This ad was in the Van Nuys Valley News in February 1974. Per William’s post immediately above, the address should be corrected in the introduction. http://tinyurl.com/dlg627
Entering the address on this site produces aerial views of the drive-in from 1948, 1956 and 1968. By 1980 you can see that the theater has been paved over. View link
There must have been enough of a population base at that time to justify the construction. Panning around the 1969 photo shows only farmland, and I can’t imagine 1963 being any different.
I have not been to this theater to see a film, although I took some pictures of it last year. This place flies under the radar, publicity-wise. The Laemmle place closer to Old Town gets a lot more business.
If you enter the address here you will see three aerial photos showing the drive-in. No street number is needed, the drive-in will pop right up. In the 1969 photo, the drive-in is in the middle of nowhere as none of the surrounding property had been developed. View link
If you enter the address on this site you can see the Rio in the 1980, 1972 and 1952 photos. Just south of the theater in the 1952 photo is what apppears to be a drive-in restaurant. The theater appears to be a sizable building. View link
If you enter the address in this site, you will see aerial photos from 1948 to the present. In the first shot Culver City is farmland, and the theater is under construction. Over the years you see the area developing. In the contemporary photos there is no trace of the drive-in. View link
I found this photo circa 1945 in the LAPL database. For some reason it doesn’t show up when you enter Rialto as a search term. I think this is the Rialto in South Pasadena. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078486.jpg
If you enter the address on this site, you can see the theater in the 1952 and 1972 aerials. It was long gone by the time the 1980 photo was taken. View link
Since we have no photos, these are my recollections from 30 years ago:
Large metal marquee with square letters spelling out Beach
Cashier booth on the south side of the entrance
Ticket taker sitting on a stool just inside the entrance
Old candy counter with nothing being sold
Good-sized interior, maybe 400-500 seats
Seats were old and not that comfortable
No curtain
If you enter 421 E. Absecon Avenue, city of Absecon, on this site and pan down a bit, you can see some nice aerials from the sixties and seventies. View link
Right, but we’re talking about north/south numbers that get bigger as you go downtown, or south. Since the theater was in the middle of the block, more or less, you wouldn’t be concerned with any east or west numbers starting in the beach block and going westward.
My school was a couple of blocks south on Pacific and North Carolina and had a 1216 address. I think the Beach would have been between 1200 and 1300, on the east or even side of the street. The Googlemobile skipped AC, it looks like.
This ad was in the Van Nuys Valley News in February 1974. Per William’s post immediately above, the address should be corrected in the introduction.
http://tinyurl.com/dlg627
You can see an aerial view from 1971 if you enter the theater address on this site.
View link
Entering the address on this site produces aerial views of the drive-in from 1948, 1956 and 1968. By 1980 you can see that the theater has been paved over.
View link
Enter the address on this site for some aerial views in the 50s, 70s and 80s:
View link
There must have been enough of a population base at that time to justify the construction. Panning around the 1969 photo shows only farmland, and I can’t imagine 1963 being any different.
I have not been to this theater to see a film, although I took some pictures of it last year. This place flies under the radar, publicity-wise. The Laemmle place closer to Old Town gets a lot more business.
If you enter the address here you will see three aerial photos showing the drive-in. No street number is needed, the drive-in will pop right up. In the 1969 photo, the drive-in is in the middle of nowhere as none of the surrounding property had been developed.
View link
If you enter the address on this site you can see the Rio in the 1980, 1972 and 1952 photos. Just south of the theater in the 1952 photo is what apppears to be a drive-in restaurant. The theater appears to be a sizable building.
View link
Here is a photo taken today:
http://tinyurl.com/cdczlz
The related links site is defunct and should be removed.
If you enter the address in this site, you will see aerial photos from 1948 to the present. In the first shot Culver City is farmland, and the theater is under construction. Over the years you see the area developing. In the contemporary photos there is no trace of the drive-in.
View link
An ad for the Imperial is on the left in this December 1947 issue of the Long Beach Press Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/dnml69
Here is a December 1947 ad from the Long Beach Press-Telegram:
http://tinyurl.com/czqhqr
I found this photo circa 1945 in the LAPL database. For some reason it doesn’t show up when you enter Rialto as a search term. I think this is the Rialto in South Pasadena.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078486.jpg
The last film to play at the Olympic was “Gordon’s War” with Paul Winfield, according to the LA Times ads of October 1973.
If you enter the address on this site, you can see the theater in the 1952 and 1972 aerials. It was long gone by the time the 1980 photo was taken.
View link
Since we have no photos, these are my recollections from 30 years ago:
Large metal marquee with square letters spelling out Beach
Cashier booth on the south side of the entrance
Ticket taker sitting on a stool just inside the entrance
Old candy counter with nothing being sold
Good-sized interior, maybe 400-500 seats
Seats were old and not that comfortable
No curtain
If you enter 421 E. Absecon Avenue, city of Absecon, on this site and pan down a bit, you can see some nice aerials from the sixties and seventies.
View link
The name sounds like an attempt to please both campuses.
Right, but we’re talking about north/south numbers that get bigger as you go downtown, or south. Since the theater was in the middle of the block, more or less, you wouldn’t be concerned with any east or west numbers starting in the beach block and going westward.
I never saw the V on the marquee as my first recollection of the Virginia is in the early 1970s.
My school was a couple of blocks south on Pacific and North Carolina and had a 1216 address. I think the Beach would have been between 1200 and 1300, on the east or even side of the street. The Googlemobile skipped AC, it looks like.
Here are some photos taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/d9ou3f
http://tinyurl.com/d74ojr
http://tinyurl.com/cx68fl
Photo taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cn8gs7
Here is the Vogue and the tree, taken yesterday:
http://tinyurl.com/cw8esx