Upon further review, it appears that I am contradicting myself as the earlier picture shows the Belasco in 1920. The Library must have the wrong date for the picture directly above.
Well, Joe, here is a picture from the early twentieth century, as far as I can tell. You can make your own comparisons. The caption by the LA Library mistakenly places the theater at 112 S. Main, which would put it on the opposite side of the street. I did think that the 1936 date seemed a little off given the other picture from the 1930s which shows the wear and tear before the theater was obliterated.
Did Sid Grauman build the Million Dollar, the Chinese, the Egyptian and the Metropolitan all at the same time? Wasn’t this shortly before the Depression? I wonder how he managed the financing.
Here are three interesting photos from the LA Library. One is a good view of the interior. The last picture shows the theater at the end of its life, being encroached upon by the twentieth century.
I haven’t had cable for a while. The last movie channel that I used on a regular basis was the Z Channel. I must have taped a thousand movies off of that channel.
From the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014172.jpg
1950, from the same viewpoint:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013783.jpg
1930:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013798.jpg
I knew you wouldn’t let me down. Here is a picture from 1926:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044405.jpg
Circa 1940, from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013701.jpg
Here is an interesting photo from the LA Library, circa 1930. Vaudevill would already be on its last legs as talking pictures began in 1927:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013704.jpg
This is from the late 1920s. The theater is on the left side of the street:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014195.jpg
Upon further review, it appears that I am contradicting myself as the earlier picture shows the Belasco in 1920. The Library must have the wrong date for the picture directly above.
The Follies Theater is at the bottom left hand side of the picture. The photo was taken in 1919 and is on the LA Library website:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014095.jpg
Well, Joe, here is a picture from the early twentieth century, as far as I can tell. You can make your own comparisons. The caption by the LA Library mistakenly places the theater at 112 S. Main, which would put it on the opposite side of the street. I did think that the 1936 date seemed a little off given the other picture from the 1930s which shows the wear and tear before the theater was obliterated.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014009.jpg
An expanded view of the photo at the top of the page:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015504.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036939.jpg
Thanks, Joe.
There aren’t too many pictures of this theater in existence, as far as I can tell, even though it’s one of two on Main Street that are still extant.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014126.jpg
Did Sid Grauman build the Million Dollar, the Chinese, the Egyptian and the Metropolitan all at the same time? Wasn’t this shortly before the Depression? I wonder how he managed the financing.
From the 1930s:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008074.jpg
Here are three interesting photos from the LA Library. One is a good view of the interior. The last picture shows the theater at the end of its life, being encroached upon by the twentieth century.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036855.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036853.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036854.jpg
Here is an uncropped version of the photo above, from the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037255.jpg
Here is an expanded version of the photo above, from the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037266.jpg
Yet another photo. The Library is not too concerned about putting their photos in any organized fashion:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics11/00005094.jpg
From the LA Library. The theater is at the far end of the street:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics41/00040418.jpg
From the LA Library:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042593.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042592.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042591.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042590.jpg
I haven’t had cable for a while. The last movie channel that I used on a regular basis was the Z Channel. I must have taped a thousand movies off of that channel.
En fuego:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044402.jpg
Another premier night:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044826.jpg