Larchmont Theatre
149 N. Larchmont Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90004
149 N. Larchmont Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90004
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The Larchmont Theatre opened on March 15, 1922 with Henry B. Walthall in “Flower of the North”. It was a Fox West Coast Theatre house. It was closed on November 16, 1952 with Joan Crawford in “Sudden Fear” & Bing Crosby in “Just For You”. It was demolished in late-1959 and a bank was built on the site. This has been replaced by a building containing Freewheel Cycling store and a parking lot.
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This Fox house was located at 149 N. Larchmont Blvd.
The theatre has been demolished. A Blockbuster Video store stands on the spot now.
The Larchmont opened in 1922:
http://tinyurl.com/y6pfj2
This suit states that the Larchmont closed in November 1952. It’s unclear to me if the theater then re-opened and closed at a later date:
http://tinyurl.com/yxrvh8
Western Construction Company had made the plans for and would erect this theatre, according to an item in Southwest Builder & Contractor’s issue of September 16, 1921. The project budget was $30,000. A pipe organ was mentioned in the item, but no details about it were given.
There are a few good shots of this theater with a very ornate marquee in a Three Stooges short called Hoi Polloi from 1935. On the marquee it says John Beale in ‘Laddie’, which is an actual movie also from 1935. It’s kind of funny that a Columbia Three Stooges short would show an RKO film on a marquee, unless the companies were connected somehow.
There is two shots of the Larchmont Theatre’s marquee in the Images of America “Theatres in Los Angeles” book on pages 50 (1934 “It Happened One Night”) & 51 (1935 “In Dream Too Much”).
Opened March 15th, 1922 to be exact. (Bottom right corner) http://tinyurl.com/b22yz7a
Henry Walthall and Pauline Starke made personal appearances the Grand Opening of the Larchmont Theatre on March 15, 1922 as the film, “Flower of the North,” was further supported by a 15-piece orchestra led by H.C. Von Stein.
The theatre celebrated its 30th anniversary under its final and independent operator, Selma Steiner. It closed later that year on November 16, 1952 with “Sudden Fear” and “Just for You.” Steiner then sued former operator Fox West Coast Theatres. That suit went against her in 1955. The Larchmont was torn down late in 1959 becoming a bank building.