{"id":14221,"date":"2018-02-16T07:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2018-02-16T07:45:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T15:45:32","slug":"the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/02\/16\/the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earl Carroll Theater, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, lit up at night in 1947"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/02\/16\/the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947-2\/the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?fit=940%2C647&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,647\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"The Earl Carroll Theater, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, lit up at night in 1947\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?fit=300%2C206&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?fit=640%2C441&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?resize=640%2C441&ssl=1\" alt=\"The Earl Carroll Theater, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, lit up at night in 1947\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?w=940&ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?resize=300%2C206&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/The-Earl-Carroll-Theater-Sunset-Blvd-Los-Angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947.jpg?resize=768%2C529&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset Boulevard just east of Vine Street must really have been a striking sight to see\u2014especially at night with that enormous neon face of one of the 60 chorus members that were featured each night at what was billed as \u201cthe largest legitimate theater in the world.\u201d This photo was taken in 1947, a year before Earl and his girlfriend Beryl died in a plane crash, after which the place became the Moulin Rouge.<\/h3>\n<h3>The same view in July 2017:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/02\/16\/the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947-2\/screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-7-24-53-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?fit=665%2C361&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"665,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-02-16 at 7.24.53 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?fit=300%2C163&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?fit=640%2C347&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?resize=640%2C347&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?w=665&ssl=1 665w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-7.24.53-AM.png?resize=300%2C163&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>A recreation of the neon face:<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2018\/02\/16\/the-earl-carroll-theater-sunset-blvd-los-angeles-lit-up-at-night-in-1947-2\/earl-carroll-neon-face\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Earl-Carroll-neon-face.jpg?fit=285%2C261&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"285,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1518766347","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Earl Carroll neon face\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Earl-Carroll-neon-face.jpg?fit=285%2C261&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Earl-Carroll-neon-face.jpg?fit=285%2C261&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14223\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Earl-Carroll-neon-face.jpg?resize=285%2C261&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is also a terrifically comprehensive history of the theater of the <a href=\"https:\/\/losangelestheatres.blogspot.com\/2017\/02\/earl-carroll-theatre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Los Angeles Theaters blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset Boulevard just east of Vine Street must really have been a striking sight to see\u2014especially at night with that enormous neon face of one of the 60 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