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andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 6, 2008 at 8:03 pm

We actually know the theater where FROM DUSK TO DAWN showed was on 5th, so looking at this list, it could have been The Auditorium (before it became the Clune in 1914) or the Metropolitan. Or it could have been a storefront that is not listed.

And as you said the Metropolitan, Los Angeles is not listed on Cinema Treasures. If I discover anything I will update.

andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 6, 2008 at 1:34 am

Yes “From Dusk to Dawn”, which debuted in Sept 1913, did blockbuster business. Socialists were a significant political force in that era. In may cities, the film showed at the local Loew’s theaters.

I still don’t know actually where it played in L.A.

andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 5, 2008 at 6:24 am

This is very helpful. Wish there was better coverage on it alone, but this is good. Thank you.

andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 4, 2008 at 7:57 pm

That would be great. Thank you.

andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 4, 2008 at 7:35 pm

kenmc
Can you please re post what you did on May 16? You wrote –

Here is the People’s Theater, circa 1907. I don’t know if this has been posted on one of the other pages already:
http://tinyurl.com/yv9n7l

I cannot open it. Thank you.

andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 4, 2008 at 7:32 pm

Actually this would be just north of the Subway Terminal Building.

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andscharf
andscharf commented about Gaiety Theatre on May 4, 2008 at 11:01 am

I am trying to determine which theater was the “Socialist Movie Theater” or the “Los Angeles Socialist Movie Theater” on 5th Street around Main. Given its name, Peoples Theater sounds like it may be it. The theater would have shown socialist journalist and director Frank E. Wolfe’s film FROM DUSK TO DAWN (1913) Do any of you have information about this? There was a whole socialist/progressive film movement happening around that time.
Here is a link to a photo of Hill Street with the Subway Terminal Bldg above. If you get out your magnifying glass and look right next to it, there seems to be a low bldg with a dark awning. The sign above it reads “Peoples” Was that Peoples Theater?
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Also, in a post from May 16, kenmc writes:
Here is the People’s Theater, circa 1907. I don’t know if this has been posted on one of the other pages already:
http://tinyurl.com/yv9n7l It is not opening. HOW CAN I OPEN THAT?
posted by ken mc on May 16, 2007 at 5:03pm
Thanks for any and all help.