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drb commented about UA Long Beach Theatre on Aug 25, 2010 at 10:46 pm

Could this be it on the left? I’ve looked through all the Long Beach listings, and this is the only one that looks to be the right distance away from the back of the Fox West Coast

drb commented about City Terrace Cinema on Aug 25, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Is this is, or was this another Terrace theatre?
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drb commented about Alex Theatre on Aug 1, 2010 at 9:25 am

There’s a great video documentary that airs now and then on the local cable access channel GTV6. I can’t get the MS Silverlight plugin to work right now, but it might be found somewhere here. You might have to wait for the next time “Exploring Historic Glendale: Alex Theatre” comes up on the schedule and watch it off the live feed:

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http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/stream.asp

drb commented about Glendale Theatre on Jul 28, 2010 at 4:19 am

1924 photo
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drb commented about Palace Theatre on Jul 20, 2010 at 5:57 am

Here’s a 1920s photo that shows the Palace on the right.
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drb commented about Desert Theatre on Jul 19, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Vintage photo:
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drb commented about Needles Theatre on Jul 19, 2010 at 11:17 pm

Here’s an old postcard
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drb commented about RKO Hillstreet Theatre on Jul 13, 2010 at 9:00 pm

The USC photo links from above, plus a few “new” ones, are now here:
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drb commented about Regency 1 Theatre on Jul 11, 2010 at 12:17 pm

The Regency 2 was a few doors down the block, listed here as the Temple Theatre, its early name. The Sands became the Regency 1 and the neighboring U.S./Temple became Regency 2.

The Sands in 1982

The Sands in 1983

Cinematour has this one tiny photo of the Regency 1 right after it became the banquet hall, before it was completely remodeled.

Here’s its neighbor, the U.S. (formerly Temple), which became the Regency 2

And here’s the Facebook page for the banquet hall that’s in place of the Regency 1/Sands now.

The zoning info claims it was built in 1962, so the current 1920s look would probably be a newly-added retro look, rather than an original façade that’s been uncovered. It’s still laid out inside with a “lobby” area with two sets of double doors into the main hall.

drb commented about Fantasyland Theater on Jun 26, 2010 at 2:17 pm

Yesterland page on the Fantasyland Theater, with photos:
http://www.yesterland.com/fltheater.html

More old photos here:
http://davelandweb.com/fantasyland/

Here’s a bit of its demolition
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Not to be confused with the current “Disneyland Theatre” (the live open-air stadium next to It’s A Small World that used to be called “Videopolis”), or with the Main Street Cinema (still open, but was converted long ago from a standard single-screen theatre showing vintage movies into six screens around the room showing 1920s Mickey Mouse shorts).

drb commented about Art Theatre on Jun 4, 2010 at 12:15 pm

That “Recent exterior view” at the top of the page isn’t so recent anymore… ;–)

drb commented about UNITED Theater on Broadway on May 20, 2010 at 2:22 am

I’m not sure if they can be viewed by anyone without a Facebook account, but Bringing Back Broadway just posted dozens of photos of the interior.

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I second Don S’s “wow.” Especially when you compare it to recent interior photos of Detroit’s United Artists Theatre.

drb commented about Rialto Theatre on May 15, 2010 at 8:50 am

From the description for this theater:

The Rialto Theatre was built by local showman L. Lou Bard, who had an Egyptian interior in each of his showplaces. His other 'Bard's' were [...] Bard's Glendale-1924 in Glendale (now demolished)

Since yesterday???
(I took these photos in Glendale yesterday afternoon and made a Before-And-After pic)
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