How about this double bill in Feb. 1980 – George Romero’s “Martin” and the uncut version of Tod Browning’s “Freaks”. The Zep film “Song Remains the Same” followed the week after.
Everybody stands in line once a year for the last remaining seats show. Other than private parties, that’s about it. But, as we’ve said on some of the other pages, is there enough demand to keep a first run theater going in DTLA? I guess the Staples people will find out when they open up their multiplex in a few years. There will be an increased need for entertainment if the downtown population continues to multiply.
It doesn’t seem like anyone ever wanted to shoot the east side of Broadway south of the Bradbury building. This 1918 photo is one of the few I found, but no theater is in evidence: http://tinyurl.com/3dw5t8
I spent some time with a friend in Miami Beach when I took the photos in April. He is a real estate developer, pretty well known in that area. He objected when I told him about taking pictures of the strip club as he has had numerous run ins with the owner, whose name I can’t recall. He didn’t see any architectural significance regarding this building. To each his own, I guess.
Some early reviews by Landmark patrons were less than glowing. Problems with sound and with the staff. This is third hand as I haven’t been to this theater yet.
You can see the side of the building to the left of this 1932 photo. Unfortunately the photographer focused on the water and not on the front of the theater: http://tinyurl.com/2awu4c
How about this double bill in Feb. 1980 – George Romero’s “Martin” and the uncut version of Tod Browning’s “Freaks”. The Zep film “Song Remains the Same” followed the week after.
I don’t think the city is called Los Cerritos. I think it’s just Cerritos.
I don’t think the city is called Los Cerritos. I think it’s just Cerritos.
Note the predecessor to the Million Dollar on the left.
Everybody stands in line once a year for the last remaining seats show. Other than private parties, that’s about it. But, as we’ve said on some of the other pages, is there enough demand to keep a first run theater going in DTLA? I guess the Staples people will find out when they open up their multiplex in a few years. There will be an increased need for entertainment if the downtown population continues to multiply.
There is going to be some fight if they ever try to bulldoze this. At least I hope there will be a fight.
It doesn’t seem like anyone ever wanted to shoot the east side of Broadway south of the Bradbury building. This 1918 photo is one of the few I found, but no theater is in evidence:
http://tinyurl.com/3dw5t8
There are plenty of photos on the Fox Redondo page.
Hard to figure how a municipality could be called “Body of Christ”. Doesn’t that seem like a church/state separation issue?
I spent some time with a friend in Miami Beach when I took the photos in April. He is a real estate developer, pretty well known in that area. He objected when I told him about taking pictures of the strip club as he has had numerous run ins with the owner, whose name I can’t recall. He didn’t see any architectural significance regarding this building. To each his own, I guess.
Ken Green, here is your furniture store. Photo is dated 1954:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics31/00050120.jpg
Close. The film would have been “A Summer Place”. The aforementioned theme song was a huge hit in 1959.
Some early reviews by Landmark patrons were less than glowing. Problems with sound and with the staff. This is third hand as I haven’t been to this theater yet.
Here is a photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/2rcttn
Here is a photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/2vskfq
Here is a photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/2wl4wv
Here is a photo from the LOC. I’ve had a problem before with these links failing. Hopefully that has been fixed:
http://tinyurl.com/2tf9le
This is from the LOC. They’re a little confused about which theater this is, but it is the guvment, after all:
http://tinyurl.com/2r6h8u
This is essentially the same view in 1930, but the plunging body makes it hard to see the Warners' marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/glrha
You win a free ticket to Die Hard 4 at the Soboba Theater.
Oh Bill Robinson, where have you gone…lost in San Jacinto.
If you look closely, you can see the Warren’s marquee in this 1960 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ywu9yh
Of course, if the photographer was facing west instead of east, this wouldn’t be the theater at all.
You can see the side of the building to the left of this 1932 photo. Unfortunately the photographer focused on the water and not on the front of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2awu4c
You can see that the theater is already gone in this 1987 photo:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics30/00034842.jpg