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Night shot looking east toward the Iris Theatre at 6508 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa late 1940s
This photo takes us back to a time when Hollywood Blvd offered nighttime strollers a smorgasbord of window shopping delight. We’re looking east along Hollywood Blvd toward the Iris theater at 6508. Just within the frame of this shot we … Continue reading
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Night shot of the Belmont Theatre 126 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, when “Two Sisters from Boston” was playing during the summer of 1946
I do like the way the photographer framed this shot of the Belmont Theatre at 126 S. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, taking in the lit marquee facing the street as well as the huge sign on top of the theater … Continue reading
Night view of the Sunset Clock Tower Market on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Dr., Beverly Hills, circa 1930
When viewed at night in this circa 1930 photograph, it’s easy to see why this building on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Dr was called the Sunset Clock Tower Market. It looks to have been quite a … Continue reading
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A searchlight shoots into the sky for the world premiere of “Trapeze” at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956
It looks like United Artists pulled out all the stops when it held the world premiere of “Trapeze” at the Fox Wilshire Theatre at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills on May 29, 1956. Behind that huge spotlight shooting into … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills, Fox Theater, Movie Premiere, Night photo, Theaters, United Artists, Wilshire Blvd
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Color night shot of a Texaco gas station on 3237 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1930s
Imagine driving home one night along Wilshire Blvd, you realize you need to fill the tank, and the next gas station in your headlights has red tiles in a striking geometric pattern and a dome that looks like it had … Continue reading
Night view looking southeast past the Hollywood Cross down the Hollywood Freeway into Hollywood (undated)
This undated image (which I assume is a from a postcard) is a night view looking southeast past the Hollywood Cross down the Hollywood Freeway into Hollywood. Outside of a Cecil B. DeMille epic, perhaps, religion and Hollywood are rarely … Continue reading
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A night shot of Vons Market and See’s Candies, 1311 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, California, 1940
Yesterday, Jeffery M commented on my photo of See’s Candies said that they moved from that location on Santa Monica Blvd to Wilshire Blvd in a Vons supermarket. And so I went looking to see if I could find a … Continue reading
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Angelenos gather outside the Las Palmas Theater, 1642 Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood on the night of June 7, 1951
I spent ten minutes looking for information on a 1951 movie called “Hocus Pocus (all I could find was the Disney one starring Bette Midler) when it finally dawned on me that the Las Palmas Theater, pictured here at 1642 … Continue reading
Night shot of Frank Sennes’s Moulin Rouge nightclub, 6230 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, November 11, 1954
In 1953, Frank Sennes, former manager of the Hollywood Gardens nightclub, took over the famed Earl Carroll’s at 6230 Sunset Blvd and relaunched it as the Moulin Rouge. In a smart move, he kept the iconic “Most Beautiful Girl in … Continue reading
Color night photo of Pick’s coffee shop, 11925 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles
I don’t have a lot of information on this coffee shop, but I find this image so evocative of 1950s LA coffee shops that, for me, at least , it’s enough. This color night photo is of Pick’s coffee shop … Continue reading