Sun Theatre
1408 W. Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90015
1408 W. Pico Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90015
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The Sun Theatre was one of a few theatres that lined Pico Blvd. Today only a hand full of them still stand. The largest of them that is left is the old Forum Theatre.
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William Gabel
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Legendary theatre organist Gaylord Carter got his start in the 1920s as an organist for a Sun Theatre in Los Angeles.
The building at 1408 doesn’t look like it was ever a theater, so this is probably a replacement.
Here is the current occupant:
http://tinyurl.com/24jhyr
Listed as the Pico Grand in the 1914 city directory.
And, as noted before, this theatre was where Gaylord Carter got his start as a theatre organist at this theatre.
Assessor info in the ZIMAS report for the existing building at this address says it was built in 1912. It must be the theatre, remodeled beyond regognition.
The Sun was first advertised in the LA Times in July 1920. In July 1952, the theater listing states that the Sun is temporarily closed. It does not appear as a theater in the Times after that date.