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Night view looking west past the Warner Hollywood Theatre, 6433 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1937
We’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward the Warner Theater, which opened in 1928. The movie featured on the marquee is “Dead End” which was the United Artists picture that spawned the well-known “Dead End Kids.” Those two spotlights blazing … Continue reading
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A bright pink 1957 Lincoln Premiere pulls up outside Ciro’s nightclub, 8433 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, circa late 1950s
From the early 1940s to the late 1950s, Ciro’s at 8433 Sunset Blvd in the heart of the Sunset Strip was the premier nightclub in all of Los Angeles. In this photo, a bright pink 1957 Lincoln Premiere pulls into … Continue reading
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Night shot of the Bell & Howell building, 716 N. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 1936
Bell & Howell was one of the top manufacturers who serviced the motion picture industry. TheY began with projectors, and then expanded their product line tp cameras, film printing and perforators (does anyone know what perforators did?) And it was … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Blvd at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre during the spectacular premiere of Howard Hughes’s “Hell’s Angels,” Hollywood, May 27, 1930
At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, there have been movie premieres, and there have been lavish movie premieres, but I can’t think of any that have topped the spectacle Howard Hughes put on for the opening of his $2.8 … Continue reading
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Hamburger’s department store lit up at night, 801 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1909
I was recently sent this photo asking if I could confirm it was Hamburger’s department store at 801 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles in 1909. Using Google image search and TinEye, I could find it posted nowhere else. Hamburger’s … Continue reading
Night photo looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Fairfax Ave past the May Co department store, Los Angeles, March 1949
Thanks to this Life magazine photographer, we get an idea of what it was like to drive east along Wilshire Blvd from the May Co department store on the northeast corner of Fairfax Ave. We can see the sign for … Continue reading
Night view looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1960
There are some photos you can look at and almost hear the sounds, smell the traffic, and taste the air. For me, this is one of those photos. We’re looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1960, … Continue reading
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Tagged Hotels, NBC Radio / Television, Night photo, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd
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Newman’s Drug Co at the southwest corner of Hollywood Blvd and Western Ave, Hollywood, as seen in “Double Indemnity” (1944)
This image is actually a screengrab from a documentary called “Los Angeles Plays Itself” which is a 2003 film that looks at all the ways Los Angeles has been depicted (as itself and other locations) in the movies. I freeze-famed … Continue reading
A brightly lit Windward Avenue at night, Venice Beach, California, 1939
If ever a photo demanded to be a setting for a film noir, surely this is it. This is a 1939 shot looking down Windward Ave toward the Pacific Ocean from Pacific Ave in Venice Beach. I don’t think I … Continue reading
Night shot of the Motion Picture Electrical Parade at the Los Angeles Coliseum, September 25, 1932
On the night of September 25, 1932, a pageant of 30 floats paraded around the then-new Los Angeles Coliseum. It was called the “Motion Picture Electrical Parade” and each spectacular float was ablaze with lights. The five major film studios—Paramount, … Continue reading