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The 30th Academy Awards at the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Blvd, March 26, 1958
This Life magazine photo captures all the excitement for the 30th Academy Awards at the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Blvd on March 26, 1958 — the year that The Bridge on the River Kwai won big. And judging by the … Continue reading
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Hollywood Stars nighttime baseball game at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles
The Hollywood Stars were a minor league baseball team whose home park from 1939 to 1957 was Gilmore Field on Beverly Blvd where the CBS studios now stand. I don’t have a date on this photo but it was at … Continue reading
Griffith Observatory at night, Griffith Park, Los Angeles
Evidently, the people behind the building of the Griffith Observatory knew a thing or two about designing an iconic building and knowing where to place it and how to light it at night. This shot could have been taken any … Continue reading
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Carpenter’s drive-in restaurant, 667 S Western Ave at Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1937
What a sight this place must have been come nightfall. This is Carpenter’s drive-in restaurant, Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, 1937. Carpenter’s had a number of locations around LA, but this one was opposite the Wiltern Theater. I … Continue reading
Casino Card Room at Ocean Park Pier, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 1937
This photo was taken at the Ocean Park Pier in Santa Monica in 1937. I keep expecting someone like Edward G. Robinson to emerge from the “Casino Card Room” after a rough round of Texas Hold ‘Em and bump into … Continue reading
Fox Carthay Circle Theater lit up with searchlights for a movie premiere.
Looks like it’s another big night at the Fox Carthay Circle Theater. You know the drill: follow the searchlights (I count nine) to find the pot of golden celebrities at the end.
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Hollywood Boulevard at night during Christmas, circa 1950
The third in my triptych of Hollywood Boulevard during the holidays photos shows us the view looking west past the Pantages Theater from the Argyle Avenue corner where the Vallera Italian Kitchen restaurant stood. In this shot, it looks like … Continue reading
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Color photo of Hollywood Blvd at Christmas, circa 1940s
Christmas along Hollywood Boulevard sure looked festive back in the 1940s when this shot was taken, especially with those light-up Christmas trees that gave the street a golden glow. And that wet sheen on the road from a recent rainstorm … Continue reading
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Groundbreaking ceremony for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, January 1926
This photo was taken at the groundbreaking ceremony for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, , Hollywood Blvd, January 1926. From left to right, we have Sid Grauman, Charlie Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Conrad Nagel, and Anna May Wong. What’s interesting is that it … Continue reading
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“Citizen Kane” at the Hawaii Theater, Hollywood, 1941
The premiere of “Citizen Kane” took place at the El Capitan Theater opposite Grauman’s, and yet this photo of the movie shows a splashy opening at the Hawaii Theatre, which was much farther east along Hollywood Boulevard near the Florentine … Continue reading