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MagicLantern commented about Simi Drive-In on Apr 14, 2005 at 2:09 am

Was this down the street from the Larwin Theatre?

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MagicLantern commented about New Beverly Cinema on Mar 25, 2005 at 12:29 am

Ken – no, I mean a schedule of films printed a month or two in advance; this includes regular flyers for midnight film showings at various theatres in the Landmark chain.

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MagicLantern commented about New Beverly Cinema on Mar 24, 2005 at 11:28 pm

Having edited much of the copy on Landmark Theatre calendars, I respectfully beg to differ.

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MagicLantern commented about New Beverly Cinema on Mar 24, 2005 at 8:28 pm

By extension, all Landmark Theatres (Rialto, NuArt) print calendars, as does the Garden Cinema in Gardena.

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MagicLantern commented about Plaza Theater on Mar 11, 2005 at 11:39 am

Images of the Plaza can be seen here: http://cougartown.com/plaza.html

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MagicLantern commented about Plaza Theater on Mar 11, 2005 at 5:36 am

Located at 126th Street and Acacia. In the 1940s, it cost 25¢ to see films here.

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MagicLantern commented about Beacon Theater on Mar 9, 2005 at 6:13 am

Possibly you mean “Hercules Unchained”.

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MagicLantern commented about Los Angeles Theatre on Mar 8, 2005 at 10:26 pm

I thought it was, Bryan. Sure looked like it to me.

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MagicLantern commented about Olympic Theatre on Mar 7, 2005 at 6:43 am

Its marquee can be seen in the “destruction of Los Angeles” sequences at the end of “War of the Worlds” (1953).

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MagicLantern commented about Fox Theatre on Mar 3, 2005 at 2:53 am

The discovery of a handbill touting the opening of this theatre, named the Fox West Coast at inception, reveals that the grand opening took place Thursday October 12, 1950.

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MagicLantern commented about Bijou Theatre on Mar 1, 2005 at 8:02 pm

Saw “Barton Fink” here when it first came out but never went back, much to my endless regret. It’s now an art gallery; not much of the original interior is intact but the acoustics are still great, reminiscent of the basement ballroom of the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway.

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MagicLantern commented about Gate Theater on Mar 1, 2005 at 5:21 am

It’s now an art gallery – http://www.galerieelektra.com/about.html

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MagicLantern commented about Gate Theater on Mar 1, 2005 at 5:20 am

This theatre was located at 668 Bridgeway; a photograph of the facade as it stands today can be found here: View link

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MagicLantern commented about Kirk Douglas Theatre on Feb 27, 2005 at 11:46 pm

Egotism?

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MagicLantern commented about Kirk Douglas Theatre on Feb 27, 2005 at 10:56 pm

Only marginally more attractive than the new Ricardo Montalban Theatre. Nice neon at night on the Culver, though.

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MagicLantern commented about Kirk Douglas Theatre on Feb 27, 2005 at 9:45 pm

The lettering spelling “CULVER” has been completely removed.

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MagicLantern commented about Eros Theatre on Feb 27, 2005 at 9:43 pm

Was this a twin theatre called the Eros 1 and 2? If so, there’s some footage of its marquees in a new filmed addendum to the revival of “Deep Throat”. Apparently the film itself was too short, so the releasing company filmed some reminiscing by adult film star Eric Edward to tack on when the film had ended.

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MagicLantern commented about Rare Opportunity to Visit LA's Tower Theatre on Feb 25, 2005 at 9:54 am

On one of the Conservancy Tours in autumn 2003, this theatre was in fact open to the public as part of the package. All the seats except the balcony ones are gone – in fact, many illegal alterations were done to the theatre by previous tenants before they were caught and evicted – but the guy (Jon Olivan?) who was just closing the Tower up for the day was gracious enough to let me and a visiting Australian friend inside. The chandeliers are absolutely beautiful and the whole thing could really succeed as a concert venue if interesting booking were put in place much like the Orpheum’s latest batch of rock concerts.

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MagicLantern commented about Olympic Theatre on Feb 23, 2005 at 6:21 am

They’re kind of hit-and-miss when it comes to lighting the marquees – the Orpheum is on most of the time, with the Los Angeles marquee lit occasionally and the Palace marquee lit rarely. There’s a few letters in the word “State” at Loew’s State that seem eternally lit, though.

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MagicLantern commented about Olympic Theatre on Feb 22, 2005 at 11:33 pm

On the Globe, for a while the letters spelling “Globe” had been removed but they’re back up now. I thought it was the dastardly doing of the techno club that’s in there now but perhaps it was the L.A. Conservancy, cleaning them up.

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MagicLantern commented about Theatre at the Ace Hotel on Feb 22, 2005 at 9:39 am

Gene Scott just died today. What does that mean for this theatre?

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MagicLantern commented about Tea Room Theatre on Feb 19, 2005 at 2:19 am

Ken – absolutely. I might add that, for all the progressiveness and banality sex sports these days, seeing a pornographic film in a theatre is a jarring experience to say the very least. I think it has something to do with the proximity of others to a private, personal act. Maybe that’s just this reporter’s sensibility…then again, I wholeheartedly support a mass influx of guys with cravats, monocles, pince-nezes, top hats and tuxedoes into so-called “gentlemen’s clubs”.

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MagicLantern commented about Tea Room Theatre on Feb 18, 2005 at 11:12 pm

Well, so just don’t invite Moviemanforever when you run porn. Those semen rivers can be so annoying…

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MagicLantern commented about Tea Room Theatre on Feb 18, 2005 at 11:02 pm

I’m going to go there next weekend and have some tea just to snub all the nay-sayers. Neener.

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MagicLantern commented about Tea Room Theatre on Feb 18, 2005 at 7:58 am

Then why not remove all entries for adult theatres, regardless of their historical import or academic value? I went into the Front Door down in Long Beach with my girlfriend a few nights ago and it was purely an exploratory trip for us. Future generations will be exceedingly curious about us puny humans stuck in the past precisely because of our garbage…