If only the Hollywood Freeway was still like it was when this photo was taken in 1952. We’re looking north through the Cahuenga Pass (on the left are parts of the freeway is still under construction) when there were still streetcar lines running down the middle. This shot was taken from the Pilgrimage Bridge which takes drivers from Cahuenga Rd to the Ford Amphitheatre. It’s called the Pilgrimage Bridge because The Ford started out life in 1920 as a venue for “The Pilgrimage Play” which was performed every summer throughout the 1920s.
This satellite image from May 2022 shows us where the Pilgrimage Bridge is in relation to The Ford on the right and the Hollywood Bowl on the left.
I might have been on that Red Car, that was my graduation year from Hollywood High, a ceremony at the Bowl in June.
The “Pilgrimage Theater” was rebuilt at some time, and the play continued at least into the late 50s. I remember being taken there. It brought to mind the drama in Cecil B DeMille’s silent “King of Kings” that they used to show at the Paramount (now Disney’s El Capitan) every year, I think on Good Friday.