Al’s Men’s Shop on the far left is part of the theater building in this 1954 photo. It’s unknown if the Follies Village store had anything to do with the theater: http://tinyurl.com/24j6ys
If you have a magnifying glass, you may be able to see the first Belasco in this 1903 photo, unless it was in the process of being demolished. It would have been at the very top of the photo: http://tinyurl.com/29y727
Janet Leigh played a Russian pilot in the Wayne film. Howard Hughes had the hots for her at the time. Jet Pilot was the film that Hughes used to watch over and over again when he was holed up in the Desert Inn.
A bit off topic, but we keep looking at maps of Main between 4th and 5th – the Alcazar Hotel was on the corner just before Winston heading south. It’s now a parking lot. Photo is circa 1950: http://tinyurl.com/2j6a4j
I will bet that if you offer the Iglesia people at the State some amount of money, they will set up a big movie screen on the stage, assuming the old one is not there anymore. I would pay to see a movie there, or in the Million Dollar.
I was reading Joe Vogel’s post from December 05. He would know better than me, but it doesn’t seem like this was ever a theater in the 30s or 40s. That would mean that the Admiral was at a different location. Alternatively the Admiral was replaced by a series of businesses and then became the Main. I think it more likely that some entreporneur took over the small space in the late 60s after x rated films became in vogue.
I always appreciate the program, so I don’t want to appear to be grousing. However, it seems like the theater rotation was better when I started attending a decade ago. I suppose it’s not possible to screen films in some of the other Broadway theaters, like the State for example, but I’m not too motivated to see a movie at the Ford that I can watch on AMC. The idea is to see the movies in the original settings. Just an opinion.
They may have had multiple locations as Main Street was prime pawn shop territory. I park on the lot at 4th and Main all the time and it’s funny to think that this enormous Victorian hotel was once on that spot.
The CA state library website has hundreds of pictures of this theater, mostly interior and mostly from the thirties. No way to post them all here, but it’s worth a look.
Likely the scene of much autoeroticism in the fifties and sixties.
8-)
Here is an undated photo from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067384.jpg
Not much has changed since the 1960 photo that Bryan posted on 9/26/04. Here are some April 2007 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/2soff8
http://tinyurl.com/3xjv9u
http://tinyurl.com/39eo37
http://tinyurl.com/2s2j9w
Function should be changed to Live Performances. Here are some photos from April 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/37vv9b
http://tinyurl.com/2md6qn
http://tinyurl.com/2rn92t
Here are some photos from April 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/3xjg8e
http://tinyurl.com/37xy4d
http://tinyurl.com/2pqbsw
Correct.
Are we talking about the Nudes Nudes Nudes place? I didn’t know it had a real name.
Al’s Men’s Shop on the far left is part of the theater building in this 1954 photo. It’s unknown if the Follies Village store had anything to do with the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/24j6ys
This is a 1922 photo. Unfortunately it stops mid block. You can expand it by clicking on the bottom right corner:
http://tinyurl.com/ypfql4
If you have a magnifying glass, you may be able to see the first Belasco in this 1903 photo, unless it was in the process of being demolished. It would have been at the very top of the photo:
http://tinyurl.com/29y727
Here is an 1890 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/22f6le
Here are two pictures of Main from 4th, the first 1917 and the second probably the 20s. I can’t see a theater at 417, but you can try if you want:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014097.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014106.jpg
Janet Leigh played a Russian pilot in the Wayne film. Howard Hughes had the hots for her at the time. Jet Pilot was the film that Hughes used to watch over and over again when he was holed up in the Desert Inn.
A bit off topic, but we keep looking at maps of Main between 4th and 5th – the Alcazar Hotel was on the corner just before Winston heading south. It’s now a parking lot. Photo is circa 1950:
http://tinyurl.com/2j6a4j
Kind of an unfortunate name, isn’t it? My first thought was that the cars faced the restrooms.
Here is the CT listing for the Admiral aka Vine:
/theaters/431/
I will bet that if you offer the Iglesia people at the State some amount of money, they will set up a big movie screen on the stage, assuming the old one is not there anymore. I would pay to see a movie there, or in the Million Dollar.
Maybe we need a parallel universe website. Dibs on the Optic.
I was reading Joe Vogel’s post from December 05. He would know better than me, but it doesn’t seem like this was ever a theater in the 30s or 40s. That would mean that the Admiral was at a different location. Alternatively the Admiral was replaced by a series of businesses and then became the Main. I think it more likely that some entreporneur took over the small space in the late 60s after x rated films became in vogue.
I always appreciate the program, so I don’t want to appear to be grousing. However, it seems like the theater rotation was better when I started attending a decade ago. I suppose it’s not possible to screen films in some of the other Broadway theaters, like the State for example, but I’m not too motivated to see a movie at the Ford that I can watch on AMC. The idea is to see the movies in the original settings. Just an opinion.
I don’t think late summer is feasible. More like November or December.
They may have had multiple locations as Main Street was prime pawn shop territory. I park on the lot at 4th and Main all the time and it’s funny to think that this enormous Victorian hotel was once on that spot.
Use the link that Richard W posted in April.
The CA state library website has hundreds of pictures of this theater, mostly interior and mostly from the thirties. No way to post them all here, but it’s worth a look.
The blade looks the same in this 1950 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2843hq