Comments from kencmcintyre

This interior photo from 1919 is labeled only “Interior stage of Miller’s Theater”. I don’t know to which Miller’s Theater the LA Library is referring.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015414.jpg

Too much traffic on Hollywood Boulevard:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics16/00007616.jpg

Here a few more photos of the interior from the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014688.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014690.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014691.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014689.jpg

Here is a picture shortly before the grand opening in 1930:

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics18/00028809.jpg

One more, from 1931:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009304.jpg

Here is a 1951 photo from the LA Library. Do they still make Old Grand-Dad?

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009281.jpg

I watched the 1983 version of “Breathless” last night. One scene takes place in the projection room and then in the audience. The seats were green, and the interior looked worn down. The film playing during the scene was “Gun Crazy”, a noir classic from 1949. Later on, Richard Gere and Valerie Kaprisky (a babe) leave the theater, and there is a shot of the neon marquee, but not of the exterior of the theater. That’s about it.

This photo was taken in 1992, during the riots in April:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics47/00043429.jpg

Here is a picture of the Omar Theater, which is about midway between Fifth and Sixth Streets:

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Here is a color postcard from the Oviatt collection:

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Here is a photo of the foyer, circa 1937, from UCLA collection:

http://sclee.library.ucla.edu/001/17/i0011702.jpg

An interesting photo from the Bruce Torrence collection:

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