Photos favorited by Escott O. Norton

  • <p>Grand Opening at the Perris and the 500-seat theater has company with Monogram western star Johnny Mack Brown in attendance standing next to theatre manager Tom Sharpe in the tuxedo. From left to right, you also have Deuce Sprigging and Carolina Cotten from Columbia Pictures and Edgar Kennedy from RKO Pictures comedies in a suit.</p>
  • <p>The lobby of the Loew’s Kings Theatre.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.afterthefinalcurtain.net">After the Final Curtain</A><br></p>
  • <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maincourse/">from Main Course</a></p>
  • <p>Shot by Hunter Kerhart for Friends of the Rialto www.FriendsoftheRialto.org</p>
  • <p>Taken in 1953 (see Brigadoon on one of the other marquees), this rare color nighttime photo shows the vibrant theater row of Market Street San Francisco. Most of the theaters shown here are now either demolished or closed.</p>
  • <p>Grauman’s Chinese Theater’s Engagemement for “Star Wars”</p>
  • <p>Taken by LA Historic Theatre Foundation photographer Wendell Benedetti www.lahtf.org</p>
  • <p>Taken by LA Historic Theatre Foundation photographer Wendell Benedetti www.lahtf.org</p>