This is a 1985 photo from the same source. The demolition must have been recent. The San Carlos hotel has been replaced by an office building, which also took out the old German church next to the hotel on Olive: View link
This is a 1954 photo from the CA state library. The theater is already showing Japanese films. It looks like the marquee is in place that is seen in the 1940 photo above. I can’t make out the name of the theater on the marquee, though: View link
I don’t know what to make of this picture. Perhaps they are implying that the photographer was standing behind the robber at the moment of the crime. It could be a re-enactment, or maybe they’re referring to the ticket prices: http://tinyurl.com/yvc5vm
The Galway was showing adult films in 1977, per the LA Times, at 514 S. Main. My guess would be that the theater was a storefront in the larger building seen in the above photos.
The LA Times had advertisements for a television/radio shop at 1082 N. Western for years, through the fifties and sixties. The first ad for the Flick was in March 1969. In 1977, the theater was called “Le Sex Shoppe” and was owned by Henry Glassman. There are no more references after September 1977.
If you look at this 1924 photo, the building that says “public market” was probably torn down and replaced by the Tiki’s current structure: http://tinyurl.com/ynv2dx
Does anyone remember a triplex on Palos Verdes Boulevard just west of PCH in Redondo Beach? I seem to recall a UA theater there years ago. I walked by that area yesterday but forgot to look if there was any semblance of a theater there.
This church was behind the LA library on Hope Street. It was replaced by an office building. The “Jesus Saves” signs were attached to the UA when it became a church: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics41/00040103.jpg
This LAPL photo looks south from 5th and Olive. The auditorium building is under construction on the left. Date is 1905: http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068393.jpg
The Marciano-Walcott fight was shown at the Orpheum in September 1952. The man on the left is former welterweight champion Barney Ross: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics38/00053997.jpg
Here is a 1925 photo from the CA state library:
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Here are three interior photos from the CA state library:
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This is a 1985 photo from the same source. The demolition must have been recent. The San Carlos hotel has been replaced by an office building, which also took out the old German church next to the hotel on Olive:
View link
Here is a rather bucolic photo from 1907, via the CA state library:
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This is a 1954 photo from the CA state library. The theater is already showing Japanese films. It looks like the marquee is in place that is seen in the 1940 photo above. I can’t make out the name of the theater on the marquee, though:
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There are quite a few photos on the site. Here is a better view of the entrance:
http://tinyurl.com/2rduty
This is an undated photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/39ptu6
I don’t know what to make of this picture. Perhaps they are implying that the photographer was standing behind the robber at the moment of the crime. It could be a re-enactment, or maybe they’re referring to the ticket prices:
http://tinyurl.com/yvc5vm
The theater is visible in this 1965 photo by William Reagh:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017489.jpg
Here is a portable ad circa 1920s from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062874.jpg
Here is an undated architect’s sketch from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044623.jpg
Here are some additional photos and an architect’s sketch from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044621.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044624.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044622.jpg
The Galway was showing adult films in 1977, per the LA Times, at 514 S. Main. My guess would be that the theater was a storefront in the larger building seen in the above photos.
The LA Times had advertisements for a television/radio shop at 1082 N. Western for years, through the fifties and sixties. The first ad for the Flick was in March 1969. In 1977, the theater was called “Le Sex Shoppe” and was owned by Henry Glassman. There are no more references after September 1977.
I believe that the building farthest north on the right is the one I photographed in July:
http://tinyurl.com/yu9q3y
If you look at this 1924 photo, the building that says “public market” was probably torn down and replaced by the Tiki’s current structure:
http://tinyurl.com/ynv2dx
The Wilshire theater is on the left in this 1924 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/ysyfpx
Does anyone remember a triplex on Palos Verdes Boulevard just west of PCH in Redondo Beach? I seem to recall a UA theater there years ago. I walked by that area yesterday but forgot to look if there was any semblance of a theater there.
Take your pick, salvation or damnation, all accessible by freeway.
This church was behind the LA library on Hope Street. It was replaced by an office building. The “Jesus Saves” signs were attached to the UA when it became a church:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics41/00040103.jpg
Here is another photo from the LAPL, probably about the same time as the photo at the top of the page:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015506.jpg
This LAPL photo looks south from 5th and Olive. The auditorium building is under construction on the left. Date is 1905:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068393.jpg
The Marciano-Walcott fight was shown at the Orpheum in September 1952. The man on the left is former welterweight champion Barney Ross:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics38/00053997.jpg
There was a small photo of the theater in the Daily Herald on 8/31/81:
http://tinyurl.com/2l9kqo
Here is an ad from the Daily Herald dated 8/31/81:
http://tinyurl.com/2umlde