Meralta Theatre

Pearl Merrill and Laura Peralta, whose fused names became the fledgling circuit of Meralta Theaters in the silent era, opened the Culver City location of the Meralta with Pearl Merrill living above the theater. That is until Merrill lost everything when it burned on August 9, 1943.

Laura Peralta Brackett had the venue rebuilt, again with an apartment for Merrill who lived there until her passing in 1961. Here, in 1971, is a shot of Laura Peralta Brackett who is said to be living in that same apartment.