This shot looking east along Hollywood Blvd from Orange Dr. was taken in March 1955, when 20th Century-Fox’s “Untamed” was enjoying its 3-week run. We can tell that Fox is in the full flight of its CinemaScope glory from the way that the word is emblazoned in orange letters bigger than the name of the movie and/or its stars. (I’ve never seen this movie but it was noteworthy for being Tyrone Power’s final film under contract to Fox, where he had worked for 18 years.) Past Grauman’s we can see the red roof of the Hollywood Hotel. When this photo was taken, it only had a little over a year before it fell beneath the heft of the wrecking ball.
This shot looking east along Hollywood Blvd from Orange Dr. was taken in March 1955, when 20th Century-Fox’s “Untamed” was enjoying its 3-week run. We can tell that Fox is in the full flight of its CinemaScope glory from the way that the word is emblazoned in orange letters bigger than the name of the movie and/or its stars. (I’ve never seen this movie but it was noteworthy for being Tyrone Power’s final film under contract to Fox, where he had worked for 18 years.) Past Grauman’s we can see the red roof of the Hollywood Hotel. When this photo was taken, it only had a little over a year before it fell beneath the heft of the wrecking ball.
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