 E. 7th in the 1939 directory, so that’s another aka.
Listed as the Arrow in the 1939 city directory at 251 S. Main. Note that in 1942 it was the Azteca at 249 S. Main.
Right. I’ve only driven that tunnel about a thousand times. My faculties are disintegrating.
Motion Picture. It’s part of the index, MAR-MOT, and so on.
Here is the lineup in 1914:
http://tinyurl.com/2sq8cq
http://tinyurl.com/3bryok
I found it interesting that in 1914 there seemed to be an extension of the theater district on 5th Street going east of Main. That’s skid row today, at least for a while longer. The 1914 city directory listed the following theaters:
Bell 314 E. Fifth
El Rodeo 807 E. Fifth
Another listing at 204 E. Fifth, but it looks like a name, FH Wiswell. It’s not clear if there was actually a theater at that address.
In the 1914 city directory, the Rex was listed at 324 S. Main. I have an idea that the Rex was demolished when the Hippodrome was built. The Regal is listed across the street at 323 S. Main. I think we have that under another name.
Listed as the Pico Grand in the 1914 city directory.
Some of the old city directories list individuals but give the theater address, for reasons unknown. For example, the 1914 director lists one L.C. Myer at 827 W. 3rd. I don’t know if Mr. Myer had any connection to the theater, but the listing is under “motion picture theaters”, so one would assume so.
Which theater on Pico?
Listed in the 1914 directory as the Navarro.