When I came across the night photo of the Oriental Theatre on Sunset that I posted yesterday, I also encountered this one that was taken in 1952, when MGM’s “Singin’ in the Rain” was playing as, I assume, a first-run movie on a double bill with Fox’s “The Pride of St. Louis.” We’re looking east along Sunset Blvd and my first thought was to sigh and wish the traffic along Sunset was still this light.

This is how that view looked in May 2022. Those palm trees are all grown up.