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Looking north up Vine Street from south of Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1955
Driving up Vine Street just after dusk in 1955 offered Hollywoodites a streetscape of bright neon lights. Standing south of Sunset you could see the lights for NBC Studios, The Broadway Hollywood department store, Plaza Hotel, ABC Studios, and Wallichs … Continue reading
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RKO movie studios at night, Melrose Ave, Hollywood, circa 1935
It was hard to miss RKO movie studios at the corner of Melrose Ave and Gower St in Hollywood. Atop their corner soundstage they had the iconic globe and radio tower that appeared at the start of each of their … Continue reading
Looking east toward Highland Ave along a wet Hollywood Blvd decorated for the holidays, circa mid 1930s
There’s a reason why so many night scenes in movies are shot with wet roads – it add enormously to the atmosphere. As we can see in this circa mid 1930s shot, the slick sidewalk (note the gorgeous interlocking octagonal … Continue reading
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The E. Broox Randall & Sons building, 5905 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood
It’s not often that you see an insurance office building with such beautifully eye-catching lighting. Then again, this is Hollywood where lighting is everything. The E. Broox Randall & Sons building stood at 5905 Sunset Blvd, which put it on … Continue reading
The premiere of “On The Beach” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, December 17, 1959
It was all light-and-dazzle on the night of December 17, 1959 when the Stanley Kramer apocalyptic movie “On the Beach” had its premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. In addition to the searchlights, the boulevard was also lit up with the … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall at night, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1950s
I don’t know if it’s the style of photography or if there was a slight mist in the air the night this photo was taken, but either way I love how this circa early 1950s shot makes the Los Angeles … Continue reading
The opening of the Courtyard Building, 427 Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, circa 1930s
From the look of this photo, it seems the circa 1930s opening of the Courtyard Building, 427 Canon Dr in Beverly Hills was a very big deal. The crowd is packed around a stage that holds what looks like a … Continue reading
Les Poupées de Paris at P.J.’s nightclub, Crescent Heights and Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1960s
P.J.’s was a nightclub at Crescent Heights and Santa Monica Blvd that was very popular with the young crowd during the hip and happening 1960s, and so I was surprised to see “Les Poupées de Paris” played there. “Les Poupées … Continue reading
Vine Street looking north during WWII compared with a recreation for “Bugsy” (1991)
Last night I watched the Warren Beatty/Annette Bening movie “Bugsy” (1991) and was struck at how well they recreated 1940s Los Angeles. It’s no wonder it won the Oscar for Best Art Direction. But there was one shot of Vine … Continue reading
Los Angeles’s first drive-in theater opens at 10860 W. Pico Blvd, September. 9, 1935
Monday September. 9, 1935 marked the beginning of a new era in movie-going in Los Angeles with the opening of the first drive-in theater creatively named The Drive-In Theatre. It was on Pico Blvd just west of Westwood Blvd (where … Continue reading