Yesterday’s photo of stores along Hollywood Blvd in the late-20s/early-30s made me think of this shot looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Hudson Ave. On the north side of the boulevard, I can see seven different stores, each with their own sign, each selling something different, including one that sold theater tickets and on the corner of Wilcox Ave, the Innes Shoe Co. who had a hand in creating the ruby slippers for “The Wizard Of Oz.” Nelson Eddy in “Balalaika” (opened December 1939) was playing at the Iris Theater and Edward G. Robinson in “Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet” (opened February 1940) was playing at the Warner Bros. Hollywood Theater, so let’s call this circa 1940.
This is roughly how that view looked in July 2024.
Gittelson Brothers, with the Theater Tickets, did some of the miniature golf courses including the one east of Western near Hobart which can be seen in a night shot for Day of the Locust. (One more for the recently late Donald Sutherland.) Leeds is on the right just beyond Doctor Cowen’s Dental digs.