Every now and then I’m asked “If you had a time machine, where would you go?” This photo is exactly my first choice. What we’re looking at here are the preparations for the West Coast premiere of David O. Selznick’s “Gone With the Wind,” which took place at the Carthay Circle Theater at 6316 San Vicente Blvd in Los Angeles on December 28, 1939. Those bleachers on the right is where the lucky fans got to sit and watch the parade of even luckier movie capital A-listers walk into the theater to see the most anticipated movie of all time.
Preparations outside the Carthay Circle Theatre for the December 28, 1939 West Coast premiere of “Gone With the Wind” in Los Angeles
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Does anyone know what occupies the spot where the movie theater stood?
I think it’s an office block now.
*sigh*
I have a gone with the wind theater program when the movie premiered
at the Cathay theater in 1939 dec 28th. Does it carry any dollar value
to memorabilia collectors?
The best place to answer that question is to see other programs are for sale on Ebay. Alternatively you might like to post in a Facebook group devoted to GWTW, such as “Gone with the Wind: Deleted Scenes” which isn’t just about deleted scenes but all things GWTW-related.