I almost added the Empress as a new theater, as it was listed in the 1925 LA city directory. However, the address in 1925 was 722 Canal Avenue. I’ll bet that was a precursor to Avalon Boulevard, so Empress should be an aka as opposed to a new theater.
If you take a look at the 1935 photo posted on 8/1/07, you can see an interesting building with a marquee (Auto Loans). The LA city directory shows a Deluxe Theater at 656 S. Alvarado, which would be just south of the Westlake. The auto loans building looks like it’s on the corner, so perhaps this was a theater ten years previously. I don’t think the Deluxe is listed on CT.
I saw a documentary on Luna Park when I was in college. It was quite a place. Included was a short film by Thomas Edison which showed the electrocution of an elephant, for reasons I can’t recall. That was kind of depressing.
The news article I posted on the Nevada Theater page stated that the Crest was replacing the old Nevada on Second Street. No street number was provided.
I posted this photo on one of the other pages. It’s from a book of LA photos, circa 1994. The caption stated that the theater was on Western, but nothing other than that regarding the identity. The name started with S, obviously. Any ideas would be welcomed: http://tinyurl.com/25jhk7
Here’s another ad from July 1945. Admire the intrepid Angeleno who dared to see an obscure French film instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland: http://tinyurl.com/2fo5l3
Here is another aka. The Mecca/Pix was listed at 8612 Moneta (Broadway) in the 1925 city directory as the Encell Theater.
Not demolished per photo of 6/16/07, unless someone disagrees.
I almost added the Empress as a new theater, as it was listed in the 1925 LA city directory. However, the address in 1925 was 722 Canal Avenue. I’ll bet that was a precursor to Avalon Boulevard, so Empress should be an aka as opposed to a new theater.
If you take a look at the 1935 photo posted on 8/1/07, you can see an interesting building with a marquee (Auto Loans). The LA city directory shows a Deluxe Theater at 656 S. Alvarado, which would be just south of the Westlake. The auto loans building looks like it’s on the corner, so perhaps this was a theater ten years previously. I don’t think the Deluxe is listed on CT.
Listed as Dalton’s Broadway Theater in the 1925 city directory, so that should be an aka.
I saw a documentary on Luna Park when I was in college. It was quite a place. Included was a short film by Thomas Edison which showed the electrocution of an elephant, for reasons I can’t recall. That was kind of depressing.
The news article I posted on the Nevada Theater page stated that the Crest was replacing the old Nevada on Second Street. No street number was provided.
These ads were in a local paper in 1943, when the Crest opened:
http://tinyurl.com/3dpqzh
http://tinyurl.com/388ezj
Here is a December 1948 ad from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/ytkn9k
Here is the ad:
http://tinyurl.com/35nscv
Here is an ad from the Lima News dated 4/13/50:
http://tinyurl.com/yqtnpu
Here is an ad from the Lima News dated 4/13/50:
http://tinyurl.com/2syoxf
Here is a 6/12/50 ad from The News:
http://tinyurl.com/2qc3ha
Here is an account of the fire in 1952 from the Long Beach Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/2uaybg
Bum bum bum bum…
http://tinyurl.com/2lph23
Here is an LA Times ad from February 1975:
http://tinyurl.com/ysqsh2
Here is a May 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2ymod8
Here is March 1975 ad from the LA Times. Kids always welcome with ID:
http://tinyurl.com/36tpsb
Here is an LA Times ad from February 1975:
http://tinyurl.com/2nfnbs
Here is a February 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3yu6ka
Here is a February 1975 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/3967qj
Here is a January 1955 ad from the LA Times:
http://tinyurl.com/34kpvj
I posted this photo on one of the other pages. It’s from a book of LA photos, circa 1994. The caption stated that the theater was on Western, but nothing other than that regarding the identity. The name started with S, obviously. Any ideas would be welcomed:
http://tinyurl.com/25jhk7
This is a 1945 ad:
http://tinyurl.com/2ecg7j
Here’s another ad from July 1945. Admire the intrepid Angeleno who dared to see an obscure French film instead of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland:
http://tinyurl.com/2fo5l3