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Crowds gather around the United Artists Theatre for the west coast premiere of Josef von Sternberg’s “An American Tragedy”, 929 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, August 1931
I guess (director) Joseph von Sternberg was a big draw in August 1931, which is when his film of Theodore Dreiser’s novel, An American Tragedy had its West Coast premiere at the United Artists Theatre at 929 S. Broadway in … Continue reading
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Sid Grauman outside his Chinese Theatre with a Cycloplane Trainer on display, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1930
Los Angeles’s most famous theater – Grauman’s Chinese – was named after its owner, Sid Grauman, who was a master of promotion. In this 1930 photo, we see him standing front of something that the sign to his right calls … Continue reading
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Color photo of Universal’s “Bend of the River” playing the Warner Brothers Hollywood Theatre, 6433 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa mid-1952
The irony about this color photo of the Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre at 6433 Hollywood Blvd is that neither of the movies playing at the time were Warner Bros. releases. “Bend of the River” was from Universal, and “As You … Continue reading
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A nighttime shot taken at the opening of Grauman’s Egyptian Theater at 6708 Hollywood Blvd, as reported in the “Exhibitors Herald” on November 14, 1922
Last month, I posted a circa-1925 photo of a pair of locomotives parked in the forecourt of Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre. In the comments, someone posted a November 14, 1922 full-page article from the Exhibitors Herald about the opening of Sid … Continue reading
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Liberty Theatre, 266 S. Main Street, downtown Los Angeles, September 24, 1929
The Liberty Theatre at 266 S. Main Street in downtown Los Angeles opened in 1910, which means it was around from pretty much the birth of the flickers. When this photo was taken on September 24, 1929, a Clara Bow … Continue reading
Color photo looking east along Sunset Blvd from Cahuenga Blvd toward the Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, 1965
This is a mid-60s shot of Los Angeles if ever there was one. We’re looking east along Sunset Blvd from Cahuenga Blvd, past a Texaco gas station toward the Cinerama Dome. The Dome opened November 1963 (with the premiere of … Continue reading
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El Capitan Theatre under construction at 6838 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa September 1925
One of the comments on yesterday’s photo of the Chaplin Studios was from Andrew John Smith, who posted this photo taken the same year, circa September 1925. It’s the El Capitan Theatre under construction at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. These days, … Continue reading
Color night photo looking west from the Warner Bros. Theater, 6433 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1962
This is the sort of photo (I’m guessing a postcard) that I’d love to dive into and take an evening stroll in. We’re looking west from the Warner Bros. Theatre at 6433 Hollywood Blvd. The year was probably 1962 because … Continue reading
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Looking north up Hill St from Fifth St toward College Theatre, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of College Theatre on Hill St between 4th and 5th Streets in downtown LA. Without that photo, I don’t know that I would have pinpointed where this photo was taken. But … Continue reading
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College Theater, 449 S. Hill St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1927.jpg
Here we have a photo of a movie house called College Theater (so named because it was around the corner from the State Normal School, which was a teaching college.) It was at 449 S. Hill St in downtown Los … Continue reading