In 1936, CBS took over what had started out as the Wilkes Vine St. Theatre, which presented live plays, and then became the Mirror and then Studio Theatre, which showed movies. From 1936, CBS broadcast their popular and long-running Lux Radio Theatre radio anthology show. This photo was taken circa 1942 when the building also housed Millers of Hollywood and British Bootmakers. After the show, I’m sure a popular stop was right next door at Mike Lyman’s Play Room. I’m not positive but I think the photo was taken from under the awning of the Brown Derby.

See also: Mike Lyman’s Hollywood Grill and Huntington Hartford Theatre, Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1950s

That same theater in 2018: