There was a color photo of the Capitol in today’s business section of the LA Times. The story concerned the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, which I believe is headquartered in Aberdeen.
Here is a photo that I found purely by accident on the Denver Public Library website. The Orpheum Grand is in the middle of the photo, which was taken between 1895 and 1902: http://tinyurl.com/mcem2
I don’t think people realize the loss to a city when something like this theater is torn down, with nothing to replace it. Why do we have to look at a multi-acre parking lot for the next thirty years due to someone else’s shortsightedness? Another example is Coulter’s Department Store on Wilshire Boulevard, which was torn down in 1980 and remains a large hole in the ground as of today. Very sad.
I was watching a 1975 episode of the Rockford Files yesterday. In one scene, Rockford was driving down an unidentified street in the Valley. There was a theater with a large Pussycat marquee. I wonder if there was more than one Pussycat in the Valley in the mid 1970s.
Fairfax Avenue is changing rapidly. Some of the older businesses that catered to the local Jewish clientele are closing up and being replaced by trendy boutiques and galleries. It remains to be seen if the theater will survive the gentrification process.
Starring the immortal Tempest Storm as Herself. I miss Russ Meyer. I saw Attack of the Supervixens when I was 12, sitting on the railroad tracks behind my local drive-in (See Absecon Drive-In on this site). It was an educational experience.
This is a very uninspiring name for a theater, kind of like going to a supermarket called the Food Trough. We are not commodities.
As of 2002, the building was occupied by H&R Block.
There was a color photo of the Capitol in today’s business section of the LA Times. The story concerned the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain, which I believe is headquartered in Aberdeen.
I saw Oliver in 1969. It must have been at the Shore. I can’t remember much about this theater, though. What was the cross-street?
And one from 1935:
http://tinyurl.com/nfbf8
Here is a photo from 1941:
http://tinyurl.com/qnxwn
Here is a photo that I found purely by accident on the Denver Public Library website. The Orpheum Grand is in the middle of the photo, which was taken between 1895 and 1902:
http://tinyurl.com/mcem2
These are the earliest photos in the collection, from 1900, 1902 and 1903:
http://tinyurl.com/gswp3
http://tinyurl.com/eeorp
http://tinyurl.com/glnyb
http://tinyurl.com/j6jaz
Here are some photos from the Denver Public Library:
http://tinyurl.com/ef6t8
http://tinyurl.com/etqap
http://tinyurl.com/jlkqz
http://tinyurl.com/khqmj
http://tinyurl.com/z3zp8
http://tinyurl.com/hnbf6
http://tinyurl.com/jy3po
http://tinyurl.com/hgyoe
http://tinyurl.com/gg7gh
Since Chuck’s link has expired, here is the expanded view of the photo above:
http://tinyurl.com/grkkl
Here are some photos from the Denver Public Library, circa 1913:
http://tinyurl.com/k58v8
http://tinyurl.com/f64on
Here is a 1985 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/fp9l2
Here is a photo from 1940:
http://tinyurl.com/gydhp
There was a premiere at this theater a few years ago:
http://www.dragonandthehawk.com/premiere.html
There is some interest in turning the theater into a community center:
http://tinyurl.com/l95lg
http://tinyurl.com/mfch6
And another article from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/pgj48
Another photo:
http://flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/53915373/
Here is an article with some local history:
http://tinyurl.com/k6uxg
Here is some local history:
http://tinyurl.com/k6uxg
I don’t think people realize the loss to a city when something like this theater is torn down, with nothing to replace it. Why do we have to look at a multi-acre parking lot for the next thirty years due to someone else’s shortsightedness? Another example is Coulter’s Department Store on Wilshire Boulevard, which was torn down in 1980 and remains a large hole in the ground as of today. Very sad.
I was watching a 1975 episode of the Rockford Files yesterday. In one scene, Rockford was driving down an unidentified street in the Valley. There was a theater with a large Pussycat marquee. I wonder if there was more than one Pussycat in the Valley in the mid 1970s.
The consensus is that the name should be changed to the Star Theatre.
Fairfax Avenue is changing rapidly. Some of the older businesses that catered to the local Jewish clientele are closing up and being replaced by trendy boutiques and galleries. It remains to be seen if the theater will survive the gentrification process.
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ognf2
Starring the immortal Tempest Storm as Herself. I miss Russ Meyer. I saw Attack of the Supervixens when I was 12, sitting on the railroad tracks behind my local drive-in (See Absecon Drive-In on this site). It was an educational experience.