Do you remember when the owner of the Silent Movie theater tried to show “Birth of a Nation” a few years ago? It looks like the film had a successful run at the Vista, albeit not in 1915 when the film premiered. The photo is from the Brice Torrence collection:
Here is the chronology for the Orpheum as discussed by the LA Library. I know that the original was at 110 S. Main, not 125. This picture is supposed to be Orpheum #3 in 1911, at 630 S. Broadway.
An exterior view of Orpheum Theater #3 as seen from across the street. Includes cards, street car and a building down the street with the name “Mullen & Bluett Clothing Co.” and behind that “Walter P. Story Building.”
There were four theaters named Orpheum. The first at 125 S. Main Street; the second at 227 S. Spring Street; the third at 630 S. Broadway; and the fourth (and present one) at 842 S. Broadway.
Here is a photo of the foyer, circa 1937, from UCLA collection:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/17/i0011702.jpg
The Chino Theater, designed by S. Charles Lee, would directly follow this entry:
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/002/01/i0020104.jpg
http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/002/01/i0020103.jpg
An interesting photo from the Bruce Torrence collection:
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Do you remember when the owner of the Silent Movie theater tried to show “Birth of a Nation” a few years ago? It looks like the film had a successful run at the Vista, albeit not in 1915 when the film premiered. The photo is from the Brice Torrence collection:
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There also was a Star Theater on Hollywood near Western. That theater may be listed here under a different name.
From the Bruce Torrence collection:
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From the Bruce Torrence collection:
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This is a photo from the Bruce Torrence collection:
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From the LA Library, the first two are from 1969 and the last is from 1979:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014442.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014441.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014438.jpg
Two more interior photos from 1928, via the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015342.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015341.jpg
This is around 1966:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015515.jpg
This is #4:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015529.jpg
This is an undated interior photo from Orpheum #3:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015525.jpg
From the LA Library, circa 1896:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015465.jpg
Here is the aforementioned “Vaudeville 10&20” sign from 1908, via the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015291.jpg
This is another photo from 1911, which again refers to #3 at 630 S. Broadway:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015523.jpg
Here is the chronology for the Orpheum as discussed by the LA Library. I know that the original was at 110 S. Main, not 125. This picture is supposed to be Orpheum #3 in 1911, at 630 S. Broadway.
An exterior view of Orpheum Theater #3 as seen from across the street. Includes cards, street car and a building down the street with the name “Mullen & Bluett Clothing Co.” and behind that “Walter P. Story Building.”
There were four theaters named Orpheum. The first at 125 S. Main Street; the second at 227 S. Spring Street; the third at 630 S. Broadway; and the fourth (and present one) at 842 S. Broadway.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015512.jpg
Proscenium, 1926:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015526.jpg
Another photo, circa 1930:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb2/00017592.jpg
Interior, 1932. The LA Library notes the presence of the “world’s largest handwoven rug”.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015530.jpg
It was solar powered.
It looks like an airplane hangar.
Sid forgives you.
Look carefully at the left side of the picture. The Optic is showing “Twilight People”, which is a 1975 film:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014168.jpg