It looks like moviegoers attending the “gala reopening” of the Fox West Coast Theater at 308 N. Main S in Santa Ana were treated to a full night. Along with the new MGM hit, “Mutiny on the Bounty” they also saw one of Disney’s “Silly Symphony” cartoons, as well as a Pete Smith short. MGM’s Oscar-nominated “Mutiny” came out in November 1935, so I’m guessing the Pete Smith short was MGM’s Oscar-nominated “La Fiesta de Santa Barbara” which featured a 13-year-old Judy Garland singing “La Cucaracha” with her two sisters. All in all, it sounds like a full night out, if you ask me.
The theater is still there, but like many theaters in LA, it is now a church. This image is dated February 2019.
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