Looking east on Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, toward the Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, 1924

Looking east on Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, toward the Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, 1924In this 1924 photo, we’re looking east along Hollywood Blvd from close to the Highland Ave corner. This is the south side of the street where the Hollywood Theatre is playing a Lewis Stone movie called “Why Men Leave Home” which was produced by a pre-MGM Louis B. Mayer Productions, and also featured a pre-columnist Hedda Hopper. The photo was taken before the theater was remodeled and acquired the angled marquee and blade neon sign that we see in a lot of later night shots of Hollywood Blvd. With lots of vehicles, streetcars, and pedestrians, it looks like Hollywood Blvd was quite a bustling thoroughfare in 1924.

The Hollywood Theatre is now the Guinness Book of World Records attraction. This image is from April 2019:

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One response to “Looking east on Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, toward the Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, 1924”

  1. Adam De Los Santos says:

    When did the Bank of America bldg (now Ripleys) go from a 4 story bldg to the one story we have today?

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