A third Regent theater, besides LA and Westwood, was advertised in the LA Times on 1/22/50. Address was 4012 S. Vermont. It may be listed under a different name.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Battleground” and “Port of New York”. Address is as listed above. Rent the latter film if you want to see Yul Brynner with hair.
I keep coming up with bakeries at this address. Bond bakery in 1904 and Van de Kamps in 1927. Perhaps the theater was just part of the building at that location.
Advertised in the LA Times on 1/22/50. The Cal theater in Hawthorne is also advertised, but doesn’t appear to be listed on CT.
A third Regent theater, besides LA and Westwood, was advertised in the LA Times on 1/22/50. Address was 4012 S. Vermont. It may be listed under a different name.
LA Times on 1/22/50 gives the address as 4949 Whittier Boulevard.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Barbary Pirate” and “Fury at Furnace Creek”.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Wing and a Prayer” and “Submarine Patrol”. Phone number was LA 4112.
On 1/22/50, the La Tosca featured “Imitation of Life” and “Magnificent Obsession”.
LA Times in 1950 has the address as 1822 E. 103rd Street, which would put it across the street. This may have been a typo.
Featured films on 1/22/50 were “Inspector General” and a new Hopalong Cassidy movie. RIP, Imperial.
Advertised in the LA Times as the Holly on 1/22/50. Featured films were “Battleground” and “Red, Hot and Blue”.
Advertised as the Elysian on 1/22/50.
Feature films on 1/22/50 were “Portrait of Jennie” and “Mr. Blanding’s Dream House”.
LA Times has the address as 7510 S. Vermont on 1/22/50. Phone number was TH 9004.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Battleground” and “Port of New York”. Address is as listed above. Rent the latter film if you want to see Yul Brynner with hair.
Featured on 1/22/50: “Chicago Deadline” and “Roughshod”. Phone number was MU9-2851.
Interesting that the theater was already showing Latino films in 1950. On January 22, the features were “Pecado de Laura” and “Novia del Mar”.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Leave Them Laughing” along with “And Baby Makes 3”. Phone number was LA 7948.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Story of Seabiscuit” and “Intruder in the Dust”. Phone number was PL5-3013.
On 1/22/50, the features were “Story of Molly X” and “Kiss for Corliss”. Address was 825 W. Third. Phone number was MU 5617.
LA Times listed another American theater at 4227 S. Broadway in 1950. If it’s on CT under a different name, let me know.
Open on 1/22/50. Features were “Battleground” and “Bodyhold”. Phone number was PL 15197.
On 1/22/50, address was 125 E. Santa Barbara, which would put it across the street from the address listed above.
On 1/22/50, the features were “And Baby Makes 3”, along with “Restless Moment”. Phone number was PA 3464.
I keep coming up with bakeries at this address. Bond bakery in 1904 and Van de Kamps in 1927. Perhaps the theater was just part of the building at that location.
If so, status should be closed.
Maybe closed/demolished?
Here is the theater line-up per the LA Times on 3/11/13:
Garrick
Clune’s Broadway
Tally’s Broadway
American
Banner
Isis
Picture
Mozart
Lyceum
Optic
College