This shot shows us the opening night of the Pantages Theatre on June 4, 1930. The opening program was hosted by Al Jolson, and featured MGM’s “The Floradora Girl” starring Marion Davies; a Metronome News (MGM’s newsreel), a Walt Disney cartoon, with Slim Martin conducting the Greater Pantages Orchestra; and also Fanchon-and-Marco stage piece, called “The Rose Garden Idea.” The Pantages stands on Hollywood Boulevard just east of the Hollywood and Vine corner, and is now a live theater where many of the big touring musicals now park their singing dancing butts.