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Hollywood Blvd at night looking east from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Christmas 1952
One of my time travel machine destinations would be to visit Hollywood Blvd during the holiday season when the street was decorated with Christmas trees that lit up at night. In this photo, we’re looking east from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre … Continue reading
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Hollywood Blvd as Santa Claus Lane at night, Christmas 1933
Beginning in 1928, a one-mile stretch of Hollywood Blvd between Vine St and La Brea Ave transformed into in “Santa Claus Lane.” This atmospheric shot was taken during the holiday season of 1933 on a rainy night when the wet … Continue reading
Frank Capra filming “Meet John Doe” in fake rain at Wrigley Field Stadium, Los Angeles, 1941
Filming a scene with hundreds of extras is enough of a headache, but Frank Capra had the additional challenge of filming this scene from Warner Bros. “Meet John Doe,” at night AND in the rain. Being Hollywood, it was of … Continue reading
Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles while showing vaudeville acts, August 3, 1949
Vaudeville died a long, slow death during the 1930s, especially after the Palace Theatre in New York switched to an all-movie format on November 16, 1932. So I was surprised to come across this 1949 photo of the Orpheum Theatre, … Continue reading
Corner of Hollywood and Vine, looking south down Vine Street, Hollywood, nighttime, circa late 1940s
The person who took this photo was rather bravely standing in the middle of the Hollywood and Vine intersection at night, pointing his camera southward. We can see the hat-shaped neon Brown Derby sign on the left, and farther down … Continue reading
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Melody Lane restaurant at night, corner of Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood, circa 1940s
The graininess of this photo adds to the atmosphere it captured when someone took a nighttime photo of the Melody Lane restaurant on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine some time during the 1940s. The Melody Lane was there … Continue reading
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Mullen and Bluett store window display, 610 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1943
It looks like the well-dressed Angeleno-about-town was wearing the Timely Clothes brand back in 1943. Or at least that’s what the folks at the Mullen and Bluett department store thought, when putting together the window display in their store at … Continue reading
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Carthay Circle Theatre at night, 6313 W. San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
This photo shows what a beacon the Carthay Circle Theatre (1926 to 1969) must have been at night. Look how brightly that light shines atop the tower, and the neon sign proclaiming FOX CARTHAY CIRCLE meant that anybody with a … Continue reading
Night shot of The London Shop, 303 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, 1948
A good atmospheric night shot reminds us that photography is about the shadows as much as it’s about the light. This one was taken in 1948 of The London Shop—a chain of upscale menswear—at 303 N. Rodeo Drive, in Beverly … Continue reading
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1961
The photographer who took this photo of dusk settling over Hollywood Blvd would have been standing just east of the Vine Street intersection. All the lights along the street have turned on: Broadway department store, American Airlines, Hody’s coffee shop, … Continue reading