In this circa 1933 photo looking east along Wilshire Boulevard, we can see the brand-new 4 Star Theatre at 5112 Wilshire (between Orange Dr. and Mansfield Ave.) Most striking to my eye is that wide strip of empty land. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of development in that area, which means the owners of the 4 Star were betting that land wouldn’t stay empty for long. Note also those beautiful ornamental electrolier streetlamps. And for the record, the theater is showing The Match King (1932) and He Learned About Women (1933).