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Nighttime view looking south down Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1960
There’s always something vaguely forbidding and foreboding about nighttime photos taken on the streets of Hollywood. Maybe it’s all those film noir movies on TCM. But this circa 1960 photo is a case in point. We’re looking south from the … Continue reading
Opening night of the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, September 19, 1930
As with so many of the great cinema palaces of the 1930s, the opening of the Fox Wilshire Theater at 8440 Wilshire Boulevard was a big deal, with the obligatory Hollywood searchlights raking the night sky and crowds of movie … Continue reading
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Premiere of “The Floradora Girl” at the opening night of the Pantages Theater, Hollywood Boulevard, June 4, 1930
Here’s a bit of Hollywood history in the making. What we’re seeing here is the opening of the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard on June 4, 1930. The crowds gathered six bodies deep are there to see “The Floradora Girl,” … Continue reading
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Looking south on Vine Street from Hollywood Boulevard, 1942
In this atmospheric nighttime shot, we’re looking south along Vine Street from Hollywood Boulevard in 1942. Way down in the distance, that horizontal neon line is the sign for the Ravenswood apartments. It looks as though Vine Street was very … Continue reading
“How to Marry a Millionaire” plays the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, November 4, 1953
When they finally get around to building that time machine, one of the time+place destinations on my (long) list will be the one shown here in this photograph: the Los Angeles premiere of “How to Marry a Millionaire” at the … Continue reading
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The premiere of “Trapeze” at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956
This photo is so perfectly lit and composed that it almost looks like it’s from a movie, and not about one. What we’re seeing here is the world premiere of Trapeze at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly … Continue reading
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Rear view of the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard during a movie premiere, circa 1930
I wish I could find more information on this photo because it’s my favorite one that I’ve posted in a while. It’s the rear view of the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard during what I assume is a big movie … Continue reading
Imaginative neon strikingly lights up Gin Ling Way in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, circa late 1940s
I’m glad that whoever took this photo of Los Angeles’ Chinatown in the late 1940s (if those cars in the background are anything to go by) thought to take it in color. The use of neon outlining the buildings on … Continue reading
Looking north on Broadway from just north of 10th Street (later Olympic Blvd), Christmas, 1930
This shot looking up Broadway in downtown Los Angeles from 10th Street (later Olympic Blvd) is from Christmas 1930. The streetcar and its tracks are gone, but is Texaco is still with us. Nobody needs a “Radio Supply Co” any … Continue reading
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The Earl Carroll Theater, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, lit up at night in 1947
The Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset Boulevard just east of Vine Street must really have been a striking sight to see—especially at night with that enormous neon face of one of the 60 chorus members that were featured each … Continue reading