Comments from kencmcintyre

Here are three photos from 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/2peoeb
http://tinyurl.com/2n7q7p
http://tinyurl.com/2w2jy2

Here is a 1948 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3xce8l

Here is a 1948 photo of the earlier drive-in:
http://tinyurl.com/3bluxp

Here are three photos from 1948:
http://tinyurl.com/2uqu9p
http://tinyurl.com/2jp69t
http://tinyurl.com/3d9hmq

I didn’t think so when I saw it, either. I think the theater is long gone.

Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2kdo5q

The two above would have been around 1200 South and 1400 South, respectively. The Strand we already know is gone. The Barten is unlisted.

By the way, I looked up the FDYs on the internet. Individual volumes seem to be going for about thirty dollars apiece. Wife is frowning on this expenditure.

Here are some photos from July 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/2gfba4
http://tinyurl.com/2ffh27
http://tinyurl.com/2z4yna
http://tinyurl.com/2aky7z
http://tinyurl.com/25uxun
http://tinyurl.com/yvdxev

Here are the July 2007 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/23dfcd
http://tinyurl.com/2etpqq
http://tinyurl.com/ysx9xk
http://tinyurl.com/ystetl

Here are some July 2007 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/25wnq2
http://tinyurl.com/yq5ly4
http://tinyurl.com/2y47vd
http://tinyurl.com/2g8f7a
http://tinyurl.com/ytbve4
http://tinyurl.com/27s8sh

No trace of the theater today. It’s apparently been used only for parking for the last 50 years, unless something was built on the space and then torn down in the interim. The location is across the street, more or less, from the Ports O'Call shopping area.

I called him, no response. I guess he doesn’t want to sell. The theater was advertised as Tally’s Criterion on 10/22/33 per the LA Times.

The Madrid Theater in Canoga Park was advertised in the LA Times on 10/22/33. Clearly not the successor to the Canoga listed here.