In this striking photo, we’re looking north up Vine Street across Selma Ave toward the Hollywood and Vine intersection. The caption of this photo said it was taken on May 24, 1930. But those extraordinary searchlights suggest to me that they’re celebrating the opening of the Pantages Theatre, which opened on June 4. It was a very big deal, playing MGM’s The Floradora Girl, starring Marion Davies, with Al Jolson serving as the MC that night. It was definitely 1930 because the Dyas department store hadn’t yet changed to the Hollywood-Broadway, which happened in 1931. And on the right, we can see a billboard for “Hell’s Angels” which had its legendary Hollywood premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on May 27. So whenever this photo was taken, there was a lot going on!