Here is an article from the LA Times dated 7/6/42. I was glad to see that the projectionist did not get flambeed this time as they seem to have when the film would routinely explode, compelling them to leap from the projection booth.
THEATER MANAGER AVERTS FIRE PANIC
Cool, quick action of a theater manager yesterday averted a possible panic among 450 spectators at the Central Theater, 314 S. Broadway, when a small fire sent clouds of smoke billowing through the auditorium. Manager Louis Levine stepped up to the stage and announced to the audience that there was no danger and the patrons filed out of the theater in an orderly fashion.
Here is an article from the LA Times dated 8/1/32:
Struck by an exploding stench bomb which was hurled at the stage of the Arcade Theater, 534 S. Broadway, while she was dancing, Miss Henrietta Peterson, 21, was undergoing treatment at the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for severe cuts and other injuries. The bomb was thrown by an unidentified man late Saturday night.
There was another fire on 3/31/28 which started in the Arcade and eventually destroyed over twenty buildings, including two theaters and a hotel. Maybe they should get a smoke detector.
I stopped by this theater yesterday. The church is just a tiny storefront. I would guess not more than 20 chairs inside. The theater proper seems to be some kind of warehouse. I will stop by during business hours to see what’s going on inside.
This is an excerpt from the Chicago Sun-Times dated 8/22/86. How much of the theater was saved during the conversion?
What once was the Ritz Theater – and before that a vaudeville theater – in west suburban Berwyn is developing into the 52-unit Atrium Court Condominiums.
Angled and arched avante-garde designs give the building at Roosevelt and Ridgeland a futuristic appearance. Buyers can choose one, two or three levels of customized living space. Young married couples and empty nesters are already moving in; 28 one and two-bedroom units priced from $56,000 to $99,500 have been sold. Demolition has begun.
Plymouth Place was the street where my great aunt and uncle owned a duplex. They lived on the second floor and rented out the first floor to summer people. We used to have lunch with them at the Plymouth Inn across the street. This is more than thirty five years ago, now. Time flies.
A.F. Cheroske opened the Egyptian in 1923. LA Times reported sale to West Coast Theaters in November 1925. For the first two years of its life, the theater was known as Cheroske’s Egyptian Theater.
I think it was a bar.
http://tinyurl.com/ysj7wj
Here are two photos of the bus terminal at 6th and Main in 1941. I think the Lark was long gone by then:
http://tinyurl.com/yun7dx
http://tinyurl.com/ysymou
You can see ad for the Forum in this 1951 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/38wsle
You can also see the 613 address over the door.
Well, it does say Lark on the left side of the picture.
This was known as the Crest Theater in 1963.
Here is an article from the LA Times dated 7/6/42. I was glad to see that the projectionist did not get flambeed this time as they seem to have when the film would routinely explode, compelling them to leap from the projection booth.
THEATER MANAGER AVERTS FIRE PANIC
Cool, quick action of a theater manager yesterday averted a possible panic among 450 spectators at the Central Theater, 314 S. Broadway, when a small fire sent clouds of smoke billowing through the auditorium. Manager Louis Levine stepped up to the stage and announced to the audience that there was no danger and the patrons filed out of the theater in an orderly fashion.
Here is the PSTOS page regarding the Burien:
http://tinyurl.com/29ulqz
The LAPL states that this is the Lark, photo is undated:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015349.jpg
Here is an article from the LA Times dated 8/1/32:
Struck by an exploding stench bomb which was hurled at the stage of the Arcade Theater, 534 S. Broadway, while she was dancing, Miss Henrietta Peterson, 21, was undergoing treatment at the Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for severe cuts and other injuries. The bomb was thrown by an unidentified man late Saturday night.
There was another fire on 3/31/28 which started in the Arcade and eventually destroyed over twenty buildings, including two theaters and a hotel. Maybe they should get a smoke detector.
OK, I stand corrected. Thanks.
That should be engineer, of course. It’s kind of early.
We have an oil painting of the Flanders in our house back in Absecon. My dad was an angineer at the Flanders in the 40s.
I stopped by this theater yesterday. The church is just a tiny storefront. I would guess not more than 20 chairs inside. The theater proper seems to be some kind of warehouse. I will stop by during business hours to see what’s going on inside.
This is the correct place for such comments. We’re all interested in renovation and reuse, as opposed to parking lots.
That’s the same firm that designed Hearst Castle and the Herald-Examiner building. Julia Morgan was the lead architect, I believe.
That is a good view. Thanks.
This is an excerpt from the Chicago Sun-Times dated 8/22/86. How much of the theater was saved during the conversion?
What once was the Ritz Theater – and before that a vaudeville theater – in west suburban Berwyn is developing into the 52-unit Atrium Court Condominiums.
Angled and arched avante-garde designs give the building at Roosevelt and Ridgeland a futuristic appearance. Buyers can choose one, two or three levels of customized living space. Young married couples and empty nesters are already moving in; 28 one and two-bedroom units priced from $56,000 to $99,500 have been sold. Demolition has begun.
Dalton’s should be listed as an aka.
Plymouth Place was the street where my great aunt and uncle owned a duplex. They lived on the second floor and rented out the first floor to summer people. We used to have lunch with them at the Plymouth Inn across the street. This is more than thirty five years ago, now. Time flies.
The amusement park was Gillian’s Wonderland. Do they still have the Blue Laws in Ocean City?
The LA Times noted in 1948 that Mexican films were being shown at the Liberty, California and Mason theaters.
Known as Erlanger’s Mason in 1926.
A.F. Cheroske opened the Egyptian in 1923. LA Times reported sale to West Coast Theaters in November 1925. For the first two years of its life, the theater was known as Cheroske’s Egyptian Theater.